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Inserting Dowel Pin Symbols Automatically

You can automatically insert dowel pin symbols for dowel holes created with the Hole Wizard.

To automatically insert dowel pin symbols into a drawing:

  1. Click Dowel Pin Symbol (Annotation toolbar) or Insert > Annotations > Dowel Pin Symbol.
  2. Under Auto Insert, select For all dowel holes.
  3. Select drawing views.

    As you select drawing views, the dowel pin symbols are inserted in the view.

  4. Click PM_OK.gif.

    To flip a dowel pin symbol after it has been inserted, right-click the symbol and click Flip Symbol.

You can also set a document property to automatically create all dowel pin symbols on view creation.
  1. In a drawing, click Tools > Options.
  2. On the Document Properties tab, click Detailing.
  3. Under Auto insert on view creation, select:
    • Dowel symbols -part
    • Dowel symbols -assembly
  4. Click OK.


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