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Introdution:

AboutThisCours
PIeIequisits
CoursDsignPhilosohy........
Using this Bok
A b o u tt h T r a i n i n gF i l s . . . . . ' . . . .
Convntions Usd in this Book . . ' .
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Lesson 1:
DrawingSheetsand Views

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Drawing Viws That Rquir Skthing ' .
P a r n t s o f D r a w i n g V i .' 's. ' ' . . ' . . ' .
D r a w i n gV i w N a m s ' . ' . . '
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A d d i n gN o t s
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A d d i n gD a t u mF a t u S y m b o l s .
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A d d i n ga G o m t Ti o l r a n Sy m b o l .
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Bloks...
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C r t i agB l o k .
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M a k B l o k .
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S a v i n ga B l o k
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I n s It l o k s .
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xris 12:Dimnsions and Annotations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
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Lesson 4:
Sheet Formats nd empltes

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D r a w i n g m l a t as n d S h tF o t m a t s
L v e l so f u s t o m i z i n .g. . . . .
P l o p f t i i ns t h T r m p l a t r. .
U s e rD f i n dP r o p r t i . s. . . . .
I n s I t i ngu s t o mP r o p f i i .s . '
S o l i d W o r k sS i Pl o p r t i s .
W h a tM a k st h mS p i a l ? .' .
s a Y i n gv i w s t a t si n D m w i n g s
u s t o m i z i nags h tF o r m a t''.
I n s r t i nogL o b j t s. . . . . .
B o M A n h o rP o i n t
S a v i n ga S h Ft o m t. . . . . . .
S a v i n ga D r w i n gT m p l a t'e.
P o p u l a t i n Pg r d f i n Vdi w s .
I m o r t i nLg g yD a t a .. . . . '
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D r a w i n g m p l a tSe t t i n g .s. .
Tmlatswith PdfindViws
U s i n ga D r a w i n gT m p l a t . .

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Lesson 5:
Assembly
- DrawingViews
AssmblyDrawingViws . . . . . . .

CatingViws of Assmblis.
Automati tliding .
Conflguations
StinViw. .. .
Brokn-out
I{idingComponnts
AltmatPositionviWs ... '
Modl Viws'
ploddViws
DisplayStats.
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DsignTb|sin Drring'
d iingth Dsignable
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T s o m t rDi i m n s i o n s ' ' . ' . . '
F r i s 2 0C: u s t o m i z i n g aB o \ , 1 . ' ' .
tris 2l : Ho| l abls
ris 22: Utilizing a Dsign tabl .
F r e r i s 2 J : U s i n gG n al b | 's

Lessn 7:
Pefformaneand DispIyIssues

Pfbman nd Display Issus.

L a r g A s s m b l y o d. . . . . .
LightwightDrawings . .. .'.
Dynmi t{ighlight Disabld .
Toggl Larg Assmbly od '
DtahdDrwings
dvantags ol Dtahd Dwings.
Prforman
Fil siz .
onr rsion
FordRgnation... .. . ..
a k i n g a B a k u pC o p y . . . . .
C o n v r t t oD t a h d . . . . ' . .
aking hangs to th RefrndAssembly. . . .
Loading th odl
Display Issusin Drawing Viws .
IntIfrnDttion. . . . . '.
D i s p l a yQ u a l i t ys t t i n g s . . ' . .
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Lesson 8:
Dwing Referenes and omprison
Rusinga
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Chnging Drawing Rfrns.
U s i n g D r o m p a.r.' . ' ' .
SolidWorksDsignChkr.
Bild Chks.
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Using Dimxpert and o|Ana|yst
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T h D i m p t a n a g'. . . .
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T o l r a nT y p as n dF a t s .
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D i m p fSl l t i o n. .s.. . . . .
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S t t i n gl osrD i m p r.t .. . . ' '
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B l o kT o l r a n vs 'G n r aTl o l r a n
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S h o wT l r a n S ta t u' s' . . . . .
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T o l A n a l yDs ti m n s i o n. .s. . .
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Adding Datums.
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G o m t Ti o l r n .. .. ' . . .
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TolAnlyst.
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TolAnalystStudy
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D i m p r 1 iPna r tC o m p o n n t s .
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s s u l t s. .. . .
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Preparationsfor Dtailing
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P r p a r a t i fonsD t a i l i n. .g. .
Appendix B:
Drawing Sheets and Views
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D a w i nSgh tasn d V i w s . .' .
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N wD r w i nSgh e.t. . . . . . .
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d i tD r a w i nSgh t
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D r a w i nVgi w s
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Skthing a Rotatd stion viW
V i w D i s p l a yS t y l e s . ' . . . . . .
TangntdgDisply.......
Viw Configution
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Copy Viw and Mv Viw . .
Viw Alignmnt and Rotatio
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ShowHiddndgs........
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D i m n s i oDn i s p | a oy p t i o n s ' . ' ' . .
DimnsionPltt.
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D i m n s i oPnr o p y M a n a g r ' . . , .

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Appendix E:
Annotations
Annota(rons.
Common Charatristisf Arrntations
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S p l I i n g h k
Wld Smbols'
W l dB a d C a t r p i l | r s . ' . ' ' . . ' . . ' . . .
Wld nd Itmnt'
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MuIti-jog[ drs
H o l I | u t s
Dtum tSymbols .
Dalum rgl Symbols. .
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A u t oB a l l o o n s .
S t a k Bd a l l o o n s .
Rvision
Symbols.
Bloks'..
A l i g n m n' t
Grouping.
L a y f fP r o p r t i e s
Appendix F:

sheet Formatsand emp|ates

ShtFomats andTmplates. .
Ponis
PrdfindViws

A p p e n d i xG :
Assembly Drawing Views
AssmblyDrawingViws . . .
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Contguations
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A s s m b lBy r o k n - o sut t i o n s '... . . . . '
AssmblyCutawayviws . . .
ploddViws
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il| of Materils and abls
B i l l o f a t I i a l sa n dT a b l s. ' . . . ' .
Bill of Matrials
Gnl Tbls
Hl Tabls.
Rvision Tabl
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About This
Course

soIidWoks
2010
Th gol ofthis ou is to tah ou how to ratnginring
drawings ofpats and assmblisusing SlidVy'orksmhanial dsign
automationsoftWar.
Th SolidWorks softwis suh a robust and fatul fih aDDliation
t h ti t i s i m p r l i tlo o v r v )m i n u r d ( i l n l s p ot t h
softWrdslill hav1houlseb rasonabl|ngth'ror,
th
1busofthis ouls is on th fundmntlskills and onptsntxalto
sussfully mking nginringdrawings.You should viw th
ffaining ourse manual as a supplmntto, not a relamntfol, th
systm doumntationand on-lin hlp. on you hav developda
good oundtionin basiskills. you a rrl thon-linhlp or
infbtmation on 1ssflquently usd onmand options.

Prerequisites

studntsattndingthis ours ar exptdto hav:

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CourseDesign
Philosophy

Mhnial dsign xprin.

Compltd th ottrseSolitl||orks EssntiQls.
prin with th Windows oratingsystm'

Th rommnddminimum lngth ofthis ours is 2 days.

This urse is dsignd around a pross-oI task-basdapploah to
1rining.A pross-basdtaining ours mphasizsth prosssand
produsyou follw to omlt a partiulal task. B utilizing as
studisto illustratthsprosss,you 1amth nssaryomrnds'
options and mnus in th ontt ofomlting a task.
suplmntingth pross-bsdase studis stionsolrfren
matrial.Ths rfInstionsontain dtaildinfomation in han
form' This infolmation wi1l ol b dmonstrutdby th insh.rrtor
during lass. It is lor your rfrnduring and ftr th ours.
le rok.n.out s.t|onV|6w us.dLo Lt dqay aorion of.h. pfl
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Usingthis Book

This trining manual is intenddto b usd in a lassroomnvilonmnt

undr th guidan ofan xpeindSolidwolks instrutol.It is not
intenddto be slf-padtutorial. Th as studies aI dsigndto b
dmnstrtd..liv'' by th instrutol'

Lbortory
xerises

Laboratory xIissgi yo th opportunityto apply nd pmti th

matIial oYrrd during th ltule/dmonstrationportion ofth
ours.They aI dsigndto lrsnttypial dtailing situationswhil
bing modst nough to br ompltdduring lass tim. You should
not that many studentswork at diffntpes. Thrfore,w hav
inludd mor lab Iissthan you an reasonablyxpt to
omplt ding th ours.This nsursthat vn th fasteststdnt
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SolidWorks softwsupportsevralintmationallyaptddrafting
standadsinluding ANSI, lSo, DIN, and JIS. Th emp1s,
iIIustrtions.
ad lb issin this otswrrtJusingLh
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About the
rainingFi|es

A omplt st ofth various fils usd throughoutthis ouls an b

dovmloaddftom th SolidWorks wbsit.Www.soIidworks.om.
Click on th 1ink for support, thn rining, thn rining Fi|es, thn
so|idworks rining FiIes. S1tth link for th dsird fil st.
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Dirt URL:

!v\W.solidwoks. com/t'rainingfiles

Th fils ar supplid in signd,slf-xtratingutablpakags.

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within ah 1ssonontains th fils your inshutor uss whil
prsntingth lssons.The Exeises foldr ontainsany fils that ar
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onventions Used
in this Book

Sotidworks 2010
his manual uss th following typograhi
onvntions:

BoId Sns Serif

SolidWrks ommands and optiorrsappar rn

this styl. Fo mp],lnsert, Qoss rans
hoosth oss otion from th |nsert mnu.

Fturnams and Iil nams appar ln this

style.Fr xampl,sketh1.
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th proedus.This prvids spaation
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th solidvy'orks
sol1warrrmning on Windows@P You n]y
noti dif|Insin th
appranofth mnus and wido*,s' hs
diffr.nsdo not u
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r st u pafi and assmbly viws for latr us in drwings'
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ratr a drawing fil and drawing shtWith shrt foImat.

Add many typs ofdrwing viws ofparts.

hang th viW display mod of a drawing viw.

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Align and lotat drawing viws'

Add ntr mIks to ifu]ar dgs.

Add ntellinsthrough ylindrial fs.

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Drwing Sheets
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PrePartions
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Detiling

ForIore Information

Preparinga Prt
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Aply pIsptiv
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Nmedview alld
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Reversed.
Using thshift andUp
Arrow kys,rvrsth
ollntat1on
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Dtawingshets an!viws

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Crat a nw onfigurationnamd Simlifled. In
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Th SolidWorks drawing,4/eontains on o mole dlawins s e 1.'

t{hihin tum an oninmltiplvle's'In rhi: ls'on. w drins
f i l .d r w i n gs h e ta n d m u l t i p l r i s i l l b r 1 d '

Note

he information in this lsson pplis to viWs ofpafis and assmbIis.

For informatin rgardingspeilizd viws ofassmbljs' plasrfr
to ppdi G' >sb|Drwing ws.

erminology

Drawings us many trms tht aI uniqu' h ontsof Drwing

Sheets and Sheet Formts aI disussdblow.

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Drawingsheets and Viws

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Mu|tip|eDrwing
Sheets
oeningsheets

h'drawjnga har multip|shrs.irquired'o

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additional sht,us Add sheet. Th siz and format
ofthe nw sht
is oid from th original but an b ditd and hangd.
Whn opening a dawing with multipl
shets'us th selet sheets to Iod
otion to slt whih shtto load.

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flr opning.ah shro multip|

snetdraWIgshos a prviwwhn
mousd ovr

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Righlik on th drawing shtand slt Add Sheet''..
Th dawing shts r odrd as thy ar Iatd. Th
nams aDDaI
in^thFeatuangrdesigntr and as xl-styl tabs
at th" ;;
ofth grahis ara.Ativt a shtby fight-liking
in the
FtureManagerdsign tr and hoosingitivte oiliking
a tab.
E.D verliew
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Notes
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i,:i:j sheets

Us th First sheet s
and last shts'

and Lst Sheet !

buttonsto mov to th first

Reordering Sheets

Shtsan b rordIdusing thr standarddrag and drop

thniqu.
This mthod an b usd in th Featulunug "'ign
- "" unJi;b,'
ultipl shtsan b movd using ctrl-slition.

Renming sheet

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Right-lik th drawing tab and hoos Copy. Th

drawing shtis opid to th lipboard. To Iata
opy' fighrlik the drawing tab and slt Paste.
S|t |otionfo th pastddraing'

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Drawing shtsan opid within the sam drawing or aoss

diffrnt SolidWorks drawing fils.

reatinga
Drawing

Whn you lik File, NeW to Iata nw drawing fil, th fist

drawing shtis ratedat th sam time. By dfault,th |vlode|view
dialog apparsfor Iatingth 1tviW.ln this xample. th Mode|
view dilog is n||dand rhdrwingoptions ar st'

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-size sheet.
Crat a nw drawing fil With a -Landspe shtand mathing
standardshtformat ftom th DIavring tm]at'Slet Snd
sheet size and lar on|y show standrd formts t s the
(ANs|) Lndsp shtformat. nlth odeI view
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st thotions thatwill b usdin this ampl.For mo

informationon optio1ts,seppndixI: Sttings.
over|l draftingstandrd.
Stthovralldrftingstandardto ANSI usingoo|s,options,
DoumentProperties,Drftingstandrd.

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ANS| standardis usdfothrouhout

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Drawingshts and viws

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DrWings'
St th following options for a//
drawingsusing Tools, Options,
System Options, Drawings.
Rfr to th illusftation at th
right.

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fubm* tr mnm m v.w .* on

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5* gdted dt fg **

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view disp|y.
Setthfollowingoptionsfor a//
drawingsusingTooIs,otions, system
options,Drwings'Disp|ystyIe.
Rfrto th illustrationat thr dsht.

Auto InsertOptions.
Stthfollowingoptionsfor rlsdrawingusing
oo|s,otions,DoumentProperties,DetiIing'
Rfrto th illustrationat thright.
Dimensionfont.
St th following options fol ,?ls &awiflg using oo|s, options,
Doument Properties, Dimensions, Font.
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Stthfllwingotinsfol l/?,sdrawingusingoo|s' options,
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Font to 24 points.

SheetProperties

Th dawing Sheet Properties dialog is usd to hngth sht

nam, scal o projtion typ ofth urnt dlawing sht.

Wher to Find |t

Righlik a drawing viw in th graphis a or th

FafuInagff dsign tI and hoos Properties.

Forore lnformtion

See dit Drwig Sht on page 228.

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viws ddd to
th shet.vIify
that th ype of
projetion is set
to hird ng|e
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Drawingshets an!views

Drawing Views

Solidworks
2010
Viws frna part or assmly.Viws ar sald, ointd,and
positiond on th drawing sht.ah viw hs a singl rfnbut a
singl shtan hav multipl viws ah With diffrntlfrns.
Drwing File (*.srddfw)

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Viw P|ltton pg 229 (@).

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Stadrd 3 lewson ag 231 (1l).
Projctd I\ws on pag 232 (@).
Rlc|tife to Modl ielr'on pag 234 (@).
uiliry le,on pag 26 (E]).
Brok ierr,on pag 238 ([!])'
Prt utaw erl on pg 241 (@).
ShtMtal Fllttd Viw on pag 242 (|).

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lignd Stio ieruon pag 251 ().
Dtil elv on pag 253 (@).
Brok|1-outStlo, on pag 257 (t])'
Crop ViIv,o\ pag 259 (@).
EPt w on pag 260 (f1).
Skthing Rottd Sction lel' on pag 261 (@)'

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Dra|ningsheets anlviews

Prentsof
Drwingviews

Drawing view haratdstisan b shard

btwnviWs. any viws (projtd,uxiliary,
stion,and dtail for mpl) ar ratedfrom
xisting viws. The isting Yiw bomsth
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to that ofth prent by liking Use parent
L.
sty|e' FoI mol informatin on styls,s le
Displo Mod ol pag l9. Changs to th display stl ofth
parnt is propagatdto th hildrn.
Th s|e ofth nW view an b st to that olth pIntby
liking Use prent sa|e. It an also b st to th sal ofth
shrt oI ustom sa1.Chngs to th sal ofthe prnt ar
popagatdto th hildrn.
Cliking th hild viw highlights th palnt view.

DrawingView
Nams

Th dfult naming fdrawing viws rflts

how th viW Was ratd.Mod1 Views gt
th nam Drawing view 1, Dtail views
riY Detailvie\r A and so on. Rm
drawing viws lik pafi fatrs in th
FatrMnagrdsign tr.

Adding Drwing

Svra1
drawingviewsarquid
to dsribthpart.Thy inlud:
stndard 3 views, DetiIviews andode| views.

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on thDrawingtoolbar,lik Stndard3 views L].
SStnd.rd
3 ws onpag23|.

Standard3 Views.
InsfithFlont, op ndRit viWsof thesing clamp usingth
stndrd 3 view tool.Us PrUAssemb|yto |nsertto sltthpr1
andsltthgimlified onfigration
for RefereneConfigurtion'

Lesson 1
Drawingshts an!views

solidWoks2010

10 Disp|y of drWing
vrews.
Th stndrd view
tool Iatsalignd o,
Front and Right dmwing
views' ov th viws to
approximatlyth
positions shovm.

Not

othel options aI to Iatth Font, op, ottom, Rit and

Isometi views at th sam time using th Multiple views option
with Nmed view, or us th view Plette.

Skething in
Drawing Views

Som drawing viws rquir r allow skethingwithin th vi rathr

thanjust ovr th viW.hs viWs,most notably stionsand dtails,
Iquir that th viw b tiv bfor skthing so that th skth
gomry ilJ b ssoitdWilh th vit\.
Th following viws rquir skthing and automatiallytogg1on a
spifi skthtool in th neIstviw
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Stion viws (Lin)

Alignd stion viws (Lin)
Detail ViWs(CiIl)
Bfokn-out stion viws (Splin)

Th lollowing viws rquirc skthdgrmtry to b rtedWithin

th viW but do not suggstany spifi skth tool. Th viw must b
manually tivatdpdor to skthing.
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ropd viws
mty viWs
Rotatrd stion viws

options to manually tivata dmwing viW or th shtar disussd

blow

tvlaking
a Drawing
view Ative

viw a b tivtdwith a singllik insidthborder

o th vi r by nm in th FeturMangr
dsignrr' ]
Th ativ viw is indiatdby a dashd,blu od,ef that
enlossth viW. (Th dashdbordr olor may be diffrnt
dndingon th system options, o|ors stting).

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Lokin9 view and

sheet Fous

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ithin th FaurMngr
dsignreor thgraphis c

ara,and slt Lock View Fous o doubl.lik th

viw. This allows ou to add skth ntitisto a vi vn whn
th pointrl is los to anothrviw. You an b sur that th itms
you ar dding blong to th viW you Want.Th viw is markd
ith a d'hd blu bordand solid omrs.
To swith bak to dynami viw ativtion,right-lik th tiv
viW and slrt Un|ok vieW Fous.
Lok sheet Fous llows 1ou o dd skthnLitisto
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th sht.ohris. rhskthntitisblongro th
viw that is ativ o losst to Whryou bgin
skthing.No viw is ativatdwhn th shtfous is lokd on.
To unlok, right-clik an mpty ala ofth drawing shtand slt
Un|ok sheet Fous.

Lok a viw by ight-liking and hoosing Lok view Position.

This prvntsth viw fom bing moved diretl.Ifth view has a
parnt that is unlokd, mYing th parnt will mov th hild.
Unlok a viw by right-liking and hoosing UnIok view
Position.

Note

Th drawing viw bord (dottd bound ary) nnot reslzed| the

usI.Th old Will automatiallyhang siz as th gomtryviwd
within it lquirs.

Flyout
FetureManager

Drawing shts,viws and

latdmodls an b
sltedflom th
Faturanagff dsign t
or from the Flyout
FetureManger Th
flyorrtpparsin th uppI
Ift ofth grahis aea
whn th bannerola drawing viw in th ProprtyManagris sltd.
It ovrs th drawing and an views. It an b pandd,lik th
standardFatulanagdsign t[r, or losd with a lik on th
drawing sht.

Lesson 1
Drawingshets an!vies

SolidWorks
2010

DetiIviews

Deti| views aI usrd to rate a nw dlawing viW whih is an

nlargdprtion ofan isting viw. Th nlargedportion is nlosd
using skth gomtry usually a irl oI othr losrd ontoul.

Where to Find lt

For ore Information

Clik |nsert, Drawing view, Detai|.

or, n th Drawing tolbaf, lik th Deti| view lq] tool.

Se Dtil w on page 253 .

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Add thrDetiIViews to thdrawins.Dtai1A andB = 4 : l.
Dtail=5:1.

ProjetedView

ProjetedviWs ale atdby foldingoffan xistingviw in oneof

foupossiblprojetions.

Whereto Findlt

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Informtion l

Clik lnsert,Drawingview, Projeted'

or, on thDrawingtoolbar,lik Projtedview '
SeProjtd ews olpage 232

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h setion viw tool rats nw drawing viw that is dfitrd

by
uttmg an isting viw with a stion lin.

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Add a Projeted view by liking Projeted view and sleting
th
fuont viW as th so. Pla th viw blow th sour viw.
Add a Prtia| setion View by liking stion viw and skthing

shot horizontal lin as shown. Th mssag ..Th stion

lin dos
not omletely cut thou the bounding box of th model
in
this view.-Do you WJrt ttris to b a
altial setion ut?'' appeals,
lik Yes. Us a ustom sal of4 : 1 and rek AIignment to pia
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Drawingsheets and viws

Solidworks 2010

1 ode|views.
Add two pitorialode|views to thdrawing.Use thviws
Perspetive andRevelse thatwIdfindin thpar1'Us a ustom
slof 1 : 1 for hviw.

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View Settings

Aftr thviw hasbnIatd,vfioussrttingsan hngth

apparn
ofth part.

View Display Mode

Th drawing viw an b displayd in svral mods. Both wirfram

nd shadddisIays ar available' You also hav ntrol ovr th
display otangntdgs.You n slt whih onfigurtionofth part
is dislayd,too.

View Display
odes

hng th view Disp|ay Modes to ovridth dlault sttingsfor

som o|th viws.

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See Viw Displo Stls on pag 262'

See Tngnt dg Displ on pag 264.

,l4 Disp|ay
liodes.
AlI th viws wr Iatdusing th sam dfault sttings'Chang
th
angent dge, view Disp|y and onfigurtion sttingsorse
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DEA, : ngent Edges Rmoved
Per,setive Yiw: shded with Edges
Revese viw: shaded With dges

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DrawingsheE ad views

Centermarks
and Centerlines

enter Marks nd enter|ines ar annotationsusd to mark ill

ntrsand dsribth gorntysiz on th drawing'

Lesson opics

ah ofthese topis ompriss a stion in th lsson.

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enter|ines
iding and showing mode| edges

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manully insrtingntrmalks and ntlinrs.If
you lik oo|s, options, Doumnt Properties,
DetiIing, you n slt options so that ntI
maks nd ntrlinsar reatedautomatilly
whn you ratth virw.

Note

For mor infomation on Balloons, s Blloons opage361l,uto

Blloos on page 36 and.Stqckd Blloos on page 66.

enter Mrks

Th enter rk ommand Iatsa ntff mark, or a ntff oint, on

seletdirulr dgs.Slting a cirl Itsa ntImark.
slcting an aI retesa ntIpoint'

Where to Find lt

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lik |nsert.Annotations. nter rk....

o on th Annotation toolbal, lik enter lr'rk ioj.

or, figh!lik nd slt Annotations, enter Mark....

For oreInformation .
Add Center Marks

Se Cntr Mrk's o\ pag 282,

enter arks should b addd to th drawing piol to the addition of

dimnsions and annotations.You an rsiz thm o modifr thir
aDDearn.
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Add singl ntrmarks to
th irular dgs ofth
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Dag th cntff mark
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or, dght-likandsltAnnotations,enterline....

For [liloreInformtion

Setrlinson pge285.

Add enter|ines

enterIinesshouldb adddto th drawingpfiol to th additionof

You an rsizthmoI modirythil
dimnsionsandannotations.
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Rsizth
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ntrlinby dragging.

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thntrlinso it passsthroughboth
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Drawing shets an.! vios

Sotidworks20,|0

Model Edges in
the View

Th visib1modl dgs that apparin drawing viws an b hiddn,

ontd,olold oI thiknd to nhanthr drawing plsntation'
Hidden dgs an also b shown y sltdfatur.

showidden

Th hiddn dgsofon or mol fttsan b shown in a viw st to

idden Lines Removed.

Edges
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o lik More Properties... on th drawing viW
PloprtyManagI.

FoIore Informtion

Se Show Hidl Edgs on pag 27 6 '

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Add th hiddn lins fI a singl fafuIto th
op virw.
Clik th viw and slt ore Properties.--.
lik th show idden dges tab and us th
Fatangr design tre to add th sing
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Dnwing sheets ad viws

Solidworks 2010

Th drawing should look similar to th imag blow.

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Model ewson page20.

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SetioViewolpage 244.

Dtail Viwol page253.

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xerise2:
reating
AuxiIiryViews

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Iat this &awing with the viws as shown. This lab uss th
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Projtd |1ws on page 22,

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Dtil w on page 253,

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Exerise3:
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CroppedViews

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creanng crcppd views

rat this drawing with th viws s shown. This lab uss th

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|/iwPltt on page 229.

Modl ws ol page 20.

Projectd |/i|son pag 232.

Sction Viw ol pag 244.

DtiI w on pag 25.

rop Vilv onpage259'

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CreatingBroken-outSection Views

Exerise4:
reating
Broken-out
SetionViews

Solidworks 2010

Crat this drawing with the viws as shown. This lab uss th
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|4w Paltt ol pag 229.

Model L,iewson pag 230.

Projctd |\wS on pag 232.

Brokn'out Sctio|1o| page 257,

Crop Viw or'page 259.

Cop Viw nd Mov View otpage 261'

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at.thisaringwith tlr views as shown.

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Dimensions

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Dimnsions usd to dsibth shp ofth at1o assmblv
shon in th drwingr i s. Dimnsionsin SolidWorksdrwinr
ssoitd
with th modj.nd hangsin thmod|fltd th
&awing.

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Ther ar two main typs ofdimnsiorrs:

Disios on pag 287.

notl1tiosonpag 15.
odeI dimensions
Modl dimnsions ar rateds you rtah part feat. You
thn insfi those dimnsions into th valious drawins viws.

Reference dimensions
Rfrn dimnsions,or drivn dimnsions,n b addd in th
dawing doumnt.Yo annot dit th valu ofrfn
dimnsionsto hang th modl'

Insert Model ltems

|nsert ode| ltems allows you to tak th annotationsand rfrn

gomtrythat Wreratdwhil modling and insrtthm into th
drawing. Thy an br insrtdinto all Yiews, sltdviws, or by
1afuIoI omponent'This is whr you an leally tak dvantagof
the plpalation dn to the modl prior to dtailing.

Groupings of
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Slt th fas oftwo fafuIes
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Pattern) in th DEA", A viw.
Clik Insert, odel |tems...and
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ands]tEntire modeI'A11dimnsionsthataIvlid fol thosviws
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See Mnipttltig Disios ol page 294.
See Ditn|tsio Displa optios o\ pag 00,

Moving dimensions.
Dimensions will b movd brtwrn viws by holding down Shift and
draggingthm. In th illustrationblow, th olors indit whih viw
th dimnsion ame from. Rd: projtedvi blu: front viW,and
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dawing at any tim to supplmntor rpla the modl dimnsions.
several mthodsan b usd inluding Standrd dimnsions'
s | ine, hmfer or ordinte. Thy an also b addedusins th
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Rapid Dimension

You an us on ofthe Rapid Dimnsion maniulatrsto pla drivn

dimnsionsso th r r n|yspdnd sirro rd.h Rpid
Dimnsionmanipultors
apprwhnyou ins drivndimnsionsin
drawing viws.

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Add a Driven (rfrn)
dimnsion to th DEAIL
viw. Clik th uppr
quadlant ofth Rapid
Dimnsion manipulator
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dimnsion.

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ov and modifl, th dimnsions using Disp|y options. A omon

rxampl is to hangth disly ofa dimtrdtmnsionand lotat it'

Where to Find lt

Righlik a dimnsion on th tt oI th ladI,and slet Display

options, Disp|y s Liner.

For More |nformtion

See Dimnsio Displa ptios on page 300.

Dimension Plette

othr hangsn b md to dilnnsions using the Dimnsion Paltte'

Ass by liking a dimnsion thrn moving th pointr

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'12 Drawing views.

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Align Dimensions

Align dimnsionsto ganizthm on th drwing. It Iats

prmnntalignInnlsbtn dimn.ions.

Whereto Find lt

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lik oo|s, D.mensions,Align olliner/Rdi|oI A|ign
Pra||e|/oncentri.

The tlrst annottionsltdmvs to align with th scond sltd'

For ore Informtion .

see liging Disions onpag01.

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dimnsion.
Th Plortanagprovids 1uik.ass
to options suh as sty|es,
oIerane/Preision,Primry VaIue,Dimnsion Text and DuI
Dimension.
Th Leders and other tabs provids quik-assto additional
options suh as Witnss/Leader Disp| ext Fonts, and Lyer
sttings'options uniqu to speifi tys ofdimnsions ar also
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S Dimsio Displa optios on pag 00.
See Dimnsio Slles n pag 306.

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Chng dimnsionsto Inspetion dimnsionsthrough th dinrnsion's
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l7 Dimensiontext.
Append txt to th dimnsiontt oftlr
dimersionshownand savth hangs
s a sty|e namedattePn'
18 Use style.
Usr th styl atten to chlg the two
dimensionsof DETAIL A as sho\,!rr.
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Stdrd 3 I/iews onpz|.

Modl ws olpage 20.

ntr Mrks onpage 282.

Insrt Modl Its on pag 288.

Mnipultit|g Di|nSioSonpage 294.

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ModI ljiws onpag 230'

Projctd |4wson pag 232.

Brokn-outSctio o|1page25'7'

rop Viw on page 259.

enter Mrks ot pag 282.

Insrt Moll Itls on page 288.

M|l1iplatinq Dimnsions oo page 294.

Drin DimSios on pag296.

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Modl tr|iwson pag 230.

Projtd 'IwS ortpag 22.

Crop Viw onpage 259.

|4wlignt and Rottio on page 269.

nter Mrks o\pa9 282.

Show iddn dgs on page 276'

Isrt Modl Itlzs on pag 288.

nipulating Dimnsions onpag 294.

Drin Dit1sios otpag 296.

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Exerise 9:
Views, Dimensions, nd
Configurations

Solidworks 2010

Catthis drwing using th viws, nots ad dimnsionsprovidd.

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ModI Viws onpage 20.

Projectd ans on page 22,

rop View ol pag 259 .

Viewlignnt d Rottion on page 269.

Cter MQrks ot page 282,

Show Hidd Edgs onpage276.

Insrt Modl Itqus on pg 288.

Maipulatig Dinsions on pag 294.

Drwing siz; Yo choi
Units: inhes

onfigurtions

Dimensioned
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open th Anglrd ase par1and Iatea nw simplifid

onfiguration.
In this onfiguration,supprssall th osmti (R1/16)
fillts and
rounds.
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simplifid
on1lgurahon to rat the drWing.

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Iat annotations and symbols'

Align annotations to ach othI.

Crat additional dawing shts

Creat bloks ftom gomtryand notes.

save a blok to a fil.

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Adding
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Annottion
ypes

Solidworks2010
Annotations aI symbols usd to nhnth dawing by oviding
additional infomation for manufaturingand assmbly.
any types ofannotations ar vailabl in SolidWorks. Th most
gnraltyp, th Note, is lplesntativofth haratrististhat
nnotationspossss'ost annotationshav txt' lads,alwhads
and inluded symbols' Th usr-dfindannotationblok an b usd
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Wld Ed Trtterr on pag 340 []
Geomtri TolrcSbol on page 41 @1
Su Finish Smbols on page 45 i{
M ti-jog Ldrs on pag 348 @
Hol llouts on pag 350 @
Dqtu FltrSlzDo1son pag 353 @
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Dowl Pin Snbo1s on g 57 Q
osti Thrds on pag 360 7'
Balloons ortpag 361r@)
Stkd Blloons on pag 66 f.
RvisionSvnbolt on pg 6a
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haracteristisof
Annotations

Annotations have many common hrateristis.Ths inlud ldrs,

arowheads, font, nd how th ladrsttahd.For mor
information, see omlon hrctristis of otations o1 pag \6.

