Question
modeling/drafting vs. production
We do a lot of modeling/drawings where there is nearby geometry that
requires unidirectional tolerancing on a feature, some plus others minus
tolerances within the same feature.
Gaps between parts must be verified/controlled so we model to the actual
required part size and measure gaps and look for interference on parts
in the assembly. When satisfied we then generate drawings and apply all
the tolerances.
When production gets the drawings they like to work to the center of
the unidirectional (symmetrical) tolerance which means that they have to
calculate these values.
With the number of features on some of the parts converting back and
forth in the models or calculating takes a lot of time and usually gets
some errors due to typos.
Is there a method within Pro_E that allows quick switching back and
forth between the part actual size that requires unidirectional
tolerancing and the size needed for manufacturing using symmetrical
tolerancing?
Is there a work around that will do the same?
Anybody have any suggestions?
Thanks for any input
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requires unidirectional tolerancing on a feature, some plus others minus
tolerances within the same feature.
Gaps between parts must be verified/controlled so we model to the actual
required part size and measure gaps and look for interference on parts
in the assembly. When satisfied we then generate drawings and apply all
the tolerances.
When production gets the drawings they like to work to the center of
the unidirectional (symmetrical) tolerance which means that they have to
calculate these values.
With the number of features on some of the parts converting back and
forth in the models or calculating takes a lot of time and usually gets
some errors due to typos.
Is there a method within Pro_E that allows quick switching back and
forth between the part actual size that requires unidirectional
tolerancing and the size needed for manufacturing using symmetrical
tolerancing?
Is there a work around that will do the same?
Anybody have any suggestions?
Thanks for any input
This thread is inactive and closed by the PTC Community Management Team. If you would like to provide a reply and re-open this thread, please notify the moderator and reference the thread. You may also use "Start a topic" button to ask a new question. Please be sure to include what version of the PTC product you are using so another community member knowledgeable about your version may be able to assist.

