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Dragging

In the SolidWorks software, you can move sketch entities by selecting them and dragging. You can also stretch sketch entities by dragging. For example, select a line and drag an endpoint, or select a side or vertex of a rectangle and drag to stretch the rectangle.

Drag dimensions and annotations to position them.

You can also drag drawing views.

To drag drawing views:

Select a view (the pointer changes to ) and press Alt while dragging.

- or -

Select the edge of a view (the pointer changes to ), then drag.

Many other items are available for dragging, including feature previews, components in assemblies, and so on.

Related SolidWorks Topics

Autotransitioning
Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Sketch Entities
Sketch Modes



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