Drawings

Order Item Balloons Sequentially

Do worries about non-sequential drawing balloons keep you up at night?  No?   Well you still might like a new enhancement that was introduced in SolidWorks 2012 that allows you order the item numbers in drawing balloons sequentially.

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Cleanly Inserting Key Dimensions to a Drawing

When using “Insert Model Items” to import model dimensions into a drawing, the results sometimes be can be less the desirable, and moving dimensions to the correct views and location can be time consuming and laborious. .

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Hierarchy of BOM Description References

The BOM Description column picks up the Description property from your models.  But if you are finding that modifying the property is not updating the BOM, there is a good chance you have other Descriptions that are overriding the value.  Here is the hierarchy of the Description…

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Reuse Common Annotations with the Design Library

If you’re constantly adding the same annotations to your drawings, save some time and add them to the Design Library.  This gives you quick access to drag and drop them on your drawings.  In the Design Library tab, click the upper left button “Add to…

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“Shift-Drag” Drawing Dimension Trick

While teaching a SolidWorks Essentials course, I had a student show me a drafting trick that I had not seen before.

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How to edit SOLIDWORKS Drawing Notes that are linked to File Properties

As you may know, SOLIDWORKS linked drawing notes can be connected to the file properties of the drawing and/or components.  After inserting a note, click the “Link to Property” button in the Note PropertyManager as shown below: You then have four options from which to grab…

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BOM Magic – The Quick Resize Trick

As a designer, you want to spend most of your time designing, not drafting and this is one of the reasons you chose SolidWorks as your main design tool. As you are approaching the completion of your current project, you already took advantage of all…

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Time Saver – Predetermined Zoom in SolidWorks Drawings

Just a little tip that can save you big time when working with your drawings.

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