Adding Notes

Notes alr tt annotationsthat an inlud laders.Th ldsan b

atthdto vrtis,dgs or fas ofa modl'

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Atth a note to edge.

Slt th modl ds and add a Note.

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Parmetri note.
yp Patten of followd by a spa as
th not trxt. Clik on th intg
dimnsion 4 (numbofinstans in a
pattm)to lnak th not palamtri.

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Add a Note using th enter|in symbl and no ladr Us Add
symbol |l to Iatthe enterline syml. h txt fth not
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opy nd pste the note.

Copy, modify, and p1ath notr s shown. Th tt ofth notr is
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Dafum Fatul symbols a annotationsthat are addd to modI

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Clik lnsert,Annotations, Dtum Feture symbo|....

oI' on th Annotation toolba lik Dtum Feature i.
or. right-likand sllAnnottions, Dtum Fet Symbo|...'

Se Datum Ftur Smbols onpage35.

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Addinga
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gomtripositionsandonditions.Thy aralotations
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or, on theAnnotationtoolba1ik1@'
o, ight-lickandsltAnnotations,GeometricoIerne...

Forore Information

SeGomtriTolrancSbol on pag34l.

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Add a Geometrio|ernesymbo| withouta 1adr'

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,|2 New drwing sheet.

SltthAdd Sheet tab ffiI to adda nw drawingsht.Using

Properties,stthName to Details & setions anda s|e of 2:1
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AtiYattholiginaldawingshtby prviwing,thnliking,th
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undff select sheets to |od and th
oDtionsAll. None oI se|ected shts.

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't4 Drg nd drop drawingview.

Dag DetailvievI (4 : 1) ontoDetails & getions.

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Mov tlr othrdtail and sectionviws to th

Deta,fls & sations drawins shrt.

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Whnall thdetilandstionViWshvbnmovdto thDetails

& setions sht,ativatthsht.

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Mvr thr dtail and stion viws on th drawing.
Align th txt ofth view labls.

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This drawingwill b usdin thenxtlsson'

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Bloks an usd to atstandaldnots, labls and any othr
ustom symbols that SolidWorks dos not povid.

Bloks

In this exampl, w will rata fild wld symbol.

This symbol is usd to idntift a wld uniquly by
plaing th symbol abov th wld symbol or by
altahmnt to gomtry with a ladrf. Th uppi tt
dos not hang,but th lwr (numbr)must hang
with ah wld.

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Bloksb rtdromskthgomtry
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Crat a nw drwing using a sma1ltmpltsuh as n A siz.

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Skth hxagonusingthPo|ygontool.Add a lin
rossingbrtwenndointsas shwn.

Sizing.
Add orizont| rlation to th rossing lin and
st th lngth to o.5',.

Relations.
Dlt th onstrutionirl. slt th pIimtrl
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Make |ock

ake|ock gthrssltdgomtryintoa singlblok instan.

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o on thBloks toolbal'lik ke Blok .
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lik ke |ok and slt all th lins'
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Dag and drop th manipultor for th leadr
attahmnt(blak aow) as shown. Rrpat th
produrfor th origin (blu axs).

Clik oK.
A loal blok has bn Iated'It an b used multipl tims Within th
cunt drcwing.
Edit b|ok.
Right-lik th blok and hoosEdit B|ok. Add a
not (entury Gothi, l0 point, enter) to th
blok. Typ th tt 'W and pla it in th uppI
halfofth symbol.
ext properties.
Whil th not is sltd,t}? th attributnam
Fieldwe1d and lik Red on|y.
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Sve BIok is usd to sav an xisting loal blok to a standadblok

fil (*'sldblk). on th fil is saved to a fold it an b used in any
drawing.

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oI, on th loks toola,lik Sve |ok @.
or, right-lik th gomtrynd slt Sve Blok.

For ore lnformtion

Se Sllig Blocs on pag 372.

10 sve as b|ok fi|e.

slt thr geomtryand lik Sve |ock [@' sav it as fil tD
so|idworks loks undff th name !.WS in th ]essonfldr.
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Insertlocks

Bloks savd as blok fils an b insfid into any drawing. Upon

inser1ion,thy n b sald,Iotatd,rditd and hiv ladi, uid.d to
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o, dght.lick th blok ion frorrrth FafuIManaerand slt
lnsrt |ok.
oI, drag th |ok ion from th Fatnagr nd dop it into
the &awing.
or, dlag th |ock ion ftom th annotations oI bloks foldIs of
th design ubrary.
Se Insrtig B|ois on ag J72'

12 open drwing.
opn thdrawingFr,ame_Dwg'
13 InsertFWS.
Clik |nsertBIock @ andbrowsfor thblok !.WS.Plathblok
abovthWldsymbolas shown.

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block ftom th lo].s fold in th
FaturManagr Doubl-lik th numbr
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Add another instfl ofth blok, plaing it as
shown. Clik th Bent Leder option and st thr
numbr to .

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Drwig l4ws onpag 229'

NotSo\pag 2|.

Gometri TolracSbol on pag 341.

Flg Notes on page 32|.

Dttn Fatur Snbols onpage353.

TolrnQndPreision options o|pg308.

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Us th following poduras a guid to Iatth dlawing sht

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open a prt.
opn th pafi ANNoAIoNs.1.
crete a new drawing.
opn drawing and nam it annotations' Us a A.size |andsape
shtwith no shtformat. st th sal to 1:2.
Annotations.
Crat front drawing viw and
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Usr th ciru|ar enter lvlark option to ratall th ntImalks

With on sltion.
Right view.
at th fight viw and omplt it using a driving
dimnsion and dafums.
sve nd |ose the fi|e.

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Insrtig Blocl.s ot page 12'

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as shown biow.

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o st u th grid skthing,follow thes stps:

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Usinga Block

BIock Plaement

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Iate a nW -Landscpe drawing with First ngle plojction' Us
th assmbly AsI MAES, rata nw drawing With First angle
projtionand add th standard 3 views. Plae th blok on th
drawing.

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rat this drawing using th dsiptionsprovidd. This lab ss th

following skills:
Drwig Viws ol pag 229 '
Drin DimSiots on pag 296.
NotS o[page 27.
Gomtri TolrancSmbol on pag 41.

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rat standald orthogaphiviws, and a setion view. Add drivn

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Projeted ottom
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]nlud Are th in th bottom viw.

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namd DEAILS.
Mov all the dtail
and stion virws to
that sheet.

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SheetFormatsand Templates

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Iatnotslinkdto standardndustomplopItirs.

st ustomplortis.

Sava shtformatfil.

Assign a sheetformatfil to a dlawingfilr.

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rcatpr-dfind
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s\.a dlawingtemplat.

Impot a DWG/DF fil into solidwolks.

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sheet Formts
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This lsson dls with th sttingsnd bst platis for Ieatinga
drcwing tmlatnd a lrlatd shet frmat. It dsribshw to Iat
linkd nots and th bst s ofustom proprtisin yotrdrawings.
Som ofth importanttopis in th lsson ar listd below ah of
thrs topis ompliss stion in th lsson.
Properties
This stion dals with th proprtisyou an assoiatto a tmplte
and an planationofwhat th sttingshang ilmodird.
Linking notes to standard and ustom properties
Whn ratinga shtfoat you n add nots that alinkd to
standaldplopfiis suh as the drwing sal or th shtnumbr,or
ustom proptistht ou hav in th Ifrnfil.

Insertingnd resizing oLE objets suh s ompny Iogos

setting n anhor point for the BoM tb|e

saving customized sheet formts and temptte fiIe

Using predefinedviews
Prdfined viws an be ddd to a drwins temDltfol automati
v1w Iatlon.
Using lhe DWGeditor
h DWGditoI allows DWG and DxF fils to b viwd. ditd and
savd in th sam,nativ fotmat.

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Iating a dawingtmplatrquirsmole wok than rting a pafi oI

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Crat shtformat fil. h sht Format fil ontainsth

drarvingbrdr and title blok, standrdnots and smafi nots
linkd to ustom and sial propt1is,nhol points fol tabls,
and stom ploptis'
sav th shtformat file whih has *.SLDDR filr xtnsion.
Assign th shrrt folmat fil to th &awing fil. st doumnt
propfiis and ptionally add pr-dfindviws.
saY th Drwing emp|ate fil whih has a *.DRWDo fil
xtnsion.Th tmplatfil inluds th doumntprortis,th
Sht Fonat fil, and any pr-dfinedviews.

DraWing tmplatsand sht formatsI losely llatd but diffInt.

SolidWorks is supplid with a singl drawing tmplatand a st of
nglish and mti shtfolmats' Whn you opn a nw dawingusing
th dfault So1idWorkstmplt,th siz ofth drawing is undfind.
Th systm prompts you to slt a shtfofmat. his dtIminsth
siz ofth drawing sht'Iatsth drawing,s borders and titl blok,
stblishsth dfault sht sal, dtrrinsth t ofviw
prjtion (first or third angl) and sts up th nt lttI ofth
alphabtto b usd in viw datum labls.

DrWing emp|te (*.drwdot)

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ReferenedParts nd
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ustom Poetes

You an ustomiz th dfault shtformtsand sav thm as new fils

or vlwrit the isting fils. In this Way ou an still us th dfult
drawing tmltto slt th siz oth shtlrquird but th sht
formatsthat Will b insItdinto th dIawins ae ou ustom shts.

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Propertiesin
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User Defined
Properties

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You cn also tustomizd dlawing tmp]ats.Ths tmplts
an hav th apprpdatshtfolmat alrady assoiatdwith thm. For
xmpl you an rata C-Siz spifi tmplatetht not only
ontains all ofth aopriattext sizs and dimnsion srttings but it
a]sohas th lct shtformat alrady in la.
Th standardSo1idWorksdrawing tmlatsar poulatdwith nots
that ar linkd to proprtis.h valus usd by thsenots ome from
th ustom Properties ofith th part /assmblyusd in th viWs
oI th dlawing shrt its|f' Ser Duk FiI Proprties and'Soli|LI/orks
Speil Proprtis on pag 85.
Properties, ustom oI onfigurtion specifi, are usd to add
ustomizd information to doumntsin th folm ola Property Nme
and usr supplid Va|ue. his infolmtion an b xfuatdb
plosses such as a Linked Note and BoM.

Insertingustom
Proerties

It is good plati to add ustom ploprtis to art, assmbly oI

drawing fil and thn link th proprtisto nots in th drawing. Whil
you ar adding a ustom propfiy not to th shtormat,a vafiabl
for th ploprty nam is displayd (in th form $PIIPSEE:
''propt name'
). whn you rtum to diting th sht,th valu of
th proprrty' iffound, is displyd.

Note

If th ploprtis usd in th fomat hav no

ssigndvalus, rror mrkrs with th
variab|orlh propnyna]n ill apparn
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SoIidWorks Speial Properties an b ddd to a shtformat and

linkd to nots in th format and on th shtitslf' Th prDrtisan
b Iinkedto thpn or assmblyfil tharis insdinoth sh'

What Makes them

speia|?

Unlik th Custom Ploertis, sial Ploprtis gnratthir own

valus basd on th drawing in whih thy liv. For exampl, whn th
sw.sheet s|e ploprty is linkd to a not, it rads thr shet
ploprtis and trtsth shtsal valu'

saving view sttes

in Drwings

You an reatnw viw statesin th orienttion dialos so that a

dsirdvi \tta b asi|)raIld.his an aIsob-ap|idto
drawings for instanatinga viw statofth titl blok oI th
rvision blok. Adding this viw statto th temp1atWill man that
rvry nw drawing that is ratedwill hav thsprsetYiW stts
inludd.

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W us th trm vlew sttehf;e|orfe|to zooming or srolling to a

spifi ara ofth drawing sht.This is to distinguish it ftom th
viws Iatdby th valious viw cration ommands.You n and
pobably should sav viW statsthat aI zoomd in on vaious
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In this ]ssona nw drawing tmplatwill atd.A standardsht

format will b modifid y dding nots and ustom ropt1is.Ths
hngswill b savd as a nw shtformat and also savd into a nw
drawing tmlatfil.

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sttingsmad in oo|s, options, Doument Properties ar svd

with th tmplat.

Inserting
oL
objets

InsetingoLE objtsto drawings an b a simpl method of insting

a ompany logo or a rlatdimag to th dmwing. Th oLE objtsan
b Linked or Embedded.

Whn using oLE objtsit is good rati to mbdth objt into thr
doumnt.This way ifyou snd (-mail) or mov th drawing fil th
objt wil1 not b lst.

Where to Find lt

oM Anhor Point

Th standald shtfomatssuplid with th softwarinlud an

l1holpint lol plaing the Bill of teri|s (oM) in a spifi
loation on th shet' Whn you add a Bo to a drawing, you an
hos whthror not to us th aDhol pint. For ror infomation
sr Bill o:fMtrils on pag 408.

Saving Sheet
Formt

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hav adddto th awing dounlnt ale savd witlr th shtomat'

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<sol jdi1lorks install diectoy>\data foldr. Howvr fomts
an b saved in any loation rquid.Th data foldI is ovrwlittn
whrn a nW vIsion of SolidWorks is lodd' h trls will b lost if
thy ar stold hI.

Savinga Drawing
em|ate

You n atand sv dawing tmIats,whih ntain

rdlnd
shtfofmats, multipI shts,and pldfind drarvingviws. Drawing
tmplatshav a *.dwdot fil tnsinand n b savd in any
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lik File, sve sheet Formt....

Clik FiIe, Save As..., and sltDrWingemp|ates (..drwdot).

In ordr for a templt fldr to apparin th Fi|e, open dialog bo

yu hav to spith Iotionofth foldr through Tools, options,
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sht Formats an!mplates

SolidWorks2010
To add a foldr:
l. s1ta foldr ty (Doumnt Templats)from th show folders
for lis.
2' lik Add to add a nw diltory path to thr list'
. BIoWse in th rowse For Fo|der dialog box to 1oatth folder
4' lik o to add th foldff to the Fo|ders list.

Populating
PredefinedViews

IfPredefined Views aI adddto thr tmlat.thv aI fI of

rfrns.
h rrns
l pns or assmblisn b adddat nv
tim using Insert odel.

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Importing
Legay Data

lik |nsert, Drwing vie Predefined....

o on the Drawing toolbr lick Predefined View @.
S Prdfid Vie'son pag 387.

Drwings that ist in non.nativformats (lgay)an b importd into

SoIidWorkss natir dar,l
ing fi|sl".SLDDRW)' Ponions rh
drawings an thn b savd s shetformats for us with drawins
tmp1ates.
Lgay DF/DWG drwings n b ditd in thi nativ format usin
LhDWGdiror Th5 rmains DF/DWC drwings.
Imorting DF/DWG fil in SolidWorks utilizs wizard whih
provids stp-by-stpoptions to import th data sussfully nd in th
Iquird loation. To initiat thr WiZaId,open th DF,DWG fil in
SolidWorks.

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Zoom in on thtitl blok rea'This drawingndassoiated
pafi hav
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rate viW statsfor any arasofth drawing that ma b assd
frquntly.Som xampls ar th drawing viws and titl blok aras.

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assmbly.

DrWingustom Properties
Th rdvalusarstordas ustom Propertiesin thdawing.

sW speiaI Properties
Th grnvalusarsW speci| Propertiesthatxistin th
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In th drWing,lik Fi|, Properties''. and slt thr ustom tab to
se th prortisstordwith th drawing. on th part fil nd view
its DloDrtis'

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sheet Forma|s and emplats

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dit the sheet format.
RighGlik th grahis aaand slt Edit sheet Formt. h
bakground graphis bom tiv in skth mod,

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Extend lines in the format.

xtnd th lins in th foImat to mak anothrbo wlrr a 1ogis
going to insfid into th folmat. slt th xtend (or rim) tool
ad rrim th bordrlins to ommonomr.

oen n imge fi|e.

Righlik on th fil
logo.bm and selt open
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|nsertn oLE objet.

lik Insert,object....
sltreatefrom Fi|e
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imag fil.

Adding Relations
to the Format

The r vry fw rlations in the sht format and it is good prati

to add Iltions so that any moditatinsan be asily applid' For
instanif you Wantdto modifl/ th fomatfr diffrnt shtsizs, or
nddto xtnd a txt ala to aommodata larg amlrntof
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Dimnsions an b addd to th
format in ordr to fully dfin th
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1 ide Annottions.
Whn dimnsins hav bn addd
to a format you an thn hid the
dimnsions so that thy will not
appff on th format' slet view,
ide/show Annottions and lik
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1 4 Exastinglinked notes.
Both th gAl-E and SIIEE nots
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Float th sol ovI th sal
not to IviW th property
ssignedto it. $PRP: SWSheet sa1e'. is th txt that
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To dmonstratthatthr notis
linkd,right-likthe shtnmin
theFatureanagqandslt
Properties....

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Doul-lik on th COMENTS: not and add nW lin blow it.
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Add part property.

oen th art s-1o3. C1ik FiIe' Properties... and s1tth Custom
tab.
For Property Nme hos stocksize and for Va|ue t1p
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on th lin blow, t}p th trt ROUND AR soK
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Add the prt property.

Clik @l in th Not ProprtyngIto opn th Link to Property
dialog bo. Slt ModeI in view specified in sheet properties.
hoos th property stocksize flom th |ist and lik o.

Property red from prt.

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valuis displaydin the
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Right-likthndofth hIizonta]
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slctset s Anhor'i||of
MteriaIs.
Returnto the sheet.
Right-likin thawingshtand
sltEdit sheet. Zoom outso th
ntildmwingshtis visibl'

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Clik Fi|e, Properties to assth ustm pIofis ofth drarving.

To make th proItisusbl for any dmwing, st the valus ofall
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Clik FiIe, sve sheet Format and us th nam -lass. Th shet

ormathas bn savd.

30 Delete view.

Dlt th untmodl view.

3 1 Assign sheet format.

Although th shtfomat has bn savd, it should b st as th shrt

folmat for this dmwing' Righrlik on th drawing sht and hose
Properties. In th dialog, lik Browse and sltth shtfonnat tl
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sheet Fofinatsand mplals

Drawingemp|ate
Settings

Th Drwing emp|ate ontainsth shtand shtformt fil, as wll

as sttingsmad to th doumentusing oo|s, options, DoGument
Properties. For xaml, sttingsmad in th DetiIing, Grid/snp,
Units' Line Font, and Llne sty|e topis Will b savd With th
tmplat.

Note

An spifi Doument Properties (inluding units or dimnsioning

standard)should b st bfore sYing the drawing tmplt.

32 Dimensionfont.
UsingthDoumentProperties,stthDimnsionFontto omi
sns Ms, o|d |t|i'16 point.
emp|tes with
Predefined views

Predefinedviews an b adddto a drawingtmplatt fufihr

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Clik FiIe' Sve As.... For Sve as type sltDrWingempltes
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Drawing tmpltesthat ar savd an b usd to ratnw drawings.

In this xaml' th tmplatinludes th pr-dfindviws nd format
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NeW drwing.
opn a new drawing using the 4_vievr &awing templat'

Insert model.
ne|th odeI view stion olth Ploprtyngr'
Right-lik in the Flont YiW,slet lnsert ode| th part Id1I
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Referene.
Th sltdpat is shown in the entviw (Font), th hild viws
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Dimensions.
Add dimnsionsto th modl using lnsert Mode| |tems. Th
dimnsions apparin th font and siz st in th dmwing tmplat'

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BIok

Using Define it|e B|ok, thr is an automatdmthod ofidntiflling

and rlling in th nots ofth shtformat. Th sltionsan also be
svd as paft ofa dlawing tmplat.

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Dfin Titl Blok is usd to fi1l in thos nots that Ie dawing-elated

and not dfind by roprtisofth drawing oI prt/assembl.

hoosing What to
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Any r all fth nots in th titl lok n b flggd for nting

valus.

Whereto Find lt

F i I l i n gi n t h e i t | e
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Whereto Find lt

Right-lik in th dra*i]nd

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it|e b|ok rea.

Righrlik in th dlawing and srlt dit sheet Formt. Right-lik
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sht Formats and nPlates

seIetnotes'
sltthDrawnBy notfirst,ollowdby
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diffInt tooltip by hanging th tt in th oo|tip box.
it|e bIok dta.
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plodur in stp 37 on pag 91.
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Updating Sheet
Formats

sht fomats an b ditdto hangth information (nots,gmtry

and so on) tht they otain.Th drawings tht use those shetfolmats
an b updatdto the latestvsionthlough Relod sheet Format.

Open drawing.
opn thxistingdmwingUpdate. Th drawingontainsa shrt
pafi.Th
foat namdUdate shet Fomat and rfrnd
Ifrnd
shtformatfil hasbnlost or dltdandannotb
opnd.
rowse for formt.
Right.likon thdrawingshtandhooseProperties.In thdialog,
lik Browse andsltthshtformtfil Updat sheet Format
in thloal foldr Clik oK.

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opn theshtformatfil Udate sheet l'omat.slddt.

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Edit the note.

hang th txt ofth not
fom GI FILD to
GI],LEE SADII]M.

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ImportingLegay
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opn DF or DWG drawings and tratdata fol use as a solidworks

shet1bmat and tmplat' Whn you ar Iatinga shtformt and
tmplat,only th ordr and title blok, without gon]tryor
dimnsions,is usd.

he DWGeditor@

Th DwGeditor an opn lgay DF/DWG drawings in th

DWGditor and dit thm. Th t.ilslmin as DF or.DWG fils and
an b ropndin th appliatinsthat Iatdthm. h Dwcditor
aplition an b run indpndntlyofr within SolidWorks.

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sltreate new soIidworks drWinoandonvert to soIidworks
entities.
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shet Fornats and rmplats

Solidworks 2010

2 Drwing|ayermapping.
lik Layers seleted for sheet fomatandlik onlYthLoK
layr Clik Next.

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aly oftlr sttingssuh as Dta units and Pper size ar rd fro
th fil and wil] b rtaind'

lik Center in sheet to plth importdgraphisil] th ntrof

th D.Lndsape sht.

Clik Finish. C1ik Yes to th following mssag:DIavving ontalns

Wide polyline ntitis Which a,n be impo"ted uslng so1id fill
hathes but such oessing an be athel long. Do you W,nt
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Lesson 4
sheet Formatsand emplaEs

Solidworks 2010

Delete b|oks.
AutoCad bloks ar importd ditly as SolidWks bloks. Th
attibuts import as annotations and a listd undr the locks foldel.
Mny ofth bloks rIsntrosshathoI othff unwantdgomtry
xpad the loks folde in LhFarr|Vlngr
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th tit|blok inontionthtill b rtaindin Lh
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Lyer Propertiesanb usedto assignvisibility,olo lin thiknss

andlinr o1orto nnotations
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o on thLine Fomat toolbal,lik thLyer Properties l tool.
SeLr Properlieson pag38l.

6 show lyers.
lik Lyer Properties @ (Layror Lin Formattoolbr)andmak
suall thlayrsin th drawingarfumdon (lik thlight bulbs
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sheet Foma,|sanlemplates

Solidworks 2010

Sheet format.
Right-lik in th drawing and s1t dit shet Formt. slt th

blok andlik xp|ode|ock LB to b ablto ditthindividual

ntltls.

Slt all th gortryand lik Line oIor @ nd lak.

odiry th titl lok as shown to lmov th Bo tabl lins' Add
gomtyo nots as rquird.Rmov th tabls in th top fight and
lft as wll.
Do No sAL
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soldworksof porof|on

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save formt.
Righrlik dit Sheet to rxit shtfomat diting. lik Fi|e' sve
sheet Formt and nam th fil D_fom_DWG in th loal foldr
Clos and do not sav th dawing.

1 0 rete tmD|te.

opn a nw drawing using th standaIdDlawin l and slt th

D.fom_DWG folmt. sav s a DrWing emp|ate. Tst th tmplat
by ratingviws and ddingdimnsions.

1 1 sve and |ose.

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Lesson 4
sheet Forma(sanlemplas

Savingfiles in DXF
and DWG Formts

SolidWorks2010
Th DWGeditor softwarallows you to dit and maintain fils that a
in DF or DWG formats. It is not intndd for rating nw DWG or
DF rls.

,| strtDwGeditor.
Drag and drop the fil attibutes.dwg into the Solid.lVorks window.
selet Ediftiew in DWGeditor Clik Finish.

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oct.. Rsaftd dn.!
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Lesso 4
sht Formatsand emplates
DWGeditor window.
Th DWGditor appliatin pens in a spalat Window. dit and sa\,
th file in th nativ format.

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Lesson 4
sht Forma an.l mplats

Solidworks 2010

x6ris l4
A!ling Propenies to a sheet Fotmat

Solidwo.ks 2010

xerise 14:
Adding
Propertiesto a
Sheet Format

rt th following
drawing format md
tmplatusing th
information providd'
This lab uss th following
skills:
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Proprtis in th
Tplt olpage 80.

ustozing q Sht
Formt o\ pag 8| .

Sving Sht Formt

on ag 81.

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Saving a Drwig
Trplte ol page 8| .

Defi Titl Blok on

page 93.

Dult Fil ProprtiS onpage 84.

Solidl4IorksSpil Propeis olpage85.

Units:Inhes
siZ:A-Portrait
odify a sheet format.
opn n xistingA-Portrit&awing.
Edit sheet formt.
dit th shtfonnat.Thrarxistingnotrsin manylocations.
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A!lingPrcpe|1isto a sht Fonnat

SolidWorks 2010

Note.
Dlt th not with th coMPAlrrNAE
roprty.Rpla it with a
nt that dislays your ompany nam' using an pplopriat font and
fittins it within th boundalirs.

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Define tit|eb|ok,
Dfine th titl blk by selting all ofth NAIIE and DAE nots.

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opn th plorties ofth shtand us rowse to st th shtfolmt
to th nW A-siz_Potait fonat.
Dimensions.
st th font fol all dimnsions to imes NeW Roman, Bo|d, |t|ic and
16 point.
rete a drWingtemp|te.
saY th shtas a drawing tmpltusing th nm
A-size_Potlait.dlwdot.
Sav it in th Tmplates oI utorial foldr.
New drawing.
rat a nW drawing using th dawing tmplat
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10 Add views.
Add two viws ofth xisting assmbly boaPd assem to th
drawing.
Add som dimnsins to tst th sltedfont.

'll Linked notes.

Using thlinkdnotsthtxistin thassmbly,
thtitl blok is
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Adding Propedies to a SheetFormat

SolidWorks 2010

l2 nter tit|ebIok dta.

ntI th titl bIok data fol th nots idntifid by Dfin TitI Blok'

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boord ossem

13 Remining properties.
TWo poprties,DSRIPIoN and REvIsIoN, did not appal in th
tid blok. Thy are linkd to protisin th ssrrrblyand drwing
fils'
opn th assrnblyp board assem and add a plopI1y;
Desription, E|troni Devie.
dit th plopItis ofth drawing and add a ploprty:
Revision, S.
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Add a not on th dlawing shtthat fits Within th bold fth titl
blok as shown.

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tor ot dr,tvinas.
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Adding
Properties and
Predefined
ews

odis, th fllorving at and us th drawing fomat Iatdin

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Isrting Custo Proprtis on page 80.

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A-size_PorLait.dWdot.
Add Predefined Views.
Add Predefined views lor th
Front and Isomti viWs' Iat
th o nd Right Yiws as
Projected Views.

solidwoks 2010

e.ise 15
Adding PrcpertlsanlPrcclefineIvielns

5 save the drWingtemp|te.

Savth modifid drawingtmplatas A.size_Portrait_views.
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Ieat a drawing using th nrw
dawing fomat' Populate th viWs
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xerise16:
Using DWG
Files
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rat a nw sht|omat and drawing tmpltfiom n isting
DWG fil.
This lab rinforsth
following skills:
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Dat on pag 82.
Soving Sht
Fom1t o\ page 8| '
Svig Drwing
Tetnplaton page 8|.

Proedure

opn th fil DItrG EAKE.DWG in SolidWorks.

DXF/DWGlmDort.
on the DXF/DWGlmport dilog,usthfollowingoptionsto impofi
th fi 1DWG_AKET.DWG:

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slt0 andnots.

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Using DWG Files

SolidWorks 2010

Deletions.
Drag slt th ntir drwing nd dlt all sltions.

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loal foldr. lose the drawing without sving.
save drWingtemp|ate.
st th Doument Properties as ndd.Us Fi|e, sve As and
hoos th tye Drawing emplates. Us th nam D Fomat and
lose th drawing without saving.
Ner.vdwing.
oen nw drawing tmplatand tst th format by adding model
ssmbly viws.

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Docunent Proprtisin a sht Fomat

Exerise 17:
Doument
Properties in a
Sheet Formt

Solidworks 2010

Crarh oIlor-l
ing drwingusinga
dlawing foat you Iat.
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nnotc|tio|1s
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uto insrt on iw crtion olt
pag 492.
to B||oon Lol on pg 453'

NewdrWing.
Crt nw drwingusingthA-siz Potait.drwdot dmwing
doumnttmplate.]nludethassoiatd
shtformat.
Settings.
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Notr Font: Alial Blak, Rgula16point.
Auto insrton viw ration= Ballons.
Auto alloon Layout: Cirular@.

sve drwingtemp|te.
savthfil as a *.dWdotfil in thdfaultfoldr.Namth fi1
Dl.;UlJ}-tJ' L los In urn lI.

oDen nd dd view.
CIat a nw doumntusing th tmplat.lnsert a ode| view ofth
eading ut assmbly (Lesson5\ExeIises\Reading
Lit),
using th Isometi orintation.Th viw should be automatiall
populatdwith Balloons using th Not lont stting.
sv and |ose the fi|e.

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AssemblyDrawingViews

Upon sucssfulompltionofthis lsson,ou will b ablto:

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Cratxplodddrawingviws.

l{idomponents
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AssemblDrawingviews

Solidworks 2010

Assembly
Drawing Views

hr ar sveralts ofsrttings and

viWs tht a spifi to assmblisalon'
Th A|ternte Position vie lor xampl'
is usd only on assmbly bsed viws.
Most viW typs ar vilabl for both parts
and assmblis.
Many of th drawing viws sho in
ppndi B: Dralling Shts anl |/iws for
parts n also b usd with assernblis.
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Model iewson pag 20
Stndrd 3 ws on pag 2|
Projtd tr/iwsonpag 22
Rlqti to Modl |/iwon pag 24
uiliaryl Viw o\ page 26
Brokn Viw on page 238
Brok|1-outSction ol pag251
Dtil Viw ol pag 25
rop ew onpag 259

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GreatingViews
of Assemblies

Crat drawing viws that IfInassmbly fils using tehniqus

similar to thos usd in making drawing viWs ofpal1s'

Automati iding

Using th Automti|lyhide omponents on view retion option

hids mponntstht a not visibl through th olintation ofth
drawing viw.

Where to Find lt

lik oo|s, options, system options, Drawings and

Automti||yhide omponents on view retion.

ForMore Information

See utomtic\llhid otpotson iw cration ol..pag445.

Settings.
lik th optionAutomati||yhide omponents on vieW creation.

2 open the ssemb|yRevolvi|tlead

E lashlight.
3 Drwing.
Clik
Mke DrWingfrom PrUAssemb|yand
hoosan A-Potrait drawing.Us
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AssmblDrawingviews

so|idwoks 20,|0

View Palette.
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Task Pan, drag and drop th
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Clik a viw and st Referene configurtion in th

PlopItyManagr.
o right.lik th viw and lik Properties.
See Configurtios nd Displ Stles on pag 90.

onfigurtions.
Using th Drwing view
Properties dialog box, st thr
onfigurationfor the front
and right viws to stlaight'
Mov th viWs to th
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AssmblDftwingviws

Solidworks 20,l0

roken-out
SectionView

h roken.out setion view is usdto ut Waya portionofth

ssmblyin a dmwingvi xposthinsidandaddhthing.

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SssmblBrokn-outStioSon pag393.

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omponents/rib
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omponnts
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omponent.
oI, lik a viW and slt ore Properties... and ide/show
Comoonents.
Se Hid omponnt ortpage402,

9 ide,/showomDonents.
Not all ofth omponnts
in th assmblyarevisiblin thviw That
is duto thAutomti||yhide omponentson viWretion
sttingusd.
sltthIiihtviw andfight-likProperties.1ikthide/show
omponents tabanddght-lik|er se|etionsto lmovethitms
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Lesson 5
AssemblDrawingviews

Alternate Position
Views

Th A|ternate Position view is usd to indiat th motion ofn

assembly omonentby showing it in diffIntpositions.

