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nhanratty1-Visitor
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Jul 31, 2014 3:48 PM UTC
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Detail view notation format

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Does anybody know what settings (dtl/config/format file) controls the format used for detail view notations in a drawing?


I have attached two images one from a user's PC with the notation we use and one from a user's PC where the notation is very different.



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mlocascio1-Visitor
1-Visitor
Jul 31, 2014 5:39 PM UTC
Neal Hanratty,



That is a drawing option and not a modeling option. I remember playing
around with this before and I ended up saving a dtl file for this
configuration.



Take a look at the image that I have included here:







Michael P. Locascio


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StephenW
StephenW23-Emerald III
23-Emerald III
Aug 1, 2014 1:17 PM UTC
Neal,
It's detail_circle_note_text and the value should be DEFAULT...seems like an odd value but that gives you the 'SEE DETAIL'

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You can make it anything you want...in this case, I set it do say 'NEAL'

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ptc-1871421-Visitor
1-Visitor
Aug 1, 2014 2:58 PM UTC

yes, that's a drawing .dtl setting. the name's 'view_scale_format'. defaults to 'decimal' but you can change it to a couple types of outputs.


Matt Bracht


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mlocascio1-Visitor
1-Visitor
Aug 1, 2014 4:42 PM UTC
Nice touch!


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dduncan-21-Visitor
1-Visitor
Aug 5, 2014 6:15 PM UTC



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StephenW
StephenW23-Emerald III
23-Emerald III
Aug 6, 2014 12:49 PM UTC
Sorry, I don't know of an option to adjust the name under the detail view. Seems like a very reasonable request especially since we can control the name on the leader note.

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FredMatthis1-Visitor
1-Visitor
Aug 6, 2014 12:56 PM UTC
Does anyone know how to turn off the "scale" note, but leave the " detail name" part of the note.
We do not want to show any scales on our drawings.
I already have a format note that says do not scale drawing
but I would like to erase the "scale 2:1" part of the note.


Fred J. Matthis
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TracyWillis10-Marble
10-Marble
Aug 6, 2014 1:07 PM UTC
Not sure about any other release but in Creo parametric 2.0, You can change the view name of the detail view in the drawing tree
Right Click > Rename…. the system still puts the word DETAIL in front of the name though… PTC “almost got another one” ☺

Have a good day &_STUFF
Tw

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StephenW
StephenW23-Emerald III
23-Emerald III
Aug 6, 2014 1:24 PM UTC
Haha, we’ve had this discussion here at work and on this forum before. I don’t believe there is an option to turn off the scale. To be complete, showing scale on the drawing is an ASME requirement even if you have a note on your drawing that says “do not scale drawing” which is on every drawing I have ever produced at every company I have worked at.

Having the scale on the drawing does not really facilitate scaling a drawing. It’s more about having the size ratio on the print so you know that the bolt hole in one view isn’t physically 3 times larger than the bolt hole in another view.

All of this is my opinion (except the ASME part) and I think if a company wants to not have it on their drawings, that is okay as long as they are consistent.

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nrollins2-Explorer
2-Explorer
Aug 6, 2014 5:14 PM UTC
What we’ve always done is simply move the callout off the format – hang it out in space. Bad practice, I know – but that was the decision. And it works…


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