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Displaying Feet and Inches in a Drawing (Creo 2.0)

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Hi all,

I currently have a drawing with all dimensions in inches. However, one of the dimensions is rather large, and I would like it to display in both feet and inches in the drawing. For Example: instead of displaying 420 7/16, I would like it to display 35' - 0 7/16", or something along those lines. Is there a way to do this in Creo? All help is appreciated! FYI: I am currently using Creo 2.0.


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    Best answer by dnordin

    See PTC Document CS21479; This will change every dimension though.

    • Set config.pro options
      • create_fraction_dim yes
      • dim_fraction_format std


    https://support.ptc.com/appserver/cs/view/solution.jsp?n=CS21479&posno=1&q=feet%20and%20inches&ProductFamily=Creo%20%26%20Pro%2FENGINEER%7CCreo%20Simulate%20%26%20Pro%2FMechanica&source=search

    Regards,

    Dan N.

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    dnordin16-PearlAnswer
    16-Pearl
    February 4, 2015

    See PTC Document CS21479; This will change every dimension though.

    • Set config.pro options
      • create_fraction_dim yes
      • dim_fraction_format std


    https://support.ptc.com/appserver/cs/view/solution.jsp?n=CS21479&posno=1&q=feet%20and%20inches&ProductFamily=Creo%20%26%20Pro%2FENGINEER%7CCreo%20Simulate%20%26%20Pro%2FMechanica&source=search

    Regards,

    Dan N.

    Mahesh_Sharma
    Mahesh_Sharma22-Sapphire I
    22-Sapphire I
    February 4, 2015

    Along with config options from Daniel add drawing option use_major_units as yes

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      wjamieson1-VisitorAuthor
      1-Visitor
      February 4, 2015

      Thank you. Any way to do this for just one dimension in the drawing?

      Mahesh_Sharma
      Mahesh_Sharma22-Sapphire I
      22-Sapphire I
      February 4, 2015

      It will apply to all dimensions in drawing, however you can try changing other dimensions to Decimal from dimension properties.

      KenFarley
      KenFarley21-Topaz II
      21-Topaz II
      February 4, 2015

      One perhaps horrible or maybe not way to do this would be to

      (1) Use relations to calculate the feet, inches combo dimension and assign it to a string. It'll be a somewhat complicated set of relations, especially to calculate the fractional inch bit, but it's something like

      txtDimStuff = itos ( dimX / 12 ) + "ft - "

      if ( floor ( dimX - 12 * floor ( dimX / 12 ) > 0 )

      txtDimStuff = txtDimStuff + itos ( dimX - 12 * floor ( dimX / 12 ) )

      else

      txtDimStuff = txtDimStuff + "0"

      endif

      txtDimStuff = txtDimStuff + "-"

      txtDimStuff = txtDimStuff + <<fractional stuff here>>

      (2) On the drawing, create a drawn dimension, then change it so instead of an actual dimension, it says

      @o&txtDimStuff

      That should show the calculated number in the format you want.

      Sorry I didn't do the algorithm for the fractional conversion, but time crunch and all that.

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