{"id":5063,"date":"2014-10-01T08:39:07","date_gmt":"2014-10-01T12:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=5063"},"modified":"2014-11-26T18:19:20","modified_gmt":"2014-11-26T22:19:20","slug":"apply-your-center-mark-and-actually-using-it-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=5063","title":{"rendered":"Apply your Center Mark and actually using it too (with advanced right-click commands)!"},"content":{"rendered":"
This entry is part 2 of 9 in the series New in SOLIDWORKS 2015<\/a><\/div>

For what do we use center marks? Center marks are a drawing standard annotation placed at the center of holes and other radial features. This allows a drawing reader to see two things quickly. First, they can immediately see the feature is radial (hole or fillet). Second, they can quickly identify the center of that feature. Dimensions placed on hole typically originate from the hole’s center, where the center mark is placed. This adds clarity to the drawing.<\/p>\n

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Center mark applied to the right hole<\/p>\n

SOLIDWORKS Center Marks<\/h4>\n

It seems like every year, there’s one or more enhancements for\u00a0center marks in SOLIDWORKS.\u00a0 In SOLIDWORKS 2009, center marks for slots was added.\u00a0\u00a0SOLIDWORKS 2010 saw smarter center marks, which\u00a0applied the appropriate gap from the dimension’s extension line, even if the center mark was placed after the dimension.\u00a0SOLIDWORKS 2011 and 2012\u00a0saw the added abilities to automatically apply center marks in more situations.\u00a0 Center marks could be automatically applied to a default layer in SOLIDWORKS 2013.\u00a0 In SOLIDWORKS 2014, center marks can be added to Hole Wizard slots.\u00a0 And, SOLIDWORKS 2015 now includes the ability to add center marks to a set of center marks, reattaching dangling center marks, and automatically applying connection lines to center mark sets upon creation.\u00a0 This is just the past five releases.\u00a0 Center mark enhancements have been added nearly every year since Drawings was first introduced in SOLIDWORKS.<\/p>\n

SOLIDWORKS has many center mark capabilities in Drawings.\u00a0 The c0llection of What’s New<\/strong> items listed above form only a short list.\u00a0 Here’s some tips and tricks you may not know about.<\/p>\n

Center Mark<\/em> tool creates three types of center marks<\/h4>\n

When you start the Center Mark<\/em> tool, a PropertyManager comes up that allows you to set properties for the center marks you are about to create. In the Manual Insert Options<\/em> group box (about the middle of the PropertyManager), there are three buttons: Single Center Mark, Linear Center Mark and Circular Center Mark. Single Center Mark (top left) makes individual center marks that aren’t associated with other. Linear Center Mark (top center)\u00a0creates a set of center marks in a linear (x,y) pattern. Circular Center Mark (top right) creates center marks in a circle pattern.\u00a0\u00a0 With Linear Center Mark and Circlar Center Mark, a set of center marks are created, allowing you to apply connector lines between center marks for clarity.<\/p>\n