SolidWorks 2010 Bible

Chapter 6: Getting More from Your Sketches

Edit sketch or curve color

You can use the Edit Sketch Or Curve Color tool to assign color to an entire sketch. The color that
you assign to sketches in this way displays only when the sketch is inactive, instead of the default
gray color. The sketches also follow the toggle state of the Color Display Mode button. For example,
if the Color Display Mode button is selected, then inactive sketches display as gray. When the
Color Display Mode button is unselected, then inactive sketches display in any color that you have
assigned by using the Edit Color tool.

Line thickness and line style

The Line Thickness and Line Style tools function independently from the Color Display Mode
button, but they are still used only when the sketch is active. As soon as a sketch that contains
entities with edited thickness and style is closed, the display goes back to the normal line weight
and font.

To assign a thickness or a style, you can select the sketch entities to be changed, click the button,

and then select the thickness or style. Although a single sketch entity may have only a single

thickness or style, you can use multiple thicknesses or styles within a single sketch. Figure 6.13

shows a sketch with the thickness and style edited.

Cross-Reference
Line thickness and line styles are covered in more detail in the discussion of drawings in Chapter 20. n

FIGURE 6.13

A sketch with edited line thickness and line style