Defining your own dimensions

[jflores-2]

Currently designing a frame with multiple bends. Is there a way to make your own dimensions as the ones it makes for me aren't useful in creating a frame that is easy to fabricate. I want to make L3 or L2 round numbers since I want to make my fabricrating job as easy as possible but can't figure out how. Also, is there a way to erase dimensions it put on for you? That 40 dimension highlighted is useless to me and can't figure out how to take it off. Thanks in advance.

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[TomD.inPDX]

You can make your own dimensions on drawings or in model annotations.

[jflores-2]

Can you be a little more specific? I can't anything with drawings, if you mean sketch where? I can't get the dimensions option to work, nor the annotations.

[TomD.inPDX · Accepted solution]

This is very basic Creo functionality. Are you remembering to drop the dimension with the middle mouse button?

[jflores-2]

Even the most basic of functions have to be learned but thanks for speeding up process. I've spent all day trying to figure out how to make a dimension between 2 points; or how to coincide a line or point from another datum to a sketch your currently working on like the line to the loop shown below. Points or other references I try to make on other datums don't show on the sketch I'm working on.

[TomD.inPDX]

If you make sketches external, you can use many of their references. You can also add datum points in your sketch to reference later as well.

It does take a little bit of learning but it gets better. Even coming from Pro|E from long ago to Creo today, I am learning new things every day.

[jflores-2]

The method I ended up using was creating planes off of datum points made on the lines where I wanted them to intersect. The datum points show up on the new plane and can be used to coincide any lines you create.

[TomD.inPDX]

Next you will be intersecting sections to create 3D curves