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Implementing Document Layer Defaults

You can apply document-level layer settings to each type of dimension, annotation, table, or view label detail.

  1. Create layers for a drawing in SolidWorks.

  2. Click Options (Standard toolbar).

  3. Select a detail, such as Dimensions > Chamfer, from the Document Properties tab.

  4. For Layer, select a layer for the detail.
  5. Assign layers to other details as necessary by selecting them from the left navigation pane of the Document Properties tab.

  6. Click OK.

  7. Select Per Standard from the Layer selection list (Layer toolbar).

    The Layer selection list includes all the layers you create as well as the options None, Per Standard, and Format.

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