Where to Find lt

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lik |nsert,Drawing views, A|terntPosition....

or, lik Alternte Position viw []on th DIaWing toolbar'
Se ltrnt Position |/i\9so\Dasr 98.

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lik A|ternate Position view [jnd slt th
to viW. slt th New onfiguration option
nd ty th nam lIead-up.

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The ssmbly rfrndin th viw is
opnd,using thr sam viw
oI1ntatton.
on th rove omponent dialog, lik
o||ision detetion nd stop at
o|Iision. Drag th llead, swivel
oponntorrntr-lokwisuntil it
ollids. Clik oK. Rtuming to th
dlawing shows th onfigurations
overlid'
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Rrprat th Samprodul using th onfiguration
nam lIad.down and daggingth ompo nt in
th lokwis dirtion unti1is ollids.

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an b usedon a singlsurviw.

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llodelViews

Th Model View rats a singl viw basd on a prdfind viw

orintation: Top, Font, Isomtri and so on. Th View Palette an
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See Model Viws onpage230'
See View Plett onpage229.

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Clik th Model View ion @j.
Clik Browse and slt th
ssmbIySub-assembly
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AssembI Drawingvievs

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Exploded Views

Exploded Vjews ar ratdin a drawing viw from an xisting

xplodd viw in th assembly.Th xplodd statmust alrady xist
in th assmbly.

Where to Find lt

Right-lik in th viw and slt Properties....

For More lnformation

See Eplodd ews onpage391 .

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Right-lik th view and hoos
Properties. Clik Show in
exp|oded state and lik oK.
Again, som of th omponnts ar
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Disp|y Sttes

DispIay Sttes ar usd in assmblisto dfine diffrntombinations

of sttings for ah omponnt. Thy ar stord within ontgurations.

Where to Find lt

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or, right-lik th viw and lik Properties.

For More lnformtion

S onfigurtiosnd Displ Stts olpag 390.

16 Display state.
Rturn to th Properties pag
and hoosth DispIay Stte
Default_batteris-shaded
from th dropdown list. Also,
lik th Hide/Show
Components tab and lar
th list.
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To proprly show th display

stat,th Disply StyIe of th
viw must b Shded or
Shded with Edges.
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Rpat th prvious produr by rating a Modl
Viw of th assmbly Sub-assembly Had. Us th
xplodd vi display statDefault-bu1b-shaded,
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ssembl Stio Viws on

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ltrtPositio ws on pag 398.

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Alternate Position View.
Add an Alternate Position View using positionsthat show th
maximum rang of motion of th Clamp.

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ssemblviws

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3 Add a view tht shows the motionof openingthe Gover.

4 Add a SetionView withsome omponentsunut.

5 Sheet2.
Add an Exploded View of thentir
assmblyReading Light'

Broken-outSection View.
Add a Broken.outSetion View showing
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reate a drawing with

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on pag 390.

Cofigurtios nd
Displ Stts onpage 390.

ssmbl utw Viws

on pag 395.

Hide Componnt onpage 402'

Units: lnhes
Siz: G-Landsape
Perspetive and Model Views'
Apply prsptiv to th lleatr assmbly
Isometri viw and rat a nw Mode] View
in ordr to apply prsptiv in th drawing.

Alternateisometriview.
ratan altmatisomtristylviw and
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Cutawy view.
reate a utaway viw in th assmbl using an
assmbly fatur.Us Display Statsto st th
diffrns in display as shown.

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Us Hide/Showomponentsto hid
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Add a sond sht for drawing viws of th abinetl omponnt.
Add a Named Vie flat pattrn view and dtail viws. Also,
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Lesson6
Bill of Materialsand Tables

Upon sussfulompltionofthis lesson,you will b ablto:

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Add a dsigntblto thr drawing.

reat a genffal tabl.

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Bill of Mal'nalsanlables

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Gretingnd
Managing il|
of Materi|s

This lsson plains how to Iata ustomizd bill olmatrials

(Bo) tmplatnd prsntsth bst pratis for implmntingand
managing th datatht is linkd btwnth bill fmatrils and an
assmbly file and its prts.

The Bill of
Materials

Crating bill ofmatIils is an automatifuntion that uss a tabl

similar to th o1 Tbl and Rvision Tabl. hangs at th assmb1y
lvl (dltions'rordring,additions and so on) ar rfltd in th

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To ditthBoM in 1,righrlik Edit.

o hidethBoM, right-likHide.
To dltthBoM, fighlik De|ete'

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enturyGothi,Regulrand8
points. his ststh fontsize for
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Right-likthshtnddit sheet Formt'
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Anhor' Bi||of Mterils.Rtunto ditinsth
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InsertBill of
Materials

Th ill of Nlteri|s table is usd to xtratomDonntinfolmation

fom th assmbIyin rhdrawingr i' h stnJardBoM inluds
itm numbr,part numb dsriptionand quantity for ah aomponnt
in th assmbly.

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oI, lik |nsert'ab|es, i|| of ateri|s....
or, righlik and sltb|es, ill of teri|s....

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4 selet a view.
Sletonofthviwsthatontrns
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for d lik Insert,
bles,i||of teria|s...
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sltthb|eemplte
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Clik th Bill ofatrials in a 1lofth olumn to b dited'

S (oltln opions on pag 4|6.

isting olumns an b movd to th lft oI fight ofthil nt

position by dragging and drpping.
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IIovff ovI th QY. olumn and hold th lft mous buttonto dlag and
drop a olumn. Drg th Qty. olumn btwnth ] N0. and
PAR NI,IVIER olumns'

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slt th MAIitru!.AURED olnn and lik

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sp|itting BoM

The Bo an b split into small tbles by dividig horizoall or

vtially.Th split pofiion ltains th olumn titls nd an b draggd
an}avhron th drawing.

For ll,iloreInformtion

S Splitting BoM Tbls on page 425'

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Clik in a 1lofthitl19 row andriglrt-lik
sp|it'orizont||y
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Bill of Matelliaand ables

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ustomizdo tmplatsanb Iatdby savingthu1nt

Bo
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Right-lik on th BoM and slt Sve As. Add th tmDlatto th
loal folde naming it temp1ate With manufatued''
Adding |tems

Itms that do not rist as parts in thr assmbly an b addedto th

BoM mnually. This is done by adding rows to th tabl and diting
th 11s.Th squntialitm numbr is ddd automatiallv'

For ore |nformtion

Se olumn options onpag 4|6.

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Right-lik in th last row ofth BoM and hoos |nsert, Row e|ow.
A nw itm is adddto th IEM No. olumn' th rst ofth ells

mainmpry

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Bill of atenalsand ables

TabuItedBill of
MteriaIs

Solidworks2010
A abuIated i|| of terils an be usd whn th assmbly ontins
multipl onfigutions'Thr tabultionffts only th QTY. olumns.

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D-Lndspe with th sm
settingsas th uent on. Add an
isomtri viw ofth sam
oveende assmbly.Us th
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Now down th onfigurationsLoonty
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sltingthm in th PloptagI oI
by doubl.liking on th olumn hadel
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zero Quantity

ThBo andisplaya ll with a quantityofzro ln thlWays:with

dsh.numrizroor bll ll'
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BiI of I'llaterials ad ables

Missing items.
The ittrrs80 though87
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Usingoo|s,options,
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thdisplyto zero ..0''.

BoM contents

Th ontxt toolbal and drag nd dro fatursan b usd to gloup

itms, rordr itms, st row visibiiity and hk whthromponnts
hav bn balloond.

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"otumn
duling th sort'

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Balloons labl .he.ansin th assembly
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Design Tables
in the Drawing

an ofyour parts o assmblismay ontain dsign tables' It is good

prati to disply thos dsign tabls in th drawing so that a singl
drawing an rprsnta1lth onfigations.
A dsign tabl an only b insrtdif th top ll omponntin that
virw has a dsign tbl. For instanif a drwing view shws an
assmbly,th only Way you an insrt design tal using that viw is
i th ssmblyfi| hasa dsigntbl'

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Ifyou wantd to show a art lvl dsign tabl in th assmbly

dawing,a wokarlrndis to rat a sarateYiW ofth pafi that
ontainsth dsign tbl. Insrtthe design tbl and thn hid thr viw
ofth part.

Where to Find lt

srlrt a viw thn lik insfi |nsert' ab|es, Design b|e....

,| open drwing.
opn thxistingdrwing
Desi i n.table '

Insert Design abIe.

lik th Isomt]'i view
and Inse, b|es,
Design b|e....
Drag th dsign tabl into
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th
dsign tabl is opn for diting, l mnus r mad ayilable.
Ifyou lik outsid th tabl, it lss.Right-lik th Dsign
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Add titles.
Typ in th titls that will appeain th drawing in th nw row.

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Hide a row.
Right-1ik oWhadr 3 and slt Hide. Th row with th dimnsion
nams is hiddn but not dltd.

Formte||s.
Right-likthpopulatdlls andsltFormat e||s....s\,ral
hangswiil b radto thappamn
oftlr lls andtabl.

Add borders.
In th Formt e||s dilg
bo sltth order tab.
Slt a thik lin stl and
lik th out|ine button

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Bill ot atnalsand ahles

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1 3 Return to the drWing.

Clik outsidth dsign tabl to ls it'
Rtum to th drwing window. You may hav to lbuild th &awing to
pdatth tbl.

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objt.Howvr ilan xat siz is rquird thn you an ntrwidth,
hight or sal valus throughth objt's ploprtis.
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To inasth siz olth dsign tabl, righlik on th tbl and
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Bill of |faterials

Isometri
Dimensions

an! abls

Dimnsions an b addd to th isomtri viw on th drawing. Th

rsulting dimnsions ar Divn (rfrn)dimnsions.

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Th tu dimnsion an be ought bak at any tim by ret}ping
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BiI ot tlata.,als anlables

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17 Remining nmes.
Add txt to lpla th <DI}[> txt
on th othr two dimnsions Wit
th nams ofth olumns in th
dsign table.

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sav andlosth
drawing.

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Units:inhes
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rat a nW Bo tmplattht inluds ustomizd proprtisin tl]

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odif th Bo to inludth following ustorploprty nams nd
to th IEM No.. QY and PAR No.
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Customizinga BOll

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||oons.
Add balloons to th
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Eerise21:
Ho|eTb|es

xerise 21

Iat tl]is drawing

using th
dsriptions
providd' This Iab
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skills:
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pag 429.

Units: inhes

Drawing Sheet 1

Us th followinggraphisas a guidto Iatthdlawingshet

shown.
Drawingsheet nd view.
rta nw drawingwith onviw ofth lIol_ablepafl.
ole b|e.
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Utilizing a Design tabl

Eerise22:
Utilizinga
Designtable

Crat th folJowing
drawing using th virvs.
notsand dimnsions
providd. This la uss th
followingskills:
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Editig |h Dsign T.]bl

on pag 143.

Rsizing L bjcts
on pag l46.

Uits:inhes
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ProGedure

Us th following graphis as a guid to leat tl] dmwing and dsign

tabl.
NeW drWingnd views.
Iat a n\'"'drawing sht
and dawing viws using
th aft namd tube.

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Add th dimnsions
as drivn (rfrn)
and modifl, th
dimnsion txt so
that only tlrlquird
annottionis
displd'
Desi9n ab|e.
Rformatth Dsign bIe
using diI'trntolors in th
lis and add oiumnhaders
substitutingth dimnsions
With (L)' (D) and (oD).
lnsI1and lrsiz the tbl and
font so that it is a suitabl siz in thr dawing.
save nd |ose the f.le.

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Proedure

Use th 1bllowing glahis as guidr to ratth dWingand dsign

tabl.
New drWing and views.
Crat a nw dawing shtand drawing vjws using th assmbly
namd AssY DfiAIlNGs.
General table.
Iat a gnraltabl
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Performaneand Display
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opn a drawingin Lightwightmod.

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Penomane anlDispla lssues

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Performane
and Display
Issues

Whn working with So1idWorksdrawingsthrar various optins and

thniqustht you an appl in ordr to impov th prformano
your SolidWorks sssion' Ths options and thniqusar disussd
in this 1sson'Anothr subjtdisussdin this lsson is how to rsolv
displayissuswith drawingviws ilthy aris.An xallof
display issu is plind and rsolvd iD tl] lsson.

Large
Mode

Larg assmbly mod is a sstm option tlrat an aid you in

maniprrlatigand produing SolidWorks assmblis.Although mainl
assoiatedWith assmbl Iils, this funtionalit an also aid in th
produtionof drawings.

Assemb|y

In th ottom stion ofth larg assmblyag in th otions dialog

are sttingsthat applid to dwings.Whn larg assmbly mod is
ativatdthis an inIasth perfonnan ofviw/drawing ration.

Lightweight
Drawings

Using larg assmbly mod implis that Lightwight Dmwings ar also

usd' Drawings an b loadd in lightwight tblmat similar to
ssmblis.This minimizs th amount ofrfen infonation tht is
loadd with th drawing, inasingth spd lloading and
manipulation.h drawing rfrns:assmblis'sb-assmblisand
pafts, aI al1 Iddlightwight.
Fo mor informtion on lading Lightwight, s th lssD|,,
Modlig manua|.

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Lrge Assemb|y Mode

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sttings.hng thm to math
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and assmbly displays th
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Perto|manceanc!Displa lssus

ogg|eLarge
AssemblyMode

You an toggle lgassembly mod offat any tim to lgain th

funtionality tht is disabld in th sttings.
oggIe Lrge Assemb|y Mode off.
Clik Tools' Large Assemb|y Mode to toggle the stting off. This
dos ,?oltoggl offlightwight dawings'
Resolve Lightweights.
Right-lik any ofth drawing viws and hoos Set Lightweight to
Reso|ved. his Will for th omponntsloadd lightwight to b
rsolvd into th full omponnts.

Note

Cliking th viw oI omonntsin th viw dos ol onvfi them to

Resolved.
Review the drawin9.
Th lightwight symbols hav
bn rmovd from th

omponnts
in all viWs.
|ose the drawing

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Detahed
Drawings

Detahed Drawings aedesignd so you

oo|ViseDethed
an opn and work in drawing fils without
ffi nnotution'
th modl fils bing loadd into mmory.
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Th drawingis dahdliom th rfns' i' empltl
Drawing viws and th top lYl fatul ar
makdwith a brokn link, th ion usd to
Iplsnta DtahdDrawing.
Ifth lndmodl is nddfor an
opratiwithin a DtahdDawing, you
aI plomptd to load th modl fil. You an
load th modl manually by dght-liking a
viW and slting Lod ode|.

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rdud siz rfren.Th Dtahd Drawins loads o rfrnst
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AdYantges of
Dthed
Drawings

You n snd DethdDrawings to othr SolidrJy'orksusrs withut

snding th modl fils. You lso hav mor ontrol ovr uDdatinsth
d\^
ing to lhe modl.Mmbr' o[th dsignt"u. .un *o,k
indprndntly on the drawing, adding dtails and annotations,while
othmmbIsedit th modl' Whn th drawing and th modl ar
synhronizd,all th dtails and dimnsions adddto the &awins
updtto ay gomtrior opoIogilhangsin th mdI.

Peformne

h tim lquird to opn drawing in dtahrd fonat is signifiantl

rdudbusth modl fils r not loadd.Baus th modl data
is not stord in mmory mor memory is availabl to pross awing
data,Whih has signilantprfonrranimpliations for larg
assmbly dwings.

File Size

Th dthdformat Iquirs stofing mor dg data and lss surfa

data.Thfor,som fils alargr Whnonvrtdto dtahd,
whil othrs ar smallr In gneal,ifyoul dlawings hav stion
viws, th fil siz should dras.Ifth dlawings do not hav stion
viws, th file siz may inras.Fil siz is dirtly rltedto th
numbr ofvisibl edgs in the drawing.FoI xample,ifyo parts hav
pattmsoffaturs with many instans'it is mor likely that th fil
siz will inraswhn nvl1dto dtahdfomat'

onversion

Standarddrwings an b onvrtddirtly to Drtahd Dmwings.

DtahdDrawings n also be onvrtdbak to stndarddrawinss'
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To onvfi a standard&awing to a DtahedDrawing, lik FiIe,

Sve As'... hoos th sve s type: Dethed Drwing
(".slddrw).
To onYrta dtahddrawing to a stndarddrwing, 1ik Fi|e,
sve As.... Choos th save s type; Drwing (*.slddrw).

Bfor rating a DtahdDrawing it is good plati to nsul that

th modl is fully up to dat.You should do a Ford Regenertion f
th part or ssmbly.Do this by prssing Ctr|+Q' Ford Rgnration
aussa omplt rbuild ofall th fatusin th modl. Th dit,
RebuiId lo oprration (tr|+) only rbuilds nw or hangdftuls
and thir hildrn.

1 opn drWing.
opn thoolvise drawing.
2 open the referenedssemb|y.
Righrlik in anyviWandslrtopen Assemb|y'

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PerlormananIDlspla lssues

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Assemb|y fored regenertion,

Prsstr|+Qto rgnIat
thssmbly.
save and|ose thssembly.
Drawingfored regenertion.
Psstrl+Q to rgnIat
thdlawing.
Save th drawing.

Making a Bakup

sve As opy is a good mthd ofmking bakup drawings.With th

sve As opy funtion yu an sav th dawing with nw nm or
pth, Without replaing th ativ doumnt. You an ntinu to WoIk
in th original drawing documnt, but hav bakup ofyoul drawing at
that partiulastagin th dsign pross.

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onvertto
Dethed

To make a mparisonofth diffrnin prformanbtwna

DtahdDrawing and a standarddrawing, th opid drWingwill be
onvrtd to the detahd format.

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ntthe rlnmToolviseDetahed.sltthsve As opy
optionandsavthopy as fil tyr DtahdDawing.
lose the urrentdrwing'
7 open the oolvlseDetahed drWing.
indictions of detahed.
Th tim tkn to load the drwing was shortrbusth modls
wI not loadd into mmory
An indiation ofdtahd is found in th
FafuInagrdsign tee. The &awing and
drawing viws ar mrkd with th brokn link.
xpand a view and only the lndassmbly is
listed' N fi.u1hrxpansion is possibl bausth
modls ar not loadd.
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Whn working with Dtahd Drawings, SolidWoks can inform you if

hang hs ben mad to th modls that ar rfInedin th
dawing.You thn hav th hoi ofbringing th drawing up-to.dat
With th rfIn data'

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11 hnge a value.
Chang th diamtrol
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drawing to b sur that thy ar synhronizd with th model. Ifnot,
you ar wamd. This is nothrinstanwhn loading th modl is
rquirdto bing lh vi s up to dt(
13 open the Dethed Drwing.
A messagappa tlling you the
&awing shtis out of dat with
the xtmal modl. Th drawing
opns but it dos not display th
latstvion ofth assmbly'
l4 Load the model.
Right-lik a viw ontaining th
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Pertomanc ad Displa Issues

Solidworks 2010

l5 Updated drwing.

Note

vn though th modls wr loadd to updatth drawing, th nrt

tim it is opndth drawing dos zor load th modls. Th drawing
Imains a DtahdDrawing.
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DisplayIssues
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In som instansan assmly or assmly drawing dos not display

oltlyin idden Lines Removed (LR) oI idden Lines visibIe
(Lv) mod.
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NeW drWingnd view.

Cat nw A-Lndspe dawing with shtfomat'
Add an Isometic vi''of th cylindensldasm. Us th Default
onfisumtion'

Note

Th viw has a lot oflins missing that ar ausing a por

Iplsntationofth assmbly.Th ommon aus ofthis problm is
intrfrnin th asstbly.Thrfot th nt stp is to find th
intrfrnand rsolv it.

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Interferene
Detetion

Solidworks2010
In a ompl assmbly it mayb diffiult to visually dtrminwhther
omponnts intrfI With ah othr You an dtt intIfrn
btwnomponentsnd amin th rsulting intefrnvolums.
Ilthr is intrfrn,th dialog box lists th oulns.on
orrrnis leportd for ah pair of intIferingomponnts.Wn
you lick an intrfrneresult in th list, the osponding
intefrnvolum is highlightd in th graphis ara and th nams
ofth omponntsinvolved a listd.

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Detetion....
sltthr toplYl assmblyandlik cIuIte.
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and Displalssues
Perto|mance

soIidwoks2010

Drwing'
Rtum to th dmwing
to se th hangs
that hav oud.
othff intIfrns
Imatn.

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diamrtdimnsionsto
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Prfoman and Displa lssus

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Return to the ssemb|y.

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Dis|ayQuaIity
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ontdbuteto displayproblmsin wirframr onofth hiddenlin
modsif it is notstfin nugh.
In oo|s, options, DoumentProperties,|mgeQua|itythrae
slidrswhih allowsyou to inrasthwirframedisplayqualityat
thostofslowrgrahiprformn.
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Dlhd Drwigs on pag I58.

Mkig hags to th Rrncd ssmbl on page 16il.

rate a detahddrawing from a standarddrawing fil.

open n existing drWing.
opn th ivoting ov fam dlawing flom th onveyo lab
fold.
Generate a Detched Drawing.
rat a dtahd drawing namd f,me-Detahed.

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Modify the
Assembly

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Aftff gnIating th drawing mak a mdifiation to th assmbly.

Update

vlodifythe pivot h_ai11.

opn th aft pivot-h.Iail1. Modif tlr
11as sho\rrnto fr hangsin the prL
and th ssembly.
open ssemb|y.
opn tlr ivot'ing onv fl,m nd
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Detahed
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DtahedDrawings-2

Iat this Dtahd

Dawing using th
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Detahed DrWing

Dtqchd Drwlgs on ag l58

Mkig hangs to th Rrecd ssembl ol pag 16|.

rate dtahddrawing fom a standarddrawing fil.

open n existing drawing.
opn th DAWR drawing lrom th DaWe lab folder
Generte Detahed DrWing.
CIat a dtahddrawing namd Dawe_Detahed.

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DtahdDrawings- 2

Modify the
Assembly

SolidWorks
2010
Aftr genIatingthe dawing mak a modifiatin to th assrrrbly'
odify the DRAi1rER_SIDE'
Modify the assmblyby hanging lngth on th DA\rER_SIDE
from 50mm to 500mm'
U pdate.
Updat th dtahddmwing with th modl and part hngs.

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Upon sussfulompletinolthis lsson'you will be ablto:

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Copy andusa drawingfile.

Changth rfrnofa drawing andth drawingviws.

ompaletwo similardawingsto viw thdiffrns.

Chekparts,dawingsor assmblis
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DrawingRafarncsanlompaison

Reusinga
DrwingFi|e

A grat dal fdsign work is

dIivativ basd on existing
dsigns.In this lsson you Will larn
how to op a part and its assoiatd
drawings and use thm as the basis
for designing a new part.

1 open the existing drwing nmedrdier Arm.

|ick Fi|e, sav As....
Do not lik Save.
|ik the Referenes...button.
Th save As With Referenes dialoc ons'

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DmwingRefrencesand ompaison

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seIetthe fiIes.
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The filnam o1orwill hang to $en to indiat thy hav bn
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Slt both th &awing and th prt fils.

Clik rowse....

lik sve A|l again to rcat th nw drawing fil and part and los
t save As With Referenes dialogox.

slt a nw foldr loation fol th fils.Th foldr paths for bth fils
ill hang to grn to indiat th path has bn hangd.

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Drcwing Refrncsan!compaison

SolidWorks2010

heck the referene.

Right-lik on one fth viws and slt Properties.
Th view is now rlatd to th nW pafi fil. Changs an b mad to
th new part Withoutafftingthe old vrsion.

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Drawing Refrences an!"";#J":

Chnging
Drwing
Referenes

Changing a drwing frnallows you to hange th part oI

assmblyusd in a drawing without dlting and rIatingth viWs.
Drawing viws an refrnspifi onfigurations.Ifth
Iplamntart or assmbly does not hav th sam onfisurations.
1ou wi|| b pomtedon a \ iW-b-viW
bsisto hoosathr
onfigation.
Diffrns btwnth oliginal refrndfil's gomtry and th
Iplamntmay aus som ofth dimnsions and annottionsto
bom dangling.

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Mak su you d not on th drawing by doubl-Iiking.
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Th dit Referened File Loations dialos oDns.
Aess the referened fi|e.
Doubl-lik th Nme.

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Finish opening the file.
1ik oK to los th dit Referened Fi|e Loctions dialog bo.
Thn lik open to opn th drawing with tlJrger- as the urrrnt
rfrn'
Note

Ifth onfigurtionnams do not math, a mssagapprs.The last

savdonfiguration
olth sltdprtis usd.

DngIingDeti||temsdia|ogbox.
DngIingDetailltems wlll b listdundff ount.
Th De|etehkbo n b usdto d1t
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Drawi ng Refern c es an!"*;::,J.:

't0 DrWing.

Th modl viws updatto display th hangdrfrn.Not that thr

ustom plopfiis hav hangdto rflt the nW part lfrn.

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Right-lick on on ofth viws and slt Properties''.. Not that the
Mode| informtion now indiats llane-8.

12 sve nd lose the files.

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h DrWompare tool is usd to highlight th diffrnsbtwn

two sltrd drcWings.Additions and Remova|s from th trst
sltddrawing aI olor odd for asy viWing.Th Drawompre
window appass a sepalateploss.

Where to Find lt

DrWings.
Clik Too|s,Compre,Drwompareandsltthdrawing
Gasket.l as DrWingl andGasket.2as Drwing2.

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Clik Compare Drawings ffi] andwitthrsults.

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Zoom.
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Dnwing Referncsan!comparison

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ClrAdditions andlik
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Save.
lik sve Resu|ts @ and bitmas (*.BMP) fils are ratdfor a1l
thr windows' Clos th DrawCompar tool.

SolidWorks
Design Cheker

h soIidworks Design heker is a st oftools usd to hk parts,

assmblisand spiall drawing fils againsta hklist ofompny
spcifid standalds'BuiId cheks ae usd to ratth hklist and
hek Ative Doument to pply it to SolidWorks doumnt.he
hkr genIatsa list offaild hks and dtaild information about
ah. Th sultsan b sntto a lport that is savd to th Dsign
Bindr or to disk.

BuiId hecks

he ui|d heks option is usd to Iatth hklist usd by th

Dsign Chkr Th hks ar ratdas *.swstd fils that an b
pplidto n1 SoIidWorksdoumnt'
The hks ar brokn down into atgofis.
Som hks allow for numi omparrsons
Iikthtshownt rightor oshking.

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Design heker must initiatdusingthooIs, Add.ins dialog.

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on thoffie Products tbofth Commandanasr.
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Clik sve @, nar th SolidWoks Stndardfil Studnt and lik
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Aftr a SoljdWorks Stadardfil is rtd,it an b opndnd ditd

r.rsingth Build Chks tool.
Doument heks.
lik Doument hecks ilj and Dimensioning stndrd' Clik th
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Clik Drawing Doument heks E and stth following.

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DrawingRtr/.ncosan!conpa|ison

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8 sve and eit.

sav th hangsandit thso|idworks Design heker dialog'
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h summary view tbshowsa ondnsd

butunditblviw ofth
hks.Th options tabllowsfor thhksto b rn on thativ
onfiguration
or all onfigumtions
andto stthunits.

hek Ative
Doument

Th Chek Ative Doument otion uss a sletdSo1idWorks

standard (*.swstd) fil to hk th rrrnt doumnt.Th esults
aparin th Task Pan undr th Design hecker tab. hey an b
savd to th Dsign Bindr ofthe doumnt01 to disk.

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on th offie Produts tab ofth ommndMnagr.lik hek
Active Doument lgii,j'

hek ative doument.

Clik hek Ative Doument l, Add th
student fil ratdin th plvious stps,
lear th othestandrds'nd 1ikcheck
Doument.

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Dimensions, overlpping hek (2
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Using Auto.orrect

Lesson I
Drawing Refrenes and companson

Auto-orrt n b usd to mk hangsbasd on fai1dhks. It

dos not apply for grahial hks'

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andthDoument'sUnitssettinghek
andslt|d|elArm - sheet1.
,|2 Auto-orret'

lik GorretSe|etedto appl1lh Preferredv|ue(s)orUnit

System.

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xandthDoument'sDimensionFont
hk andslet|d|erArm - sheetl'
14 Auto-orret.
lik orrect seleted to apply th Preferred va|ue(s) for Font and
Font Style.

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Lav th dialog opn and rpair th ovrlapping dimnsions.
,|7 sve nd |ose the fi|es.

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DrawlngRafrencasand Comparlson

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Chnginga
Drawing
Referene

ercise 26
changing a DrawingRefernce

odiy the drawing by

hanging th isting
rfernin th drawing to
a nw tll.

This lab uss th following skills:

l hngig Drawig Rrns on pag
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Units:ihes
Siz: B.Landspe

Proedure

U.s-thlollwing graphis as a guid to

rlaing th fil rfrnin a
druwlng.

Drwin9.
Sltthistingdrawing
clamp' ight bottom'

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Usinguild
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Crat a SolidWorks Standardfil and us it to hk a drawing.

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Proedure

Solid|4lorlDsign hckr olpag |18'

Bild hks onpag 178.

Usig to-orrl on ag 181

Chk a dwing using svlatgots.

uild heks.
Using uild heks, reat a nw SolidWorks Standardfil
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Und Doumnt Chks, Unit sttings st to Gs

r Urrdr Dimnsin Chks, Font Styl st to ntury Gothi,

Rgula Points : l2
oI, ]rsr th isting standardsfi1D.Lab. swstd found in
th Iise
foldr
Drawing.
opn th xisting drawing using-Desi n -heken
chek.
Chk th drawing using th standadsfil. Us Auto-orrt
whIr
possibl to corrt th rfols.
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UndIstand
tolnntypsandaturs.

Gnrattolranshmsautomatially.

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Using DimpeItan!olAnalst

DimXpert

SolidWorks 2010

Th Dimxpert softwIis usd to rat fully tolranedmodl with

Dimpfi atursatdfrom SolidWorks lafursand gmtry.
Th modl n b usd with o|Anlyst stak nalysis. h rsults an
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Paflnff CA appliations
PnolrnaaIysisppliations
trology(msurment)
ppliations
Crating dimnsiondand annotatddrawing viws

Th Dimpn reognizs SolidWorks fattssuh as fillts,

hamflIs,pattms,trudsand hol wizrd hols when rating
Dimprt faturs.Dimensions and toleransn b addd manually
or automatially using Auto Dimension Sheme to ompletth
pIrss'

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Th dimnsins and tolelans onform to th ASM Y14.41-200

standId.

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Dimxpertanager

Th Dimprt ppliation storsth faturs,dimnsions and

tolranstht omprise it in th Dimxprtanagel, a ftrr strut
similar to th FaturanagrDsign Tr.
olo aeusd to hlp visualiz th stas ofth aturs,presntdas
fully-, undr- or ovrdfindlik skths'
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ToIeraneypes
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UsingAuto Dimensionsheme #, tho|ernet}psP|usnd

Minus oI Geometrianbr Iatd.h Geometrioptioninluds
DtumsandGeometrioIeranes,
Dimxpert Feturesarusdto dsIibthfaturgomtryfth
part.SolidWorksgomtryis rrognizrdandusdwhnvrpossibl.
Thtls of lafusalistdblo'

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Dsription
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Datums

Prismti Part T}pe

urned PartT}Pe

Plan fatures al eognizd

lom planar fas in th modl.
Multipl llatd plans may b
Iognizd as Width Fetures or
ompound P|nes.
Plane

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dosnotrognizWidth Fetures
or ompoundPInes.Thyan
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oss q, faturesr rognizd

ftom ylindrial fas in th mod1.
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Chain (B is linkd diltly to a
SolidWorks fi llet fatur.Chamfrs
and pattrms an b similly lintd.
hamfer 8 faturesthat ar
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parallel plans appd at both nds
by two planes (whih ar
prpendiulal to th sid walls) or
two radii (whih ar tangrnt to th
sid walls). Slot fatrsar
dimnsiondto th geomtrint
and includ a labl indiating th
ovelall lngth and width. Thy may
b blind or through.

Poket fatursarany
igularlyshapedutsWithoutdraft.
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by two paralll plans, opn at on
nd and closd at the othel with a
plane or radius. Noth fafurs ar
dimnsindfor width and lngth
rd loatd to thr gomtri ntI.

