Engineering Design with SOLIDWORKS 2016

Engineering Design with SOLIDWORKS® 2016 Fundamentals of Drawing

Activity: Detail Drawing-Move Dimensions

Move the linear dimensions in Drawing View1.

205. 
     

     Zoom to area on Drawing
     View1.

     
     


206. 
     

     Click and drag the vertical
     dimension text 10 , 29 , and 50
     to the right as illustrated.

     
     

Create a gap between the extension
lines and the profile lines for the
10mm vertical dimension.
207) Click the vertical dimension
text 10. The vertical dimension
text, extension lines and the
profile lines are displayed in
blue.

208. Click and drag the square
     blue endpoints approximately
     10mm’s from the right vertex
     as illustrated. A gap is created
     between the extension line
     and the profile.

A gap exists between the profile line and the leader lines. Drag the

blue endpoints to a vertex, to create a gap.

The smallest linear dimension should be placed closest to the

profile.

Click the dimension Palette rollover button to display
the dimension palette. Use the dimension palette in the Graphics

window to save mouse travel to the Dimension

PropertyManager. Click on a dimension in a drawing view, and

modify it directly from the dimension palette.

Fit the drawing to the Graphics window.
209) Press the f key.