{"id":250,"date":"2009-09-17T05:07:57","date_gmt":"2009-09-17T13:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=250"},"modified":"2009-11-08T09:42:37","modified_gmt":"2009-11-08T17:42:37","slug":"solidworks-2010-minor-tweaks-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=250","title":{"rendered":"SolidWorks 2010: Minor tweaks I"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">One of the funny little things that SolidWorks used to do is that when one added a center mark to a hole (or set of holes) that are already dimensioned, it would not adjust the dimension extension lines to fit with the center mark.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">In the march to quality improvements, SolidWorks has fixed this little oversight.\u00a0 Now, when one adds a center mark to a previously dimensioned hole, a gap appears between the center mark and the dimension&#8217;s extension line.\u00a0 The same is also true if one adds a dimension to a hole that already has a center mark.\u00a0 No more dragging extension lines after the fact.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Here&#8217;s the sample image from the What&#8217;s New file:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fcsuper.com\/images\/Blog\/minor1.jpg?resize=279%2C456\" border=\"2\" alt=\"Woohoo!\" hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"2\" width=\"279\" height=\"456\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the funny little things that SolidWorks used to do is that when one added a center mark to a hole (or set of holes) that are already dimensioned, it would not adjust the dimension extension lines to fit with the center mark. 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