Creating a Drawing
Drawings consist of one or more views generated from a part or assembly.
A part or assembly must be
saved before creating its associated drawing.
To create a drawing from within
a part or assembly document:
Click Make Drawing from Part/Assembly (Standard toolbar or New
flyout menu).
Select
options for Sheet
Format/Size, then click OK.
Drag views
from the View Palette into the drawing
sheet, and set options in the PropertyManager.
To create a new drawing:
Click New
(Standard toolbar) or File, New.
In the New SolidWorks
Document dialog box, select Drawing
, then click OK.
Select
options for Sheet
Format/Size, then click OK.
In the
Model View
PropertyManager, select a model from Open
documents or browse to a part or assembly file.
Specify
options in the PropertyManager, then place the view in the graphics area.
Saving Drawing Documents
Drawing file names have the extension .slddrw. A new drawing takes the name
of the first model inserted. The name appears in the title bar. When you
save the drawing, the name of the model appears in the Save
As dialog box as the default file name, with the default extension
.slddrw. You can edit the name
before saving the drawing document
.