![]() Now I have linked my linear dimensions to the Dimensions layer within my ‘Innova Systems’ drafting standard there is one final (and easy to forget!) step. The preview has updated to show the example dimension in yellow: Here I have set Linear Dimensions to appear on the Dimensions layer. Open up the ‘Options’ dialog and click on the ‘Document Properties’, browse to the chosen drawing item and choose the layer it needs to appear on. Once the layers have been created individual document items can be assigned to them. In the example below I have added a Yellow layer titled Dimensions and a Green layer titled Notes: This can be done by clicking on the layers button, then adding new layers by clicking the ‘New’ button and entering a name followed by defining their colours by clicking on the colour block and choosing the preferred colour. ![]() ![]() Many customers when they first start with SOLIDWORKS have a design office drawing standard that states that specific items must appear in specific colours and so their SOLIDWORKS template needs to be customised to use coloured layers. This blog post came from a customer asking me a question about the colours on his drawings and in particular the use of this button on the Line Format toolbar:īeyond reading the tool tip to them I couldn’t give them a succinct description of how the button worked so I thought I’d write it down! ![]()
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