SOLIDWORKS: Drawings

Learn how to create detailed drawings from all the data and views available in a SOLIDWORKS model.

Introduction

• Create drawings from a SOLIDWORKS model

1. Standard Drawing Views

• Create a new drawing
• Standard 3 views
• Model view
• Exploded views in drawings
• Model break views within drawings
• Relative to model view
• Predefined view
• Empty view
• Adding named views
• Deleting views
• Using the View palette
• Aligning views
• Line format features

2. Derived Drawing Views

• Projected view
• Auxiliary view
• Detail view
• Crop view
• Break view
• Section view
• Aligned section view

3. Dimensions

• Dimensions types and properties
• Dimensions palette
• Smart dimensions
• Baseline dimension
• Ordinate dimensions
• Display options
• Radius, fillet, and chamfer dimensions

4. Title Block

• Editing sheet format
• Title block fields
• Revision blocks

Conclusion

• Next steps