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Engineering Design with SOLIDWORKS® 2018 Fundamentals of Drawing

Set Drawing Size, Sheet Properties and Document Properties for the Sheet (Sheet Format1)

Drawing Template. Sheet Properties control Sheet Size, Sheet Scale and §i Display Grid

Type of Projection. Document Properties control the display of ~ Edit Sheet Format

Add Sheet. ..
dimensions, annotations and symbols in the drawing.
Ct) Copy

X Delete

Set Sheet Properties. View your options in the Sheet Properties dialog box.

6) Right-click in the Graphics window.

7) Click Properties ~ . The Sheet Properties dialog Sheet Properties ? x

box is displayed. If needed, expand the drop-down Sheet Properties Zone Parameters

menu to view the Properties command. Name: ._I She_et1 _ ___, Type of projection Next view label: I A
O First angle :==:::::::

Scale: 1, I : I 1 j @Third angle Next datum label: ._I A ___,

Sheet Format/Size
8) Select Sheet Scale 1: 1.
@ standard sheet size
Preview
O Only show standard format

A (ANSI) Landscape Reload
A (ANSI) Portrait
9) Select B (ANSI) Landscape from the Standard ,B (ANSI) Landscape

C (ANSI) Landscape
sheet size box. D (ANSI) Landscape

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1 O) If needed uncheck the Display sheet format box. 0 Display sheet format Width: 17.00in Heiaht: 11.00in

O Custom sheet size

V'/icl1 I I He1qht

11) Select Third Angle for Type of projection.

Use custom orooertv values from model shown in:

Default e~t Sh t to Mod, y

Same as sheet specified in Document Properties
12) Click Apply Changes from the Sheet Properties

dialog box.
Apply hanges Cancel Help

Set Document Properties. Set drafting standard, units, and

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prec1s1on. System Options ocument Properties

Drafting Standard
13) Click Options @, Document Properties tab from the Menu l±lAnnotations
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bar. i-·· Borders

ltl Dimensions

I Centerlines/Center Marks
14) Select ANSI for Overall drafting standard. l··· DimXpert

ffiTables

15) Click the Units folder. ffiViews

I Virtual Sharps

Detailing

16) Select MMGS for Unit system. Drawing Sheets

Grid/Snap

17) Select .12 for basic unit length decimal place.

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Line Style

18) Select None for basic unit angle decimal place.

Detailing options provide the ability to address dimensioning Unit system

O MKS (meter. kilogram. second)

standards, text style, center marks, extension lines, arrow -- ~ CGS (centimeter. gram. seco,.d)
MMGS (millimeter, gram, second)

01PS Qnch, pound, second)
styles, tolerance and precision. Ocustom

There are numerous text styles and sizes available in Type Unit Decimals

Basic Units
SOLIDWORKS. Companies develop drawing format -

standards and use specific text height for Metric and English Length mmimetflrs .12~ -
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drawings. Dual Dirnension Length millimeters .12

Angle degrees ~ one

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