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SOLIDWORKS Dimension
Tech tips, tutorials, and best practices for SOLIDWORKS Dimension from the Javelin technical team
How to Override Decimals and Fractions in SOLIDWORKS Drawing Dimensions
SOLIDWORKS Drawings allow you to set document standards that determine if dimensions are read as fractions or decimals. Have you ever had a drawing in decimals, but really needed one dimension to be shown as a fraction?
SOLIDWORKS Drawing Tips & Tricks On-Demand Webinar
Are you familiar with all the different ways you can work with drawings in SOLIDWORKS? Watch our on-demand webinar to…
Why can’t I Foreshorten my SOLIDWORKS Dimension?
I recently had a reoccurring problem when creating drawings in SOLIDWORKS. I would constantly lose the Foreshorten option. Yes, you…
Why do my SOLIDWORKS Drawings show “deg” instead of the degree symbol?
Have you ever come across a SOLIDWORKS Drawing where the letters “deg” are displayed instead of the degree symbol and…
How to dimension a spline in SOLIDWORKS
What if in SOLIDWORKS you need to model a wire, tube, or other path that has a predetermined length but…
Why SOLIDWORKS Link Values is better than a Global Variable
Back with the release of SOLIDWORKS 2010, SOLIDWORKS introduced Global Variables. A nice little utility, to define a constant that…
How to apply All Uppercase to SOLIDWORKS Dimensions & Hole Callouts
In SOLIDWORKS 2020, you can set the dimension characters or hole callouts to show as all uppercase characters in the…
Aligning linear diameter dimensions in SOLIDWORKS drawings
Diameter dimensions can be modified to display as linear dimensions if needed. To convert the diameter dimension into linear follow…
SOLIDWORKS angle dimension between 3 points
What if we need an angle dimension in a sketch, but one of the entities is not a line (perhaps…
How to adjust SOLIDWORKS Spin Box Increment Values Locally & Globally
Upon editing a dimension value in SOLIDWORKS, you can use the SOLIDWORKS spin box instead of typing in numbers. The…
Use the SOLIDWORKS Spin Box to Increase/Decrease Dimensions in Increments
The SOLIDWORKS Spin Box is the small thumbwheel at the bottom of the Modify dialog box. This can be used…
Select the outside of an Arc rather than the center when adding a dimension in SOLIDWORKS
When adding arc dimensions, you should always select the actual arc rather then the centre point. Doing so will give…
Is your SOLIDWORKS Sketch Dimension difficult to Delete or Modify?
To delete a SOLIDWORKS Sketch Dimension you typically select the dimension and hit Delete. To edit the value of the…
Dimensioning in Style (with SOLIDWORKS Dimension Styles)
Often times, SOLIDWORKS Dimension Styles are passed without notice because it is quite easy to get the job done without…
SOLIDWORKS Arc Dimension
Sometimes you need to add a SOLIDWORKS Arc Length Dimension. This can be done in both Sketch and Drawing environments. The…