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Detailing and Drawings
In addition, you can do the following:
• Change the position, rotation, and labels of drawing views.
• Copy or cut drawing views and paste them onto the same or other sheets within the
same drawing.
• Within annotations, add links to the displayed values of dimensions and other linkable
annotations.
• Insert sketch blocks.
• Add general and revision tables. You cannot add other table types.
• Select displayed geometry, such as model edges and sketches. Use Select Other to
find other selectable items. You cannot select model faces in any drawing views.
• Save the file as a PDF/DXF file, or print as a PDF.
Limitations
• You cannot create new drawing views.
• You cannot create centerlines, center marks, or hatching.
• You cannot use the Undo tool.
• Draft quality section views cannot be selected or exported to DXF/DWG.
• Detailing mode is not available for detached drawings.
Opening Drawings in Detailing Mode
You can use the Open tool to open drawings in Detailing mode.
In Detailing mode, you can add and edit dimensions and annotations within the drawing,
but the model data is not loaded.
Detailing mode is available for drawings saved in SOLIDWORKS 2020 and later.
To open drawings in Detailing mode:
1. Click Open (Standard toolbar) or File > Open, or press Ctrl+O.
2. In the dialog box, in Files of type, select SOLIDWORKS Drawing (*.drw;
*slddrw).
3. Browse to select a drawing.
4. In the dialog box, for Mode, select Detailing .
5. Click Open.
When a drawing is in Detailing mode:
• appears on the top node of the FeatureManager design tree.
• [Detailing] is appended to the file name in the top bar of the SOLIDWORKS
window.
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