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DimXpert
SeIetions

Solidworks 2010

Dimxpert sltionsaIusdto fuI1hrlssifyDimxprt s]tions'

For instane,a sltdintmalylindria]faouldb lassifldas a
ylindr,holor ompoundhol.Somofth ommonsltionsar
shownb]olv'
Sltion
A P|ne sltionis a singlplnar
surfa rvith any profil sha'

Plne Q

Gomti

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width
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y|inder sltionis an intnal

or xtmal ylindrial fa basd on
an ar profil.

A ompound Cy|inder is usd to

idntify a ylindlial fa that is
brkn into multipl fas by othI
gomtry,A ompound }|o|ean
also b sltdusing a st o
oaial ylinds with th sam
adius.
A Width Feture is usd to idntify
paralll plaar fas that d1ina
width dimnsion on th part. Th
lana t.asmust hav opposing
sur|anolals'

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Ush1gDimmert anlolAnalst

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idntis/ a plana1 fa that is brokn
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using two paralll planes, opn at
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Usig Dimpg| anl olAnalst

Settings for
DimXpert

Solidworks 2010

Sttingsxistfo Dimxpertt thpart1v1.

Tharsi sub-tpis
thatwill hangthsttingsusdby thDimpfi by fraturt}p'
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|okoIerance
vs. Gener|
o|erane

Where to Find lt

Size Dimension
Loation Dimension
hin Dimension
Geometri o|erane
hmfer ontro|s
Disp|y options

Undr oo|s, Doument

Properties, Dimxpert theI aI
sttingsfor |vlethods' |ok
o|erneor Gener|o|rne.If
|ok o|erne is sltd,all th
featul typs ar st to thsvalus.
IfGener| oIerane is sltd'
individual settingsfor ah latur
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1 open prt
prismti ovefltlate.

stndrdnd methods.
Undff oo|s,options, DoumentProperties,Drftingstndrd,st
thovera||Drftingstandrd to ANs|.

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Dimensiontypes.
Usingoo|s,otions,
DoumentProperties,
Dimxpert,Geometri
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thsttingsfol asi
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Size Dimension

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Dimxert
Properties

Lesson g
Using DinpeIt ad olAnalst

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Th Dimpert dialog in DoGument Properties allows you

to st th
tolerantyps and valus for dimnsions and tolrns'
Th"'" ;;i,;'
ar usd by l1Dimpfi dimnsion and annotationommands'
Th size Dimension options hav sttingsfor symmtfi,
biIatralor
blok tolraning fo svraltyps ofdimensions.
Th Loation Dimension optjonshavsttings1oIsymmtri,
bilatral or bIok toIaningfol distanad.angldimnsions.

hin Dimension

Th hain Dimension optionshavsttingsfol symmti,

bilatraloI
blk toleraning lol pattms,distanbn hols, poi<ts
and
t n t m dI i m n s i o n s '

Geometri
oIerne

h Geometric olerne options hav sttingsor datums,positions'

runot,sulfa profils and basi dimnstons.

hamfer ontro|s

Th chmfer Contro|s options dtrminwhn nd ifa planar

fa is
rgnizd as a Chmfr'

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hs options don't affet th lognition ofSolidWorks

hamfr
lLurs'Thsoplion\ar usdb} Auto Dimension
Sheme nd
lze u|mensIon.

Disp|y options

Th Disply options contlol how slot and rdndantdimnsions

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Lesson I
Using Dimprt and olAnalst

AutoDimension
Sheme

h Auto Dimension Sheme option is usd to automatth Ioss

ofrognizing fafursnd adding fi'rntionaltolrans.starting With
datum sltion,fafursand plans an adddto dfin th sope of
th shm.

How the Auto

Dimension
sheme Works

Using Auto Dimension sheme, th gometry is bokn dornnd

idntifid as spaIatfafurs.Usr sltionsidnti8/ datums and
fatursofintest' A dimnsioning shmis gnratdautomatially.
r ypes of shemes
ithrl Prismati oI urned Prt ypes an b usd dpndingon th
A^trAhr

^frA

n..f

r Dtums
You idntifythe Primry seondry andertiary Dtumsby
sltingplanaroI ylindilfsofth modl.
r Feturesidentifid
Thpal1gomtryis mindandfatr's
aridntitd
and
rognizd.
r sheme reated
A gromtdtollaningshm,inludingtolranddimnsions,
datumsandgomtritolraningsymbolsis ratd.

Prismatiand
urned Parts

Thrarsttingsfol Prismti andurned Prt typsas usdby th

Auto DimensionSheme.A omparisonbtwnthtysis listd
blow.

Whereto Find lt

Prismati

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lik Too|s'Dimxpert,Auto Dimensionsheme.

or, on thDimxperttoolbal,likAuto Dimensionsheme .

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pop.updialogllowsyou dfin
thesltionas a Pattern.
Th pop-up apparswhn thI f multipl sltion options
availabl. In this exampl, th ylindrial fae an b rognizd as a
ylind hol or a pttm ofhols.

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Slt th two planr fas oppositth datumsas shown. Ths
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Using Dimpr|an!olAnalst

SolidWorks2010

oIerncefetures.
Th fafuIsatdinluddatums,dimnsionsandsymbols.

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Show TolraStls on pag l99 is tggld on automatiall.

Dimxpert[vlnager.
Th DimxpertManger ] ontainsth Funtion|
oIernes tr that lists all th tolmning fturs
that haY bn gnratd.Thy map dirtly to th
gomti fatuls in th rodl.
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Datum A With a flatnsstolrane.

Datum B prpndicularto Dafum A'
Datum lpndiulal to Datms A and .
A llole Pattenl With foul sim1e o]'e
fatuls.
Diameter,] lo dllnth ho|nd ptlm'
Positionl btwnth pattem and datumsA,
and C.
Distancebetween l nd Distanebtween
ditrrnsioningbtwnth datum plans and
seletdplans.

ousing ovr a fat nam in

th tre (Datum for ampl)
highlights it on th modl. Clik
a 1at in th
DimprtMnag to highlight
its ttahmnt'

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show olerne
ffirs

h usofAuto DimnsionShmprovidsdfinitionto somor all

ofth gomtdfatsofth modl.Color dingoffaesis usdas
a ky to th stateofonsftaint.

Ylthere to Find lt

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over onstrained (dfault1or: rd)

Undr onstrained (dfaulto1or= yllow)
Fu||yonstrined (dfaultolor: grn)

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lik oo|s, Dimxpert,show o|eranesttus.

or on the DimxperttoolbI,lik show o|ernesttus A.

9 onstrintsttus'

The grn facs indit fully onstlainedgomtry Th original olor

rmains on thos fas that w not slctdin th tolffn shm.
for mplth fi||tdmr s.

Note

You an hangthe olos ofth onstaintsusing oo|s, otions,

system options, o|ors.

olAnaIyst
Dimensions

To furtheronstrainth geometry,you an add Lotion and size

Dimensions.Thsdimnsionsarusdto addDimDfifatsto
gomtry
thprt.Sizdimnsions
msur
thhight.dpth.or
widthofa fetur.Locationdimnsionsarusdto poiition iturs.
hy arIatedin thsamway s SmfiDimnsions.

Where to Find lt

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lik oo|s,o|Ana|yst,Loction Dimensionor siz

Dimension.
oI ftomthr DimXperttoolbar,lik Lotion Dimension A or
Size Dimension@.

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Using Di|tlxprtan.l olAnalst

Solidworks 2010

10 Size Dimension.
lik size Dimension @ and add a dimnsion to ny of
th lars fillts as shown.

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Thpartis still undrdfind,andanrmainthatway' It is only

nssryto fully dfinthosfatulsthatrquietolrlaning.

Note

1,| sve and |osethe mode|.

TurnedPart

Th Turned option in Auto Dimension sheme is usd to tailol th

dimnsions and gomtritolransto art built with ilular as'

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Clik Auto Dimension
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and Geometri.

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slt the ntel holr and

rar plnr slfasfor
Dtum se|ection ofth

Primryndsecondry
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Lesson g
Using DimprtantolAnalst

Using Plus and

Minus

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For th sop,srlt a hole ofth hol
pattm, as wll as th plana and
thiknss (ylindrial) fas of th
lowr flange'

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Results.
h anntations
alr
addd.

ThTo|erne
ptionPlus nd Minus anbr usdto tat
tolranddimniiols v,ithoutgeomet;i"
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5 Delete.
Right-likon thto lrvel componntin th DimxertMnger
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Lesson I
UsjngDimpertanIolAnalst

Plus and minus.

C1ikAuto Dimension
Scheme andlik
urned andP|us and
inus. sltth
Primryand
seondry 1ans
s
beforendA||features.
7 sve nd |osethe
model.
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27',

DimXpert
Annotations
nd Drawings

Th dimnsions nd annttionsgnrctdwhen dimnsion shms

alr Iatdrc onsidrdDimxprt Annottions. Ths atotations,
ombind with th lanes that hold thm, ar vry usful WhnIating
drawins viws.

1 open th prtDimpert Annotations.

Dimension sheme.
Th Dafi has th xistins dimnsion shm showrrblow.

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Annottion P|nes
nd views

he annotationplans Fr,ont and op ar found in the Arrnotations

ioidr ofth FaturanagIdsiglrtI.All th dimrrsionsratdin
th dimnsion shmale automatiallyassigndto an annotation
lan asd otl thir olintation,

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to ith th Right oI Front annotationviWs.

A'Rht
A'rct

Ths plns ar also sdto IatAnnottion

views. T]rsviWs us th orintationo|th plan and th
nnotations
signdIo Lho.p|nsro omdiarring r irrs.
llyr mrkdin th Vi P|tlWiLh prfir 1A;.

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In th Model View PlopI1yanagff thy apparwith a suprimposd

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Make drWing.
Clik File, ke Drawing from Prt. Us
th A.sale ltoz dawingtmp]at.slt
lmport Annotations, Dimxpert
Annottions and In|udeitems from
hidden features. Drag nd drop th (A)
F'ont (annotation)viw fom th Viw
Paltt to th drawins sht.

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nclrds itm. |rcmh dda alul6

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Solidworks 2010

To inlud all annotations

that may b in rrotation
viws other than the deiault
Front, op and Rit,
slct lnlude items from
hidden features on th
Viw Palett.If this option
is not sltd,th
annotations for th bak
sid boss and hol pattm
would not appar,

4 sve nd |osethe drawing.

Using Dimxpert
ManulIy

The vise assmbly simulatsthe jaws ofa vise that hold a ip. Th
assmbly will b analyzd using th olAnlyst latr in this lsson to
mak sule that th jaws an om togethrr without intelfIrn.
In ordr to analyz th assmbly, th omponnt parts involvd in th
ana]ysismust hav Dimxpert featurs.hs fats will b aplied
usine manual methods.

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Lesson I
Using Dimxpett an! olAnalst

1 open the ssemb|yvise and the prtbase.

opn thassmblyvise. From thopenassmblyoprn thpafi base'

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DafumfatuIsymbols(daturrrs)
anbe adddmanuallyto fasfthe
mod|.lt is ratd
jlumsvmbol.
ilh smWaya5lhnnolatin

Yvhereto Find lt

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Clik oo|s,Dimxpert,Dtum'
or on th Dimxpettoola'lik Datum l].

Add dtum.
lik Datum @ and mak sure that th Lbel settings uses A. Clik
the top l olthe part followd by plamnt ofth datum.

ClikoK.
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Lesson I
Usinq Dimpert an.l olAnalst

Size dimension.
Clik Size Dimension A: and using Create Width Feature \Q, slrt
th fas shown. Pla th dimnsiol.

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oIerane.
Clik on th dimnsion and st the o|erne/
Preision to Limit With th valus shovm (both
ngtlv)'

Clik oK.

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Open the partjawl.
From thonassmblyopnthpartjawl.
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Lesson I
Using Dimxpert anI olAnalst

Geometri
oIerane

Th Geometric o|erane symbol an b adddto fa o dimnsion

ofth modl. It is ratdin th sam wav as th annotationsomti
toleransymbol.

Note

Th primary, sondryand trtiary dafum nams must ist bfol

adding thrm to th geomtitolran symbol.

Where to Find lt

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Clik Too|s, Dimxpert, Geometri o|erne.

oI on th Dimxpert toolb lik Geometric o|erne ig].

Geometric to|erne.
Slt th siz dimnsion,and lik Geometri o|erne @. Add th
vlus as shown and lik oK'

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o|Analyst

Th olAn|yst inluds

u"' no'.,,* *o|i22i"!.

th o|Ani
oimnsion
trsta;;;;;^iHH:liI'HHxlxT:Jff
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v l u e so a d i m n s i o n
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Th o|An|yststudy is Wizardthatwalksyou
throughthstps-of
Iealinga mrasurrnnt
dimnsion-d d"t";"i;
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ff
tolrans
on thatdimnsion.it stD
sfudy'Itisavailabl*ithsolidwof.y;:thloughthfurphassofthr
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omponents
Note

lt,easurement- Cratsa dimnsionthat

is analyzdfor tolrn
stakups.
Assemb|y sequene - Detminsthesqun
usdto onstut
*"'
thassmblywith thr omponnts
thu.ur"..r,t"'"u,I"n..
Assemb|y onstrints - Setstl

sondary
andtrtiar,),;;;1"#;;;

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An|ysisResu|ts- Showsthrsuls
otheanlysi''fi,prni"g
lhworslsvlusothdimnslon
andthosdimnsions
(ht
ontributto thrsult.
Thartomponnts
usdin tholAn|yststudy musthav
Dimxpert feats'Iatdat thepartle'r
Auto DimensionSheme, to anaiyzth "it..rn""""rl'y oi tt,,oug
assmbiy'
FoI thsparts,th Dimxpert settingsofsize
Dimension aI
symmetrio.250mm.

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Using Dimxpert anI olAnalst

easurement

h esurement phas is th initial phase fany o|Ana|yst study.

A dimnsion is plad btwrn assmbly omponents.

Note

Clik oo|s, AddJns to load or unload oIAnlyst.

Whee to Find |t

Click oIAnaIyst study El from th Dimpt tolbar

Clik TooIs, Dimxpert, o|Anlyst study.

1,| esurement.
1ik olAn|yststudy EI nd slt th outI
faofjaw2.
In th Measure To fild, us slt othff to slt
th innr fa of thjawl as shown and slt th
Min option for ah sletion'Pla th dimnsion.
Also, lik Measurement Diretion [a.
Clik Next @.

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Assemb|ysequene

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Us thAssemb|y sequene pasto dsribthassmblyordrfor

thpartsin th assmbly.
omponents aIsrltdandNeighbors
aradddas onntd
parts'Th {romponnts
artlatdaspossibl
ontfibutolsto thstakp.

12 Assemb|ysequene.
sltthBase as th
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pla it in th Components nd Sequene o.
Rpat the plod for ah ofth omponnts
in th sequnshown to lpliat th squn
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Using Dimpn and olAalst
Assembly

onstrints

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Assemb|yonstrintsarusdto dtrmine
tlrprimarysondary
nd
trrtiaryfasof a ompnnt
as dfindby thma1s
oftheomponnts.
Thyarbasdon istingmatsofthassmbly.
All thmatsappar
andthnbolddas 1,2 or 3.
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lik the suofte.1 omponntand two mats
apparwith labls.
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Usig Dimmed an.! olAnalst

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Using Dimpel1and olAnalst

Analysis Results

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An|ysis Resu|ts I usd to dtrrninwhthItdimnsion stak is
aptablin th worst as MAx and MlN positions. on ompltd'
th study an b altrdby hangsto ny ofth ontributing
omonnts.

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btwnth olponnts is 2.25mm. YouI sults E . * . .
may vary based n diffInsin settings.

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Using DimxPertan!olAnalst

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Results

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towardsa dsignproblmas thydo irrthis xampl.hngs b
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Doubl.lik th fi rst prpndiularitytolran
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Using Dimpn an! olAalst

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Rea|uIate.
Clik ReIuIate.Th RSS Min valhas
hangd signifiantly,gatlyrduing th
hans of an intrfIn.
G"'t;l

xportingresults.
T ratan 1sadsht
ofth sults,likth xport Resu|ts
button,suplya namandsavth fil.
| i ko K .

Papedcd{tl@pon2f
si@ Prca @su.lf1'?
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islm]i6l
Th lsultsofth analysisaIstofdas Result
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Preparationsfor Detailing

h ollowing topis f ovedin this appndi:

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Nmd Viws on pag 2 l 8.

Dirsios onpage 279.

ol1figurtio; on page 220.

Di,Spl Stts o\ page 22| .

Proprtis onpage 222.

notations in Parts nd ssmblis oopage 222.

|1ottionsViws orLpage224.

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AppendixA
Prparationsfor Dtailing

Preprationsfor
Detailing

This appndi disusssth prpamtionsthat should b md to ats

and assmlisbfo detailing thm. Pas-shouldb prpardt.or
dtailing by aanging dimnsions,rating onfigurationsand adding
plortis,

Nmedviews
ThI pitolial views aavaiIablthrough
th VieW orientation dialog: Isometri,
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Nmed vieW tool' Fo mol information
about YiWs,sr th SolidWorks sstills
training manual.

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unt viW. Sav tlr
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Dimensions
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tanstrand ]sslanup work in th drwing.

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ofdimnsions,
suh as plision and tolmns' an b don
at th part lYl. hs hangeswill y ovr
rr hn th dimnsions r importd inro tn
draWlg.

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impoft thm into th drawing viw.
], Us lh smrt Dimension LooIgl Lo
d i m i o dn i t l i n t h d a i n g r i '

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Prepamnons fo| Dtailing

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P rparanonsfor Dtailing

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onfigurtions
A dawing an display multipl
onfigurtionsofth sam modl.

osmti fatufs,for
mpl fillts and rounds,
an hav a big irptn th
omplity ofa drawing
viW. Default
onfiguIation showing l1 levls fdtail is
shown.

A simp1ified onfi gumtion

that supsssth osmti
fillts lsults in a lss
mpl drwing viw.

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Prcparationsfor DrtaiIing

Disp|ysttes
Assmbly Disp|y Sttes n b usd within
viws' In th Drawing Viw
PlopfiyManagI, a display stato|th
urnt onfiguratiott
n b s|td.

Solidworks2010

ApendiA
Preparations tor D|ailing

Propeies
Th individual trrponntontrols What
nm is usd in th PA.RT No. olumn of th
bill ofmatrials. This is st orr a pr
onfigumtion basis throughth
onfigurtion Properties dialog.

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Doumnt Nme, onfigurtion Name or

User specified Name an b usd,
Fr mr infomatio seeppndi H,' Bill of
Mtrils d Tbls.
Properties an b adddto th art and
assmbly fi1sthat ar bnfiial in th
drawing' Proprtisthat ar usd b th BoM
(suh as MatIial) shou|db lsidnt in th
part fil as ustom Property.
For mor inonrrationabout ustom
proptis,s lppendi F, ShtFonts
d kmp|tes.

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You an add Annottions to th pal1 oI
assmbly'Th Annotation Properties dialog
bo is usd to ontrol whi annotationsI
visibl in th ofi or assmblv.

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on pag 2) or though
Annotation views (s
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soIidWoks2010

AnnotationsViews
Annottionviews reusdto assign
annotations
to spifiviWsin th pator
ssmbly
andlrIl\r
th|nto lh dr\\ing.

To add Annottion
views in isting pal1s'
fight-1ikth
Arrnotations tbldr and
shoW Fature
Dimensions.

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ativ nnotationview is
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pln and slt
annotationsto add.
Right-lik th nW
nnottionvirw and Edit
Annottion viW to mov annotationst t]]at
To add Annotation views in nw pafis, right- For mor informatio[ on using nnotatio
lik th Arnotations foldr nd lik
viws, s Drar'vlirgSh|sd Vi.s
on
Automatia||yple into Annotation views page 226.
b1.olIatingth gomtry.

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Drwing ews on pag 229.

tlw Displ

TgntEdg Displ onpag264.

Hiding lJiws onpage 266.

L/i.|\,
lignnt ad Rottion on pa9e 269.

Stls ol pag 262.

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Drawigshets and viws

Drawing Sheets
and views
New Drawing
sheet

Solidworks2010

Dmwingshtsanddrawingviwsarthbasisfor ratingany dtil

drawing.Many typsof dawingviwsarplsntdhI.
Drawingshtsarth ..ppr''shtsusdto pldmwingviWs,
dimnsionsandnnottions.

Where to Find lt
r lik FiIe' New.
r 0r' on th standardtoolbar,lik New @.
r or' typ trl+N.

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FoI mol inomation on drawing
tmplatsnd shtformats,s,esJo,?
4: .ShtFormats qd Temp|ts'

lal Disp|y sheet formt to Iata drawing

shtwithout folmat'

ory iB

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Chk Disp|y sheet formt to rata dWing

shtWith a shtformat poviddby
SolidWorks.
Th standardsizs inlude: A, B, C, D, and
mtri sizs: A0, Al ' 42' A3 and A4'

Note: Nornally th drawing bord

shadow,and shtforrrratdisplay in olor
Howvr, fr rprodutionpposs' thy
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ustom sheet formts. FI mor inlornation,
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Drawingsheets anclviws

Edit DrWing
Sheet

Th da,ingSheet Properties dialog is usedto hangth sht

nam, sal or rjtion typ oth urrnt drau,ingsht.

Where to Find lt
r C|ik dit' Properties....
r o fight.lik on th dmwin8 shtand slrt
Properties....
r oI, right-lik on th shtnam in thr
aturManagrdsign tr and slt
Properties....

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t t t n p p risn a t b l o t h d r ui r r g
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Drawing Views

Viws rtrna pft or assmbly.Virvs ar saled, orintd' and

positiodon th dr.ingsht.

VieW P|ette

Th VieW Pa|ette an b usd t quikly add o or or prdfind

\,iWsto th drWingsing th standarddrg l.tddlop thniqu.h
\,i,is Iatdas a Mode| view (s o dl lvs on pag 20),

Whre to Find |t
r Clik Mke DrWingfrom PrU
Assemb|y '. Th view P|ette appals'
r Clik File, New...LJ and Iata nW
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ight stndardorinta1ions(*Front', *Right,
+To,*Bak, *Lft, *ottom, *current
and *Isometri) nd any ustom viWs il] tl]

Whn a viw has bnusd,it is movd

from th paltt.
|f the drawing does ol exist and the parussemb|yis open:
Pa rt or assembly:
Clik Fi|e, New...l.; nd rata nr'"'
drawing's]tth sk Pane and tl]view
P|ette 4.slt th aft/assmly
dournntfomth ull down ifnot alrady
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viws an b alignd
to th isting ol-ls
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l.iInslins that
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lik thask Pane and 1hview P|ette #. drawing.Additionalviws an b ligndto
t | ) \ i ' l i n l n su s i gt I l d o t t dr e n s
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lssmly.The views will opulatth paltt. lins tht apprbt,nthl],lif th Autostrt project view ptionis s|]d,

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Apendi
Drawingshets and views

Model Views

Th ModeI VieW tool ratsa singl viu,basd o a prdfindviw

orintatin:To, Front' Isometic and so n, Th ommnd an b
triggIdautomatiaJlfol n,drawings.In that as,th ModeI view
ommand \\.i]ls,itl]automatiallyto th Projeted view ommnd
aftel on viw is Iatd.

Whereto Find lt
Note
Th viw ointatios
usdare
r lik Fi|e,New...la andrata nw
drawing.Th ModeIView dialgappas. asdon th rintationsin th
r on thommndMnagr
view Layout part or ssmbly'
tab'lik odeI view L!!].
h orientation dialog1istsal1
r Clik |nsert,DrWingview, Mode|.
availablvirvs.
r on thDawingtoolbar1ikModeIView
If th Fi|e, NeW...[ ake
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Drawing from PruAssemb|y

oDtionsaI LLsd.th ode| view is Iatd
fit. subsquntdlagging ratsProjeted
Views (spag 232).

|fthe drwingdoes not existnd the prussemb|y

is open:
Part or ssemb|y:

s ViwPltt or'page 229.

lik '] and rtea nlv dawing' Th View

PaIette appsuto]ntially.
|f the drawing does ot exist and the russemb|yis nof open:
Part or ssemb|y:
Clik L!] and rat a nw
drwing.h Mode| view
dils ooars
automatial1y.
Clik
rowse... nd sltth
pnrssmbl1.

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sl1rete mu|tipleviews, Sltth

dsild availab1viw(s) and optially slt
additional viws from More Views. C1ik on
th grn hk mark to pla th viws and
optionally mov offth viw lft, rigl]t, up o
do,n to raton or mor Projeted views.
o sleta viw.CJik to Jt vie*'nd
optionl]ymv offth vje,lft,right,up o
down to Iaton oI mol Projeted views.

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ornmando
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or, slta viW,CIik t plath vilv alrd

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Sletth dsirdavailaJevilv(s).

Whereto Find lt
r on thommandanagI
tabview
Lyout Jikstndrd3 view '
t oI, lik |nsert,DrWingview, stndrd
view.
r or, on theDrawingtoolbar,lik
stndrd VieWl'
r or, dragand&op a partor ssmblyonto
n ativdruWingsht.

Note
h viw otinttionsusd bsd on th
olintatiorls(ront, Right and op) in th
paft or ss]nbly.
Th ofintationsofth viws ar st and
annot b hangd.
l h t i r rs l i s d t r r i n bd5 ' r t i g 'i n
ooIs, options, system options,
DrWings.

If the drawig does nof exist and prussemb|yis oen:

Prt or ssembly:
C|ik and ata n.dt'ig.Disnriss
lh Mode| vieW dialognd ]ik stndard
view q I tl] olspondingommand on
tl,]|nsert]nnLl'h stndard 3 view dialog
pparsalLtomatia]lWith th ut pafi/
as5mb]ys1td.

Clik on th gnhk rark to pla the

vi's. Thrc standIdYirws ar automatially
ra1d.

|f the drawing does ot exist nd prussemb|yis of open:

Part or ssemb|y:
lik ] and rate nw drawing. Disnriss
1hlv|ode|view dilog and iik standard 3
view or th orrspondingrnmandon
th |nsertmnu.C]ik Browse...and s]t
th prt/ssmbJy.

Thr standadviws ar automatial]

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Drawingshts and viws

Proietedviews

Projeted views aI Itdb folding offan isting viw in on o

ight possil projtions' Th sultingviw ointationis afftdby
th sttingof First ang|e or Third ngIe projtion as dfind in th
drawing sht'spropertis.

Where to Find lt
r on th ommandaragerview Layout
tablik Projetedview
r o lik |nsert,Drawingview,
Projeted.
lik g!.
r or, on thDrwingtoolbr.

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Projtd\,iwsnnot ratdfotDtail
Viws.
PIojtdviWs an b IatdfIom nW
Pltt and Modl viWs.

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th viw is plad brksthe alignmnt.

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Drawi||g shets an! views

Relative to Model
View

A Re|ative to ModeI View is an or1hogahiviw dfind by tlvo

orthogonalfas oI plans in th rdl and th sitjationofthir
l.SptiYorientations,This viw typ is aJsusd to st th first
ortl]ographi\,iWin a drlvitlg if it is to b somthingothIthan a
dI.ultr,ill,.

Where to Find lt
r lik |nsert, Drawing view, Re|tiv to
Model.
r oI, on th Drcwirrg tolba,lik th
Reltive to Mode| VieW !]tool.
Not: Th Re|tive to Mode| view ion my
ned to b addd to the Dawins toolar.

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wa to at th dsirdfiont viw ith
dtulttront vie. in th modl iS
unaptbl.You n thn asily lat
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dditionalorthogrphi
Projeted view om]Id.
For standardpal1o assrrrly'th ntil aft
or ssenrlyis sho.nin th stLltingrlativ
prts,(1ikwldmlrts)
viw. For mu1ti.body
th sltdbod only is usd.

Adding a Re|tiveto ode| view for Prt or an Assemb|y

lik th Re|tiveto Model View too1 alld
slt a 1hor rfrnplan ofth pfi.
slta First orientationftom th dropdown
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slt a t'aofth body' slt a First
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AuxiliaryView

An Auxi|iry view is similal to a Proiected viw, but it is unfoldrd

norml to refeendg in an xisting viw. h rrfIn rdg an
b an edg ola part, a silhouttdg,an ais' or a skthdlin. lfyou
skth a lin. ativatr th drWins viw fiIst.

Where to Find lt
For mor infoation on options With viW
f on th ommandanagrview I,a,Jrout |abe|s,setLxilit on pag 484'
tablik AuxiIiryview
r oI, lik |nsert,Drawingview,
AuxiIiry.
r oI, on th Dlawing toolbar,lick th
Auxiliary View l8 too1.
Sltan dgofthe modlandlik
AuxiliaryView lA.
PlathnWviWon thdawing.

slt F|ip Diretion in th Ploprtyanagr

to rvIsth diftion ofth viw. You an
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rokenview

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roken views, somtimsalld intuptdviWs,mak it pssibl to
display a long part t a lalgff sal on a smallr siz drawing sht.
This is don b reating a gap or brak in th viW using a pair of brak
lins' Rfrn dimnsions and modl dimnsions assoiatdWith th
blokn ara rflt th tual modl valus'

Where to Find lt
r on th Commandanagr view L,Jrout
tab lik reak
r or, lik Insert, Drawing view, rek.
! or, on thr DIaWing toolbar,lik th
reak l]tool.
slt th iWand lik Break @.

Multipl braklines n b ratdin a viw

using any ombination ofhorizontl r
vrtial brklins'
Brokn viws offlat pttm shtmtal pats
inlud th bnd lins.

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positionahbraklin.
Th brak is ratdaftrth plamntofth
sond brak lin ofah st' Aftr ration,
drag th brak lins to rposition thm on th

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dltd.

ultiplebraksanb adddto a vi,.Add

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Drcwingsheetsand viws

To align a brak in a projtdviw 'ith a

blak in th alnt vi\\'',righrlik within th
rojtdVi selet Properties, slt
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mI setion views to Iata lyolYrd
stion (also alld a Iotatdstion)vlW.
1. rat th stion nd lign it to th
brokn viw.
2. Hid th viw that Was usd as th soul
viW to ut th setion' oI, moY it offth
drawing sht'For infomationabout
ide view se 11ldlllg tlls on page 266.
3. k th Break Line Ga la noghto
aommodatth stion viw.
4. Drag th stion viw into th gap so it is
supfimposdon th bokn viw.

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,r""rr"r"#i;J9r;.?
h pafi utaway viw is usd to ta stin in a pitorial viw.
This is a mthod that lis on pal1 onfigurations.

Whereto Find lt
. Us a lilodel view (seModel |4wson
page230) in th drawing supportdby a
onfigurationin th part.
rat nW onfigation fol th utWay
r irr,.
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onf|glrtlo(s}
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ut the part as it should apparin th drawing

supprss th ut ftule in all othf

onfigurations.

In th awing, rata ode| view ofth

part using th onfigurationstablishdfor
th taway.

slt ut fs and add ross hathing using

Insert,Annotations, Are th/Fill.
For mor infonrration, se r Htch/Fill ot
ag358'

Note
A similar mthod an b used with assmbly
viws. S lsselzDly Cut)a I/i\Nso|.|
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sheet ttet|
FlattenedView

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sht tal prts an b displyd in FIt Pttern thlough th view
Palette tool.

Where to Find lt
r Us a view |ett iew (see Vi\, PIett
on pag 229) in the dawing nd rfrn
the F1at attn viw in th sheet mtal
art'

Note
Bnd Nots aI gnrmtd automatially and
an b inludd I omittd.

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Th StyIeanb stto Above end Line,
e|owend Line oI WithLeader
Th fil bendnotefomat.txt latd in
is tal l_dir\Ia;r\ carl b ditd using a tt
ditor This fil sts th fomat ofth bnd
nots.Do not dit th valus within t
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Insrta viW altt viw ofth shtmtal

pan, slt thFlat atten viWorintation
nd drag onto th drawing sht.
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ilud th Referene onfi9uration and
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Setion View

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Th setion view tool is usd to rata nw dawing viw that is
dfind by lrttingan isting view 1vitha stion 1in.Th nw vilv is
u l o l n t i || l)i g n dt o l h p r n tr i u .

Where to Find lt
r on th ommandManagrView Layout
tablik section view, setion view.
r o lik Insert,Drawingvie setion.
r o' lik Setion View @ on theDrawing
tolbar.
r oI, usthlsultsofth view, Disp|ay,
setion view tool.

