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dlim8-Gravel
8-Gravel
April 12, 2016
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Draw stand-alone arrows and/or general coordinate axes?

  • April 12, 2016
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Hi Everyone,

i've searched far and wide, and i can't figure out how to either draw coordinate axes that project through a part (it's basically a long box, but i want to show the arrows in the X, Y and X directions protruding out of the part, or alternatively, i'd like to know how to just draw a plain closed arrow so i can i just manually label it X, Y, and Z. Does anyone know how to do this?

Thanks!!

-dL


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Best answer by MartinHanak

Hi,

you are right. You have to create closed arrow by yourself.

If you want to create the arrow in 3D mode (Part, Assembly), then you can create Sketch feature. This feature can be included in start part/start assembly -OR- can be created when you need it (you can use previously saved .sec section or UDF feature).

If you want to create the arrow in 2D mode (Drawing), then you can create and use drawing symbol.

It  is up to you what method do you use.

MH

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MartinHanak24-Ruby III
24-Ruby III
April 12, 2016

Hi,

what software do you use ? Also please attach some picture explaining your request.

MH

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dlim8-GravelAuthor
8-Gravel
April 12, 2016

Hi Martin,

Sorry, i'm a noob to the forum. i'm using Creo Essentials (Parametric) 2.0. Here's a screenshot of an example of the type of coordinate axes i'm trying to replicate. Thanks for your help!

Cheers,

dLCoord Axes1.png

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MartinHanak24-Ruby III
24-Ruby III
April 13, 2016

Hi,

I think you can create a Sketch feature containing sketched arrow and text (eg. + Y).

MH

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