Notes / Labels in a sketch

Discussion in 'SolidWorks' started by Relz, Apr 14, 2005.

  1. Relz

    Relz Guest

    I am doing some R&D work for a kitchen cabinet company. We are trying to
    find a nice looking profile so I modeled up a raised panel with a few arches
    in the top portion of it. When we are discussing different points in the
    drawing it gets confusing. Is there a way to label points or features. For
    example, he wants the know the x,y coordinates for the beginning and end
    points of each arch. We would like to label them "A", "B", "C", etc. so we
    are both talking about the same point. Can this be done? (Solidworks has
    been a real blessing in this area because I can change one dimension and see
    what the rest of the profile looks like when it changes with the constraints
    / equations we have inputted.)

    Thanks,

    Relz
     
    Relz, Apr 14, 2005
    #1
  2. My first thought is just put notes with arrows on the various points. You
    can make them visible by having Display Annotations checked.

    WT
     
    Wayne Tiffany, Apr 14, 2005
    #2
  3. Relz

    TOP Guest

    Why not use eDrawings for the discussion and have him mark it up? They
    you will have a record of changes to go on.
     
    TOP, Apr 14, 2005
    #3
  4. Relz

    Eddie Guest

    You may want to consider the use of "Named Views" & the annotation
    option "Display items only in the view orientation in which they are
    created."
    It is a bit cumbersome to set up but I've done it in the past as a
    "poorman's slide show".
    Basically. all you need to do is go to a descriptive view and created
    your first note, then save a named view (like, Step One). Next, change
    the view by: rotating just a hair, zooming in or by switching to a
    conpletely different orientation altogether, add another note or two,
    then save another named view (Step Two). Repeat this process until you
    have conveyed your intentions.
     
    Eddie, Apr 15, 2005
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