Engineering Design with SOLIDWORKS® 2016 Fundamentals of Drawing
Insert dimensions into the Auxiliary View.
221) Click inside the Auxiliary view boundary.
Click the Model Items D rawing tool. The Model
Items PropertyManager is displayed.
Select Entire Model from the Source box. Auxiliary is
displayed in the Destination box. View your options from
the Dimensions box.
Click the Hole Wizard Locations button from the
Dimensions box. Note: Do not click the Hole Callout
button at this time. You will manually create the Hole
Wizard Callout in the drawing.
Click OK from the Model Items PropertyManager.
Move the dimensions off the view as illustrated. If needed
zoom in on the dimensions to move them.
The dimensions for the Linear Pattern of Holes are
determined from the initial Hole Wizard position
dimensions and the Linear Pattern dimensions. Your
dimensioning standard requires the distance between the
holes in a pattern.
Do not over dimension. In the next steps, hide the existing
dimensions and add a new dimension.
In the next section, if
required, click Options,
Document Properties,
Dimensions from the
Menu bar. Uncheck the
Add parentheses by
default box. Click OK.