I have this customer that is going to buy PRO|E (I'm from a VAR BTW)and heproduces electric towers, he use AUTOCAD so far.
To develop the towers he uses only 3 diameter of holes (13mm, 15mm and 17mm) so to avoid poluting the drawings he use symbols in place of dimensions:
The 13mm hole has a black circle covering the entire hole;
The 15mm hole has a half circle only with the superior portion black colored;
And the 17mm hole has a half circle only with the inferior portion black colored.
Because of the amount of holes needed to finish a tower, we were trying to automate the placement of the symbols (cosmetic) creating a UDF, but once the position of the half circles needs to be oriented regarding the drawing views it discards inserting it in 3D environment cause the orientation of the symbol in the 3D will be diferent in 2D for sure, inclusive the same part will be in diferent views and the half circles will need to be rotated...
I was wondering if there is a way to automate it in drawing directly, something with PRO/PROGRAM or MAPKEYS to at least semi-automate the process, placing the symbols manually maybe will make theyr time to market be equal or even more than AUTOCAD do now...
I am talking with PTC about it but I've not getting positive statuss so far...
Warm Regardsfrom Brazil
Guilherme Rocha - Tech Support Consultant
PLM Solutions do Brasil
“A goal without a plan is just a wish.”
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