How to give annotations to a SolidWorks drawing? To add annotations to your drawing views follow these steps: To communicate design details, such as dimensions, select the ‘Smart Dimension’ command from the Annotation tab. Choose an edge you want to dimension and place the dimension by clickin...
Did you know SOLIDWORKS can add dimensions to your sketch automatically? Adding dimensions manually can be a tedious job if you have to do it many times a day. SOLIDWORKS Automatic Sketch Dimensions makes this process much faster. Instead of finishing drawing a sketch entity, then selecting the ...
Perhaps there are times when you want to add a watermark to your SOLIDWORKS Drawing. Let’s say you want to have a “CONFIDENTIAL” stamp on your drawing. When you add a note to your drawing view you may notice that the note covers the drawing lines and dimensions as shown in the figu...
SOLIDWORKS maintains associativity when we insert a future model into an assembly or a drawing, so any modifications to the model in the new version will be reflected in the previous release. When we open the “Future version” file back up in its original version, all the FeatureManager desig...
5.SolidWorks Command Manager: Sketch Toolbars Before designing any solid products, first you need a basic drawing. The sketch toolbars or sketch command manager provides sketch tools such as line, rectangle, arc, polygon, ellipse, circle, slot, trim etc helps to create basic two dimensions dr...
Figure: BONUS: A simplified Model Plane Engineering Drawing - Standard Views and Part Inventory! Figure: BONUS: A simplified Model Plane Engineering Drawing - Overall Dimensions! Figure: BONUS: A simplified Model Plane Engineering Drawing - Exploded View! ( back to top ) Additional Resources By th...
A pencil (using an engineering drawing) To do (optional):Create a presentation (Powerpoint/Google Slides) and title it “Projects Portfolio”. There, add 3 slides, one for each designed item, with pictures and a short description of the Solidworks skills employed to during the design process....
3. Open SOLIDWORKS and select MODEL1.SLDDRW, then click on References. 4. Verify that the reference of Drawing 1 refers to MODEL1. Double-click MODEL1.SLDRT and select MODEL2.SLDPRT to replace the reference Click OK and Open. Delete any dangling dimensions and click OK. ...
16) Click the green check mark in the dialog box. You’ll see that the new length is calculated from the existing dimensions (length 18 mm in my drawing). The endpoint is another point on the involute; and by changing the value of the arc, you can get ALL POINTS on the top half...
These don’t need to be in the same alignment as the orthographic views but make sure that they are drawn from the correct corner for the orientation you want to show. Do not include dimensions in the isometric drawing (as the scale is different), but notes can be included. Beyond ...