{"id":193585,"date":"2022-12-02T15:43:01","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T20:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cati.com\/?p=193585"},"modified":"2022-12-02T15:43:01","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T20:43:01","slug":"creating-and-navigating-drawings-solidworks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cati.com\/blog\/creating-and-navigating-drawings-solidworks\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips for Efficiently Creating and Navigating Drawings in SOLIDWORKS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Creating and navigating drawings can feel like a daunting task, especially the larger and more detailed they are. In this blog, we are going to look at a few tips to make creating and navigating drawings a little easier, specifically when working with drawing views in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cati.com\/software\/solidworks-3d-cad\/\">SOLIDWORKS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Dragging a View<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Dragging a view can sometimes be frustrating. You must hover over a view to get the bounding box to show up, then select the border, or select an edge of the model. A more convenient way of doing this is to hold down the \u2018Alt\u2019 key. With the \u2018Alt\u2019 key selected, selecting anywhere in the view moves it (except for on an annotation or view callouts, like a Detail Circle).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-193586\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/word-image-193585-1.gif\" alt=\"You can hold down the alt key to easily navigate around your drawings with a drag and drop.\" width=\"684\" height=\"463\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Where is a View?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Getting all the information you need on a drawing may require creating multiple view types. This could include Parent\/Child views, i.e., detail, section, and auxiliary views. This could also lead to multiple drawing sheets. Determining where an associated view is located can be tricky, especially on multi-sheet drawings. Enter, Location Labels. Location Labels indicate where a child\u2019s parent view (or parent\u2019s child view) is located on the drawing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-193587 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/graphical-user-interface-application-description.png\" alt=\"Graphical user interface, application Description automatically generated\" width=\"395\" height=\"590\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/graphical-user-interface-application-description.png 560w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/graphical-user-interface-application-description-201x300.png 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Located under <strong>Insert<\/strong> \ud83e\udc6a <strong>Annotations<\/strong> (or use the handy \u2018Search Commands\u2019 tool), simply select the view itself to add a Location Label to a child view.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-193588 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/diagram-engineering-drawing-description-automati.png\" alt=\"Diagram, engineering drawing Description automatically generated\" width=\"694\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/diagram-engineering-drawing-description-automati.png 996w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/diagram-engineering-drawing-description-automati-300x193.png 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/diagram-engineering-drawing-description-automati-768x495.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 694px) 100vw, 694px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To add one to a parent view, choose the detail circle, cutting line, or view arrow.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-193589\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/diagram-description-automatically-generated.png\" alt=\"This is how you add a location label to a drawing, making navigation easier.\" width=\"628\" height=\"571\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/diagram-description-automatically-generated.png 899w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/diagram-description-automatically-generated-300x273.png 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/diagram-description-automatically-generated-768x699.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By default, the annotation will appear as a split balloon with the sheet number on top and the zone on the bottom. You can modify this in the Property Manager (see the previous 2 images). You can also change it in the Document Properties. Please note that this applies to any newly added Location Labels in the file.\u00a0 And of course, you can save those changes into your templates for future use, if you want.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-193590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/graphical-user-interface-application-description-1.png\" alt=\"Creating new drawings can include a preset group of settings, ensuring you can create accurate drawings every time.\" width=\"641\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/graphical-user-interface-application-description-1.png 1081w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/graphical-user-interface-application-description-1-300x223.png 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/graphical-user-interface-application-description-1-1024x762.png 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/graphical-user-interface-application-description-1-768x571.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Wrapping Up<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Knowing how to efficiently drag a view and create labels to effectively find a view will hopefully help make the creation and navigation of your drawings a little more manageable. These are just a few tips, but I also have a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lg-jg2--otk\">SOLIDWORKS drawings tips webinar<\/a><\/strong> you should check out. We also have thousands of videos on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CATICHANNEL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">our YouTube channel<\/a><\/strong> and many more blogs to check out on our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cati.com\/blog\">blog<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Field<br \/>\nSr. Application Engineer<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cati.com\/\">Computer Aided Technology<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creating and navigating drawings can feel like a daunting task, especially the larger and more detailed they are. In this blog, we are going to look at a few tips to make creating and navigating drawings a little easier, specifically when working with drawing views in SOLIDWORKS. Dragging a View Dragging a view can sometimes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":177007,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2286,2280],"tags":[1584,79,42],"class_list":["post-193585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solidworks-topics","category-drawings","tag-how-to","tag-drawings","tag-solidworks-2"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.5 (Yoast SEO v22.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tips for Efficiently Creating and Navigating Drawings in SOLIDWORKS - Computer Aided Technology<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In this blog we are going to look at a few tips to make creating and navigating drawings in SOLIDOWRKS a little easier\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cati.com\/blog\/creating-and-navigating-drawings-solidworks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tips for Efficiently Creating and Navigating Drawings in SOLIDWORKS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In this blog we are going to look at a few tips to make creating and navigating drawings in SOLIDOWRKS a little easier\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.cati.com\/blog\/creating-and-navigating-drawings-solidworks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Computer Aided Technology\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ComputerAidedTechnology\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-12-02T20:43:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.cati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/blog-featured-image-fill-in-final.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"550\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"250\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ryan Field\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@CATISolidWorks\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@CATISolidWorks\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ryan Field\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.cati.com\/blog\/creating-and-navigating-drawings-solidworks\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.cati.com\/blog\/creating-and-navigating-drawings-solidworks\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ryan Field\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.cati.com\/#\/schema\/person\/8f2d2825945d1661ad1645d5d1e3d179\"},\"headline\":\"Tips for Efficiently Creating and Navigating Drawings in SOLIDWORKS\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-12-02T20:43:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-12-02T20:43:01+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.cati.com\/blog\/creating-and-navigating-drawings-solidworks\/\"},\"wordCount\":400,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.cati.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.cati.com\/blog\/creating-and-navigating-drawings-solidworks\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/blog-featured-image-fill-in-final.png\",\"keywords\":[\"How to\",\"drawings\",\"solidworks\"],\"articleSection\":[\"SOLIDWORKS Topics\",\"Drawings\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.cati.com\/blog\/creating-and-navigating-drawings-solidworks\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.cati.com\/blog\/creating-and-navigating-drawings-solidworks\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.cati.com\/blog\/creating-and-navigating-drawings-solidworks\/\",\"name\":\"Tips for Efficiently Creating and Navigating Drawings in SOLIDWORKS - 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