{"id":7,"date":"2007-12-03T07:24:41","date_gmt":"2007-12-03T14:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=7"},"modified":"2013-12-17T22:03:57","modified_gmt":"2013-12-18T02:03:57","slug":"create-a-solidworks-drawing-watermark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=7","title":{"rendered":"Create a SolidWorks Drawing Watermark"},"content":{"rendered":"

For whatever reason, watermarks are sometimes necessary, even on drawings. Since SolidWorks has no watermark feature, and does not allow the user to change the order of drawing entities, a workaround is necessary.<\/del> Here’s a method I recently discovered.(I am currently using SolidWorks 2007 SP3.1.)<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Open the drawing.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Edit Sheet Format<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Use Annotation Note to create and place the text that will become the watermark. <\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Edit the properties of the Note to adjust its font, angle, size, etc as desired.<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Highlight the Note and change its color using the Line Color function.For best results, assign a very light color to the Note.<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Right Mouse Button click on the Note and select Make Block and accept.<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Edit Sheet.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    The Note will now appear underneath all other objects on the Drawing Sheet.\u00a0<\/span>This tip is based on the SolidWorks Forum discussion which can be found here:http:\/\/forum.solidworks.com\/forum\/messageview.cfm?catid=6&threadid=1989&enterthread=y<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

    *UPDATE*<\/span><\/p>\n

    I have written an article detailing a more advanced method that will link the text of the watermark directly to a custom property here: <\/span>Create a SolidWorks Drawing Watermark (with linked value)<\/span><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

    ><\/p>\n

    UPDATE for SolidWorks 2013<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

    \nSolidWorks 2013 now has the ability to set any annotation note on the sheet format to appear underneath all drawing elements to act as a watermark. \u00a0The method mentioned above is no longer necessary to achieve the desired results. Please see SolidWorks 2013 What’s New – Display Note Behind Sheet<\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    For whatever reason, watermarks are sometimes necessary, even on drawings. Since SolidWorks has no watermark feature, and does not allow the user to change the order of drawing entities, a workaround is necessary. Here’s a method I recently discovered.(I am currently using SolidWorks 2007 SP3.1.)   Open the drawing. Edit Sheet Format Use Annotation Note … Continue reading “Create a SolidWorks Drawing Watermark”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16,3],"tags":[19],"series":[],"class_list":["post-7","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drawing","category-tipstricks","tag-watermark"],"yoast_head":"\nCreate a SolidWorks Drawing Watermark - SolidWorks Legion<\/title>\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.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=7\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Create a SolidWorks Drawing Watermark - SolidWorks Legion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"For whatever reason, watermarks are sometimes necessary, even on drawings. 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