what symbol are you looking for? I don't have a copy of ANSI (or is it ASME) Y14.5-2009. Solidworks has all of symbols listed in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometric_dimensioning_and_tolerancing
what I've always done is this:
make drawing from part
drag front view from view pallet
insert projected view top
insert projected view right
insert projected iso (front/top/right)
insert projected view left (left of front view)
insert projected view back (left of left view)
insert projected view...
In the assembly model, right click on the component you don't want in the BOM, select "component properties", in the lower right corner check the box "exclude from Bill of materials".
the description in the assembly tree will show "(excluded from BOM)"
I've always just drawn in the centerlines on the drawing with the line command (using the centerline type). Perhaps someone else has a better suggestion.
a sketch chamfer links the two values by default, ie .10(link) x .10(link). when you change one, the other will change with it. A chamfer feature creates two independent dimensions, ie .10 x .10 which are not linked.
try this: click the PLUS in front of RISER<5>, then look for a MATES folder. Click the PLUS in front of that. Right click each mate and delete it. Also, as stated above, right click RISER<5> and look for FIX or FLOAT, if it is fixed, a (f) will appear in front of the part name as in your jpg...
from what I've seen, solidworks doesn't like tricky cuts intersecting with sheet metal bends. In more industrial application, I try to keep a straight section 3x material thickness on each side of the bend.
neat application though, I would have never guessed that's how the part would be used.
recreated in solidworks 2009.
the links work for me, can anyone else verify if my links work?http://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=d1bcf536-44e4-4cef-8896-4aa563af248b&file=clip3.SLDPRT
it took some work, but here it is in solidworks 2011. http://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=b19f4021-8169-4078-882e-e5b71c0b5746&file=clip2.SLDPRT
I see a problem with the little tab with the round hole because it is located on a large radius bend.
if you could change the geometry so that the tab came off of the flat, it may work better.
as drawoh and mncad have already said, I use the diagonal construction line. I find it is easy to understand and follow for others who view/modify/reuse my models.
Sometimes it gets frustrating, when working with someone else's model, trying to figure out why you can't move a line, and then...
We use PDMworks at my office. We don't try and make the system revision A, B, C, etc. match with the actual drawing revision. I check in my work when I need to share it with someone, or whenever I think I'm done. I've revised and re-checked things in 3 or 4 times in an hour.
Other than that...
In my opinion, solidworks is not good at finding files when they have been moved. I tend to keep all of my files in "my documents". One of the worst things you can do is have multiple copies of a file in different location and different revision with the same filename. For example...
