Solidworks Slot Dimension Drawing
SolidWorks Drawing / Drafting. Solidworks: Dimension a Drawing Sheet - Duration: 30:18. Eli Chmouni 197,252 views. Solidworks tutorial - Sketch Entities Slots with Solidworks. How do you go about dimensioning slots in drawings? In SW I would create the dimensions, edit the radius one to add SLOT at the begining and then select the length dimension to add it to the string. Then the dimensions were linked to the part and not just dumb text. I am not finding a simular function here.
Ctrl+d = Diameter Dim. D = smart dimension. Shift+q = quadrant selection toggle (for selecting the overall slot length) n + click on geometry = leader note (for a quick 2x R callout if you truly get that technical.) Ordinate doesn't have a shortcut 😒 I just map it to 'S' menu as it is my most used dim style.
Do you know how to do slot sketching in SolidWorks graphics area? The slot tool contains mainly two types and are straight and arc slots. In the 7th part of SolidWorks Tutorial, you are going see how to straight and arc slots, which are explained with aid of images and also explains the slot property manager in detail.
Table of Contents
Note: You can control the dimension of the arc by using “Slot Property manager” or using “Smart Dimension Tool”
SolidWorks Tutorials 6: How to Use Slot Sketching Tools
The straight slots and arc slots are main two type’s slot sketching tool inside the SoildWorks Sketch. Like, different rectangle/arc drawing methods, slot sketching tools contains 3 point and centerpoint drawing methods. Let see each one of them in detail.
Note: This is just tutorial showing how to use slot tool, not showing any product drawing or designing in it. If you are advanced SolidWorks user please avoid it. This Solidworks tutorial is for beginners, students or people likes to learn about SolidWorks.
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SolidWorks Tutorials 6: How to Draw Straight Slot
Using the “Straight Slots” tool, you can draw linear slots on the sketch entity. Two of the drawing methods are Straight slots and Centerpoint slots. These slots have additional option in property manager menu like center to center and overall length setting.
Step 1
Open the Solidworks and New part File. If you don’t know it, Read How to Create New Part File. Select the Plane (e.g. Top Plane) and normalize using the “Normal To” Button.
Step 2
You can access the “Straight Slots Tool” button from the command manager and Menubar. Click on the Straight slot button to select it which is shown in the above figure.
Step 3
To draw the straight slot you have to select 3 points.
Drag the mouse pointer to sketch area and click the mouse left button to set the “Point 1” which is shown in the above figure.
Drag the pointer to left side (in figure) to set the “point 2”.
Solidworks Drawing Dimension Slot Length
Again drag it to set the “point 3” and that way you can complete the Straight slot drawing.
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Additional Info: Slot Sketching Property Manager
The property manager of slots sketching tools helps to adjust the dimensional and their positions in the X-Y axis or plane. Let us see the each components of the property manager menu.
Solidworks Slot Dimension Drawing Software
Slot Type: In this section, you can select any rectangle type such as straight, centerpoint straight, 3 point arc and centerpoint arc slot.
Existing Relations: If you select the each portion of the slot by using “select” tool, you can see the existing relations.
Parameters: here you set the dimension of your slot dimensions and position on the plane you selected.
This example shows two ways to add the following dimensions and annotations to a curved slot:
Centerline (A)
Length of arc (B)
Center marks (C) and (D)
Note:
To add a centerline annotation to a curved object, you cannot use the Center Line command. Instead, use the techniques described here.
The method you choose depends upon whether you start from a model document or a draft document.
Starting with a curved slot in a model document, create a drawing view that shows the curved slot by doing the following:
Click the application button at the top-left of the window, and then choose Create Drawing.
In the Create Drawing dialog box, select a drawing template with file name extension *.dft.
In the Drawing View Wizard, set the drawing view creation options and drawing view orientation you want to use.
To learn how, see the help topic, Create Drawing Views of a Part or Assembly.
Right-click the drawing view and choose Draw In View from the shortcut menu.
Do the following to draw a curved line to represent the centerline of the slot:
Choose the Arc By 3 Points command.
(Optional) On the command bar, set the Line Type, Line Color, and Line Width options as desired.
When prompted to click the start point, locate the arc at one end of the slot and press C on the keyboard. Do not click.
This automatically selects the center point of the arc.
When prompted to click the end point, locate the arc at the opposite end of the slot and press C on the keyboard. Do not click.
When prompted to click a point for the arc, move the cursor to the middle of the slot so that the centerline curves in the appropriate direction, and click.
The centerline is now complete.
On the command bar, click the Return button.
Choose the Smart Dimension command , and then select the centerline.
On the Smart Dimension command bar, select the Length option, and then click to place the arc length dimension.
Choose the Center Mark command .
On the Center Mark command bar, from the Orientation list, select By 2 Points.
At one end of the slot, specify the center point of the center mark by clicking the end of the slot centerline.
At the same end, specify the location of the center mark by clicking the center of the curved end of the slot.
Repeat steps 8 and 9 to place a center mark at the other end of the slot.
Solidworks Slot Dimension Drawing 3d
To create the curved slot in a draft document, draw a single curved line using the Arc By 3 Points command: .
Choose the Symmetric Offset command.
In the Symmetric Offset Options dialog box, do all of the following:
In the Width box, type a value for slot width.
In the Radius box, type a radius value for the curved ends of the slot.
Under Cap Type, select the Offset Arc option.
Tip:
The Offset Arc option creates a centerline that does not extend to the ends of the slot.
Select the arc line you drew in step 1, and click the green check mark on the command bar to automatically creates both the curved slot and the centerline.
Click Smart Dimension , and then select the centerline.
On the Smart Dimension command bar, select the Length option, and then click to place the arc length dimension.
Choose the Center Mark command .
On the Center Mark command bar, from the Orientation list, select By 2 Points.
At one end of the slot, specify the center point of the center mark by clicking the end of the slot centerline.
At the same end, specify the location of the center mark by clicking the center of the curved end of the slot.
Repeat steps 9 and 10 to place a center mark at the other end of the slot.