SolidWorks 2010 Bible

Part V: Creating Drawings

Design Tables that are displayed in this way are often formatted visually to some extent. It is neces-

sary to hide columns and rows unless you want the dimension or feature name syntax to display

on the drawing as well as the values. Extra columns and rows are often added to make the Design

Table readable. The image to the left in Figure 24.10 shows a Design Table that is formatted to be

placed on a drawing. The image to the right shows the same Design Table with all the information

visible. The first column and the first row are hidden to make the table more readable on the draw-

ing, and the second column and second row use the $user_notes header to format the names.

Figure 24.11 shows the drawing with the table inserted. To display the table properly, you have to

edit the table in the window of the parent document and adjust the border of the table to be

exactly how you want it to appear on the drawing. The adjusted table is shown in Figure 24.11.

The labeled dimensions were created by simply making reference dimensions and overwriting the

<DIM> value in the Dimension Text panel of the Dimension PropertyManager. If you would like to

examine this data more closely, the drawing and part are included on the CD-ROM. The drawing

is named Chapter 24–DT.slddrw.

FIGURE 24.10

A Design Table prepared to be placed on a drawing