Edge chamfers in drawings

4.12 Edge chamfers in drawings
You can show edge chamfers in drawings, and control the way they are shown by modifying
the part properties and the edge chamfer properties. You can also add chamfer marks as
associative notes.
See also Building objects in drawings on page 195
Displaying edge chamfers in a drawing on page 220
Defining default line color and type for edge chamfers on page 221
Changing edge chamfer line color and type manually on page 222
Creating edge chamfer marks on page 222
Example: Edge chamfers on page 223
Displaying edge chamfers in a drawing
You can select whether you show edge chamfers in your drawing and the way they are
shown.
To select whether the edge chamfers are shown and how:
1. Open a drawing containing edge chamfers.
2. Depending on the level where you want to make the changes, do one of the following:
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Double-click the drawing and click Part...
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Double-click a view frame and click Part...
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Double-click the part containing edge chamfers
3. Switch all the check boxes off in the dialog box by clicking the on/off switch
at the bottom of the dialog box.
4. Select the check boxes next to only the properties that you want to modify.
5. In the part properties dialog box, select Edge chamfers on in Additional marks.
6. Select Outline or Exact in Part representation list depending on the desired result.
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Exact
Outline
7. Click Modify.
8. If needed, double-click an edge chamfer and modify the line color and type in the
drawing.
If you know that you are going to use the same part representation settings for several
drawings, save your settings in a properties file for later use.
See also Part and neighbor part properties in drawings on page 568
Edge chamfers in drawings on page 220
Defining default line color and type for edge chamfers
You can define a default color and line type for edge chamfers.
1. Click Tools --> Options --> Options... and select Drawing objects.
2. Define the default line color.
3. Define the default line type.
4. Click OK to save and close the dialog box.
You can override the default settings manually in a drawing by changing the edge chamfer
line color and type in the Edge Chamfer Properties dialog box.
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See also Edge chamfers in drawings on page 220
Changing edge chamfer line color and type manually
You can manually modify the line type and color of the edge chamfers in drawings. This
overrides the default color and type defined in the Options dialog box.
1. In the drawing, double-click an edge chamfer to display the Edge Chamfer Properties
dialog box.
2. Select the desired color and line type.
Background color
is often used for edge chamfer lines for the reason that you
may not want to print edge chamfers, or see them in small scale drawings, but you want
to be able select them, for example, to add chamfer marks.
Example The following examples show how the edge chamfers are displayed with different part
representation settings:
Part representation Exact.
Part representation Outline, edge
chamfer not selected.
Part representation Outline, edge
chamfer selected.
See also Defining default line color and type for edge chamfers on page 221
Edge chamfers in drawings on page 220
Creating edge chamfer marks
You can add associative notes to edge chamfers and use them as part marks.
To add a chamfer mark:
1. Modify the part properties and edge chamfer properties so that edge chamfers are visible
and you can easily select them.
2. Hold down Shift and click Annotating --> Add Associative Note and select the type of
note you want to create.
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3. In the Associative Note Properties dialog box, modify the note properties as required.
4. Select Edge chamfer from the Content list.
5. Add the elements that you want to have in the edge chamfer mark.
6. Click the edge chamfer.
If you use a leader line, you need to pick a position for the note.
See also Edge chamfers in drawings on page 220
Adding associative notes on page 177
Example: Edge chamfers
See below for typical examples of the ways showing edge chamfers.
In this example, Part representation is Exact and Edge chamfers are on. Background color
is used in edge chamfer lines, because you usually do not want to show edge chamfers in
printouts, but may want to see and select them in the drawing, for example, to add
associative notes.
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In this second example, Part representation is Outline and Edge chamfers are on.
Background color is used in edge chamfer lines, because you may want to see and select
chamfers in the drawing, for example, to add associative notes.This representation is often
used when the scale is small and you do not need to see the small chamfers clearly. The edge
chamfer presented in the bottom right corner of the image shows what the edge chamfer
looks like when it is selected.
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