SolidWorks 2010 Bible

(Martin Jones) #1

Part V: Creating Drawings


FIGURE 23.6

The setting to import DimXpert annotations is buried well.


Annotation views can be inserted manually or automatically. You can access the settings for anno-
tation views through the right mouse button (RMB) menu of the Annotations folder of the model,
shown in Figure 23.7. The image on the right shows part of the PropertyManager you get when
inserting a named view on a drawing. It shows that the Front and Top views of the model have
annotations associated with them (indicated by the A on the view symbol).

Driven dimension color
Driven dimensions on the drawing display in gray, and this can be a problem when the drawing is
printed out. There are two methods that you can use to deal with this printing problem. The first
method is to set the Page Properties of the drawing to force it to print in black and white. To find
the Page Properties, choose File ➪ Page Setup. The Page Setup dialog box is shown in Figure 23.8.
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