SOLIDWORKS Sheet Format
In this video tech tip, we will be setting up Drawing Sheet Format borders using the Automatic Border tool in SOLIDWORKS and also launching the Title Block Wizard to take a closer look at the functionality of links and properties that you have control over….
Two settings worth customizing right off the bat after a new SOLIDWORKS installation (not necessarily an upgrade) are reviewing backup settings, and ensuring that Sheet Properties are easy to access in any drawing. It’s something you’ll do once and then not have to worry about…
The SOLIDWORKS Automatic Border tool lets us control the shape and segments of a sheet format border such as zone layout and border size. The details of creating borders and saving them as a sheet format template are provided in the SOLIDWORKS Drawing Automatic Border tool. However…
Bend Allowance, Bend Deduction and K-Factor Tables in SOLIDWORKS
In this series of blog posts it was discussed what different terms like Bend Allowance, Bend Deduction and K-Factor mean and how we can calculate them for a specific sheet. You can read the previous post: What are Bend Allowance, Bend Deduction and K-Factor? And the post…
Solving the SOLIDWORKS Sheet Format could not be located error
You’ve taken the time to make a great drawing sheet format, and applied that format to a sheet in your drawing, and everything is great. Until you decide to double your drawing space by adding a second sheet, and are told that “The sheet format…
Changing the sheet format of any SOLIDWORKS drawing can be an unwanted task, especially if one has multiple sheets upon which to swap the format. SOLIDWORKS 2017 has new functionality that swoops in for the assist. A new “Select Sheets to Modify” button now appears within…
The best practice for populating a SOLIDWORKS title block is to have the fields linked to model custom properties. So when your part or assembly model is dropped into the drawing the title block will be populated automatically. But not everyone wants to work this way, so let’s assume…
The latest release now includes a SOLIDWORKS Automatic Drawing Border Tool for your Sheet Formats. Previously these were just sketch entities that needed to be manually changed based on the existing defaults. To create a Drawing Border First pick the new Sheet Format tab on the CommandManager, which provides quicker…
SOLIDWORKS Tutorial: Step-by-Step Guide to Drawing Templates and Sheet Formats [VIDEO]
Many people get confused when it comes to creating custom Drawing Templates and Sheet Formats in SOLIDWORKS. It’s not as straight forward as Part and Assembly templates due to the fact that each sheet can potentially have different sheet sizes and title blocks. Because of…