problem with antotaition in drawing Hello, I am trying to add some annotations to a drawing and I'm failing because the plane is a bit tilted. is there a way to work around this? I received a Drawing which I need to recreate in 3D. I th... 
Is there a way to use a location label as the detail circle text We would like to use the detail circle text style shown in the image below, with a leader attached to a split line circle, detail letter at top and the sheet where the detail view is shown in the bottom. I know I can ... 
Hole Fit Tolerance Workflow Can anyone explain to me the 'workflow' for using the "Fit", "Fit With Tolerance", and "Fit (tolerance only)" options for hole Tolerance/ Precision? It's obvious that the various limits for hole and shaft sizi... 
Is it possible to set the base of an ordinate dimension to use the same precision as the document? By default it is set to zero decimal places. Is it possible to set the base of an ordinate dimension to use the same precision as the document? By default it is set to zero decimal places. 
Manually entering instance count without breaking dimension text I'm trying to use the hole callout tool to dimension some slots. I created one slot using a sketch+extrude cut, then did a linear pattern to create a second slot. The dimensions on the slot come in fine but I can't ad... 
Schweißkonstruktion Laserzuschnitte in Zeichnungsableitung der Stückliste zuordnen?? Hallo Zusammen, es tauchte eine Frage bezüglich SolidWorks auf, welche wir zu lösen versuchen. Kurze Erklärung: Wir nutzen in unserer Konstruktion SolidWorks 2017. Viele unserer Konst... 
hatch pattern not updating Hi there, I am having a problem with hatch patterns. I have assigned different materials to various parts of an assembly. I have a section view on an assembly drawing, but all the hatch patterns ar... 
Poor quality of logo on PDF drawing Hi guys, I am a bit new to SolidWorks, therefore, maybe there is an easy way to solve my problem. Problem: I need to add a logo to the drawing I created. It worked ok, but as soon as I save the drawing as PDF... 
Linear Foreshortened in detail views How can I add a linear Foreshortened dimension in a detailed view? let's say between A and B : At present I select Smart Dimension tool and select A point in detail view and then select B face and place the dimension... 
How can I change the spelling in <hw-thru> I want to change the drill callout for through holes from "THRU" to " THRO' " (which is UK usage). I have tried editing the calloutformat.txt file but that doesn't give the option to change the spelling cast by <h... 
REPLACE SHEET FORMAT How can I replace a sheet format in a current drawing? 
Is anyone else experiencing extremely long save times on a drawing? SW 2020 SP 4.0. It was always bad but over the last couple of days something has changed? Either a Windows update is doing this or SP 4.0? Anyone else out there with the same issues? 
Mix of Aligned & Horizontal Text on Dimensions Solidworks 2016: Is it possible to mix dimensions, some with aligned text and some with horizontal text, within the same drawing ? I can see how to set either in document properties but it applies to all dimensions.... 
HOW DO YOU UNBEND A WELDMENT FOR DRAWINGS WE HAVE WELDMENTS THAT NEED TO BE DRILLED BEFORE WE BEND THEM SO WE NEED A FLAT PATTERN OF THE WELDMENT FOR HOLE CALL OUT, HOW DO WE UNBEND A WELDMENT? 801-512-9081 
Send to back for drawing Hi all, Is there a Send to back Feature in SW? Or does anyone have a trick for this job? I combine the two parts in an assembly file and I know this image but it's time consuming. I tried using layers, but there is ... 
How do I add threads to a hemi-sphere What is the best way to add 20 threads per inch with a 60 degree bevel to a hemi-sphere? The lines on the model are where I was trying to do a bunch of swept cuts, but I thought there has to be a better/... 
Autonumbering of standard drawing views Sections view automatically have names like "Section A-A" I would like standard views to also have an auto numbered identifier. Now they by default come as "Drawing View1" etc. But when i move sheets around, i have ... 
Layers restricted to only 1 sheet ? I have put some components to another layer so i can give them a color on 1 sheet of my drawing. But now those components are all in those colors on other sheets too. How can i avoid this ? Intended on this sh... Why it do that? When I'm working in an assembly the display will randomly flash ghost parts in the foreground. Sometimes it happens when I'm in section view, sometimes not. I find that section view has it's fair amount of bugs that p... 
Display help I'm working with a cylinder with hole configurations down the length of it. Is there a way to set up planes that always do a cross-sectional view of the holes? I want to cut the assembly in half and have the cut go al...