Note
Th dfault skth tool is th Line tool.
h stion viw an b a stmight ut stion
oI n offst stin d1indby a stppd
stionlin.Thstion1inan lso inlud
onntli ars'
A setion view an b movd to diflrnt
shtthan th Prent VieW.
For mor in1brationon standardoptions
with vjw labls, s Serlor on pag 489'
o mov to th palnt viw fro,]th stion
\,i\\.,right-lik in th stio viW and slt
Jump to parent view.

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ah labl an b movd indpndntly.It an
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skthing.FoI ampl,ifth stion1iis
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Iat stndardstion vi,.Right-lik in
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vl1ial lin sltdto stablishth
alignmntfth stion.PrtiaIsetion
s]tdand th arrows ar pointd insid.

Vflial 1insltdto stablishth

alignmnt ofthe stion.Parti| section
lard and th aows ar Dointdoutsid.

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h a l i g ds t i o n o t l tsh e l I ti n t o
th p]no th sltdsgmnt,

A|ignedstionviws
Where to Find lt
r o lh ommand|\4anagr
viW Layout ta
|ik setion view, A|igned setion
view.
l ( |lk |nsert,Drwing view, A|igned
setionr o on thr DIaWing toolba lik th
Aligned
setion :] tool.
o hip ]oatr th skthd1inssIy
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Us Sketh to hid th skth' slt a lin to

Jignth viw lik AIigned setion and la
th viw.

lik F|ip diretion to IvIsth vieW diltion.

Th ut dition an also b rvrsdby doublliking on th stion lin.

Clik Disp|ay on|y ut fe(s)to show th
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nlargedportion ofan isting viw h nlagdportion is nlosd
using skth grometry, usually il or othff losd onto.

Th dtail viw saling ftI is st via ools, options, system

options, Drwings and is usd to dtrminth sal ofth dtail as
facto ofth parnt viw.

Where to Find lt
r on the Commndanagffview layout
tablik Detilview.
r or, clik |nset,Drwingviw, Deti|.
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thalaof
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intIst,sltth skethgeom, and
Dtails offlat pattm shrt mtal parts
thnseltth [G]tool.Thnplathe
inlud th bnd lins'
dtailviw.
2. Clik th @ tool first which tms on th
cir|e tool.skrth a ilaolrndthara
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Detil views cn b takn flom pitolial

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A roken-outsetion is rtofan xistingdrawingviW,nota

saratrviw.A losdprofile,usually splin,dfinsthbrokn-out
stion.Matrialis rmovedto a spifiddpthto xposeinnr
dtails'You an spii/ th dpthby stting numbrol by slrting
an ntityin a rlatdviW.

Where to Find lt
Note
r on th ommandMalagI view L/out tab hr dfaultskthtool is thspline tool.
lik roken.out section.
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setion....
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rop VieW i5 usdlo ousin on a portinoa dru ing
r iw bv hidin
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h unopdpoflion i5 enlosdusingskerli
gomtlt usua]ly a splin or sm othr losd
ontol

Whereto Find lt
r on thommadManagr
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lik roD view.
r lik |nsert,DrWingview' .op.
r o on thDrang toolbalik theCrop
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Skth a losd ontour and lik Inse,

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viw ofth stion,arid thn hiding th
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Empty View

Us an mpty view to skth gomtrythat may not b sho$Tl by th

pafi oI assmbly ut that is llvant to th drWing.nnotations,
dimnsions and ara hath an als b adddto th drawing viw.

Whereto Find lt
r lik |nsert,Drwingview' Empty.
r or, n th Drawing toolbar'lick Empty
View {1.
InsIta nw Empty view into the &wing.

Add skth gme, a hath and

annotationsto th viw
For mor infotmation' seerc Htch/Fill on
pag358.

Ifyou movtheviWall thgomtryand

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Rotted setion

The Rotatedstion viWanb tdusingskrth

gomtryovrlaidon a viw onsidel thxamplofa
full roundrllton a rib.

Where to Find lt
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shtby doubl.likingin thviw.
Th skthwill ror hangparmetrially
with thpafi.

skthPra||e|linsin thviw.

Constrainonof th linsPerpendiu|rto
thdgofthe rib.

Add a tngntar, splin and dimnsions to

th skth. It is not nssryto fully dfine
th skth.Th dimnsions ar to dfin the
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View Display
Styles

Thrr mn1otiol,]s
to onolthdis|ayodralting rieu..

Whre to Find lt
r lik vie Disply,andan option,
r or. on thVie tooIbr,
Iikn ion.
r oI, usth Display sty|e stionofth
DrWingview Proprtyanagr
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hangdtogthr
Larg assmblis,ill ask whthr Drft
QuaIi viws shouldb usd.

Th default viw displa styl is st thlough

oo|s, options, system options,
Drawings, Disp|y styIe' Disp|y sty|e for
new vtews.
Th dfault DispIy qua|ity for new views
plovids two otions fr ah stl. Drft
quIity an b usd to inIasth display
spdwith a slightly lowr quality imag.
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lik Shaded mod to s th viW in th

sam shaddo1oas th part.

CIik Shded with edges to s the visibl

dgs ovt.th shaddfas.

iik idden |ines removed to s

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angent Edge
DispIy

TngntdgsaI topolgial dgs olaes that mth in tangny.

Th most ommonly sn tngentdges are th dgs offillts. Thy
ar oftn radvisibl in pitoril viws but aI rmovd fon.l
ofihographi viWs.

Where to Find lt
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f o rightlik the viW and slt
angent dge and n option.
The dfault tangnt dg display mod is st
thfough ools, options, system options,
Drawings, Disp|y style' ngent edges in
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a prt is shown.

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ftom Referene onfigurtion.
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|v|orePropeies....
r oI, right.lik th viW and slt
Prooerties....
st th onfigurction usd by a viw trough
th Drwing view Properties dialog. h
modl onfigurtion informtionallows
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us' Use mode|'s ..in-use''or Iast sved
onfigurtion ss th ativ onfigation
oth open part or savd onfigumtion ofth
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Hiding Views

You an us Hide VieW to hid an ntil viw whil working on

drawing. on hiddn, you us show view to display that viw again'
Whn yu hid a viw that has dpndlt viws (dtail, stion,oI
auxiliary viws)' ou ar givn th hoi ofhiding thos viws lso.
Whn you show ithr th arntviW oI dpndntviW again, you
ar givn th hoi ofshowing th rltdviW also.

Where to Find lt
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fight-lik ide oI show.
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l{ove View

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diffrnt shetswithin th sam dIawing, or btwndrawings. Thy
an a]sob movd without opying.

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o, Edit, copy ad dit, Paste.

old dwn trl and dlag thr view onto

othel sht to mak a opy.
Simply drag and drop onto anothr sht
to mov thout a making opy.

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opy. Thy an b modifid to display any
viw orinttion.
Note
o opy a dtail o stion viw fom on
drawing to anothI,you must also opy the
palnt viw. You an ithr opy th parnt
viW lt, oI you an opy both th parntand
th dtilor stion\ ieu t thsmtim'

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To opy and pastbtwrn dlawig shets,

mak th shtwith the viw you Wantto
oy tiv. Hold down Ctr| and drag th
view onto th othr sht.
@ o1 'l|'l a'drovei,ll
Annott|onJ
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bothdrawings.srlt thvi opy it,
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appal to show any isting alignmnt onditins.Alignmnt an b
added or rmovd from any viw.

YYhere to Find lt
r Right-lik a viw and slt A|ignment,
and an otionr slt th viW you wnt to align. hn
lik oo|s, A|ign Dawing view and
slct an option.
Note
You must slt th view before yu an
assthe alignment options in oo|s, A|ign
Drwing view.

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standard Viws, Stions,Alignd Stion,
Auxiliary and Projtdws'
First slt the viw you Wantto align.
hn slt th view to whih you Wantto
lign.

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ight-liking th viw and slting
Alignment' A|ign orizontal by origin. The
r irv bing aligned (thon you light-liked)
is mvd so it aligns With th seletdviW.
Slting th viw nd liking Too|s, A|ign
Dwing vie orizont|to Another view
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A1ign th origins ofviws vttially by rightliking th viw and sltingA|ignment,

A|ign verti| by origin.
SJtingth view and 1ikingooIs,AIign
Drawing view, verti|to Another vieW
givs th sam rsult.

Align th nt ofviw frams horizntally

by righGliking th viW nd sltingAIign
orizont| by enter

lign thr ntrsofviw frarrrsvfiially by

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Slta linardgand lik ools, A|ign
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h viw is rottdso th sltddg is
hoizontalon th dlawing sht.
Note
r,nthough this option is listd on th A|ign
Drwing view mnu.funliona||y
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Drawing vie verti| Edge.
Th viW is rotatds th sltddg is
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Rotte view
Where to Find lt
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tolbar.
Us fr rtation by slting a viW and th
Rotte vieW tool.
Drag the view on th shet'Th viw snapsto
45o inrmnts.butyou an drop th viw at
any angle.
You an also s the lft and right arow kys.
The inrmntvalu spifid for th ow
kys in Too|s, options, system options'
vie view rotation is used.

SpeilythDrawingviewng|e.(slta
view bforntringan ang1,
ifyou did not
prslta viw)
sltDependentviews updteto chnge
in orienttionifyou alsowantto updtany
viwsthatwIrratdfrmthviw you ar
rotating(projtd
views,for xdml)'
SltRotateenter marks with view ifou
wantCntIaksto lotatWiththr vlrw.
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D Dfawing view
tr to Find |l
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tolbar.

Note
Th 3D Drawing Viw auses tmpolary
hngsto a drawing viw. It is usd to mak
gomtrysltionin a drl\ing r iw sir
Deil, brokn, ropped,mpty and detahd
viws annot b usd with 3D Drawing Viw.

CIik in viw and lik 3D Drawing view

. h toolbr appals and allows zoom to
Ft- zoom |o ^rea.zoom in/out. Rotte and
P.
Iik xit to ltum to th odginal viw
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Hide/show dges

Th manul mthod ofhiding modl dgs involvs sltingdges in

th drawing viw.

Whre to Find |t
r Right-{rlik
an dgandsltHide/Show
Edges.
f or. on thLine Frmttolbar.lik
ide/show dges ]EL].
Iik ide/show Edges l|!! and slt th
thr dgs s shown. Right-lik o.

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Hold down Ctrl to slt multipl dgs to b
hidd o shown.
Mak sur that the seIet hidden entities
oIionin system options, Drawings i\
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D|awingsheets anlviews

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llids tangntdgesthat lplsnt innI
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boundaryof two fas.

ide edges shorter than

ids dgsthat are lss than a spifid
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Drawingshets anclviws

Show Hidden
Edges

Anothff Way t ontol th hiddn dgs itl viw is to us Show

Hidden Edges. This mthod allolvs ou to sltivly show hiddn
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Removed i]to rmov all hiddn lins fror
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Drawingshts and views

Line Styles

ustom Line sty|es an b ratd and alid to dgs.

Where to Find lt
r ools, options, DoumentProperties,
Line Style.

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Th lin stylsan b usdin rrrultipl
drawingsby savingndloadinga x.sldlin
fil.

rat nWlin styl by slrting th losst

mathing styl and liking New. Rnm th
lin styl.

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|ngthnd spaingvaIuesforthstyl.
..ldtsg'd9of-A
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slt a Yisibl dg or dgs in a drawing
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Drawingshets anIviews

Slta visibldgeor dgsin a drawing

lik Line sty|e @ andslta font.

Righrlik an edg and slet Reset line font

t hangth olo thiknss oI font bak to
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CenterMarksand Genterlines

Th follwing topis ar ovred in this appndix:

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trlins onpage 285.

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centr loarks anIcentenines

SolidWorks2010

center Mrks,
Center|ines

enter MrksndenterlinesarAnnottionsusdto makirl

ntsanddsribthgomtrysiz on thdrawing.

enter Mrks

Th enter Mark ommndIatsa ntrmark,oa ntrpoint,on

s1td
irculIdgrs.

Whereto Find It
r lik |nsert,Annottions'
enter rk....
r o on thlnotationtoolbrlik
enter Mark lo.
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A terointis a ntImalk Withth
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tndsast th modl dg ld th siz of
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enterIines.

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enter|ines/enter
Mrks.thsIot enter
]vlrkssttingsdtrminhow straightand
urvdslotsaIIatd.

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lhm.

st th tnded |ines to a enter|ine font'

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hang th Ang|e ofth ntrak fiom th

dtault position. A positiv angl lotats th
ntrmark ountI1okwis.

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iru|arenterMark @ |ryanb usdto addntff ] l!i@

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malk to th pttm's ntr.
Th Radi| |ines option ats1insftom th
ntIofthe pattm out to th hols in th
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eter|ine....
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ent larksan.l centrlins

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sltthsilhuttdgsofa yIindror
on.

Selt on ylindial fa to automatial]y

ropagatto the othIs.

ah sgmentis an individual objt and an

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Dimensions

Th following topis aI ovId in this apndix:

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Inslt odl Its on page 288.

Dinsio|1Positio|1igon pag 292.

Mnipulatig Dimnsios olpage 294.

Dri Disios on pag 296.

Dimsion Displ ptios ol pag 300 .

ligig Dinsios onpage 04.

Dimnsion ProPrt Mq|1agr or\ pag 306.

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Dimensions

Dimnsions in a SlidWorks dawing a assoiatdwith th modI,

and hangsin th modl are rfltd in th drawing.

InsertModelltems

lnsert Mode| |tems allows you to tak th annotationsand rfern

gomtrythat WeI ratdwhil modeling and insefi thm into th
drawing.

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I r on th CommandManasertab
Arotation clik od||tems'
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the dimnsions ar prviwd.Thy an
movd, hiddn or dltdbfor likins oK.

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whih you ar adding rodl itms'
You an slt ftursor rrrponntsithr
flom th Ftanagr dsign tre I th
grphis ara.
Us th / mous buttn
@ to:
r Drag.
r Shift+drag(mov to anotherviW).
r tll+&ag (opy to anothrviw).
Use th /,lglmous button
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With nothing sltd,us

Etire ModeI as soure.
lik N|rkd for
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drWing and Import
items into ll views and

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slt th front viw and
lik oK

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lik selted feture, a viw and on or

or fafurson Lhmod|.h dimnsions
ofsltd fatur(s) aI insrtd into th
wins viw.

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h Not Marked for drwing option an be

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Component is usdto
insIt dimnsions into th
sltdview ofth
drawrng.
Rquirs sltion ofa
viw and fac o dg.

FoI dimnsionsthatlsid @
Jusivlyin th
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assmbly,fo mpl
Distne and Angle
mats,thy an b
insrtdb viw or for all
iWsusingon|y
Assembly.

h |nstane/Revo|ution ounts option

il,lsts th in1grvalus for th Number of
instanes in a attm'

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h HoIe Wizrd Profi|es ad o|e Wizard

Loctions options insertsthe dimnsions of
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Dimension
Positioning

Solidworks2010
Dimnsions that ar insrtdusing lnsrt odl Itms,Diprt and
othr automatdmthods ar plad n pldlnd loations that
radiat out from th drwing viw.

Whr to Find |t
r Clik TooIs'options, Doument
Properties,Dimensions.

Note
Whn ths dimensions ar draggd,thy ar
droppdoito on ofthe loations.

offset distanes is usdto setth distans

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th sam siz by sltingth dimension and
dragging and dropping th arrowheadhandl
onto anothff dg.
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:'';iins th dimnsion and dragging th
:r::tsion1inhandl.lik to &op th
.\:sion lin at nothrosition'

Jogging extension lines

R:ghr.likth tnsion1inof dimnslon
=j:dsltDisp|ay options, Jog. Drag th
..: Point arvay fiom th lin and dro it.

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Manipulating
Dimensions

Solidworks2010
on dimnsions hav bn addd t a vi thr ar sveral options
as to how thy an b manipulatdto fposition, hid and mov thr
oIWnvlWs'

Where to Find It
r Drag th dimnsions using th mous.

Drg dimnsions b thil txt to nr\\

loations' Us t in1.rn
lis to align nd
thm.
ositin

Clik Vie ide/shoW Annottions. Th

ursorloks lik this n. SJtth
dimnsion text. Th dimnsion wil1 b hiddn
on th dawing sht'but not lmovd from
th modl's dataas.

Hold down Shift and drag to mov on or

mor dimnsions from on viw to nothr.
Hold down tr| nd drag to opy dimnstons
into othIviWs, This an ratmultipl
driving dimnsions.

S]ta dimnsiond prssDe|eteto

rmov it ftom th drawing.
B arful not to drlt any dimension that
hs a rfrn'suh as on usd in a not.

Note
Dimnsions an b alignd using th
automtiinfrning lins that appal whil
dagging.

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..paint''
oI dimnsion and
it onto on oI mol anrrotations.

Where to Find lt
r lick oo|s' Format Pinter.
r oI. on th Annotation toolba.lik
FormatPinter,.

C1ikFormtPinter ndsltthsur
thannotatio
with th dsird
anntation,
proprrtis.
to ..paint''.
S1tonor mol annottions

Note
If a dimnsion alrady has a toleanand th
soul ontins a tolranc,only th format is
applid to th tat.

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Driven
Dimensions

Solidworks20'10
Driven or Referene Dimensions an b addd diltly to th
dlawing at any tim to supplmntor rpla th modl dimnsions.

Where to Find lt
r on th CommandManagrtab
Annotation lik smrt Dimension.
r or, clik Too|s,Dimensions,Smrt and
slectsma dimensioning.
r or, on theDimnsions/Rlations
toolba
lik @ or oneofthe othff typs
r or, fight-likandsltDimensionand
a dimnsiont54l.
r oI, on thDimensions,/Rlations
toolbr,
lick @ ndsltDimXpert.
Stndard dimnsions,1ikthose ratdin a
skth, an b Iatdin th drwing. This
inluds Smrt [g2.],
Horizonta| lj or verti|
[@ dimnsions.

se|ine @ dimnsions ar Itrd by

dfining a baslin position With th first
sltion and sleting subsquntloations.
A11valus ar masurdfrom th initial
bas1in.

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vertiIordinte ll

Horizontalarshownhr.

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In som drafting standards,drivn dimnsions
(ptoldinat dimnsins)hav
parnthssby default.
Dimnsion to a enter|ine and th xtnsion
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h dimnsin is givn in th lngth-angl
tmt.

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Autodimensioning
E@
orks in a similar fashion
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DimensionDisplay
Options

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Quik hangsan madto dimnsionsusingthDisp|yoptions

mnu.ssd
by righ|iking
dimnsion.

Wher to Find |t
r Right-1ik a dimnsion on ti txt oI th
ladr,and slt Dislay options and a
subDtion.

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To slt multile dimensionsou an:
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l{ld down tr| and slt th itms.

Dag.srlt th itms. Lft.right pturs
thos insid, right.lft apursthos inside
ad rossing.
Dlag-slt th itms using a se|etion
FiIter ] fol Dimensions El.

ExtensionLine ndpoints
Druggingthndpointofan extnsionlinr
lnsthnsor shortensit'

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Slt th dimnsion. Right-liking th
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options. Th hang affts only th sltd
alowhad.

Arrows ln and Out

Cliking th handl on th affowheadlYrrsrs
th arrow position.

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:.:\\,
.ik Use doument seond arrow to
.:spla) bothalows.

Disp|yAs Dimeter
: diamtr/radius
dimeionsoniy,Setsth

Jlmslonto dlmtIstyl.

iis mpl is shown with th sond arw

..uIsld.

DispIayAs Rdius
F(rrdiamtI/radius
dimnsionsonly,ststh
.1tmnslon
to radialstyl'

Display As Linear
or diamtrdimnsions only. Sts th
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Rotte Dimension
Drag th handl nalstth txt ofth
dimnsion to Iotatit. Th dimnsion rotats
in small intrvals.

enter Dimension
CntIsdimnsiontxtbtwnthxtsion
lins.Togglon or off.

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Togglon or off.

show As Inspetion
Add thinsptionstylaroundthdimnsion
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ot}ts
thdimnsionttftomthdlmnslon
lin usinga ladrTogglon or off.

s|nt

o SIant a dimnsion, on th dimenstt,lts

' l t dg. a b n t n s i o I| ]i n n d p o i n l
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Right-Iikand hoosDisp|y options,
Remove s|nt to st th dimnsion bak to
straight.
ide/show Extension Lines nd Hide/
Show Dimension Lines
hldividual xtnsionlins and dimnsion lins
n b toggld on nd off for displa
R . g h i - l i kI h d i n ] n s i Ini n o r t n s i o n
lin nd sltHide Dimension Line or ide
xtension Line.

Dimension Pa|ette

othrhangs
anb radto dimnsions
usingthDimension
P|ette.ssby likinga dimnsionthnmovingthpointr.

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Aligning
Dimensions

Dimnsions nd nots an b alignd in svrlwas inluding

guidlins,usinga grid and AIign Dimension.

Where to Find lt
r Drag dimension to a guidlin.
r o on th Align toolbar,lik AIign
colIiner/Radi|lE, A|ign Par|leu
onentric or on ofthe othr align
ptrons'
Drag a dimnsion and ..snap''it to th tt o
anothrdimnsion, as indiatdby th dottd
guid1in.

Note
only th A|ign Dimension methodis
pannt. Dragging to guidline or
snappingth dimnsion txt to a gid is not.
For using th Alignmr.ttools, Se]igmnt
on pag376.

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DIag n annotationand..snap''it t th txt of

a dimnsion, as indiatdby th dttd
guid1in.

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DoumentProperties'Grid/snp.

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Re|tions/snpoptions. DIag andsnap
dimrnsionsto thgrid.

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mu]tillinardimensions.slt al1th
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dimensionsand lik .
Choos th stak distanusing oo|s,
Options, Document Properties,
Dimensions, offst Distanes.

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Righlik a dimnsion and slet show

AIignment to display othr dimnsinstht
ar alignd to th sletdon' Th othr
dimnsions re makdwith blu dots.

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A|ignment to lmov dimnsionlrom a st
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Propertyilnger

Th roper1isola dimnsion an b assdand hangdthlough th

Ploptyanagr.

Whereto Find lt
r Clik on dimnsion.Th
rropty tvIgrr pps'

Dimesion sty|es
Using StyIe, you an
ls.
dllndimn.ionst) |s
i|E'i#l
s i m i l t o t h u 1 y o u
dfinpargraph
srylsi
wrd prossing dumnts.
Modif a dimnsion to th dsild style nd
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!.. dimnsionas a stly liking th

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sty|e .

To Ap|y the defu|t ttributes to seIeted

dimensions, lik ffi.

': .'rdr to use th styl in anotherdrawing,

-.j sve sty|e and t}p a nam. Th
. -sidfl,t \tnsion is
aplid automatially.

Clik Lod sty|es ffi to addthstyl.

\Ph a sty|e to othrdinnsionsb

.itins thm and hoosing th styl nam
::.lm th dropdown list'

Note
\u annot apply styles to dimensions rtdby o|e ||outs.
\\'hnyou inst dimnsions from a pt or assembly into a drawing using Insert ode| |tems,
th.dimn-sions'styls blong to th original modl. Thrfor' you nntassign drawing
styis to th insrtddimnsions' You an howvr lod th pal1 oI ssmly sls into t
dawing. Changs to th styls in th dmwing hang th styls in the par1or assmbly
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| o|ernend Precision options

siG
Th basi option dds a
box alound th trt ofth
dimnsion.

ilater| o|erne
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Us th + and. boesto
.
+ 9
dd diffrntvalus for
th amountsovff and
i_ |.9L
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tram*'rd*
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tolranlt omsalir
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th amountsovr and
undr th nomina|.Th
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+ s.
sam valu for th
amountsoYff and undI
' a
th nominal. Th tlIal
s:iiirz
tt oms aftth
nominal dimnsion tt.
|N
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Ls Fit tolrlans to st the

lo]nby Issifition
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lo]rnoflh shaftusing '':;:..
thShft Fit vIu95.
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You an us Fit With

to|eraneto dislayth
tolrmnr Yaluas a Limit
typ dimnsion.

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Shft Fit optionsdfinsth
tolmn valus
automatial]y.

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w i t h o ud
t r s p | i ntgh r n .
hoos Fit (to|erne on|y) ' .-.
s lh o|erne ype'
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1|if
nJ '?
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Note
lfth part dimnsindhs multipl
onfigurations,th oIerane/Precision
dialogwi1Iinluda Configurtions button.
Th button an b usd to aply th hang to
sltdonfigIations'
Changs to th tolransofdriving
dimnsions in th dmwing ar sn in th
modl.

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Dimension ext
Prfi th dimnsion txt
by tying bforr th
<DIM> hartrson th
djmsion1in.In this
am1,4.
h <DIM> hamtIs
Irsntth tu
dimnsion valu.

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Appnd th dimnsion tt by typing aftI thr

<DI> l]arat.In this xample a sa
and th lttrsRF.

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You an lso add lins of
tt bov and blow th
dimnsion lin.

Positionth dimnsiontxtvrtiallyusing
op Justify El' ottom Justify oI th
iddIeJustify.
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Th PrimryVIueotionan b usdto
orridthtruvaluofth dimnsron^
rlingit with th override v|ue

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\-.,,
ovrriddnvaluswill ,o/ updat
automatially
Withhangsin thgomtry
To braketnsionand

dimnsionlins hn
rossIngotnrlnslon
nd dimnsionIins,u.
Brek Lines,

@-.;r

.-^.'6ds|'' v
!.d..
;;.**

Note
You n hoos fol th tnsionlins to
brak only wltn rossing aowhads' Clik
oo|s' options, Doument Properties'
Dimensions and sltrek on|y around
dimension rrows. Fo th ANSI standard.
th hk box is sltedby dfault.

Psitionthtxthofizontllyusingenter
Justify E, Right Justify ffi or thdfault
Left Justify .

Add standardsymbols to
th dimnsin txt.
Position th ursor blor
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frinension Properties
I th Dimension Propnnalth
P.imry v|ue is displydfr Diiving
dimnsions and an b hangdto alt the
modI.
Driven dimnsions list valu nd th nam
but armotb hangd.

Chang th nits disla ofspifi

dimnsions using th overriJe Units oDtion.

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Swithdimnsions
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ndlinardimnsions
usingtheRadius,
r]
Dimeterand Disp|y
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Fr radil dimnsions of
la ladii' us th
Foreshortened option.
Th hndls an b usd
to rsition th rntI
and bnds.
Dimnsions attahdto
th nte[ofth
tblshortdladis ar
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i '.';;;
urrntandl|rntLlit'. .* jY-.
|nhes hav mm as
altmatunits and vi-vtsa'
Th altnatunits ar abov (or to th right)
thllrrnlunitsnd r brk|d.For mor
infomation,sDtlilig on page 497.
Us lnspetion
Dimension to sutound
t h d i m n s i o nt \ t .
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The following topis ar ovrd in this appndix:

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o|nmon Chrtristis of \1|xotatioS

o\ page76.

Blocl. onpag 70.

lignmt on page 376.

Grouping on page 80.

Lr Proprtis on pag 38l .

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Annotations

Annotations inlud ll mannr oftet nd symbols that add

informtion to th drawing.

Common
harateristis
of
Annotations

ny annottionshav arrowhads,ladrsnd txt. This stion

disusssthos ommonalities,

optionratsa lrad
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AnnottionstyIes
svrai anntations(Notes' We|d Symbo|s,
Surfe Finish Symbols and Geometri
oIernesymbols) inludth style gloup
bo, With annotations,thy an b sdto
rpatommonly usd symbols.
Styls an b usd globally thrugh th
Design Library.

atetl]annotation,
s1tit andlik Add
or Updte sty|e t andnr]rit. In this
raml,it is not.

]ik sve sty|e ! and sav th sty]e as a

not styl (*.sldnotefl't) to :\DoUments
and settinls\ All Uses\ Apliation
Data\ solidwolks\ solid/t/o?ks201o\
design ubary\ annotations.

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opn th annotations foldr ofth Dsign

Library to s it. Bloks n lso b ddd to
this foldr

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[t is ssibl to ll drawings,arts and

assmbiisusing drag and drop.

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Arrowheads
Usoo|s,options,DoumentProperties, FoI morr information, SeDimSioSon
Dimensions to setthsize of thArrows.
pag 459.
Slet th t ofarrow displayd wh th
ladr is ttahdto th gortry.Click
ools, options, Doument Proprties,
Annotations to st th Attahments.
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anotationssuh as balloons and gmtri
tolelans.Ass th proprtisby liking
th annotation,right-liking th annotation
and sltingPropertis....

If multipl typs ofannotations arr sltrd,

th allowabl hangsr limitd to thos
plptis ommon to all th sltdtys'

AnnottionFont
Th 1bntusdfor aht}pofannotationan
b setusingooIs,options,Doument
Properties,Annottions.
oving the Atthment
Th attahmntpoint f most annotationsan
b hangd.srlct th annotation,nd drag
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singl ladI'additional lad an b ratd
or addd,
P.sJtmultipl dgs,vItis oI as
and thn Iatth not'
Afir th annotation
is rtd,hold tr|
nd drag an ndpoint
N and drop it on
\ It,dg or ta'
h opid ndpoint
ratsanothIladr'
o Imov ladr,
s1tth symbol,
lik on th ndpint and Iss th De|ete
ky.
or multil ladrattahmntsofdimnstons
and hl allouts, tr|+drg th squarchandl
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opy nd Paste Annotations

Annotations an b opid and pastd,thn
editd and f-attahd.o opy, slt the
symbol and lik dit' Copy, th Copy @
ion, I plss tr|+.

You can also hold Ctrl and drag a symbol.

Whn it is dropd,a opy is mad.

Clik on th shtnd past it by liking

Edit, Pste. lh Paste @l ion.o rssing

tr|+v

Th ov an b ditd and l-attahrd.

se|etion of Anottion
Annotations an b sltdby any visibl
gomffy.This inluds th txVs}nbol'
ladr or extnsion/dimnsionlins.

.os@ .ol
Formtting ooIbr
Th Formatting toolbar allows you to hang th font, siz, style, andjustifiation of
annottions.
i, , Gdi.

-lF ;lol;i

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Color

olorsofnnotations
nddimnsionsr
ontrolldin Too|s,options, system
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iding and showing

Where to Find lt
r Clik Vie ide/show Annottions.
r or, on th DIaWing toolbar,lik @.(You
may ned to add th ion using
ustomiZ).
r or, right-lik and slt Hide.

This mthod n b usd to hid symbols,

tabls,ntrlinsand ntrmks'

Clik @ and slt n oI mo annotationsto

hide thm.

lik @ and slt one or morc hidd

annotationst show thm.

Notes

Notes ar usd to add txt and labls to dmwings. Th F|g Notes

symbol libary an b usd Within th txt sftam.

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Where to Find lt
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Arrnotation lik Note.
r or, lik |nsert,Anotations, Note....
r or, o],tth Annotation toolbI,lik
Note iAl.
r or, dght-lik and slt Annottions,
Note....

lik Note 1on th Annotation toolal.

Ith nt has a 1ad,lik t.irstto slt th
at1ahmntpoint for th ladr..lik again to
la th not' Th Formatting toolbal
ppals abov th not tt. s pag 20 tb
ror in|orration.
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ormattingn br usd to st font attributs
(typ, size, bld) nd multipl lin options
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Us multil lin lonnatting With nots.Add a

not and ty Notes: followd by Enter' Drag
th oundary.
C1ik Number ] and ontinut}ping A11
fillets and rounds t /8".
ah tim yu prss Enter dds nth
numbrdlin'

Sltthnumbrdtxtandlik u||tl=]
to hnsthnumbrsto bullts.

sltth 1/8 tetandlik stk Note [l.

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vie ide/show Annotations.

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Annotations (gomtritolrun,sulfae
finish or datum)n b adddto th tt ofth
not. Position th uo Whrth symbol
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Aftr th not is Iatd,slt th aowhad
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arowhd to anothff attahmnt point.
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lears the Use
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yper|inkB button.
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add thm to th stling oftt.
only proprtisaddedto parts,assmblisand
dwings ar available.

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You nusthspe||hek tool to hkthspllingofwords in

notsnddimnsions
aginst
a ditionr.
Suggstins
flrdt
rplathwordusingntrisomthe standd
ditinryfor
irosoftWordndth swengineeing.dicusditinary

Whereto Find lt
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r o. on tholstoolbr.Iik @.
Clik Spe||ing and th dawing not appars
i the Text window and is zoomd on th
drawing. Th word rods is highlightd in
both p1as.
Th suggestions portin ofth dialog lists
possibl plamntsfor th missplld
word' Clik Chnge to aptroa,?d.'as th
rplamnt.

