SolidWorks Drawing
SolidWorks Drawing
(OP)
I am new to Solid works and need some guidance in following issues:
1. I am unable to pick the hidden lines to give dimensions. (For example hidden lines of a hole shown in side view.)
2. When smart dimension is clicked, the mouse point doesn't change to line or point to pick the first and second points for dimension.
3. How it is possible to dimension from line to tangent point of an arc or circle? Is there a toggle option to do this?
Is there any parameter settings to make all these work?
Thanks
1. I am unable to pick the hidden lines to give dimensions. (For example hidden lines of a hole shown in side view.)
2. When smart dimension is clicked, the mouse point doesn't change to line or point to pick the first and second points for dimension.
3. How it is possible to dimension from line to tangent point of an arc or circle? Is there a toggle option to do this?
Is there any parameter settings to make all these work?
Thanks






RE: SolidWorks Drawing
2. Check your selection filters
3. Yes. Hold "Shift" when clicking circle in the area of the tangent point.
-handleman, CSWP (The new, easy test)
RE: SolidWorks Drawing
My 2 cents....
Harold
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RE: SolidWorks Drawing
This may be more an issue of drafting experience than CAD itself.
Matt Lorono
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
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RE: SolidWorks Drawing
The others have made good points about drafting practices. I also suspect since you are new to SolidWorks that you are manually dimensioning your drawing rather than importing the dimensions from the part files. On a new drawing with your views in place click Insert, Model Items, then hit the check mark and the the Yes button. This will take all the dimensions used to define the part and put them on the drawing. From here you mostly have to reposition the dimensions. You can delete those you don't need with no harm to the part file. Generally you have very few dimensions that you will need to add manually.
If this is of value to you then you really should go through ALL the SolidWorks tutorials, especially the ones related to drawings.
- - -Updraft
RE: SolidWorks Drawing
Here are some demos which may be useful.
The Online Tutorials section in http://eng-tips.com/faqs.cfm?fid=520
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The most popular/well known online tutorials are from www.igetit.com and www.solidprofessor.com
Both are very good.
RE: SolidWorks Drawing