SolidWorks 2010 Bible

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Contents

Adding Tolerances ............................................................................................................760

Changing precision values .......................................................................................761

Using Geometric Tolerancing symbols ....................................................................761

Using Dimension Styles ....................................................................................................762

Tutorial: Working with Dimensions and Tolerances .........................................................762

Summary ..........................................................................................................................766

Chapter 24: Working with Tables and Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 767

Driving the Bill of Materials ...............................................................................................767

Examining the SolidWorks table-based BOM ..........................................................768

Table-based BOM templates ..........................................................................769

Table anchor .................................................................................................770

BOM type ......................................................................................................770

Configurations ...............................................................................................771

Keep Missing Items .......................................................................................772

Zero Quantity Display ...................................................................................772

Item numbers ................................................................................................772

BOM Contents ...............................................................................................772

Controlling the appearance of the table-based BOM ......................................773

Dissolving, combining, numbering, and restructuring for indented BOMS ....774

Adding rows or columns ...............................................................................775

Editing BOMs ................................................................................................775

Retiring the Excel-based BOM .................................................................................776

Using Design Tables ..........................................................................................................777

Placing Hole Tables on Drawings ......................................................................................779

Using Revision Tables .......................................................................................................782

Using General Tables ........................................................................................................784

Using Tables in Models .....................................................................................................784

Tutorial: Using BOMs .......................................................................................................785

Tutorial: Using Hole Tables ...............................................................................................789

Tutorial: Using Revision Tables .........................................................................................791

Summary ..........................................................................................................................792

Chapter 25: Using Layers, Line Fonts, and Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 793

Controlling Layers ............................................................................................................793

Layers in imported 2D data .....................................................................................794

Layers on the sheet format.......................................................................................794

Dimensions and notes on layers ..............................................................................796

Components on layers .............................................................................................796

Controlling Line Format ...................................................................................................797

Using the Line Format settings ................................................................................798

End Cap Style .........................................................................................................798

Line Thickness settings............................................................................................799

Line Style setting .....................................................................................................800

Color Display mode ................................................................................................800