Engineering Design with SOLIDWORKS® 2016 Fundamentals of Drawing
Activity: Detail Drawing-Move Dimensions
Move the linear dimensions in Drawing View1.
Zoom to area on Drawing
View1.
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.
- 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.