Dowel Pin Symbols

You can add dowel pin symbols to holes (circular edges, sketched circles, or arcs) in drawings. The symbol conforms to the size of the selected hole.

Restrictions:

  • The face containing the hole must be normal to the plane of the currently active view.
  • You cannot move dowel pin symbols with Copy or Cut and Paste operations unless the symbol is defined by sketch entities.

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.

Inserting Dowel Pin Symbols Manually

To manually insert dowel pin symbols into a drawing:

  1. Do one of the following:
    • Click Dowel Pin Symbol (Annotation toolbar) or Insert > Annotations > Dowel Pin Symbol, and select a circular edge, a sketched circle, or an arc.
    • Select circular edges, sketched circles, or arcs and click Dowel Pin Symbol or Insert > Annotations > Dowel Pin Symbol.
    Dowel pin symbols appear in the selected holes, and the Dowel Pin Symbol PropertyManager appears. You can continue to select circular edges or sketched circles or arcs to insert additional dowel pin symbols.
  2. Click PM_OK.gif.

In this example, dowel pin symbols are added to holes of various sizes. The symbol in green is flipped 90°.