Part V: Creating Drawings
FIGURE 22.20
Using balloons in more situationsSummary
Annotations and symbols in SolidWorks have many options for connection, creation, and display.
Recent releases have brought major improvements to text box–driven annotations. Custom proper-
ties and hyperlinks enable the user to populate drawing annotations with content and links to con-
tent. Sharing styles in templates is a great idea for readily available note styles.Blocks have several flexible uses and can be updated from external files across many documents.
Their use for simulating mechanisms, piecing together schematics, and annotating drawings, in
addition to the Belts and Chains functionality discussed in Chapter 13, make blocks one of the
most flexible functions available.