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How do I change the thickness of a sketch line in Solidworks?

How do I change the thickness of a sketch line in Solidworks?

To set line thickness:

  1. In a drawing, click Tools > Options > Document Properties > Line Thickness.
  2. In the dialog box, under Line thickness print settings, enter a value for the line weights (Thin, Normal, Thick, and five additional line thickness settings).
  3. Click OK.

How do I change the thickness of a line in SketchUp for free?

Click [x] Edges. In the drop down box Color, select [By material]. Click [x] Profiles and adjust the value to get different line thicknesses.

How do you add a thickness to a sketch in SolidWorks?

Click Thicken on the Features toolbar, or click Insert > Boss/Base > Thicken. Examine the preview, and select the side of the surface you want to thicken, as shown below. Enter the Thickness . Note that when you select Thicken Both Sides , it adds the Thickness you specify to both sides.

How do I change the properties of a line in SolidWorks?

Select the edge or sketch entity you want to change. To select more than one entity at a time, hold Ctrl as you select. Click a tool on the Line Format toolbar and select a format from the menu. The new format is applied to the selected entities.

How do you edit lines in SketchUp?

Here’s how to edit a line:

  1. Select the Move tool ( ).
  2. Hover the Move tool cursor over one of the line’s end points.
  3. Click and drag the end point to change the line’s length.

How do you make a non solid solid in SketchUp?

In order for SketchUp of any version to consider something a solid, it must be a group or component. The group or component must contain only geometry–no other groups or components–and every edge in the group or component must be shared by exactly two faces.

Can’t find thicken in Solidworks?

To activate the SOLIDWORKS Thicken command, go to Insert > Boss/Base > Thicken.

Where is thicken in Solidworks?

To thicken a surface:

  1. Click Thicken (Features toolbar), or click Insert > Boss/Base > Thicken.
  2. In the graphics area, select a Surface to Thicken .
  3. In the PropertyManager, under Thicken Parameters, select the side of the surface you want to thicken.

How do I change the line format in SolidWorks?

To change the format of an existing edge or sketch entity:

  1. Select the edge or sketch entity you want to change. To select more than one entity at a time, hold Ctrl as you select.
  2. Click a tool on the Line Format toolbar and select a format from the menu. The new format is applied to the selected entities.

How do you make sketch lines darker in SolidWorks?

  1. In your SolidWorks drawing, go to Tools > Options.
  2. Under System Options tab, select Colors.
  3. In the scroll box, select Inactive Entities.
  4. Click Edit under the colored box to the right, select the color black.

Why is my model not a solid in SketchUp?

In order for SketchUp of any version to consider something a solid, it must be a group or component. The group or component must contain only geometry–no other groups or components–and every edge in the group or component must be shared by exactly two faces. No more and no less.

How do you draw exact size in SketchUp?

Type a length value, a comma, a width value, and then press Enter. For example, type 8′,20′ and press Enter. If you type only a number or numbers, SketchUp uses the current document units setting. You can also override the document units setting by specifying imperial (such as 1’6″) or metric (such as 3.652m) units.

Where is thicken tool in Solidworks?