Setting Options for Drawing Documents

A variety of options customize drawings to your company’s standards and to the requirements of your printer or plotter.

System drawing options

Click Tools > Options > System Options > Drawings. Specify various display and update options for views. The settings on the System Options tab apply to all documents. Other system options for drawings are found under the following topics:
  • Display Style. Drawing view display mode and tangent edge display.
  • Area Hatch/Fill. Hatch or solid fill, pattern, scale, and angle of area hatches.
  • Performance. Performance options that are specific to drawings.

Document-specific detailing options

Click Options . On the Document Properties tab, select Detailing. The settings on the Document Properties tab apply to the active document only. Other document properties for drawings are found under the following topics:

Displaying Scrollbars in Drawings

You can turn scrollbars on and off in the SOLIDWORKS graphics view for drawings, without turning them on and off for parts and assemblies.

You cannot change this option while any documents are open.

To turn scrollbars on and off in the graphics view for drawings:

  1. Close all SOLIDWORKS documents.
  2. Click Tools > Options > System Options > Display.
  3. Select or clear Display scrollbars in graphics view for drawings.