Introduction to SolidWorks

Lesson 2 – Customizing SolidWorks
Section I – Preliminaries 2.5 Saving a Template

Step 8: Document Properties.

 Click the Document Properties tab and select ANSI in Overall drafting standard. See

Figure 2.5.

 Click Units and select IPS (inch-pound-seconds).

 Click OK.

2.5 Saving a Template

After you have customized SolidWorks you can save a template. The Template will bring your
choice of toolbars and icons to a new document. Creating and using a template is the best way
to insure that all the models, assemblies and drawings you create follow the drafting standard
(e.g. ANSIS or ISO) and units (e.g. inches or millimeters) that you want.

Figure 2. 5 – ToolsOptionsDocument Properties