By pressing this magic button on the BOM list of materials, a search field will appear, or rather filtering. Of course it makes sense, if the lists are extensive with many items. You can search or filter each column. However, by selecting Custom Filter, you can define the criteria much more precisely, even forming conditions.
I present simple ways to change the color or hatching style in sections and half-views - half-sections. Both solutions require the inclusion of additional toolbars – Line Format or Layer. 1. format lines. Select the dashed area and on the Line Format tab, select Color. Remember to switch the color switching mode. 2. Layer. Layers in....
You can assign an identifier to an individual component instance in an assembly. To do this, edit the Component Properties and complete the Component Reference. E.g, you can use Component References to store reference designators for a printed circuit board assembly or an electrical wiring assembly. When different instances of the same component have different Component Reference values, these instances can be displayed as separate...
If you have encountered such an error: “The model could not be properly cut through the section line (…)” – then this post may help you understand it. The above-mentioned problem may appear in the drawing when making a cross-section. If it appears, this is definitely related to the zero thickness geometry error. This is a known situation, when e.g. you make a hole....
Settings in SOLIDWORKS can be divided into global and local ones. By global I mean the settings in the system options, that concern the entire program and not a specific document. These settings include displaying tangent edges. Such edges will be visible everywhere between adjacent walls. Long ago, when I studied technical drawing in college, on paper of course....
The ability to download dimensions from a model to a drawing is a very cool functionality. However, this doesn't always make sense. I will show two situations, when it is worth taking dimensions and when I advise against it. The first situation is this, when the model is geometrically complex and cannot be dimensioned in the drawing. Then I take the dimensions from the model and anyway, that they are not....
In drawings, the default display mode is ULU mode (hidden lines removed, the. HLR {hidden lines removed}). However, we often use display states or other techniques for more advanced assemblies, to show e.g. the inside of the device. it is clear, that there are many possibilities, including an exploded view or creating a section. Today, however, I will introduce a relatively new option, ie. Look...
Imagine a situation, in which we insert dimensions automatically, but we want to delete them later. It would be most convenient to mark them with a large frame and simply delete them. Unfortunately, then we also remove other annotations, e.g. center marks. But did you know, that in this case you can activate filters F5 and enable Filter hole dimensions/callouts. As a result, you only remove the dimensions, alternatively...
In a weldment, the skeleton sketch is not momentarily hidden by default, when it will be used in the operation. Suppose, that we make a drawing from such a structure. Then the sketches will be visible in each of the projections. Of course, you can hide them – but separately in each view. Theoretically, you could just globally turn off the visibility of sketches, but we hide them all, so I advise against it. Sketches...
