As the name suggests, centerlines highlight the center of drawing entities. They can highlight the center between two lines or the center of a circle. In the drawing we created earlier, we will add the following centerline, which is highlighted in the right-hand view:
To add a centerline, follow these steps:
- Under the Annotation tab, select Centerline, as shown in the following screenshot:
- Now, we can click on the two entitles we would like to create a centerline between. In our drawing, click on the two lines shown in the following image. This will automatically put the centerline between them:
This concludes how we can generate a centerline in SOLIDWORKS drawings. Similarly, we can generate centerlines for circles. SOLIDWORKS generates centerlines for circles by default, as is the case with the right view, which is shown in the preceding image.
We can extend the centerline as needed by dragging one end of it in a certain direction.
Next, we will learn how to add notes to our drawing.