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Drafting in SOLIDWORKS

You can draft a drawing in SOLIDWORKS without creating a model.

To draft a drawing in SOLIDWORKS without creating a model:
  1. Open a New drawing document. Choose a template.
  2. Draw lines, rectangles, circles, and other entities with the tools on the Sketch toolbar.
  3. Dimension the entities with the Smart Dimension tool on the Dimensions/Relations toolbar.
  4. Add annotations (Notes, Geometric Tolerance Symbols, Balloons, and so on) with tools on the Annotation toolbar.



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