You're reading from Learn SOLIDWORKS Get up to speed with key concepts and tools to become an accomplished SOLIDWORKS Associate and Professional

Product type Paperback

Published in Jan 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801073097

Length 676 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Tools

SolidWorks

Concepts

Computer Aided Design

Author (1):

Tayseer Almattar

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Table of Contents (26) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1 – Getting Started

2. Chapter 1: Introduction to SOLIDWORKS FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Interface and Navigation

4. Section 2 – 2D Sketching

5. Chapter 3: SOLIDWORKS 2D Sketching Basics

6. Chapter 4: Special Sketching Commands

7. Section 3 – Basic Mechanical Core Features – Associate Level

8. Chapter 5: Basic Primary One-Sketch Features

9. Chapter 6: Basic Secondary Multi-Sketch Features

10. Section 4 – Basic Evaluations and Assemblies – Associate Level

11. Chapter 7: Materials and Mass Properties

12. Chapter 8: Standard Assembly Mates

13. Section 5 – 2D Engineering Drawings Foundation

14. Chapter 9: Introduction to Engineering Drawings

15. Project 1: 3D-Modeling a Pair of Glasses

16. Chapter 10: Basic SOLIDWORKS Drawing Layout and Annotations

17. Chapter 11: Bill of Materials

18. Section 6 – Advanced Mechanical Core Features – Professional Level

19. Chapter 12: Advanced SOLIDWORKS Mechanical Core Features

20. Chapter 13: Equations, Configurations, and Design Tables

21. Section 7 – Advanced Assemblies – Professional Level

22. Chapter 14: SOLIDWORKS Assemblies and Advanced Mates

23. Chapter 15: Advanced SOLIDWORKS Assemblies Competencies

24. Project 2: 3D-Modeling an RC Helicopter Model

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Utilizing parts callouts

In this section, we will cover how to add callouts to the parts in our BOM. These can help us identify the location of the items in the drawing itself. Here, we will cover auto balloon callouts. To create these callouts, we can do the following:

From the Annotation tab, select the Auto Balloon command, as highlighted in the following screenshot:

Figure 11.27 – The location of the Auto Balloon command

Click on the two views we have on the drawing, one after another. You will notice balloons popping up with numbers and arrows pointing toward different parts, as shown in the following screenshot. Note that each number in a balloon matches the number in the BOM:

Figure 11.28 – Balloons indicate the item numbers matching the BOM

In the PropertyManager, we have multiple options to adjust the callout. For this exercise, adjust the options highlighted in the following screenshot...