Sheet Drawing Solidworks Sheet Format

This helps when user to add a new sheet to the drawing.

Sheet drawing solidworks sheet format. Select drawing then click ok. Notice details about sheet size. Your sheet format represents the physical piece of paper that the drawing is placed on including sheet size border and title block information. Every drawing template must be saved with the sheet format.

Now the sheet format this is accessed by right clicking and i ll just choose edit sheet format here. Start a blank new drawing via file new. Under each drawing template document properties you can specify the sheet format. Then select your new sheet format from the list.

Edit the sheet properties right click on drawing properties and choose the sheet size a b c etc set the sheet scale etc. Almost every solidworks user has the need to insert a unique company title block into the solidworks drawing template. If comp1 has a drawing sheet format path of c path. Your templates hold all of your settings in tools options document properties.

Assuming you have saved your new sheet format you can open each sheet rmb on the sheet making sure you are not rmbing on a drawing view and select properties. It also contains the link to your s heet format. User does not have to browse the sheet format all the time. Because many times a specific sheet format is saved into a drawing template many people aren t entirely sure of the difference.

The sheet width height and format are displayed. You enter custom properties on the summary information. Templates need to be saved for parts assemblies and drawings. These properties extract information from the part assembly or drawing.

Now if i have another computer i e. At home where the drawing sheet format path is specified at d path see fig 2. Ok so that s what the drawing template stores. The sheet formats provided with the solidworks software do not conform to any standard.

Units decimal places etc. In the featuremanager design tree right click sheet format and click properties. This blog article illustrates the differences between sheet format and templates in solidworks and how to use them. In an open drawing you can change to a different sheet format.

Click new standard toolbar. As seen below i remove c path and only list fab 03 slddrt see fig 1. The sheet format will resolve since sw combines the path from fig 2 with the file name in fig 1. Understanding the terms sheet format and drawing template in solidworks terminology will be central to your success.

Selecting a sheet format. In this blog we ll discuss a few handy strategies that will streamline your process. If your new sheet format doesn t show choose the browse button and find it. System properties are automatically available when you insert a note.

The sheet format contains the title block down here the border and finally also if i go to file properties the custom properties that are stored. Drawing templates contain notes that link to properties.