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How to re-set dimension

Question asked by Jordan Carmel on May 2, 2019
Latest reply on Jun 21, 2019 by Glenn Schroeder
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Hello everyone,

 

I'm fairly a beginner in solidworks, so please bear with me.

 

I'm going through the tutorial introsw.pdf and got to the point of making faucet handle.

I created a similar handle base sketch and used the revolve tool so now I have a solid body:

 

Thing is I saw in the bottom of the window that the document is under-defined, and thought it would be a good exercise to define it fully.

But when I try to change, per example, the base height - I cannot. it is grayed out.

 

I saw somewhere in my google search that I should just right-click it and change it to driving dimension, though it doesn't seem to appear in the menu:

 

How should I proceed?

 

Thanks,

Jordan.

 

 

P.S. I'm using SW2018 SP4, and can only find "smart dimension" tool in sketch menu.

Adam Holmes
Adam Holmes May 2, 2019 11:07 AM
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Hi,

 

You need to edit the sketch in order to add or edit dim's.

 

To do this locate the sketch in the design tree on the left hand side > RMB > Edit Sketch > The sketch lines will change colour to blue or black from here you can now add other dim's to fully define everything.

 

Thanks

 

Adam

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