{"id":15417,"date":"2017-03-20T07:25:03","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T07:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ckonnect.in\/solidworks\/?p=15417"},"modified":"2017-03-20T07:25:03","modified_gmt":"2017-03-20T07:25:03","slug":"swx-renaming-features-and-dimension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckonnect.in\/solidworks\/swx-renaming-features-and-dimension\/","title":{"rendered":"SOLIDWORKS Renaming features and Dimension"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"font-size: 22px;\">Renaming features and dimensions in SOLIDWORKS<\/h1>\n<p>Renaming features and dimensions is often helpful to rename a dimension to make the purpose of making it easily recognizable and have it stand out from the others.<\/p>\n<p>Also, renamed dimensions are also more recognizable and useful when used with global variable<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15421 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ckonnect.in\/solidworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/solid-1.jpg\" alt=\"Renaming features and dimensions in SOLIDWORKS\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" data-id=\"15421\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I am explaning step by step guide for renaming features and dimensions on SOLIDWORKS.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 30px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 15px; color: #000;\">\n<li>Click on a dimension to access the dimension properties.<\/li>\n<li>Highlight the name in the primary value and type a new name<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Step 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 30px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 15px; color: #000;\">\n<li>Sketches and features can be renamed directly through the tree using a slow double tick and pressing F2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15420 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ckonnect.in\/solidworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/solid-2.jpg\" alt=\"Renaming features and dimensions in SOLIDWORKS\" width=\"250\" height=\"400\" data-id=\"15420\" \/><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 30px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 15px; color: #000;\">\n<li>It can also be renamed using feature properties, right click on the feature<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-5\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15422 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ckonnect.in\/solidworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/solid-6.jpg\" alt=\"Renaming features and dimensions in SOLIDWORKS\" width=\"250\" height=\"400\" data-id=\"15422\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15423\" src=\"https:\/\/ckonnect.in\/solidworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/solid-3.jpg\" alt=\"4\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"15423\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Step 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 30px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 15px; color: #000;\">\n<li>Rename the features in the feature manager design tree like in the image shown below highlighted in red<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"padding: 5px 10px; border: 1px solid black; color: black;\">Old name<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 5px 10px; border: 1px solid black; color: black;\">New name<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 10px; border: 1px solid black; text-align: center; color: black;\">Base-extrude<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 10px; border: 1px solid black; text-align: center; color: black;\">Base<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 10px; border: 1px solid black; text-align: center; color: black;\">Boss-extrude<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 10px; border: 1px solid black; text-align: center; color: black;\">Cylinder boss<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15424\" src=\"https:\/\/ckonnect.in\/solidworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/solid4.jpg\" alt=\"5\" width=\"150\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"15424\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; color: black; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 10px; border: 1px solid black; text-align: center; width: 50%;\">D1@Shell<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 10px; border: 1px solid black; text-align: center;\">Wall_Thickness@Shell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 10px; border: 1px solid black; color: black;\">D3@Base<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 10px; border: 1px solid black; color: black;\">Draft_Angle@Base<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 10px; border: 1px solid black; color: black;\">D3@Rib<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 10px; border: 1px solid black; color: black;\">Draft_Angle@Rib<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 30px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 15px; color: #000;\">\n<li>Rename the dimensions below the features in the feature manager design tree for the different configuration that has been prepared. An example is shown below<\/li>\n<li>Right click the annotations folder and click show feature dimension to get the annotations of the newly configured part\/ assembly<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15426 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ckonnect.in\/solidworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/solid5.jpg\" alt=\"Renaming features and dimensions in SOLIDWORKS\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" data-id=\"15426\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Renaming features and dimensions in SOLIDWORKS Renaming features and dimensions is often helpful to rename a dimension to make the purpose of making it easily recognizable and have it stand out from the others. 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