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format,use Edit sheet Formt to ativatth
shtformat plior to heking.
Notes
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and ff 0.015'.
notd
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fasofpat1s,ssmblisanddrawings.sotiaworts supports
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Doubl V Grov
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r oI, ]ik th We|d symbo| tol E] on th
nnotation too1bar.
r or, lick lnsert, Annotations, We|d
Symbol....
r oI, fightlik and s]tAnnotations,
W|d symbo|....

UsthlowrWeldsymbol buttonto s]t

sytblora..thissid''rr'ld.
Typa Size
va]urin thfildto thlftofthbutton.
1-|l/s

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smbol.

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adddautomatially.

Slt th Groove jng|e to b |nside the

symbol.

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first symbol is a Squre wld.
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to Iatth ..othIsid'' wld.

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Us a Joint With (Doubl Fla V Spar)

symbo|lo rep|th uffntsymbol'

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ofa wId bd on a drwing. Th symbol is mad up of1td
irular or linar shapsalong an dg'

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r o on th Annotationtoolbal' lik
Cterpi||arffi.
r or, right-likndslctAnnottions,
terpil|r'
h dfault ed typ on !!@
a sltddgis FuI|
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Length with a ed size
of 0.125''.Th tpillar
shpis ir|ar and
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Ivliddle.

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display ofth attahmntdg(s).

Th terpi||r shpe an b hangdto

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smallI bds along an
dg.h ed |ength
and ead pith ar usd
10 st th spaing.

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r'irvdusing Disp|ay
dimensions.

h startingnd n also
rvrsdusing F|ip
strt point'

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You an us th nd eatment symbol to reprsntth nd viw
(stion)of wld ad on a drawing.

Where to Fid |t
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retment.
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r or, dt-lik andselrtAnnotations,
End reatment.
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Tratmnt
lquis

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dgs' Th symbol is
lad at th intrstion
ofth dgs.Th ANS|
type uss ead |eg
Iengths(optionallyquI
leg length) aod solid fill.

Clik on a..side'' in th gmphis Iato

drtrmin th orintationof th s}nbol.

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Simpl runout
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Total unout

Profil ofany
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straightnss
Total runout
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Mtrial
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Slop (Down)

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oIeance....
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snnotltio|1Stls on pag 317 for nror
information.

Slt modl dg and thn lik th

Geometi o|erne ion ].
slt strightness from th symbol
dodown.Add th tt 0.00 in th
o|erne 1 fild nd lik oK.

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oving th symbol aftrttahmntan pla
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tlold down th shift key and dmg th attahd

gomtritolransymbol to dtah it.
tlold down th tr| ky and dagth attahd
gomtli tolrunesymbol to ratan
unttahdopy'
ttah th ldr of gmtritoleran
symbl to dimnsion xtnsion]in by
drgglngth atthmntoint to th tnsion
lin.
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Sufe Finish
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You an spifu th sfa tt ofa palt fa by using a surf

finish symbol. You slt a modl sfa, thn dfin a symbol that
spifis th valus and optins fol th fiish that you want' You an
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Where to Find lt
r on th ommandManag tab Annotation
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r o lik |nsert,Annottions, surfae Finish
Symbol....
r oI. on th Annotation toolbar' lick surfe
Finish g .
r o dght-lik and slrt Annottions,
srfe Finish symbo|....
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tbrd by th onrbilatiol of
th symbo| nd th Ly
Diretion or dirtionoflay.
Th illust1ion
at th right
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Multi-jogLeaders

SolidWorks
2010
You an us th Multi-jog Leader to ra1ladrswith as man bnds
as rquild, oI to rat simpl aows. Th multi-jog leadsan b
attahdto Nots, Surf inish Symbols, Gomti Tolran
Symbols, WeJd Symbols, or Balloons as t]ryaratdr addd 1tl
annotationsftr th fat.

Whereto Find lt
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r lik |nsert,Annotations,tvlu|ti-jog
h ladsgmntssnapto horizontaland
Leaders.
vertiIas you loat1hm.
r or. on thArrotation
toolbr.lik Mu|tijog Leder.
r oI, rightlik andseletAnnottions,
lulti-jogLeders.
l. start a Mu|ti.jog Leder an)^vhron a
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drWingsht,at a dok point
on an
point
nnotation'or t a
on a sktch ntity'
2. ov th ointr and lik in th grphis
ara fol hjog point'
3. omplt th lader b liking an ntit
suh as an dg, o doubl-lik th
dmwing shet'
Whn ladr is not attahdto an ntity,th
aow t th ndpointfol1owstlr Untthed
optionin ools, options, Doument
Properties, Arrows.
Right-lik an ndpoint(thushangsto
\^z whrrit is ovr an ndpoint)nd slt an
arrowhadstyl flom th mnu.

Connt th ladr sgmntto the Dok Point

n th annotation.

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:.d slt |nset New rnh. Clik rne
nrv

Right.dik a sgmntand slt Add Jog

Point. h nWjog point is addd t th
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o|e a||outs

SolidWorks 2010

Th o|e a||out tool is usd to add divn diamtff dimnsions to

hols ratdb th Hol Wizard o ilar ut faturs.

Whereto Find lt
r on thCommndManagr
ta
Annotat'ion lik o|e ||out.
r o lik |nsert'Annotations' o|e
||out....
r or" on thAnnotationtoolbar.lik Ho|e
aIloutEj.
r oI, ighlikandseltAnnotations,
Ho|e||out...'
lik Ho|e allout lg] on th Annotation
toolbao lik Insert,Annotations, HoIe
||out.
Clik th dgofa hol.
By dfault hol llouts attahdto [Iol
Wizrd hols ar dfind by th hol's
ploprtis.

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h o|e ||out is driv dimnsion and
displas th urnt siz ofthe hol.
Note
Th ais o|th hol must b nImal to th
drawing sht.

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dfinitions;
1. Righrlik th hol allout and slt
Disp|y options, Define by Gometry.
2. To rtum to th ol Wizrd dfinition'
right-lik th hol allout and s|t
Disp|y options, Define by oIe
Wizard.
only llouts attahdto ol Wizald hols
will offr this option.

h DispIayoptions olth diurnsion

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stt DispIyas Dimeter,
Disp|ys
Rdius,Disp|ys Linear,Show
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ools, options, system options, Fi| Lotions.
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Using th d ofth symbol libary symbols

an b positiondand orderdin th dfinition
ofah hol wizad t}' For xample,
<NIOD-DIAM> ratsa diamtrsymbl'
Th nd ofth rlontains tt desiptions
ofh variab|s.
S Lhsmplath right.
or mor informtionn smbolIibraris.s
odifling Snbols ort pag 42.
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hol you want' BlW is th dfinition ofa
ountIsunkthlough hol.

*v,lid o]e Wiz;d vaiabies -e as follows;

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yp
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ounte?ill Angle
collnteri]t Depth
orrnt!LillDi.meter
countsinlr ngle

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Dtum Feture symbo|s an b adddto a dawing viw on a surfa

that apasas an dg (inluding silhoutts)to idnti8/ datums
plans in th rt.

Where to Find lt
r on th CommandManagfftab
Annotation lik Dtum Feture.
r or, lik |nsrt'Annotations,Dtum
FeatureSymbol....
r or, on th Annotationtoolbar' lik
Datum Feture[].
r oI, right.likndslrtAnnottions,
DtumFeturesymbo|....
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oo|s, options, DoGumentProperties,

Annottions, Dtums to clat symbo1sin
th oldI stdard.
ttq"*-;;'

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short horizontal brnd. Th symbl an b
dlaggd along thr attahmentdg.An
tnsionlin follows the symbol offth
dg.

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on. Th Empty riang|e
With ShouIder is usdhr.
Dtum Fetures symboIs all b adddo
draggdand droppdonto isting
Dimensions and Geometri oIerne
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or. dght.likandsltAnnotations,
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Dowel Pin SymboIs an b adddto an ircular dge,irl or r.

Where to Find lt
r lick |nsert,Annottions,Dowe|Pin
Symbol.
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Dowel Pin Symbol.
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Area ath/Fi||

solidWoks
2010
Area th/Fi|| is usd to add hthing within boundaristht do not
Iiv automatihathing.h oundary an b a fa or losd
skth ontouf.Th hathing n b tru ath or solid.

Where to Find lt
r on th ommandMnagr tb
Arrnotation lik Are th/Fi||.
r oI, lik |nsert, Annotations.
Area ath/FiIl.
r oI, on th Annotation toolba lik Are
atchlFi|| l.

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stions,A1igndstionsndBrokenout
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osmetihreads

Solidworks2010
h osmeti hred is usd to dsIibr th atffibutsofa spifi
hole without having to add lal thradsto th modl' It rprsntsth
minor diamtrofa thlad on a bss oI th mjr diamterfa thrad
on a hol and an inlud a hol allout.
Th osmti thradan b applied at th part oI dlawing 1v1.ith
Wa,a osmeti thrad diffrs ftom oth annotationsin that it is an
absobdfafurofth itm to whih it is attahed.FoI amDl.th
osmithrdon ho]is in th Frur\y'ngr
dsigntrs
headl undff th Hol fatur,along with the skthsusd to rat
th hol.

Where to Find lt
r lik |nsert,Annottions,osmeti
hred..'.
r o on th Annotationtoolbr' lick
osmeti hred lg.
r oI, fi-lik andsltAnnotations,
osmetihread....
Slt a iular dge.
Slt an option for nd
ondition, Depth, and
ior Dimeter and
optionlly a hred
||out.

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haratls

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valu lor th
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Quantity
set Quntitythatupdatsaxamtially.
sltthe PlaementandthDenottion.
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r on theCmmandnag
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r o on thAnnotationtoolb lik
BlIoon@.
r o right-likandsltAnnotations'
||oon'..'
In oo|s, options, Doument Properties,
Annottions, lloons st th dfault StyIe,
size and ||oon text information. Th
sttingsan ovliddnin th
ProDrtvanr

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itr.*
c,ob

Quntity oI ltem Number an b st as th

top nd bottom positions ofth balloon.
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can b lad into th balloon, ext and
ustom Properties an also b usd within
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AUto a||oons

Auto ||oon is usd to automatiallygnratballoons in a dralving

viw. Th r svrrl 1a./ou1
stvls availabl.

Where to Find lt
r on the CommandanagItab
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r o lik |nsert, Annottions, Auto
lIoon....
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||oon 1@].

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FoI infomation on th Style and Size
tions, s -Bal/ooson pag 36J.
Slt a viW to apply auto balloons'
on addd' th balloons an b ditd
individualJy o s a sltdgloup.

InooIs,options' DocumentProperties,
Annotations,a||oonsstthdlaultAuto
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Whil th ommand is ativ, th l|oon

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r or, dght.1ickandslrtAnnottions,
stcked|Ioon....
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Doument Properties,
Detiling,||oonsstth
dfault sty|e, size nd
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Usingstak RightE.

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to lmov it. Th lst ofth balloons ar
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he standardRevision
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sdrigs for Resion
Symbol Shapandthe
qrent revision numbr/
lettr i a note format.

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Blocks

You an Iat,sav,dit, and insIt |oks fol dlawing items that ou

us oftn, suh as standardnots,lablpositions, and so on.

ltaking |ock from Geometry

Where to Find lt
r on th Commandanagrtab
Annotation lik |ocks, Mke |ock.
r oI, lik oo|s' |ok, ke'''.
r o from the Blks toolba lik ke
BIok @.
r o right-lik the gromrtry nd srlt
lUlke|ok.

Note
Bloks an inldett, any typ ofskth
entity (xrt points),balloons (pt
stakdballons), impoltd ntitisnd txt,
and ara hath.
You n attaha blok to gmtryor
drawing viws.

To rata blok fromgomtryin a standard

drawing,sltthgomtryandlik TooIs,
|ock'Mke'A loalblokis ratd.

|oks ale a onvnintWayto adddlawing

notsto a dlawingshet.
Nos:

l . L LU N s P C I F ]tI LDL E AsR 0 ' l 2 5| N

2. DRFANGL= 2"
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N s |Y l 4 ' 5 l 9 8 2
HIN NG Nos:
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Not styls (slr,ottion StlSo1
page 317) n also b usd lo this pupos.

Thy an also b usd to ratspializd

symols that aI not found in th standald
SolidWorks annotations.

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lotd so that its baspoint is at the insrtion
int. Blok instanrs ar saled and lotatd
about thir as points.
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a biok. slt th note and ty th Attribute
ame. sIt Red on|y to prvnt hangs
to th txt.
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drawing o assmbl.
ttfibut nams tht ar iror ad only an be
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Right.lik an xisting blok instan,
slt dit Definition, arrdadd th
attfibuts.

sving |ocks
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r Clik ooIs,|ok'sve....
r o on thBloks toolbal,lik sve
B|okt].
r or, righlikthgmtryandslt
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blok to a *.sldblk fil' To us it in th dsign
libry sav it to th dsign library
arrnotations tbldr. s nnottion Stlesoo
pag 317 for mor information'

Whereto Find lt
r on th Commandanagrtab
Anrotationlik |ocks, lnsert Iok.
r or, lik |nsert,Annottions,|ock....
r o flom thBloks toolbar,lik |nsert
B|oki@.
r oI, righlikthblk andselt
lnsert....
r of, dragth B|ok ion ftmth
FatrManager
and&op it intothr
drawing.
r or, ag th B|ock ion ftomth
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BIoks in th drawing
doumnt.
o, lik Brows'.. to slet an xtmal
fil that otains a blok dfinition.

When ou insrt or astr a blok, the b1ok

instanis loatd so that its se Point is at
the instion point. Us sketh infrening to
loate th bloks rlative t on anothrand
drawing gomtry.

Note
You ninsrtfils with tnsions.sldblk,
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Sal th display with th |ok s|e, a

fator ofth original blok siz.
Blok instansaI saled about thir bas
polnts.

St th angl oth blok with |ok

Rottion. A positiv valu rotatesth blok
ount]okwis.
lok instnsaI rotatdabout thil bas
points.
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vrtis and skth gomtry.

Arrows and ladrsan b

addd to th blok. lik
Dis|y leder and
optionally ent leader.
B1ok 1eadshav an
anhor point (th nd anhordto th blok)
and an attahmntpoint (th nd ttahdto
th modl or drawing sht)'Whn you add a
ladto a blok instanit is anhordto th
bas oint by dfault. You an dmg the ladr
anhor point an}.WhI
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Slt a blok instanand th TexU

Dimension Disp|yontlolshow thnotsin
biok ar shown.

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Alignment

Th A|ignment options ar usd for aligning sltdgoupsof

annotatinsand dimnsions.S l/lgiirg Diensions on pag 04 for
dimnsion.spifi alignmnt.

Where to Find lt
r lik oo|s,A|ign andsltan otion.
r or, on thAlign toolbarlik a tool.
r o, sltthannotatins,
ight-likand
sltA|ign,andsltan ption.
Us A|ign op @ to alignll sltionsto th
onfufihstto thtop'

Us A|ign ottom lgE]

to align all sltions
to thonfui1hst
to thbottom.

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slt multil nnotationsby dlag-slting
th itms or by holding down CtrI whil
sltingth items.

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srltionsvnlyin thholizontal.

This option r/oesnol align to topmost or

lowmst.

Us spae ven|yDown {1to spaall

sltionsvnlyin thr Yrtial.

This otion does rol align to dghtmost or

ftmost.
Us AIign orizontal l] to lat th ntrs
o t h n n o t t i o nsl o n sa h o i z o n t aaI i s '

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h Group options ale usd to atgloups ofanntations and

unglou thm. Gloupd annotationsmov togthI.

Grouping

Where to Find lt
r lik oo|s,A|ign,Group andsrlt
Groupor Ungoup.
r o on thAlign toolbarlik Group @
or Ungroup@.
right-clikand
r Or, selctthannotations,
sltGroup, andseltan option.

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th itms oI by holding dwn tr| whil
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].' mor a mmbrromthgrou.rightj,:k it ad sllrtGroup, Remove from

l uuls.

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Slt mmbr ofthe group and lik

Ugroup to disandthe group int
l:Jir iduls.

Lyer Properties

Lyr Propertiesanb usdto ssignvisibility,olol' |inthiknss

andlinr o1orto annotations
andassmblYomDonrnts
in a drawins.

wtre to Find |t
. On th Layr toolbar lik th Lyer
P]oertiesl tol.
r o' on th Linr Formattoolba lik
Lyer Properties @ tool.

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hath, detail ills, setion lins and annotations.

Lyer an br sltdfrom th
Proptyanagr of many annotation
ps.
.i..k th Layer Properties tool la. Th
Lyers dilog box ons.
.'ik th NeWbutton.Fill in th Nme
..1c.]tultis Lae1) nd Desription
:]ids.
.. j
th on/off toggl to mk th lay
'.:sib] or invisibl
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gomtryand slt th
layI nam on th LayI
toolbar.
h aow symbol indiatsth atiY
layer Th ativ layr is also displayd on

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Sheet Formatsand Templates

Th follwing topis ar ovrd in this appndix:

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Dult

Solid||,orks Specil Proprti,s on pag 85.

pplicq,tio|l of a Proprt ol page 86 '

Prdfined ws on pag 387.

Fil Proprtis onpage 84'

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Sheet Formts
and Templates
Proerties

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rat drawing tmplatrs and llatd shtfomats with ploprtis.
SolidWorks drawing tmplatsontain nots that re linkd to
oprftis.Th proprtisar usd to draw informtion from th art,
assmbly or dawing.

Defu|t FiIe ProDerties

h Names in thlist arpopulatdfromth

poerties.txt fi]foundin C:\Documnts
and settings\ All Users\ Apliation
Data\ solidlIorks\ so1idl^Iorks20Io\
lang\ english.

Desription

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PrtNo

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Number

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Revision

QAAppDate

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Vendor

Weight

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Finish

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stoksize

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Status

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Deprtment

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lsFastener

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Th sW sei| Properties listd aI pat1ofvry

drawing fil.

SW.Keywords
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sw-reted Date

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SW-Short Date

sW-urrentsheet

sw-ot|sheets

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Mode| in view speified in sheet properties

A part oI assmbly that is shown in a viW. It
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va|ues from mode| shown in <viw name>
in th sheet Properties dialog box.
omponent to Whih th annottion is
tthed
on omponntofmany in a viw 01 an
assmbly.

App|iationof Property

ode| in view to whih the nnottion is

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A paniular viw oa part or ssembly in th
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tooltip displays thr variabl fo th roprty
nam (in th form $RP:''ploty nam'' oI
$PRPSEEE) Whnou ho\ o\ lh not'
Wn you dit a not tht ontains a variabl,
you an ithr show th variabl nam or
show th ontentsofth vriabl. Clik Vie
Annotation Link vrib|es to s th
vril nam.

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A Predefinedview an be usdlik a Namedview to plsltan

orintation,
positionndsa1for viws on a drawingtaj]plate.Th
modlor assmblyrfrenis adddlatrthushInsertode|.

' ree to Find lt

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Predefined....
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slta view orienttion.

A ustom s|e canlsobe st.

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S1ta prdfindviw. In th Predefined
View Proprtyanagundr Insert ModeI,
slt a nam fom th ParuAssemb|y list of
fils opn in th unt sssion.Th viw and
all its rlatd viws (suh as projetdviws)
aI populatd'
rowse
Slt a prdfindviW.ln th Predefined
vieW PlopfiyManagI, undI Insert ode|,
1ik Browse... and srlt a t or assmbl
fil. Th viw and all its relatdviWs (sulr
as projtdviws) ar populatd.
Right-|ik
Righrlik a pdtjndviw nd slt
| n s e r tM o d e | . . .D. o o n o t h o l l o w i n g :
l . Slt viw ontainingth modl.
2. slt th modl frm th graphis aaor
Fatulanagro anothwindow'

o popuIate predefined views:

Drag
Drag a modl frm th Faturnagr
dsign ff ofan opn afi oI assmly
doumntinto thr dlawing doumnt.A1l
avilal prdfindviWs aI populatd.

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Assembly DrawingViews

Th following tpis ar vrd in this appndix:

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Co|1figurtioSad Displ! Stts o\page 90.

Eplodd ws on pag 97.

ltrnt Positio ws onpage 98.

Hid opot on pag 402.

dncd Sltion o\ page 404.

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Assnbl Drawingviews

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Assemb|y
Drawing Views

Assmbly drawing viws ar thos viws that rfernan assmbly

file. Assmbly bsd viws hav som ommon haratIistisand
optiors.

onfigurations
and DisPIy sttes

Assmblis tht ontain multipl onfigations ]ay also ontain

multipl dislay stats.Thy an b displayd tn a vtw.
DispIay states ar usd in assmblisto dlndiffrntombinations
ofsttigs for ah mponrnt' The sttingsinlud:
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r Right-lik a viw and lik Poperties.
r Clik viw and st Referene
onfigurtion in th ProprtyManagrf.

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onfigumtions
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nmed configurtion and optionally n of
th DispIay sttes within that onfigumtion.

Prent viWs inld Na]d and stndard

Viw (|ront).

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DispIay states within th sltd
onfiguration.
th onfigurtioniomt
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romth.tion.S Sllo Viwo page244 for tnorinormlion.

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tabview
I,ayout lik setion view
r o. lik |nse, DrWingview, setion.
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sope tab ofth DrWingview Properties
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mpnntsthat should rmin unut. lf
nothing is sltd,vrything is ut.

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liking Ex|ude fsteners in th Seti
sope. Fastnels aI idntified by th ustom
propfiy IsFasten with th v|ue / ext
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Auto hthing altmatsthe angle oth

Ioss hatching on adjantut fas. slct an
Ex|uded omponent to lmain unu.

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assmbly in a drawing virv and pos the ilrsid.Crss hathing is
automatially gnIatdon th setiondfas oJl omponnts.S
Btokn-outStion on pag 257 tbr mor information.

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r on thommandanagI
tbview
I,ayout lik Broken-outsetio.
r ol. lik lnsert,Drawingvie roken.
out setion...'
r or on thDrawingtoolbal'lik th
Broken-outsetion g] tool.
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darring vi not a sparat
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hr Assemb|y utway displayd in a pitodal YiW iS rateds a
sris of small podurst th assmbly and drawing lvl. The
atual viw is a ode| vie usully n Isometi viW.

lllhere to Find lt
f on th ommarldManagel tab vievr
LJrout lik odel view.
r or, lik |nsert, Drwing vie ode|.
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View ll.
Iat a nW onfigurtionin th assembly.
at an assmbly far by skthing on a
la ofth assmbly and using Insert'
Assembly Feature, ut, Extrude.

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prt or assembly usd in th view. Usually,
onfiguationsar Itdlor th cuts usd
only by th viw.

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dmwing doumnt.
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onfigutionthat shows th assmbly fatur'

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Altrnate Position
views

Solidworks2010

Th A|ternate Position view is usd to indiat th motion ofan

assmbly omponntby showing it in diffntpositions. on or mor
altmatpsitions ar ovrlaid on th original in a dashdfot.

Where to Find lt
r on th CommandManagetab view
Layout lik A|ternte Position View.
r or. lik |nsert,DrWingviews,
Alternte Position....
r 01 |ik A|ternate Position view |J: on
th Drawine toolbar.

Note
one th Altmat Position viw is td,it
n b modifid t both th assmlyand
dwing lv1.

rat a odel view ofth assmbly using

th ofintationndrd fo the A|ternte
Position view. Positionth ssmlvin its
startinPDosition.

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Th AltnatPsition Viw apparsin th
drawing's FaturanagIs Altelnate
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ViWl
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omponent Line
Font

SolidWorks
2010
omponent Line Font is usd to hang the lin font oassrmbly
omponntdgsto b diffrntthan th dfault. This an hlp
distinguish btwnindividual omponntsin th drawing viw.

Where to Find lt
l In a drawing viW right-lik a fa of an
assmbly omponntand selt
omponnt Line Font.

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Lin styl, Line thikness, or Lyer fol ah
typ ofdgr. Whih viws ar afftdis
dtrminedby A|| views oI From se|etion.

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Hideomponent

Hide omponent llows you to hid spitiolponntsin slted

drarring r irvs,not all viws.

Where to Find lt
r With th ursor ov omponnt,rightlik showide' ide omponent.
r or, lik a r'irr'ad slt ore
Properties... and llide/Show
ompoents.

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assmbly onfiguration and us Hide
omponent at th assrblylvl,S
dvcd Sltio on pag 404 1ban
automatdmthod.

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ide omponent
ehind P|ane

Lgnumbrsofomponntsan b hiddt onusinga planand

a ditionto dtnninwht shouldb sn'Corpnntsmp1etel
bhindth planar hiddn'hosut b) th P]enlin\ jsibl.

lryhere to Find lt
r In th FatuMangrdsign tr,rightlik a plan under th viw in which you
'nt to hid omponntsand slct ide
ehind P|ne'
ide ehind P|ne dialogbo apars,
d th plannd dirtionro r
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dispidin aJlviws on th drawingsht
iht ontinth mdl.

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Iossing th plan) ar hiddn.
ditigofth list oltitd ompontsis
th samaSWith ide omponent (sl1ide
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views

Automti iding
on retion

Automti iding on reation lts SolidWokshid any omponnts

that would b hiddn in drawing viw as th viw is bing ratd.

Where to Find lt
r Click Tools, Options, System Options,
DrWings, Automti||y hide
omDonents on view reation.
dd a nw viw ofan
assmbJy.Th fur batt
omonntsar flrlly
nlosd and ar
automatiallyhiddn.

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h viw sttingsfol th ampl bloW ar:
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idden Lines visib|e

obsrv th rsults blow Wherth option

was not usd.
ottom
view

diting fth list ofafftd omonntsis

th sam as With ide omponent (s1{lde
cponnt on pag 402).

Advaned
seIetion

Advaned seIetion is an ssmbly.basdmthodofautomating ide

omponent and suppress omponent. lt an hlp latassmbl
onIigumtionsthat ar usd fr drawing viws.

Where to Find lt
r Clik TooIs,Gomponentseletion,
Advaned se|t.
r or, in the onfigationanagr'rightlik a nrgurationnamand slt
Advned se|et....
Advaned se|etion is usdto slt
omponntsbsed on si1idritria. For
apl, all vndor hadwaromponnts
tiom a spifi ompany haY a ustom
Property vendo and a numbr
Note
\d\ andslrtiondosjust tht it slts
LrmPonnts.on sltdyou n suplss
th..m.dltthm,and so on.

Note
Advaned Se|ectis vilablin assrbly
doumnts
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Assbl Drawing views

Detrne sech riteri to slt part omponntsthat hav th ustom Popertv vendo
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AppendixH
Bill of Materialsand ables

The following topics a ovrdin this appndix:

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BiIl ofMteriIs on pg408.

GnrITbls onpage 426'

Hol TbIson pe 429.

Rision Tbl onpage46.

Itrldmnt
ut LiSt Table onpae 4g.

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Efl| oI z.lials

solid,orks2010

ad abls

Bil| of Mterials
nd Tbles

sYral tys oftabls an b atdin a drawing: i|| of lvlteri|s.

Genr|, Revision and o|e t. Also, a part or ssembly dsign tabl
an b adddt a drawing.

Bi||of Materi|s

h i|| of ateri|s tabl is usd to gnrta list ofmponnts

used in an assmbly.This list an inlud: itm numbIs,quantitis,
dsriDtions.sums and totals.

Where to Find lt
r on th Commandanagertab
Arrotation lik b|es.Bi||of
]ateri|s'
r o lik BiIIof tv|ateria|s
@]on thabl
toolbar.
r or, clik |nsert,ab|es' i|| of
]lilteri|s''..
. or, right-likarlds1t
TabIes,Bi|Iof
]Ylterils.'..
Ifth BoM alledy xists in th assmbly,use
th opy Existing ab|e otion to opy it
into th drawing.

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to th FaturManagrdsign tI.
Column and row numbring apparsonly
whn th tabl is sltd'
Slt an itm in the Bo to highlight it in
th gaphisara. Similaly, slt a
mponntin th gphis ara or
FaturManagrdsign tI to highlight it in
th Bo.

BoMs an b linkd or opid. Iflinkd,

hangsto th data in th assmbly Bo or
drawing Bo propagteto th othr Th
formattingoflinked Bos is indpndnt.
Th dfultBo ontainsolumns fo |E No., PAR NUER' DESR|PT|oN and QTY
Th SolidWorks SoftWarpopulatsth olumns automatilly'Additionl User Defined
olumns an b ddd tating ustom Property infoation. Automatially fill in th
DScR|PTloN olumn With tt from th onfigurationsofah alt or assmbly.In the
onfiguration Properties PlopfiyManag slt Use in bi|| of mteri|s and typ a valu
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BiI of llatnals

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omponts,thrre ale
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fbr ITM No., PART No.' Dsription and QTY Th SolidWorks
softwaopu]atsth olumns in th dfult trplatautomatial|.

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otl]r tmplatssupplid With th softwaadd th tbl]owing olumns to th dfult forrrrat.

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olumns addd to dfault format

bom.mateial. sldbomtbt

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bom-weight.sidbomtbt

Wight

bom-all.sldbomtbt

Vndor' Wight, StokSiz' atrial

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BiI of aterialsand abls

Us th onfigurations gloup bo to slt

whih onfiration(s) to show in th
Quntity (QY') olumn(s).Thy ar
onsiddTbu|ated tabls.
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ofiguionto shorr.in th Quntity (QTY,)
oIumn.

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Disply l| onfigurations ofthe same part
s one item ombins l1 instanesWith th
sm nam.
Disp|y onfigutionswith the sme
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i'!issing omponent, otion Keep the row
for missing omponent optionto dtmin
hat happnsin th Bo whn a omponnt
is supprssd.Ifth omponntis a sub.
ssmbl.all omponentsWithin it aI
nsiddmissins.
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o rnak tbl ativ for mdifiation, lik

in a rbl ll or tbl hodr to accrss |a|
and ll options from thr ontttoolbr.
U5 th ontttoolrlo mak fortin"
and ont hangs.

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mov tabl ion E in th uppr lft ornr or
right.lik th tbl and slt Properties.
W i t h t h l b l t i r . I i kt h r p n s i o n
arrows (l ) to show th tab]hadr.For a
BoM' lik th xpansinarrows (2) to show
th balloon statusand assmbly stl.tltur.
To toggl tlr tabl hadlik TbIe
Heder op @ or Tb|e Heder ottom @
in lhe otttool.1r.
To hid rows or olumns in th BoM,
mk th tablr ativ, thn lik th
ide/show in @' h Hide/show
ursor is displayd N6 , Slt row
nurbr(s)and/orolumn ltt(s)t
indiat th rows and o1urnsto hid.
Th sltdrows and olumns ar
highlighted' Clik on th Hid/Show
ion again to ompltth hid.
In this xampl th Pul1Rirr$ and
Plunger omnntsaI l|]]ovd
Iiom th Bo and th is no rnumbring.Th ..ballon''olumn shows whthr a
omponnthas n alloond or not. In this xampl, ll itms hv bn balloond.
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Rstrutury dissolving sassmbIis/
wldmnts o ombining idntial itms.
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Corbinidn1ialitms.
lud rom BoM.
DIag and dlop to rordror ombtn'
dit th displaofhild omponnts

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Thr Epnd/col|apsesubassemb|ybutton
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Rows nd lumnsca be
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or olumn headrarrddragging
and droppingto a nw loation.
Rows n e draggdarrd
droppdto hangth squen.
To mov mor thnon row at
th samtim, hold th RL
ky' sltth rows anduse th
Group/Ungroup buttont
ombinthm.Us thGrouo/
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[lovering ovr a olumn fividr hangsth
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rsiz th olumnto th lft or ri ofth
divider.
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olumn oDtions
any options are availabl only through
olumn sltion and fight-liking. Th
rsults v. b tabl ty.

modi ..1um.stitl t\t. doub1-lik

on rl| :d dit'

o ins a rr o|Umn. =]-.l a il in th

Io\\ lht \\il] d'i(aii: 3.i i]]r.ilik |nsert,
o|umn Right olumn Lefr
st Ih olumn \t..n :r Jr.rri..n lisr.
h prprq or qrrrit.nrrili dtmith
in1brmtionput it... lls' If n..]ins is
sitd.th o|mlls mainmp.
h ltem Numer d Pt Numer olumns
an b usd ad r utmti|l}t-illd.
h Q\.. olum is tdutomtiallr.
otjgurion.h Q\l olumn amot
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Ponnts.

