How to generate drawings like the published field drawings?

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Select "8. Tutor Drawing"

You will see how to modify the sheet format and insert your model.

Creating a custom sheet format can say you lots of time when you are making a series of drawings. You can also insert a picture in .jpeg format of your team's logo into your title block and team name. Once you have your sheet format, you can use it for every drawing.

The title of the drawing will follow the part file name, however this can be modified as a custom property. The more properties you define in the part, the better. For example if you define material in the part, you will automatically get material in the standard SolidWorks title block. You can insert Weight into your titleblock as a custom property. If the part changes, the weight displayed on the drawing will also change. Depending on the units you set this may be Mass and not Weight. The Material will propogate to the Bill of Materials in the assembly drawing.



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