Set Sheet Size Solidworks

So is there a way to edit that lookup table.

Set sheet size solidworks. Editing a sheet is as simple as sketching in solidworks by using the sketch tools. Select a standard sheet size or click browse and locate a custom sheet format file. Enter values for width and height. The popup dialog of sheet format size depends on the type of the drawing template.

That is why drew creates a unique title for each drawing. Drawing sizes a through e. Solidworks has a hard time differentiating two models with the same. The default sheet format files must be moved from the solidworks installation folder data slddrt.

If you let sw scale it to smaller paper it will actually not scale lineweights etc so some details sort of blob together. There was a bug that would name this second sheet sheet3 instead of sheet2. B size are easiest to handle but for drawings with lots of detail i like to use a d size sheet title block etc in sw and then save as pdf and let whatever program prints it to paper do the scaling to 11x17 paper. The asme y14 1 2009 decimal inch drawing and asme y14 1 2009 metric.

Sheet dimensions vs sheet size then if the sheet dimensions don t match one of the standard sizes the sheet name is set to custom. So what i ve got open right now is a drawing template. Hi everyone welcome to the alignex blog my name is geoffrey and today we re going to be going through setting up your drawing templates and your sheet formats in solidworks. Select only show standard formats to display sheet formats for the current drafting standard only.

Specify a width and height. Once you are satisfied with the sheet size right click sheet format1 and select edit sheet format when you are in edit sheet format mode you will be able to modify every part of the sheet template to suit your needs. Select a standard sheet size or click browse and locate a custom sheet format file. Otherwise all formats from all standards are listed.

F g h j k utilize the custom sheet size option. Specify a width and height. Solidworks predefines metric drawing sizes a4 through a0. So i could add say 11 x 11 and give it the sheet name of say sqr.

Metric roll paper sizes utilize the custom sheet size option. There s no need to copy and paste with this method. If a user manually adds a new sheet drew adds the correct paper size and makes sure the sheet name is according to the current company style. I am now thinking that there must be a lookup table somewhere in the solidworks code.

Where is the setting to control the sheet format size popup menu.