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Fundamentals of Drawing Engineering Design with SOLIDWORKS® 2018

Numerous engineering drawings use the following format:

• Font: Century Gothic - All capital letters.

• Text height: .125in. or 3mm for drawings up to B (ANSI) Size, 17in. x 22in.

• Text height: .156in. or 5mm for drawings larger than B (ANSI) Size, 17in x 22in.

• Arrowheads: Solid filled with a 1 :3

System Options Document Properties
ratio of arrow width to arrow

Overall drafting standard

height. ANSI-MODIFIED

I Borde

cl=JDimensions Text

Set the Annotations font height. ··Centerlines/Center Marks

- DimXpert I Font... Century Gothic
19) Click the Annotations folder. + Tables

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Height
20) Click the Font button.

@ units 13.00mm

0Points 11
21) Click the Units button.

12

14
22) Enter 3.00mm for Height. 16

Space: 11.00mm I

23) Enter 1.00mm for Space.

Effects

D Strikeout D Underline

24) Click OK.

System Options Document Properties
Change the Arrow Height.

Drafting Standard
25) Click the Dimensions folder from [±!Annotations

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the Document Properties column as :·-Borders
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illustrated.

26) Enter 1 mm for arrow Height.

Arrows

27) Enter 3mm for arrow Width.
I 1mm

28) Enter 6mm for arrow Length. - I
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Set SectionNiews size. I 3mmJ

29) Expand the Views folder from the 16mm

Document Properties column.

D Scale with dimension height

30) Click the Section folder.

i oimXpert
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+ Tables
31) Enter 2mm for arrow Height.

- Views

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I Auxiliary

32) Enter 6mm for arrow Width. l oetail

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33) Enter 12mm for arrow Length.
··Other

Virtual Sharps

34) Click OK from the Document

Properties - Section dialog box.

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