Making the Symbol Library Yours

Posted on May 24th, 2008 in Customize, Drawings, Productivity, SolidWorks, Standards by The SW Geek

On the last ‘Standards Tuesday’ I mentioned flagnotes and using the Symbol Library to insert them into your notes. For those who are not familiar with it, the Symbol Library is a library of commonly used symbols ranging from dimension symbols to weld symbols, also the most common flagnotes are available. The Symbol Library can be accessed in the FeatureManager by clicking the Add Symbol button, the one the looks like the centerline symbol. Also to refresh your memory, flagnotes are symbols listed with the General Notes that only apply to specific points and regions in a drawing. The Symbol Library should have just about every symbol you might need for your notes but there may be times, depending on your company standards, you may need additional symbols. Luckily, adding symbols to the symbol library is not as hard as it may seem.

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Standards Tuesday - Drawing Notes

Posted on May 20th, 2008 in Drawings, Standards by The SW Geek

After the drawing number, title and revision, the Drawing Notes are usually the next thing the someone will look at on a print. The drawing notes provide more information then what is normally provided by the drawing itself. The notes can be used to better describe the part, provide information about finishes, describe inspection requirements or just provide more information to the machinist. Usually if the dimensions alone do not tell the whole story then the notes will provide the rest.

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