How Do You Hide Sketch Lines in SolidWorks Drawing?

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Are you tired of cluttering your SolidWorks drawings with sketch lines? Don’t worry, because I’m here to show you how to hide those pesky lines and make your drawings look much cleaner. In this tutorial, we will explore different methods to hide sketch lines in SolidWorks Drawing.

Method 1: Hide Individual Sketch Lines

If you only want to hide specific sketch lines, follow these steps:

  1. Select the sketch that contains the lines you want to hide.
  2. Right-click on the selected sketch and choose “Show” from the context menu.
  3. In the “Show” dialog box, uncheck the box next to “Sketches”.
  4. Click “OK” to apply the changes.

Note: This method hides all the sketch lines in the selected sketch. If you have multiple sketches, repeat these steps for each individual sketch.

Method 2: Hide All Sketches

If you prefer to hide all sketches in your SolidWorks drawing at once, use this method:

  1. In the feature tree, locate and expand the “Drawing View” folder.
  2. Right-click on the drawing view for which you want to hide sketches and select “Properties”.
  3. In the “View Properties” dialog box, go to the “Sketches” tab.
  4. Uncheck the box labeled “Show”.
  5. Click “OK” to save your changes.

Note: This method hides all sketches in a specific drawing view. If you have multiple views in your drawing, repeat these steps for each view.

Method 3: Hide Sketches in a Template

If you want to hide sketch lines by default in all new SolidWorks drawings, you can modify the drawing template. Here’s how:

  1. Open a new drawing using the template you want to modify.
  2. Hide the sketches using Method 2 described above.
  3. Go to “File” > “Save As” and choose the file type as “Drawing Template (*.drwdot)”.
  4. Give your modified template a name and save it.
  5. Next time you create a new drawing using this template, all sketches will be hidden by default.

In Conclusion

Hiding sketch lines in SolidWorks Drawing is a simple yet effective way to clean up your drawings and make them more presentable. Whether you prefer hiding individual sketch lines or all sketches at once, SolidWorks provides different methods to suit your needs.

You can also modify your drawing template to hide sketches by default in all future drawings. So go ahead and give it a try!