With a question regarding weld callouts using dual dimensions, I learned a few things about the Weld application in Creo.
1st of all... why would you do an All-Around symbol on the leader -and- have a weld length be shown? Obviously, you wouldn't unless you were a manufacturer and wanted to calculate manufacturing "stuff". But as an engineer defining the part... Heck no! I want the all around symbol to stand on its own as a fully defined requirement. Fortunately, you -can- go in and edit out the length callout from the symbol, but why should I have to?
So the second part of my observation here is that say, a fillet weld, run around a post on a plate has a dimension value... say .188. The Weld app converts that to "something" and places it in the annotation as a weld symbol including the weld size. So far, so good. But - it is not a dimension! It doesn't go into a drawing and recognize it as a dimension... and therefore, it doesn't abide by the detail.dtl setting of dual_dimensioning primary[secondary]! Even if you change this in the Model properties to dual dimensions, you do not get the expected dual dimensions in the symbol. Dual dimensioning means dual dimensions for -EVERYTHING- that represents a dimension! ...You can, however edit the weld symbol to show the actual dimension instead of some internally concocted byproduct.
So we edit the callout to include the real dimension... easy, right (yes)? But the &dnnn ignores the [.2] decimal space call. So now you need to change the properties of the fillet dimension properties to match your desired symbol callout.
But of course, your graphics is somehow corrupt because annotations are not updated immediately. Regen doesn't fix it. Yet a hover give you the hint there is a problem. I have to erase the annotation and unerase it to have it come back properly. This is why I stopped upgrading to the latest version of Creo. -This- is the type of "bugs" that really makes Creo annoying to use. And M040 seems to have a lot more than M020 had.
Anyway, that's my rant... do you have one for the Weld App? Post it here.
Oh, and can you confirm that the annotation update bug is or is not in your version? I -am- on an approved platform.
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