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roerty' it Will appar in th list among th
geiproprtis.ln this xampl, status is
sltdfrom th Property nme &opdown.
he olrrmn is added and filld with th valu
ofth status proprty.

o sta Bo olumnhadingto Unit, slt

UN| oF |lilEAsURfromtholumn type
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th |nrementfiId'
SlttlrFoIIowassembIy order ion @ to
rofd[ itms in a drWingto follow th
assmbl from whih it is rcatd.
Whn you sltFo||oWassemb|y orqe,
you annot group, IoIdI,oI sofi ites in th
BOM.

srlt th Do not hnge item numDers

ion @ t rti original itm numbrs altr
rordringa row.

optionally hk Use tit|esummary to tI

part ]]umbrsby sulnmaly nam

o st BoM olumn hading to Itm No.,

sltll No. fom th CoIumn type list.

To st a BoM olumn heading to PaIt

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quantitisoI simpl logi in tabl o Bo
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FIom th ustom properties drpdown list
sllsw-Folde Name, omlh Preision
dlopdown list slrt Genera| Formt ({})and
flom th ustom proerties dlopdown list
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Name'

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formt,th numbr ofdimal plas.Gnal
tt an b plard in a tt string (..tt
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olumn inormlion|ookIik lnony'
selt.l2 tbl Preision.
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dd th maindofth quation
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btwn th txt sfuings ..Add '' and
..arow(s)''.
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namdUrit Cost asdon th popfiy ost.
Add an quation lQY. l*lunit ostl to
dfin a nw olmn sub
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a ustom plofiy Unit ost and assoiatd
valu fol this to work ploprly' Thse valus
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that ls not a omponnt,suh as P,11NI
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b shown With this symbol t].S th
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hid th itm numr,right.lik on th ll
and sltl|ide |tem Number.
Tt an b typd into ]ls ofth tabl'
u,aningwill apparwhn a ll is doubllikrd, noting that th tabl and file ar
linkd and that manually ovrriding th valu
wi11svr th Iink.

Us dfind rows and olumns an b ratd

lr ith your txt.Ifno ustom Property is
sltd,th lls an b filld by doublliking and tying. Th symbol library is also
avi]blwithin th ll b slatingth add
symbol in @ fom th cotttoolbr.

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tp (s Tbl Proprtis o\ page 409)
hangs.To rtalto th 11'soriginl
ontnts,fighlik Restore origin| vaIue.

sums and ota|s

sum e||s an b ratdto add th ontnts
ofth lls abv it in th olumn. Iat a
nw Iow abov th ..ArPoW'' row and lik in
th 1l.Clik th quation ion @ and
slt sum from th Funtions dropdown
list.

sums aI takn fom th last

sum ll or th bginningofthe
o1umn.

otI Ce||s ar usd to gt a final sum ofa

olumn. Add nw row t th bottom, lik
ih qution ion and slt ot| flom
:: Funtions dropdownlist.

Totals inlude any prvious sum

l1s.lfthr a non it ombins
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;:Lrmisling tbls d usd agai.hy n
silir oiumn inforration.

Risht-iiksve As Temp|te...and us th
sve As blowsr to plae th nW fil.

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Appefidi
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Ascending oI Desending ordr.slt th
tble and right.ctik Sort. Choos a Sort by
olumn and optionally on or two hen by

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u)lns sp|it' |ik in |lt thedivisionoint
ad iht-|ikSpIit, orizont|lyeIo
Horizont||y Above, via||y Left or
vertic|ly Right' A sparattabl is gnrutrd
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A gnIaltabl is usd whr the data in th lls neds to b tyd in

by th usI, mththan automatially gnratdlik othr tbls'

Where to Find lt
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Annotation lik bles, Gener|
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A b|e onsists oflls aangd in rows and
olumns. ah 1lis apablofhaving txt or
data in it, and an b fomttd.
Slt all lls in a /ale by dghrliking a
ll and hoosing SeIet, bIe.
Slt l1 lls in a olU,??l'by dght-liking
ll ofthat olumn nd hoosing SeIet,
oIumn.
Slt all l1sin rop by right-liking a 1l
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Insrt a gnraltabl by
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ab|e .
l or, rit-lick and slt ab|es, o|e
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hole table_sizes combined_numbes.sldho1tbt
ho1e tab1e_tags ombined_lettes.sldholtbt
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anl ables

slt th f in th
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Prcperties o' the ole |e

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rorded
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hdrand draggingand dropingto a nw
loation.
Add a olumn by rightliking in a l1nd
hoosing Insert, o|umn
Right. st th olumn
proprtisinluding the
it|e NoEs for the
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o|e b|e Axis

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portiesto hang th
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h hol tbl is addd with on datum fo

ah viw. h labls aI ontinuousaross
ll viws.

Revision ab|e

You an usr a Revision b|e to add a Revision ab|e (blok) and

rlatd Revision symbo|s to th awing.

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l rvision tbl. s Notes on Dag32|,
Revision ble.
.an b linkd to the So1idl/orks
Insert,
or, lik --- bIes, Revision
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Revision able l.

Th Revision Tabl tmplatessupplid with th softWaladd olumns to th dfault format.

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Th standrd rvision tmplat fats zoNE, REv, DESRIPIoDAE
lumns. Th ZoNE olumn is omittd from the othr tmplt'
standad revision

blok.s1drevtbt

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sldrevtbt
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art odE ln ftn d.r ( to

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Rvisions' Add Revision.
A nw vision is addd to th tabl
with th urrnt dat.
Us thr sor to pla on or more
Revision Symbo|s on th dwing.
To gnrata lad pl th s1nbol
on a vrtx' dg or fa. Th s}nbols
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o|umn Properties an b usdto

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BiI or aGna ad als

Weldmentut List
bIe

You an us a We|dment ut List b|e to add a o-lik tabl fol

ut, wldd shutulal shaps.

Yvhereto Find lt
t on th ommandanagrtab
A.rotationlik ables,
we|dmetut List.
r o, lik |nsert,b|es,
We|dmentut List....
r o on th Tabltoolba lik
We|dmentut List .

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Itmsthatapparin thutlist mustappalin thut
List foldrat thpat 1v1.

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addolumnsto thdfault
format.They eloatdir\instll dir\1ang\en l 1ish.
h standaldtmplatretesrEIvINo.' QY.' DESRIPIoN'ATERIAL' os and
REvIsIoN olumns'
ut list. sldwldtbt
lik Insert'
bIes,
We|dmentut
List ab|e...and
hoos th
cut list. sldwldtbt
tmlat.

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o|umn Propeies an b usdto

hangth ontntofa olumn to a
ut |ist item nme. User defined. or
ut |ist item property. Th ut list
itm proprtisaI LENGII,
NGI; 1. A-l.GLa" DESRIPIoN
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usag ofthr Wldmnt'
Th wldmnt's ut list is writtnfo
mateIial usag.ah diffIrnt t}p of
matrial in th ut list and th totl
amount othat matrial typ is showl
(for xampl,total lngth of squae
tubing usd in all th wldmnt's
omponnts).
Cllaps th wldmnt by fightliking on any ofits omponntsand
srlting Restore Restrutured
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Settings

h following topis ar ovrd in this appndix:

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SStnl ptiow onpag 442.

DocutntProperties o\pag 449'

AppendixI
settlgs

Settings

SolidWorks
2010
This 1ssonis purly for refnand dsribsth sttings(Tols,
options) that an b mad fol dtailing.
System Options
Th options goupdundr th hading system options ar savd on
youl systm and afft vry documntyou opn in you SolidWorks
sssion.systm sttingsalloW you to ontrol and ustomiz yur wrk
nl'ionmnt.Ths fft all SolidWorks fils, nw and o1d,whn thy
I opndon your omputI.
Document Properties
hs ar applid to th individual doumnt.Fr xampl,units,
drafting standards,and material propt1is(dnsity)aI all doumnt
sttings.hy ar savd with th doumntand do not hang,
gdlssfwhos systm th doumntis opnd on.

Note

A1l options ar xplind as ifthy ar sltdunlss othrwisnotd.

System Options

Us th system options to set dfault options for all doumntsin

SolidWorks. This lsson dsribsonly th systm ptions that aft
drau,ings.

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Appendi |

h Drawings pag ontainsgnIalsttingstiratafft the bhariol of

ll SolidWorksdrwings'

Yvhereto Find lt
r lik ools,options' system options,
Drwings.
r o. on thnu Bar toolblik
options .: systm options,Drawings.

tol oit

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Ds,ryned* B.id*
s Alr* * d. *h* * ry * .
Demldmmln

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D 4 *eth rrtao i
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5d. t** td d.t fo. rln w th 4dd nd druftquity v Wl
Aom* poUtv WPefte th v e

Eliminte dup|itemodeI entit.es on

insert
Prvntsmor than on instanofa
dimnsion fom bin8 addd using lnsert
4ode||tems.
ark a||prUssemb|ydimension for
import into drawing by defu|t
Sts ay dimlsin ou insft in a tTodl as
Mrk For Dral,ing. Th dimnsins ar
i I u J e dw h i r r ' n i n gt n o d d| i m n . i o n '
into drarvings.

Note
This option stting omsth dfault
sttingt.or|imintedupIiatemodeI
dimensions in thr Insertode| |temsdialog
box.

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APendi |

Automati||ysle neW drawing views

sals th standrd 3 views to fit Within th
dwing sht.It somtimsIatsodd sal
va]us.

Displays th onte ts ofa drawing viw whn

it is bing &aggd. Ifleard,just th dwing
viw bordr is shown.
Disp|y new detai|irles s ir|es
lfsltd' dtail ills appal With ilulaI
ordrs.If1ard,th dtail irls appar
with th skrtch pfofils.

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A||ow auto-updatewhen opening drwings

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hal oud.
Disab|e note,/dimensioninferene
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shoW omponents tab ofth Drwing view
Poperties dialog bo Whnyou Iatr a nW
r irv.
s |noati Hiding on rction on
pas 404 fol information on how to us this
option.

Disp|yskethrc entrpoints
Displaysthntrpoints
ofskthdarsand
irls'
Disp|ysketch entity points
\\'hn sltd,th ndpointsofskth
ntitis ar displayd as filld irls rn
darring shtsand dawing shtlormats,but
not in dra'ing viWs.
Print brek|inesin broken view
Slt this option to rint braklinsthat
tndpastthe dgofa part,

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Save tessellated data for drawings with

shded nd draft quaIityviews
Whn sltd,savs display data fol fastI
opningof dmwing.
AutomatiI|ypopuIatevieW P|ettewith
views
Displas th Viw alrtt whn you lik
ke Drawing from PrUAssy. Whn
leard, te Modl le}r PIoI1yManagI
apparsfor insfiing drawing viws.
show sheet formt dia|og on add new
sheet
Whn sltd,dislays shrt fomat dialog
wben adding a nw shetto a dawing.
Adjust spaing When dimensions are
deleted or text is removed
Automatial1yadjuststh sa btwn
dimnsions to liminat gaps Whn
dimnsions ar dltd.
override quntity o|umn nme in bi||of
matri|s
Used to ovrrid the nam ofth quantity
olumn with a nw nam'
DetaiIvieW saIing
Speifis a fator for th inrasin sal ola
dtail view. Ift suviw sal 2:1 and
DetiI view sa|e is 2, th rsulting dtail
viw salis 4X.

ustom property used s Revision

Slts a Custom Ploplty for holding th
latstrvision valu ofthe dawing.Dfault is
Revision.
eyboard movement inrement
sts th inImntvalu for moving drawing
r irr.swith th aow kys.

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ApPendi I
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Us this pag to st th paranof parts nd assmbliesin drawing

viws. Th sttingsmad hr afft all nw darvingviws ratd.

lrvhereto Find It
r Clik Too|s'options, system options,
Drawings,Disp|ysty|e.
r o on th nu Bar toolbar,lik
options . system options, Drawings,
Display Style.

Disply sty|e for neW views

sts th dislay s{y/eusd for all nw dawing
\'iws rtd.

Hiddn Iines visibIe

Hdden |ines enoved

ngent edges in neW views

dgs btwntangntfars in th modl an
b rmovd or shorr in two diffrnt WaYs.

ide ends
ids th strt and nd sgmntsoftangnt
dgs.

Disply qu|ityfor new views

Sts th display 4llali1yusd for all nw
dalring vi's reatd.High quaIity is slower
but mor pis'

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Area Hath/Fi||

st th typ ofhath pattm usd fol any Are ath in drarrings.

The part Ioss hath is st thoughth matIial oftl]at prt. s th
Solidll/orks Essntils manual for mor information.

where to Find lt
r lik oo|s, options, system options,
DrWings,Area tch/Fi||.
r o on th Mnu Bar toolbar,lik
options lg system options, Drwings,
Area ath/Fi||.
ype
hoos None,so|id or Htch asth dfu]thathusrd.

Pttern
hath
h Pafternlist inludsmanystandard
pattms.

Scale
The pattm s|e is a fatol ofth default
sale (1.0) fator
Not that inIasingth sal valu mks th
hath dnser.

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Doument
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Note

Drafting
Standard

Doument Properties ar st fol the ctiv doumntonly. This

|ssondsribsonI1rhdoumntoptionsthtatdtiIing.
T lrtain and lus th sttings,sav the in a Drawing emp|te. s
Drwing Tplts on pag 79 for mor information.
St th ovll drfting standadusing a world standardor a modifid
standard.standardsinlud sttingsfor dimnsions,nnotationsand
tabls.

Whereto Find lt
r Clik Too|s,options, Document
Properties,Drafting stndard.
r or, on thenu Br toolbalik
Options 3!,.Documentproperties,
Drafting stndard.
Fd

Moditd standardsan b rnamd,pid,

dltdor savd t an xtemal (*.sldstd) fil
nd lodd into othr drawings.

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seil9s

An nottions

he annotationspag inluds th ovrall sttingslol al1annotalion

typs inluding: ballons, datums,gomffi tolmns,nots' su|a
finishs and wld symbols.

Whereto Find lt
r ]ik oo|s'options,Doument
Properties,Annotations.
r or. on thMnu Bar toolbar.lik
otions E:],DoGumentProperties,
Annotations.

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oveiddenby sttingsin th indir,idual pags
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DtL|n\Son pag 454
Go|11tri
Tolerson pag 455
b/es on pag 456
Slfuc Finislls on pag 457
||/ldSmbols on pag 458

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Attahments
sts attahmnt
typfor all annotation
typs.

sttings fol: dg/vft,Fa/sulfao

Unatthdao\l'attahmt.

ent Ieadrs
Dfault stting for using bnt or staight
ladrs.

IfUse bent |edersis sltrd,sta Leader

Iengthvalu.

Leding and railing zeroes

Sts th bhavior oflading alrd tliling
ZIosln numbrs.

Ldingoptios:
stndrd.show or
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singl and stakdballoos adddto th drawing' Balloons ar linkd
to th i|| of Mteria|s for |tem Number, Quntity or ustom
ProDerties infomation.

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Annottions,a||oons'

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optins orth styl and thiknss of ladr
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when usingth irulr SpIit Line styl or
th singJvalu fr all othrs styls. lt an b
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ustom Properties. It applis to both singl
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posltlon.
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horizontal stion ofth ldr.

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sing|eb||oon(style)
Ststhshap(daultis iru|ar)thatis
usdto nlosthballoontt.

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sltionsfol th uppr nd l.ff stions of
th balloon.

Leder dispIay
The laddislay options inludr straight oI
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Sts th siz ofth nlosing shap fom
ight fit lo 5 hrters nd ustom size.
Dfault is 2 hrters.
stked balIoons (sty|e)
Sts th shap(dfault is iru|r) tht is
usd to nlos th tt.
h sm balloon styls ar available for
stakdballoons as for singl balloons.

Size
sts th siz of th enlosing shap from
ight fit lo 5 hrters and ustom size'
Dfault is 2 hraters'

Auto lIoon Layout

sts th dfault layout arangemnt fol Auto
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Datums

Th Datms page inluds otions fo th appalanofll n\

datum faturs,

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Properties'Annottions,Dtums.
r o on thnu Bar toolba'lik
options -. DoumentProperties,
Annottions,Dtums.

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|1ottionson pg 450.
FoI over||drftingstandrd,Leder styIe.
ext and Lyer s Blloons on pag 15ll.

Anhor styIe
h'optionsinlud:tlll.'dtigl.tllId
tiaglrr'i1hshru]d.rnpr) triangland
mptr trinlrr ith shouldr,

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Properties'Annottions,Geometri
olenes.
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Options @' DoumentProperties,
Aottions,GeometrioIernces.

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nnottions ai pag 450.

se geometri to|ernestandrd

Th standardusd b t gomtri
tolrlans. It is st to th ovrall drafting
standardby dfault.

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ext, Leder disp|a and Laer seBalloons
on Das451.

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Notes

h Notes pag inluds options for th apparanolall \\ nots

adddto th drawing.

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Properties' DetiIing,Notes.
r oI, on th Mnu Bar toolba lik
options .. Doument Propeies,
Detiling,Notes.

h drfault annotationsttingsar lound in

notations on page 450.
For overa||drftingstandrd,Leder sty|e.
ext, Leder disp|y, Size and Lyer s
Blloons on page 45| '
FoI Leder anhor, se Gomtri
Tolrcson pag 455.

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hr surfae Finishes pag inluds optins lor th apparanfall

nw surfaefinish faturs.

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. lik oo|s,options, Doumnt
Properties,Annottions,surfae
Finishes.
r or, on thMnu ar toolb lik
otions i]' DoumentProperties,
Propeies, Annotationssurfae
Finishes.

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nottions on pau 450.
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ext, Leader disp|y and Lyer s-Bal1oos
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Not availablfor ANSI or JIS standads'

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h WeId symbo|s pag inluds ptiorrsfor th aparnof a]l

nw wld symbols faturs.

Weld Symbols

where to Find lt
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Properties,Annotations,Weld
Symbols.
r o on thMenu Bar toolb lik
options @, DoumentProperties,
Properties,Annotations,Weld
Symbols.

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nototions on pag 450.
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ext, Leder nhor aldLaer sBlloolts
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ofal1 n\\
dimnsions adddt th drawing'

whee to Find |t
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Properties,Dimensions.
r o on thMnu Bar toolar.lik
options l, DoumentProperties,
Dimensions.

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Hol llout on pag 469
Linr onpage 410
ordint on pag 472
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C1ik DuI dimensions disp|y to display
bthth lngthand dul dimnsionlngth
units in ah dimnsion.Thy ar defind in
Ll,ils on pag 495.
lik show units for dua| display to addth
units.

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Slt th position ofth sndary

dimnsion unit: op, ottom, Right or Left'
Primry and Du| Preision
Spify th dimnsion prision (numbeof
dimal plas) for th dimnsion valu and
tolranvalus for Primry preision and
DuaI Dreision.

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ststhbhaviorof ladingadtrailrng
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Add prentheses by defu|t
Rfrnor drivn dimnsions in dawrnss
a displayd within parnthss.
\t that th o1ol is st through oo|s,
options, system options' oIors,
Dimensions, Non lmported (Driven).

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Inlude Defixinside basi toIerancebox
1is (rtionnalsth manually adddprfix
4x t.. aDoainsid th tt box.

show dimensionss brokenin broken

Yiews

Displays dimnsionsthat Ioss blaks in

rokn foa1.

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slth eight, Leader |engthand overa||
Iength ofth arrows usd in dimrnsions and
nnolllon).Clik sale with dimension
height to kp th hangsplopoltional.
Th lngths ar thr valu usd when th
alows ar outsidth tsionlins'

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Brek dimension extension/|eaderIines

This sets th dfault siz ofth gap whn you
brak dimnsion lins.
To atually brak th dimension 1ins,slt
th dimnsin and lik rek Lines on tl]
PIoprl1yanagr.

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Sts th dfault rrowhedstyl lrom th list.

offset distnes
For BaseIine dimnsionsnl.This option
sts th Fom mode| nd From |ast
dimension valus.Th From Ist
dimension valu is maintaindby mans of
alignmnt vn ifon ofth dimnsions rs
rovd. Th alignmnt an rmovd b
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brakroundlins thatr nrby.Ta
dimnsion is movd signifiantly' it may not
ak aoundth dimnsions that a now
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options l, DoumentProperties,
Properties,Dimensions,Agle.

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Disios on page 459'

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Leader sty|
otins fol th styl and thiknss ofladr
lins.

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soIid Leader A|iged ext
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Properties, Dimensions, Ar Length.

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Dimsios onpage 459.
FoI overall drafting stndard, Leader styIe'
ext, Preision, oIerne, Layer and ext
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all n' hamtrdinrnsiols'

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Properties,Dimnsions, hmfer.
r oI, on th Mnu Bar toolb lik
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Properties, Dimensions, hmfer.

h dtultdimnsionsttingsa fund ]n
Ditlsions on pag 459.
For over||drftingstandard' Leder styIe.
ext, Preision, oIerne ad Layer se
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Properties,Dimensions,Dimeter

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DimSions on ag 459.
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Poperties' Dimensions, oIe a||out.
r o. on thr nu Ba toolbar.lik
options L, Doument Propeies,
Properties, Dimensions, o|e ca||out.

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roken Leder, orizonta|ext
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roken Leader,A|igned ext

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Th Liner dimnsion pag inluds ptios for th pparnof1]

nw 1inrdimnsions.

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r lik oo|s,options,Doument
Properties,Dimensions,Liner.
. or, on thMnu Bar toolba,lik
options l],DoumentProperties,
Properties;Dimensions,Linear

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Disiolls olpag 459'
FoI over||drftingstndrd' Leader sty|e.
ext, Precision, o|erne nd Layer s
gl on pag 46 '

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setti9s

Ordinate

he ordinte dimnsion pag inluds options fol tl] aparcnof

al1n, ordinatdimnsions.

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Properties,Dimensions,ordinte.
r or. on thnu Br toolbr.lik
options ;. DoumentProperties,
Properties,Dimensions,ordinte.

Th dfault dimnsion sttingsa found in

Dilnsios ol page 459.
Fo overall drfting stndard, Leder styIe'
ext' Preision, o|erne and Lyr s
gl on page 46.

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se ordite stndard

Th standardusd b th oldioat dimnsion.

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dfault.

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Proprties' Dimensions, Radius.
r l:k. th \4nu I toolbal, lik
options ' Doument PropertIes,
Prop r ties' Dimensions, Radius.

Th dfult dimnsion sttingsafound in

Dimnsions ol pag 459.
FoI overa||drftingstndrd, Leder styIe'
ext, Preision, o|erance and Lyer s
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seings

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lrkspasinludsoptionsorth
apparan
ofall nw ntrlis
andntraks.

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Properties'enter|ines/entrarks.
r oI, on thnu Ba toolba,lik
options t],DoumentProperties,
Propertis'enter|ines/enterrks.

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his YaluntrolsthntIlin'sxtnsion
lngthyondthstiongomtry'

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pag 463.

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enter mrks
St th Size oth ntrmrk point.rh
\.isibility ofth xtended Iines and ifth
tnddlines hav a enter|ine fon.

s|ot entermrks
sltto orient to s|ot oI orient to sheet.

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ratingdrivndimnsionsfrommodlfafurs.

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Properties,DimXpert.
r o on thMnu Bar toolbar,lik
options lj' DoumentProperties,
Properties,DimXpert.

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FoI over|| drfting stndd s l,8/e on
pag46.

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HoIe b|e, th Revision b|e and th i|| of lvlateri|sb|e.

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Properties,DetiIing'ab|es.
r or. on thnu Br toolbar.lik
otions j. DoumentProperties,
DetiIing'
ables.

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Bill of trils and Tbles.

h ill of Materi|s tabl page inluds options or th aparanof

all nW BoM tabls'

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r lik oo|s,options, Doumnt
Proerties'b|es' i||of ateria|s.
r o n theMenu Bar toolba,lik
options @, DoumentProperties,
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on pg478.
Fo overa||drftingstandrd,ext and
Lar seegl orlpag463.

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his option is usd wh a omponntis
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n b hosn'

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Folrs th tabl to udatwhn th lfrn

assmbly is updtd.

General

h Genra| tbl pag inluds options lor th apealanofall nw

snIal tabls.

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r Clik Too|s,options, Doument
Properties,bIes,General.
r o on thMenu Bar toolbar,lik
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Laer see ngl on page 46'
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tabls'

Hole

Th dfaulttabl sttingsar found in la61es

on pag478.

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Properties,ab|es,oIe'
r or, on th enu Ba toolbar,lik
options i;. DoumentProperties,
Properties,abIes' o|e.

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th ag olumn ofth hol tabl and th
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a b hngdfor h tablr though th
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ombine same tgs is usedto minimiztgs

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h ]oationolumns ar lost.
ombine same sizes is usdto ombin
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gnIaltabls.

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Properties'ab|es,Revision.
r or. on thMnu Baf toolbal.lik
options 1. DoumentProperties,
Properties,abIes,Rvision.

Th dfault tab]sings aI tbund in lbles

on pag478'
For over|| drftingstndrd, ext and
Lyer slrgle on pag .16j,
FoI order, seBl.//of Mtrils on pas 4-8.

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stthA|ph/Numeric
ontrolto lttrsor
numbrsfr thrvisionnumbr
Ifrvisionsistandthrvisionnumbris
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View Lbels

Th view Lbe|s age inluds options fol th apparanolall nrr'

viw labls'

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Properties, View Labels.
f oI, on th Mnu Bar toolba,lik
Options a. Document Properties,
Properties, view Lbe|s.

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Auxiliary

Th AuxiIiary pag inluds options for th appramnofl1 auxiliay

viws.

Where to Find lt
r Clik oo|s, options, Doument
Propeies, view Lbe|s,.AuxiIiary.
r or, on thr Menu Ba toolbar,lik
Options lEl, DocumentProperties,
Properties,view Lbe|s,AuxiIiry.

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gl ol pag 46.

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gl on pag46.

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to thovralldraftingstandard
by dfauJt.

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Line style
st th Line sty|e and Line thickness fol th
au\i1iaryviw lin'

Auxi|iryrrow text
st thfontfol thttat thtip ofth viw
lai aolv.

Arrow ttA /^.\

view |be|text
st thfontfor thttfth auiliaryviw
Ibl,

SALE l : l

viW Labl tt
LbeI options
Per stndrd option ussth sttingsfol
:h hosnDimensioning standrd (ANsI,

Isot.).

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h Nme n b VlW, AUXILiARY or
:!.thins<None>.

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b th lttrr x, .x, X X or nothing <None>.

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Plas th labl abov th viw by dfult.

ext stcked
Th Name and Label apparon th top lin
and th s|e and Delimiter sil on th lin
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Appedi|
set,9s

DetiI

h DetiI pag inluds otions fo[ th apparnofall nrr dtil

viws'

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r Clik Too|s,options' Documnt
Properties,view Lbe|s,DetiI
r or, on thnu Bar toolbalik
options l , DoumentProperties,
Properties,view Lbe|s'Deti|'

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ngl on pag 463 '
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Dtail ill tt

viw labltxt

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ofall nw
stlonvlws.

setion

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Properties'view Lbe|s,setion.
r o. on th Mnu Bar toolbar.lik
options J, DoumentPropertIes,
Propeies, view Labels, setion.

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ngl on pag 46.
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Line style
sts th 1instyl and thiknssfol th stin
lin.

stndardDis|yand A|terntive
Disp|y
Ststh:linlinto thdlaultstandald
l onIinulrus) r altmati\'(blokn).

setion/view size
Srsth siz t.ith a\\s bsdon th tt
siz numir lus.

Virtu| Shrps

hvirtu| sharps pagststhapparan

ofall virtualshar
.i\mbolsin thpafi andthdrawing'

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r lik ools, optios, DoUment
Properties,DetiIig,virtu|sharps.
r oI' on \ln B tolbar.lik
options =. DoumentPropetis,
DetiIing'virtul shrps.

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ntrrlins and xtnsionlins'

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r lik oo|s,options' Doument
Properties'DetiIing.
r oI, on thMnu Bar tolba,lik
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Detiling.

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min(hsmsil
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s s m | i bsu t i s n t p p l i b l t d r w i n g s .

Dis|y iiems only in the view in Whih

they re created
sht]\\s th nnotationonl whn th view that
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DispIay nnotations
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Use ssemb|y setting for ll omponents

ln an assmbly'this allows partsto display
thil annotationsbased on ithff th Dart
sttingsoI th assembly sttings.

soIidwoks2010

Not appliabl to dWings.

ide dngIing dimensions nd annottions

|f o:ud]tfanJresin arts nd ssmblis,this option automatiallyhids th dangling
dimnsions and nnottionsin th drwings. Ifyu sppressfars' SolidWorks
automatially hids dangling rfrndimnsions in th drawing; this option automatially
hids danelins annotations'
ImportAnnottions
Slt th option From entire ssemb|y to
bring nnotationsfom all parts in th
s s m b I iyn t oa d r w i n gu h ns | e t i n g
Import Annotations duing viW pl{]mnt.
Auto insert on view retion
Automtially gnratenter marks.ho|es,
enter mrks-fi||ets, entr marks-sIots,
enter|ines, ||oons or Dimensions
mrked for drawing Whnth viw ls
ratd.

osmetic hreds
/ear th otion igh qua|ity t display
dashdthads.Slt th option to display
solid thads.
Not:
Systmprm
is sIorrwith thisoption
sltd.It is rormnddthat you lrar this
option until you finish plaing all annotations.

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Are hatch display

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Grids n b usdfol skthingin atsandassmblis

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plamntofdimnsinsandannotations
in drawings'

Where to Find lt
r Clik Too|s,options, Doument
Properties,Grid/Snap.
r o lik Grid/Snll on th sktch
toolbar
r of. n th Menu Br toolbar.lik
options l, DoGumentProperties,
Grid/snp.

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Distan btwenmajo divisions ofgrid.

Note
Th olor ofthe gid lins is ontolldby
ools, options, system options, oIors.ln
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sts th numbofsnp points betwnmlnor
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th intIstionofth minor lins and anothr
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st th Unit system tbr th dra'ing,part o ssmbly.T1rdrawing

units an be diffrn1tion] th aft or assmbl units.

Whereto Find lt
r Clik oo|s,options,Doument
Properties,Units.
r oI, on thnu Bar toolba,lik
options .J. DoumentProperties,
Units.

Unit system
Slta Unit system to dtmil-l
Length.
Mss, Vo|ume nd Fore units'Dua| and
Angu|r unitsdfaultto Millim1rsand
Dgrs.

MKs - trs, kilograms, ubi mtsand

nWlons.
Gs - ntimtrs'gmms,ubi ntimt
nd dyns.
MlvlGs - Millimrtrs, grars,tLi
millimtrs and nw1ons.
IPS - lnhs, porrnds,ui inhs and poundfor'
ustom . hoos any Lngth, Dual, Angula1
Dlsity, vo]um and For units.

si Units
Length
st th lngth units for th urntdoumnt.
It.yau uS l.lstomuits, you right rvantto
atspeifi trnlatsas th asis fol
dumntsthatusthsuits.
Deima|/Frtions
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Round to nerest frtion

2'-1/2,

FoIs valus to lound to th smallsL

frational dnominationstting.
onvert from 2'4,' to 2'-4', format
Fonnatting 1bI impoltd ..ftinhs'' folmt
to ..ft-inhs''fotmat.
Whn using th units Feet & |nhes, input
valus a takn in ies.For xampl, a |in
dimnsiondas l5 would b taknas 15'',not
15',.

For impoftd gon.ltrythat is in th ..ft

inh'' formt.

Dual Dimension Length

Slt ompanion unit to th lngth unit
whn using dual dimnsioning.In this
xampl, th Length unit is Inhs whil th
Du| unit is Millimtrs.

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Angle
st ngulal units.

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0.9
Iass/setionProDerties

Length

Usd in ass ProprtisandSolidWorks

alulations.
st thlngthunitsfol thurrntdoumnt. Simulationpss
Mss
st Mss unitsto milligrams,gams,
kiJgams
opounds.
Per UnitVolume
StvoIumeunitsto ubilngthunits.

Usd in ass Popr1isand SolidWorks

simulationprss alulatins.

Usd in ass Propltis and So1idWorks

SimulationXprss alu]tins.

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(Assmblisonly)Usedin resultsof motin

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Fore
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newton, kilonewton, meg,newton
und-fore, ki1og?am.foPe or orr.

(Assmblisonly)Used in resultsof motion

anaiysis.

Por/yer
St Power unil to Watt, hoPsepow,o
kilowatt.

(Assmblisonly)Usdin rsultsolmotion
analysis.

