Part V: Creating Drawings
- Launch SolidWorks and choose Tools ➪ Options ➪ File Locations ➪ Document
Template. Click the Add button and add the new library path to the list. Shut down
SolidWorks and restart it.
- Open the assembly Chapter 24 – BOM Assy.sldasm from the CD-ROM.
- Click the Make Drawing From Part/Assembly button, make a new drawing of the
assembly from the drawing template in the folder created in Steps 2 and 3.
- Delete the isometric view, and in its place make a new drawing view using the
named model view “exploded.” If prompted to use true dimensions in an isometric
view, click Accept.
- Edit the sheet format. Right-click the sketch point at the location indicated in
Figure 24.18. In the popup menu that appears, select Set as Anchor and then select
Bill of Materials.
- Exit Edit Sheet Format mode by selecting Edit Sheet from the RMB menu.
- Select the new view and show it in the exploded state (right-click, Properties, Show
in Exploded State). Then choose Insert ➪ Table ➪ Bill of Materials or click the Bill of
Materials button in the Tables toolbar. Use the default selections, except in the panels
shown in Figure 24.19.
FIGURE 24.18
Setting the Table Anchor
RMB on this point
