Part V: Creating Drawings
Display State
On the drawing you can now select the Display State. This is probably meant for situations like
using Display States for hide and show operations, but remember that there is a lot more to
Display States than just hide and show. You can also change display styles and colors, and trans-
parency, which you might think do not have any place on a technical drawing.Display Style
You can set the default display style by choosing Tools ➪ Options ➪ System Options ➪ Drawings ➪
Display Style. This panel provides an override for views being placed. This panel also enables you
to control High or Draft quality views, which are described later in this chapter.Scale entities............................................................................................................
SolidWorks drawings always default to showing views at the overall sheet scale unless the System
Option on the Drawings page called Automatically Scale New Drawing Views is selected. If this set-
ting is selected, the sheet scale saved with the drawing template is overridden. For example, a 1:1
sheet scale can be changed automatically by the setting to 1:4.You can change the sheet scale through the sheet properties, which were discussed in Chapter 20.
Controlling views with the sheet scale makes it much easier to change the size of a drawing and to
scale all the views together. Individual views can be displayed at the view scale, and detail views
are typically created at a different scale automatically. To locate the scale setting, choose Tools ➪
Options ➪ System Options ➪ Drawings ➪ Detail View Scaling. Detail Views, covered later in this
chapter, automatically get a note showing the custom scale for the view. You can manually create a
note that functions in the same way as the automatically created “Scale” text from a note and a link
to a custom property for views where the link to the sheet scale has been broken manually.Tip
You could consider creating a note style or block for a note that automatically links to the scale of a drawing
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Dimension Type
Even in non-orthogonal (isometric) views, true dimensions should be used for most drawing
views. Projected dimensions depend on the angle of the edge to the view plane.Cosmetic Thread Display
If something is worth having, it is worth having twice. This panel appears in both steps, just in
case you missed it in the first step.Projected View
The Projected View type simply makes a view that is projected in the direction that you dragged the
cursor from the selected view. Be aware that first-angle and third-angle projections result in views