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kilowatt-houn

(Assmblisonly)Usdin sultsof motion

analysis.

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Line Font

Th Line Font usd lr all ps ofdgs in SolidWoks an b

hangrd in sty|e and hikness.

Where to Find lt
r Clik oo|s,options, Doumnt
Properties,Line Font.
i r or, on th Mnu Br toolba.lik
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Font.

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hikness
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Sizsinludprstthiknsss
andCustom
Size.

ustom thikness
sts a ustomva|ufol thdgthiknss.

srItthustom Size optionin Thiknss.

nd cap sty|e
sltFlt, Round oI squre as th
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Line Style

Th Line Sty|e usd for all typs ofdgs in SolidWoks an e dJild

in sty|e Irdhikness.

Whereto Find lt
r lik ooIs,options,Doument
Properties,Line Style.
r oI. on thnu Bar toolbr.lik
options ]j,DocumentProperties,Line
Style.

Line hikness

h Line hikness usdfor all tysofdgs in SolidVy'orks

an b
dnd in Line st|e and Line hikness'

Whereto Find It
r lik ooIs'options,Document
Properties,Line hikness.
r o n thnu Br toolbar,lik
options L]'
DoumentProperties,Line
hikness.

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lmage Quality

Th |mage Qua|ity options ar usd to onffol imag quality oI

rnddimags and dawings.

Where to Find lt
r Ctik ooIs,options, Doument
Properties,|mgeQu|ity.
r o on thMnu Br too1balik
options l, DoumentProperties,
lmage Quality.
tlettr

lfud

shded nd draft qu|ityLR,Lv

resolution
onhols th tssllationof urvd surfas
fr shddrndring output' A highI
resolution sttingresults in slowr modl
rbuilding but mo aulat uvs'

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assmblis,vailabl onl if App|y to II
rferene part douments (b|) is
sltd.)Th slidff ontrols th imag
qulity rsolution,and Deviation is th
maimum hrdal dviation in fft' ov
th slidI or typ a valu in Devition' Th
slidr setting and dviation valu aoupld
nd ainvIsly pfoortional.
optimize edge |ength(higher qu|it but
sIower)' Inrassimag quality if, aftff you
moY th slidr to th highst stting'you still
want highr imag quality.
AppIy to |I referened prt douments
(ssembIies onIy). Applis th settingsto all
fth pa doumntslfIndby th ativ
dumnt.
sve tesse||tion With Dart document
(parts on|y}. Savs display information.
Whn lad,fil siz is rdud (oftn
signifintly), but th model is not displayd
whn th fi1is opnd in viw.only mod,
th SolidWorks Viwr, or Drawings. Th
display data is rgnratdwhn th ll is
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Wirefrmend high qulityLRyLv

resolution
ontlols thimagqualityofmodl dgsin
drawlngs.

Lor.y- igh (s|ower). Inreassimag quality.

Move th slidr to Low ifyou want to ldraw
th srnmore quikly and th disply
quality is not ofglat importan;moY th
slid to igh (s|ower) for high dislay
qulity,but a slowe rdraw.
Preise|y render over|appinggeometry
(higher quaIity'but slower). Inrassth
img quality ofth modl dgs in drarvings.

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geometry
Povidsa bttffqulityrndringwhr
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Th sheet Met| options ausd to st th olos and apparanof

bnd notin shtmtlllat pattmr ir,'r.

Where to Find lt
r Clik ooIs'options, Doument
Properties,sheet !et|.
r or" on thnu Bar tolbar.lik
options :j.DoumentProperties,
sheet lvletl.
end Notes
Dtrminswhthr shtmtal bnd nots
shuld b dislad and how th should
look' options inlud Above bend Iine,
eIow bend Iine or With Ieader(shown).

FIat patterno|ors
sts tholorsfol bndlins,fomfaturs'
hmbndsandmodldgs.

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: : 1 j : ] : i : l . r i m a l r i a | sl 7
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rwhds18
rrws 462
utoauoons 36 366
utoinstin dawingviws 492
b a l l o o n s 6 l 6 8 ' 4 5 l 4 5 2
bndols 242
loks 6I' 70 375
ntrmarks 20' 282 285
n l ] i n e2s0 - 2 l ' 2 8 2 '2 8 5 - 2 8 6
hamfrdimnsions 466
o|os 20
opy t20
osmtithrads 60
d a n g l i n g1 7 5 1 7 6 , 4 9 2
dtutnfeatuesymb|s 54' 5'55
dtumtagtsymbols 355-56
dtums 454
dfintitle blok 9
Dsi8n Lirry ]7
dimterdimensios467
dowl in symbols 57
fot 18
frmattingtooIb20
gomlitolansmbols 56'
,1l 4,1
gome1rictoleansi155
g t o u p 8 0 8 l
halosoundnno1ations493
h i d 5 ' 8 6 , 2 9 4 , 2 l
hol ||outdimnsios 469
h o | l | o u t s 2 ' 2 9 ] ' 5 0 j 5 2
h|wizrd pofi|s 2
;mpoftfrom ssm]isint dratving
views 492
nr mprvilvs 260
in aas and ssmblis222
in patten 290
i n s e f i 2 - j j ' 2 2 '2 8 8 - 2 9 l
Iaerol.tirs8l_82
l a d e r s 1 6
lfuadim n sins 470
ov attahmntpoints ]l8
muhi'jog leaders 48-49
multil]adrsj19
n o t s5 2 .3 2 l ] , 4 5 6
o r d i n a l d i m n s i o n4s7 2
pst 20
plns 20]
prionofpfts nd ssemblis6

proptisl8
rdiusdimnsions47
visionsbo]s ]69
s]et 20
show 21
stkdlloons 66 68
slylsl7
su|f1inish ,l57
surfafinish symbols j45.'17
titl lk wizard 9
unejoup 80 8l
viw layout ,162
\,iws 20
wld ds 36 4I
wld sml 458
w l ds m o l s l 6
ar lngthdimnsion
otions 465
dimIrsions4' l
sk1hr ntrpoints4'15
arhatlL/fi|I58 59,448-4'19
rokn-outstionviws 9
d t i l v i e l v s2 5 6
ludfrom stionviws 244
halsroundannotations'19
in mryviws 260
in stionviws 2'17'92
lr popltis8l
matlils .148
molvky inrmnts4z16
no\hadsI8, 48
f.llowositiono' dimnsi
in stionviws 2,16
o s i t i n 0 0
siz 162
s r y l 0 0 , 4 6 2
see ao owhds
advdseletion404 405
altnteositinviWs 120,]98
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nnottindisp]y 492
assly ula$,aviws ]95 96
automiihiding on ration 40,1
b i l l o f m a t i a l sl 3 2 l 4 l ' 4 0 8 4 2 5
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onrPonntproprtis
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d i s ] )s,l t sl 2 , 2 2 l . 9 0
dlft qualir}-'262
d r a w i n gv i w s ] l 5 _ l 2 t . 8 9 4 0 5
p]oddvirws ]22, 97
falus95
h i d o m p n n t ]sl 6 . 4 0 2
hid omponntsehidplan 40
hid omponntsn viw
ationzl45
hide/showompntsll9
inrportnnot1ions
inlo dmwing
viu's 492
in bill ofmatils 479
instdimnsins290
int.frcnedettion ]64 ]66
largssemb|mod l56 l58
mve omponts398
stlonviws 247,91 t92
show omontsil02
simulationunils 497
subssmlis
in bill of
m a l r i l s4 l 5
ssignsh!1.mts89
fiahmntoitsof annotationsl8
bal]oon]out 45
b]loons 6 66
orr1aild
hks in 1heDsign
h k r] 8 l
hlh in stionviws oIlnu]ti'bod
pits 250
importof dimrnsionsito
dawings 4,13
insrtba|]ons492
lnsrtenlmks 20' 282. 492
insrtnterlis20, 282,492
insrtdimsions 2, 492
stad rojelviw 229
updt(Lbuild)drawingson
utodimnsionshm l96
Auload 100
u t o d i m n s i o]n7 , 2 9 7
hid omonntson viw
ation445
hiding on ration40,1
pultVi$, altt 446
stnew dawnlgviws ,l44
ulomaIito]rningl96
uiIiaryviw laels
optis 481' 488
auiliaryvilvs 2]6.27
a\5 in hl labls 4]4

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b i l ] o f m t r i a l s1 4 ]
ladrs 452
p t i o n s4 5 l 4 5 2
siz ,15t
stkd ]66 68' 45]

insa 6, 72 t75
instans64
mak 62' 70 72
sav6' ]72
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tl 452
bs]indnnnsions]7. 296, 462
basi diesions 4
nd notes 242
b n d s5 0 0
b i ] | f m a t r i l s] 2 1 4 l , 4 0 8 4 2 5
a d d o l u m n st 5
add defultill ofnlatils!o
drWlrgs l2
dd itms ]7
a n h o rp o i n t s8 l ' t t 2 ' 4 1 0
assmblystrulurs4l4
b a l l o o n sI i l l , 6 l 3 6 8 , 4 ] 4
||assubssmblis4]5
olumnhadnlgs 4I7
onfigllios 412
ustompoftis408. 4]7
dlt l2
d|t l32' 14':1l4
pandsussmIis415
follw ssemb|ordr 424
hid l2
hid itmnumrs 422
hid rWs ]40
hid rows/olumns:l14
indntdassmblis409
i n s e ll 2 , 4 0 8
itm numbs4l8
m i s s i n gi l m s 4 l
options ,178rl8l. ,184
partnnbs 2z2, 418419
prtson] 409
poptis409
stororignd llvlus i122
s v t m p l a t e sl 7 ' 4 2 5
shift olLlms l.l

in dsigntabls l44
in nots 28' 456
i n t a b l st 5 , 4 2 7
siz l5
l i g n m n tl 7 , 2 6 9 , 0 6 , 4 6 2
dimnsion
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tnsionlins 312,462
ladrlins 462
lins in brknviws 49
]insin brok!iws. print 4'15
lins in dimens;ons55
btknviws 2t8 240
brklins 49
o'nbinwith volvdstion
viws 240
|nlt braklins445
shw dimnsionss bokn 461
k e n ' o ust t i o nv i w s ] 4 , l ] 8 , 2 5 7
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assmbtis9.94
authath 9
rt 93
stionsop 9
b u l l e t dI i s t s8 7 , 3 2 4

trpillrw]dads 7 9
llropflis 428' 43
ntdimsions 02
ntrmarks 20' 282 285
utoinsr1492
display 476
rsiz 2]
ro\are 2',72
ntrlins20 2l, 282, 285_286
autoinslt 492
tnsion475
s i z 2 l
ntrlinnte
mrks 475
ptions 475

showro's/o]unrns4l4
speilopais 4l7
s]it]6
suprssdomponnts4l
l a b u l t l ] 8 , 4 1 2
t m l a l s| ' l 7 , 4 ] 0
Iop levlonl ,l09
Weldmntut list tals 49
z r q u a n t i t i sl 3 9 , 4 l
b l k s 6 t _ 6 4 ' 7 0 7 5
Autod 100
drg and drop 62
dit 62

otions 466
hanrfdimnsins 7' 297
hangdimnsions 4]
hk drawingsagainststndards178lEl
ol]ion dttion399
annottios20
bnd]ins 500
dimnsions20
dwingviw bodrs 14
drivn dimnsios460

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hm bnds 500
in dsignta|es l45
lyrs l00
lines 100 l0l
of annotationsand ssembly
omponnts8]
d i t t i t l t l 4 ] 6
options i1l6-1118
lvidths zl28
omparedrawings 177 l78
dvandse|elion,104.105
altnatositionviws 398
au1omtilridingon rtion 404
ludfiom ssanbl stion
vies 91
ludtiom brokn-outslio
viws 9]
hid 402' 40,l
hide hnrdlans 40
h i d / s h o w1 1 9 , 4 0 2
in bi||ofmalril4
s 79
lrrorris38l 382
lin font 400-10l
move 98
o.fiis86
sDpss404
onfigurtions220 z22, |0
dsigntales l42
displstats l2]
h b i l ]o f m t r i a l 8 , 4 L 2 , 4 8 0
n r d r w i n gv i w s 1 | 7' 1 , 57 , 2 6 5 , 9 0
in flt attmviws 24]
ofssmblis 117
prtutawaviws 24]
pal1umbs419
spifirotis80
ontttoo]ar l 5' 408
on!fi dm\\ings l59
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nottions320
dimensions294
dawingshts 9
osmtithads360, 492
opvi\ls 259
ustompro]-tis80' 222
dd 88
;n baUoons]6
in ill ofmatrials 408',117
!isionvalu of dwnlgs 446
dwingtlnplales 80
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opdons 454
dimls 495
b i l l o f m t r i a l sl 2
olumns 423
d i m n s i o n s 7 . 2 9 4
laders j27
rvisinsymbols il8
rows 42i
tables 42
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Dsign Li 17
dsigntables l42 l48
dtaheddratvings l58_l62
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layPlrties j8l
d t i l v i w s1 4 ' 1 6 '2 5 ] 2 5 7
aath/fill 256
lals 255' 485
ar n lvi'vs 25
sa]s 25' 256' 4.16
*eel mtalparts 25
skrlhs 25
options 1167
d i m t dt i m n s i o n s 0 l , ] j
adialladrsnangl 16l
DimnsionPaItt30
dimnsions] l .14'287 14
add in as and assmblis22
dd 1oisomtriviws 2l9
t i g n 4 2 , 2 9 4 ,] 0 4 ] 0 6 . j 7 6 7 9
]igntt 46.l
annottionviews 223 224
apmn219
s1
arng2l9
arowposition 00
aowsol 00
aolvs 462
gomti10lre
ltah/dtah
smols t44
aul insefi i192
a u t o d i m n s i n7 . 2 9 7
automatiimpotito dawings i14
siin 7' 296
bsi 1
rk dimnsionlines 462
rk |ins 55
ntbtwntension]ins ]02,
461
a m f r s 7 , 2 9 7
lrang 4
ls 20
n l i g u r a t i o n]sl 0

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d a n s l i n g1 7 6
de]et7' 29,l
d i a m t l s 0 1 ' l
DnnensionPltt 30]
Dnnpt 188 204.296'298 299'
476477
displys linl 8
d i s p l o F i o n s 3 8 ' 0 0 ' 5 0
dg 294
d i v e n3 2 ' 7 , 1 4 7 , 2 2 3 , 2 9 6'l '
4',76
d u a l 4 2 ' 1 4 '4 9 6
dupliat 44
Inddlin ndponrts00
font 90
frtional460
hid 6' 53
lriddanglingdimnsios 492
id/showdimnsionlnrs ]0
hid/showetentinlins 03
hlwizard holes 2' 291
horizontl 296
in rokviws 2t8
in mpryviws 260
in s!inviws 246
in lvld bds 9
i n s p t i o n 0 2 . l 4
instanounts 2
isomti l47
lyrropfi;s81
lars ,12, l'1
lads,12
l i n r 0 l , l
lotions 292
manipulat294
makf dt,ing 2',l43
modl j2
n r o v 6 , 2 9 4
otistdistans292.,162
otsttxt 30
options 459 .{61
l d i n a t 7 . 2 9 6
vidni1s j l
panthssj02' ] 1,1'460
pla 299
posi1ios292
p e i s i o n4 2 , 2 1 9 , 0 8 l 0 ' 4 6 0 '
464
rfis 46l
rimaD'vlus 42' 1
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roftis42' l 14
Poenangr06
r d i a l3 0 l ' l
Rid Dimnsion 8
fr2' 7' 296
eflensee d1sodrivndimnsions
rvlutionounts 32
otat 302

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s l 1 m u 1 1 i 3l0 0
show 5
show Iignmt306
sholvas oknin rokevil's 46]
sholl in 'vld badnd
tretmnls3:ll
s l n t] 0
snlan 296
snrafidimnsion 22
s p a 3 0 5
slk 05
standard17
sryls 42' 44. 07
l t ] 4 7 ' ] l - t l 2 , 4 9 l
10 insidor 4
t o l n 4s 2 ' 2 l 9 , 0 8 ] 0 ' 4 6 ]
too] 7
units3l zl
vtial 296
with datumfea1usynro]sj4
witnss/leaddisI,12
Dimt 188-204,296, 298-299.
17647',7
nottions202
datums 189
Dimxprtnage I98
dra!'ings 202
fatts l89
ismtiparts l96
prortis l95
s]tins]92
settings 194
tlranslatus l99
turndprts l96
display155 166
alahth/fill 448 449
bklins i boknViws 49
ntmaks 476
smtitlrrads492
dalum flus}anbols454
datumsr ]982 454
dfaulldisp]ys}"lsin drawing
dtai]illes 444
d i m n s i o n ]s8 ' 0 0 0 l , 5 0
daftqulity viws 262' 4,l7
dawingviws 262
tdntrhrs 475
hlosaoundnnottions49
hiddenljs movd/visible16
hi8h qualitviWs 262,447
nnagqulil 166' 499 500
lrtrtrndttion l64-l66
mods 19
svtssl]alddatfoshaddand
drftqualitviws 4z16
shetfomats 226
shs,ontnts,hil agging
drawingliws 444
skla ntrpoinls445
sklh entitinls ,145
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tangtdgs 447
vi odntation2t8
viw slates 80,82
lvirtimnd high quli1HLR/
LV rsolution ]66
dumntprtis90. j86, 442,
449 500
dowe]in symbols 57
drf.tqulityviws 262' 446
drftingstandds
drag
bloks 62
dimnsins294
drwingviws 59,229
shlvonttswhil dgging
drwingliws ,144
Dralvonlpr l77 ]78
dawingshets.see shets
drainetm]ts77 10,449
drwing\,iwtys l2-l4. ]6 ]8'
20 262
l i g n ds e t i o n] 4 ' 2 5 1
ltrnalposit;on 120,t98 99
assemb]utwy 95 96
assemblstion 91 92
auxiliryviews 26
bkn 238
bokn.outstion l4. 1]8, 257,
9-94
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dtaill4, ]6' 25
mp/ 14' 260
p|odd l22' 397
ftat paltm 242
modl l21' 229 230
n ' n d2 t 8
p't utwa 24l
a r t i a l s e c t i ln7 , 2 4 6
pdfind82' 90, 387-88
p r o j t dl 6 . 2 0 . 2 2
|ativto modl 24
volvdslion 240
otatdslion ]4' 26l
s t l o nl 4 . l 7 . 2 4 , 1 _ 2 5 0] 9. l
s t a n d a d v ; w s l , 2 l
dawigviws 5 2' 229)a0
iD 273
^dd 229
align 229,269t71
annottiovilvs 250
utoinstnnotations492
utomtisaling :l44
automatial]
opultVi\\'
Pa]!t446
omon1]in t.onl400 401
o n f i g u t i o nl sl 7 ' ] 7 5 , 2 6 5 , 9 0
oy 267 268
dfau]tdis|asryles 447
disla ods l9
disla qli1 .l47
d i s ] ys t | sl 3 , 2 6 2
drag and drop 59, 229

hiddnd8s 22
hiddnlins movd/\,isil26
hid 266
hid ononts ] 19.402 40j..1.l5
hid dgs 274
imortannotalionsfrom
ssm]ies492
lok/unlokvi!v fs l5
lok/unlokvi osilion l5
m o d l e d g s2 2
move 267 268
m u ] t i l 7 . 1 4 , 2 0
nams lt
ofassm]ies ] ]6
ointalion229-20
n 27
arnls ]
ast 267
prsliv2]8
rortis402
nam 1
sizodrs ]5
totate 2|8' 2,7|J7
sve 8l
savtssl]atd
datfo slraddand
draftqulityviws .146
s a | sl 3 , 2 ]
s | tl 5
shadd 26
shaddwith edgs l9' 26
show 266
show omponentsll9' 402
show dgs 274, 276
siigl 20
sk1hs12' 14
tangeftdgs |9,264265' 447
un-bk2]9
viw normlto 2l8
vilv rintation2l8
View Pltt 229
view rottin 272
wifram26]
zoom 27
annotationviws 250
d e t a h dl 5 8 - l 6 2
Dimprt 202
D F D W G d a w i n g s8 2 , 9 7
fi]s 7
fi]s.da!'ings
openis 85
l8ay 82
light,ighl ]56
'k drawing fom prt/
ssm]229
nw 9,229
protis 386
seia]opertis85
viws 7' 12
drivndimnsions 2' ,7' 14'7' 22,
296.|' 460,4,76
dul dimnsions 42, l4
du|iatdims;ons443

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fbrnattingtoo]ba20
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lins ,197
tngntedgdisply 264
fodgnation159

dgs
o]or 279
omponntlin font 400-40l
font 279
h i d h o w2 4 9 , 2 7 4
in shtmtlviws 500
lin styles 498
ngent44?
hiknss279
b i l l o f m t i l s1 2 .1 4 ,4 | 4
loks 62
olumntjtltxt 416
d e s i g n b l e s ] 4 l 4 6
ols 87
sha fomats 8il' 95
shtroptis86
bl ll ontnt 427
b|s 4],1
it in dimesios ]47
mq viws l4' 260
d raftnls foweld bds 40 34l
n9 uits 497
.qut;onsin tables 120422,428
ro.s 80
bloks 101
.\|oddviws l22' 97
r\lltd |is 84
\nsion lis 0' 46]
bk j12' 462
.ottet bnvn46]
dpoits00
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:fu ntrolsmols'see gomtri
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d\\ings 7
3\lsions 79' l78. 7
.opties8i1
!iz5 l59
: 1 ,- o l o l 4 5
::\ ]olionofDots 22
:]r: nots j2]
j]:
miws 242-243
;:]uFtueMg15
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fo dwingtmplts8l
olations j18
.omponnlin tbnt 4001
i . i 1 i f l l b l s2 5 5
j . 1 i l ! i l v l a b l s2 5 5

foeshortedimnsins
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fom fatus500
nols 2
see ao sheet fomats
t l e s1 5 , 4 2 7
tt in tab]s428
units in ftad jnhs 496
tbrmttingtoolbar 20
frtions 460,495-496
,'e d/so notes, stak
gnltable
ptions 480
gnaltabls 426.428
gomtritolransymbols 56' 4i
44'54
gomloleans
otions 455
gomtitolraningsmbols l96
gids 04
]insin tals 427
otions 49-494
snapoints 494
gips.see skths,drag
see a/so dagand drop;dimnsions,
croup
annottions80 81
items in taIs 424
rows in tabls 415

hath. see ara hath/fiIl

in hole tals 42
i n t a b ] sl 5 ' 4 l 4 ' 4 2 7
hm bnds 500
hiddn
dgs,show 276
lines movd/visibl22, l6, 26
hidr
alt m at ositionviws 99
annorions 86.294' 21
bill ofmatrials ]2
o m p o n n t 1s l 6 ' l 1 9 ' 4 0 2 4 0 4 ' 4 4 5
danglingdilnensionsand
annorations492
dimnsionLins 0
d i m n s i o n s 6 , 5
dawingviws 266
dgs 249'274
edgs'slthiddnntitis 444

lDtionlis 0
skthsin dawings 252
hidehhowamrolalions246
oiions 469
hol 1abl
otions 48]
l l o u t s 2 ' 2 9 l ' 3 5 5 2
osmtilhads 60
tab|s429 .46'478 482
w i z ] d 2 - ' 2 9 l ' 5 0
hoizontldimensions296
hplinksin notes 28
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i m a g eq u l i t y l 6 6 , 4 9 9 5 0 0
annotationsfom ssmblisint
dmwing views 492
DF/DWG dlwings 9? 99
inemn1
valusfor rrow ks 446
indntnots 2
altmtpositinviews 98
anntatios22' 288-291
assmlutwayviews 95
i1lofmatrials l2' 408
bloks 6' 72_75
bokn.oulslionv;ews t9
ntmaks 282
ntelins282
olumnsin tables 4l6
dsigntabLs142
dimnsionsin assm]is290
gnaltabls 426
hol tbls 429
m o d r li t e m s 2 ' 2 2 ' 2 8 8 2 9 l ,
nots 22
objts 8l
fng o metry 288
revisintales 46
stionviews ]9l
wldmentut lt taIs 49
instiondimnsions 02' l4
instanounts 2, 290
intrtr n edttion l 64-166
intruptd
viws,.see rokenviws
isomtridimnsions 147
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jum t antview 244
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kyboadmovemntinrmnts446

ailia v;ew 484

datnfaturesymols 45,1
dtilViw 488
d t i vl i w s 2 5 5 , 4 8 5

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slioviWs 2215_246
l assemlymod l56_l58
lrs 42
fol dnnsions]4
t.ortals l]5, 428
p r o e t i sl 0 0 ' 3 8 l 8 2
show 100
lad]ins'bik 462
ledrs12. 16
bnt|ngth:160
ha8aowhds48
d]t27
in balloos 452
nrultijog 48 t49
m u l t i ] l 9 . 2 6
mdil ladsnapngl 46l
lgayds,ings82' 97
liiwighl dawigs l56' l58
ptions 470
l i n f f d i m n s i n]s8 , 0 1 ' 3 ]
olors l00-10l' 8l
tnd 84
tbnt 497
fbr stionviews 246
s l ] s2 7 8 ' 8 l . 4 9 8
t h i k n s s] 0 0 ' 8 l ' 4 9 8
trim 84
link
plortisi'l ots 29
lod mdlsin dthddrwnrgs ]58,
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]otionsofdimnsions292

v i w s i t i o n] 5

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mke drwingfrm pa /assemb|229

mrk dimnsionsfor drawings 2.14
'nssoprtis496
nratria]s'aahth/fill .l48
mrglA

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lab]s 425
iosofi ] ] 'lt
dinsios 2
dgs 22
itms.iel1 22
lod l6l
roprtis386
\iws l2] ' 229 20.2.1
viws.ssmblutawis's j95
viws' Lltivto modI\,iws 24
mlion in dlvnrg!ie.s j98
tthmtpoints
ol.notlionsl8
o'nnnts98

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dimnsins6' 294
dwingviws 26,7 268,416
t b | e s4 2 6
nrulti body plts
rcltivto mod]iWs 25
stiviws 250
multijog |ds48.il9
mUltipl
brksin bokeviws 239
drwingshts.tbls 48
drawingviws ]4' 20
ladsin nots 26
viws.hl lb]s 4]5 -,16
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o f d a l v i n g s h e e l ls] , 2 2 8
ofdrlving viws l
ofprortis 86
d\,!'ing
shts 226. :146
dawnlgs 9' 229
n o t s5 2 ' 2 l l
l i g n 2 2 . 2 7
ndnots 500
loks 70
b o d I s 2 E , 4 5 6
oundingoes 22
bulletdlists 24
edil 87
fi ]otion 322
a gn o l s 2 1
folrnt 2
l.ations.
.'ee nots,stak
hyplinks 28
in titl loks 22
i n d t 2
i n s 1 13 2 2
lnlks 10Us!mpoefties80
links to oprtis29, 84
multi|ldrs ]26
m u I t i l l i n s 2
numbdlists 24
olions 456
rmtri5' 25
salele1siz :l9l
s p l l h k 3 0 1
stk 24
smbols 29
vri]s86
willr snrbols 25
nunrb|of itanrvolutionsin
ltns290
numbLdlis1s 87. 24
ob,jtlinking and lndding
(oL) 8]' l,16
ott.st
distansnl dimnsions462
tt ]03
OL, seg o,jtIinkingand mddnrg

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(rbuild)darvingson
DP/DWG dia!\ings 97
]egaydwings 97
dl'nnt oprtis4,12'449 500
sstm 442 449
otios 472
odinatdimnsions7, 296
oienttionofdrwing !ia's 2]0
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drawin8viws 27]
mtrinots 53, 25
prntvi!!s 1
d t a i I v i w s2 5 ]
iLlmto antviw 2,14
pnlhss
in dimnsions 02' l4'
460
altial sl;onviws l7' 2,18
utwyviq,s 241
numb{:rsin billofmatrials 222
ntalions20
dr,ingshts 9
dra,ingvilvs 267
attms 290
efolrnn l55 ]66
osmetithrads 492
dthddawigs l58 l62
dishy.]uIil 417
inragqulit.v l66,499 500
lrgessmlmod 156.]58
light!'ightdrawings l56
svtssl]alddtafor shddand
d1iquIilviws ,146
lstiveviws 2l8
nnotation20
olar dnnnsions299
positionsof dimnsions292
po!v|units 497
in dnnsions2l9, 460. 464
i n l o l m n e s4 6 0 . 4 6 4
p t i o n s] 0 8 _ ] l 0
rdtidvielvs 82. 90. 87 ]88
timry\,htfdimnsions 42
print ,145
khles in boknvilvs ,145
p l j t vdi e ' \ . s] 6 , 2 0 , 2 3 2 2
align 232
tim pdfidviws 87
rojtion.eofdrwing shts l L'
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n n o t t i o n3sl 8
pl 86
onfiguljonspifi 80

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: : : . l m n ] 8 6
:: d.\rin-gs]85
:: nodls ]86
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.:n\s-.l:9
ns j86
; d i m s i o sj l 3 1 4
t1ida$i.qshts ll
olda$in.s viws 402
siion ,196
shL,228
r p i l 8 0 .] 8 5
n d i a l d i m n s i n s 0 l ' l
oNs follow posirionofdimension
adialldrspngl 46l
oplions 47
Rpid Dimnsion 8
u i l dl 5 9
ulo.udald.awingson opn 444
see '/so foed rgnration
dimnsions2' 37' 296

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g o m l 3 2 , 2 8 8 , 4 : 1 5
i shtformals 85
.|ativto modl viws 24 25
|odshtformats 95
dimnsions 6
| d s l 9
dawingshts 8
dwingviws l
dWingshts 8
lvs/olumnsin tbl s 415
n!flins2l
objt]inkignd m d die (oL)
objets l46
rws/olumnsin tls 4]5,427
rsolv]ightwightdawings l58
rvisionsnbols 69
add 4,7
dlt 438
shps 47
options 48
l e v i s i o nt I s 6 9 ,4 6 . 4 8 ,4 8 3
.visionsofdrawigs 437' 446
evolutinunts 2' 290

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rvolvdstinviws 2,10
jD drwingviw 27
n1maks 272
d;mnsions02
drwingviews 218,269' 2,7|-2,7
tt in tbls ,l28
rotatdstinviws lil, 26l 262
otatdstionviws,see revolvd
stlonvIws
group/ungou
ows in tbles 4l5
widths 428

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bloks 6' 72
dwingshats 8|
dawingtmplts8l
dawingvi w s 8I
DXFDWG dwings 102
slrtfomts 8l
tsse||td
datfo shddand drft
quLiryviws 446
s ] sl
utomtis]igfnew drawing
dtilviws 25, 256,.146
d r w i n gs h t s l ] , 2 2 8
drwingviews 2l
scou.see viw states
stionlins 245_246
layrties8]
snonoprtis496
options 489
setinviws 14' 17,24425,91
a ] i g n d2 5 l
ernofstion lis 245
aows 246
autohath 247' 250, 92
b o k n . o ult4 ' l l 8 ' 2 5 7
ombinwith oknviws 240
depth 92
dimnsions 246
d;s]ynly ut f(s.}249
eludeomponts/fstn.s
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ludehath 24,1
]udmodlsfrom stin
tndentlins475
]als245
ofassmbIis24'7' 91 92
ofmu]tiody parts 250
of partso ssmIis250
p a t i a l1 7 '2 4 6 , 2 4 8
r o t a t e d1 4 , 2 6 1
s o 9 l
skthswith multipllins 249
skthswith singl lins 244
skthswith two prpdiulr
lins 248

vilv |bls 246

dvandsltion 404-405
annottins]20
lls in tbl 426
drawingshts l5
drawingv;ws 15
dynamilighli8ht l57
edgs 44zl
in lrgssmb]ymod l57
multildim n sions j00
sttings,se dount portisnd
systmoptions
shadd
viws 26
with dgs ]9' 26
sh1fomats 77 l0],8 88
dd ltions85
ssign 89
dilog o 4.16
dit 84,95
fi| tnsions79
fils 79
r|ad 95
sav 8l
tit]b]oks 7
dtilviws 25
otions 500
prts 28' 242 24
s h t s5 , 7 2 , 2 2 6 2 2 8
ativat 8
dd 8, 57' 446
oy 9
dfinition 7
displyshtfomats 226
first shl 8
for,a7'226 221' 446
]stsht 8
lok/un]okshttus l5
muiii] 8
nams l ]. 228
navigate 8
new 226,446
pst 9
pjtiontys ll, 228
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