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vincecatlin12-Amethyst
12-Amethyst
February 22, 2022
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Trail zeros on metric thread notes

  • February 22, 2022
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The note for a cosmetic metric thread (in our Creo5) look goofy when they specify an M16.000 thread with a 0.500 pitch. I have had no success with the various "LEAD TRAIL ZEROS" detail options.

These notes don't seem to have the same functionality as our regular hole notes (for which we have created our own versions)

Does anyone know of a solution for this?

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Thanks,

Vince

 

    Best answer by pausob

    I assume you worked out that the code is

    M&MAJOR_DIAMETER:FID_355[.0] ...

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    23-Emerald IV
    TomU23-Emerald IV
    23-Emerald IV
    February 23, 2022

    Change the lead_trail_zeros_scope to all.

     

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      23-Emerald IV
      TomU23-Emerald IV
      23-Emerald IV
      February 23, 2022

      Sorry, that's not going to help if you're talking about cosmetic threads.  These don't have pre-built notes, so whatever note you're seeing is something you or your company has constructed on your own.  My guess is that these are just displaying the parameters inside the cosmetic thread feature:

       

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      About all you can do in this situation is edit the note and add the brackets to the end of the parameter indicating how many decimal places you want to display.

      &MAJOR_DIAMETER[.1]

       

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      vincecatlin12-AmethystAuthor
      12-Amethyst
      February 23, 2022

      One of the first things that I tried was to add the number in brackets after the parameter.

      It resulted in this:

       

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      This is a monumentally silly way to call out a thread. Unless, of course, we're referring to a .375 (inch) thread. But I think it's unlikely that I'll ever need three decimal places to describe a metric thread.

       

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