How to move a leader from GTOL to dimension in a dwg

Forum|Forum|11 years ago
July 8, 2014
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Hey all,

I am on Creo 2 and I am running into a problem where I am recreating a drawing and I can't seem to get the leader line to stick with the dimension, it always wants to go to the GTOL as soon as it is created. I beleive this is also the root cause to why I can't get my B datum in the right location.

I created the GTOL is a small assembly (2 pieces a base and weld nuts) then brought it into my drawing and regardless how many different ways I do it I still have the same result.

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks

Sam

2D Drawing

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TomD.inPDX

17-Peridot

Hello Sam and welcome to the forum.

I share in your frustration. I just tried doing this exact thing and it wouldn't do it.

Really painful for something so basic and common.

The fact this is an assembly frustrates this even more.

I hope someone from PTC support will comment here with a "how too" best practices video.

Personally, I've had to give up on PTC's GD&T implementation.

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TomD.inPDX

17-Peridot

Creo, even in a part as ASME Y14.42 3D GD&T, is not allowing me to create the following example...

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StephenW

23-Emerald III

It can do that one. But don't get me wrong, I'm not defending it.

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StephenW

23-Emerald III

The problem is that PTC has a limited set of ways they do GD&T. When it comes to copying an old drawing or trying to make your GD&T look the way your company is used to seeing it, sometimes that conflicts with the limited ways that PTC offers.

I know Antonius got over the limitation by using symbols instead of the built in functionality. I got over also by accepting that sometimes I can't show it excatly how I want to show it but I choose one of PTCs limited ways and it is still fully to the standard and there is no chance for mis-interpretation.

Sorry it's not a real answer, but hopefully it will save you time and may give you a couple of ideas as to how to proceed.

Steve