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Engineering Design and Graphics with SolidWorks 2023
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Engineering Design and Graphics with SolidWorks 2023

by James D. Bethune, Nathan Brown
February 2023
Intermediate to advanced
784 pages
30h 21m
English
Pearson
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Chapter 7. Dimensioning

Chapter Objectives

  • Dimension objects

  • Learn ANSI standards and conventions

  • Dimension different shapes and features

  • Learn fundamentals of 3D dimensioning

7-1 Introduction

Dimensions are added to SolidWorks on Drawing documents. Dimensions will appear in Part documents, but these are construction dimensions. These sketch dimensions are used to create a part and are used when a sketch is edited. They may be modified as the part is being created using the Smart Dimension tool. They will not appear on the finished model or in Assembly documents.

Figure 7-1 shows a dimensioned shape. The drawing on the left in Figure 7-1 shows the sketch dimensions that were used as the part was being created. The drawing on the right ...

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ISBN: 9780137899500