how to hide lines on SW drawing 5

[jackk]

In order to dimension angles on my drawing, I often just draw a Horiz or Vert line that I can build the dimension from, See circles in attached figure. But how can I hide those lines? And how do I hide the blue axis in each view?

 

[TheTick]

You can put the lines on a layer and hide the layer.

 

[jackk]

Thanks

That's what I'm doing, but wishing there was an easier way. Surprised I just can't Hide them.

 

[handleman]

In general it's better to dimension to real surfaces/features on the part rather than imaginary horizontal lines.

However, you can make them as short as you want, and you could put them on the left side instead of the right side.

 

[ctopher]

You can also right-click on lines and edges then hide.

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[superptrucker]

You can also dimension angles by just clicking the line, then clicking one of the endpoints of the line, it automatically gives you options to create an angle dimension from imaginary horizontal or vertical lines.

 

[Jboggs]

superptrucker,
Thank you for that tip! Been running Solidworks for 13 years and never knew that. It works just like you said. Very helpful indeed!

 

[jackk]

supertrucker, Thanks! That's exactly what I was looking for.