dim display

[sadrok]

When I "show" a dim on a chamfer, it comes in differently than other dims that have been "shown." How do I get the dim. to change to .381-.254 instead of .381 over .254? see picture for example.



Edited by: sadrok

 

[Mindripper]

Simple: don't show dimensions. Create all dimensions on your drawings. This will save you a lot of work in the long run. It also allows you to separate design intent from fabrication and inspection guidelines and requirements. You can spend hours on a drawing trying to perfect the display of shown dimensions and dimensioning schemes while compromising your design intent (and still end up with some created dimensional content in the drawing): just accept the use of created dimensions in drawings, and leave design intent intact in your models.

 

[skraba]

Simple: don't show dimensions. Create all dimensions on your drawings. This will save you a lot of work in the long run.

Sorry, but this is the stupidiest thing I ever heard. Why bother with dimensions at all when you can create random model and modify the dimensions with @O, or even better, why don't you just use 2D draft in AutoCRAP and modify that drawing?


Among many great features in Pro/E one is associativity, which makes it possible to drive the model from the drawing and vice-versa. If you model your model correctly, creating the drawing is a piece of cake since you only need to put the views on and show all the relevant dimensions and notes. E.g. with created dimensions you cannot create bolt circle dimension on the front view (sure, you can create draft and dimension it but you loose associativity with that) or create diameter dimension of the radial patterned hole on the partial view (sure you can do the magic with full view, showing axes, creating dimension and changing view type to partial, reposition the dimension and there you go, you spent at least two minutes instead of just showing the dimension in 2 seconds).
Edited by: skraba

 

[Scott1]

I must weigh in

 

[Magic_man]

I prefer created dimensions as well. Its unfortunate that ProE allows you to overwrite a dimension though. I hate when I get a revision job to work only to find that some idiot overwrote a dimension because they didn't know how to put it in correctly.

 

[sadrok]

While the debate of show over create is being waged, my problem happens with either show OR create. My original quection is "How do I get the dim. to change to .381-.254 instead of .381 over .254? see picture for example." Lets just say that "show vs. create" is like arguing Vanilla vs. Chocolate, it's all in what you find works for you.

 

[vandewinckel]

Sadrok


Try changing the drawing option. Open the drawing options go to THESE OPTIONS CONTROL DIMENSION, then TEXT_ORIENTATION and change it to "Parallel_diam_horz" This will give you what you want with limit dimension. It will also change all of your dimensions to Parallel you may not want this. I don't believe you can change one with out the other.


Steve

 

[sadrok]

That's what I found to be strange. I have that set on "Parallel_diam_horz" and all the other dims are showing up correctly, just the one dim seems to be coming in incorrectly.