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, do one of the following:
- Select a view (the pointer changes to
) and press Alt while dragging.
- 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.