Engineering Design with SOLIDWORKS 2016

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Fundamentals of Drawing Engineering Design with SOLIDWORKS® 2016


Numerous engineering drawings use the following format:



  • Font: Century Gothic - All capital letters.

  • Text height: .125in. or 3mm for drawings up to B (ANSI) Size, 17in. x 22in.

  • Text height: .156in. or 5mm for drawings larger than B (ANSI) Size, 17in x 22in.

  • Arrowheads: Solid filled with a 1:3 ratio of


arrow width to arrow height.


Set the Annotations f ont height.
18) Click the Annotations folder.




  1. Click the Font button.




  2. Click the Units button.




  3. Enter 3.0mm for Height.




  4. Enter 1.0mm for Space.




  5. Click OK.




Change the Arrow Height.
24) Click the Dimensions folder from the Document
Properties column as illustrated.




  1. Enter 1 mm for arrow Height.




  2. Enter 3 mm for arrow Width.




  3. Enter 6 mm for arrow Length.




Set Section/Views size.
28) Expand the Views folder from the Document
Properties column.




  1. Click the Section folder.




  2. Enter 2 mm for arrow Height.




  3. Enter 6 mm for arrow Width.




  4. Enter 12 mm for arrow Length.




  5. Click OK from the Document Properties - Section dialog
    box.



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