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zmiller14-Alexandrite
14-Alexandrite
March 27, 2020
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Model annotations - issue telling a 6 from a 9

  • March 27, 2020
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Has anyone else ran into the problem of telling a 6 from a 9 in an annotated model?   See the image below.  If so what are you doing about it?

 

This has come up a few times with basic dimensions (our rule is any annotation dimension should have a tolerance unless it's basic so when you have a tolerance that helps correctly orient the text).  This is only a human readability issue but with MBD there are still plenty of times a human needs to view the annotated model.  Obviously measuring the model will answer the question.

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AmitDeshpande18-Opal
18-Opal
March 27, 2020

You forgot to add the image :).

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zmiller14-AlexandriteAuthor
14-Alexandrite
March 27, 2020
 
 

6or9.jpg

Here is the image, it seemed like it was attached to the orginal post before I hit "post" but obviously something happened.

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KenFarley21-Topaz II
21-Topaz II
March 27, 2020

It's kind of a lame workaround, but you could always click on the dimension, go into Dimension Text, and make the prefix and suffix underline (_) characters. This would at least give a distinct indication of the number's orientation.

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