Displaying Feet and Inches in a Drawing (Creo 2.0)

[wjamieson]

Hi all,

I currently have a drawing with all dimensions in inches. However, one of the dimensions is rather large, and I would like it to display in both feet and inches in the drawing. For Example: instead of displaying 420 7/16, I would like it to display 35' - 0 7/16", or something along those lines. Is there a way to do this in Creo? All help is appreciated! FYI: I am currently using Creo 2.0.

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[dnordin · Accepted solution]

See PTC Document CS21479; This will change every dimension though.

• Set config.pro options
  • create_fraction_dim yes
  • dim_fraction_format std

https://support.ptc.com/appserver/cs/view/solution.jsp?n=CS21479&posno=1&q=feet%20and%20inches&ProductFamily=Creo%20%26%20Pro%2FENGINEER%7CCreo%20Simulate%20%26%20Pro%2FMechanica&source=search

Regards,

Dan N.

[Mahesh_Sharma]

Along with config options from Daniel add drawing option use_major_units as yes

[wjamieson]

Thank you. Any way to do this for just one dimension in the drawing?

[Mahesh_Sharma]

It will apply to all dimensions in drawing, however you can try changing other dimensions to Decimal from dimension properties.

[KenFarley]

One perhaps horrible or maybe not way to do this would be to

(1) Use relations to calculate the feet, inches combo dimension and assign it to a string. It'll be a somewhat complicated set of relations, especially to calculate the fractional inch bit, but it's something like

txtDimStuff = itos ( dimX / 12 ) + "ft - "

if ( floor ( dimX - 12 * floor ( dimX / 12 ) > 0 )

txtDimStuff = txtDimStuff + itos ( dimX - 12 * floor ( dimX / 12 ) )

else

txtDimStuff = txtDimStuff + "0"

endif

txtDimStuff = txtDimStuff + "-"

txtDimStuff = txtDimStuff + <<fractional stuff here>>

(2) On the drawing, create a drawn dimension, then change it so instead of an actual dimension, it says

@o&txtDimStuff

That should show the calculated number in the format you want.

Sorry I didn't do the algorithm for the fractional conversion, but time crunch and all that.