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Working with dimensions

Working with dimensions - SOLIDWORKS Tutorial

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Working with dimensions

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- [Narrator] In this video, I want to cover the smart dimension tool. Now, we've already been using it a little bit, but we haven't really fully explained it, so I want to show how we can use that tool, to the best ability. So, first things first, let's go ahead and activate the smart dimension tool. Now once the tool is active, notice over here we've got a cursor that has a little dimensioning tool on there. Now for something like a rectangle, we've got a couple different options. One, is we can just choose a line itself. Here's the line, and then just go ahead and place the dimension with your second click, wherever you'd like it to be, and now I can type in a value. Something like 2.5. Type it in right there. Hit the enter key, or the green check mark, and that will define the shape of your object. You can do the same thing over here just by clicking once on the line, and then clicking again where you to place the dimension. Works pretty good. Right. If you want to delete those…

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