Annotations

SOLIDWORKS has many tools for specific annotations, as shown below. You can control many properties of the annotations in PropertyManagers and dialog boxes.

Some annotations, such as dowel pin symbols and area hatch, are available only in drawings. Many others, such as notes and weld symbols, can be added in model documents during the design phase and then inserted automatically from the model documents into the drawings.

Area Hatch/Fill
Tool_auto_balloon_annotations.gif Auto Balloon
Balloon
Caterpillar
Center Mark
Centerline
or Circular or Linear Note Pattern
Cosmetic Thread
Datum Feature Symbol
Datum Target Symbol
Dowel Pin Symbol
End Treatment
Geometric Tolerance Symbol
Hole Callout
Multi-jog Leader
Note
Revision Symbol
Stacked Balloon
Surface Finish Symbol
Weld Symbol