Question
Show Known Dimension in Drawing
Using WF5 M170
Sometimes when I need to show a distance / depth on a drawing whose design intent is to be aligned with something else, I'll throw a reference dimension in the sketch then show the reference dimension in the drawing. Just have to clean up the parentheses to make it look like a "hard" dimension so the machinist / inspector knows what to do.
Using WF5 and this technique isn't working any more.
In the drawing, the dimension doesn't show up as on I can show.
I the part, if I edit the feature (i.e. display the dimensions), then the reference dimension doesn't appear.
If I Edit Definition on the feature, the reference dimension shows up as a "known dimension" (dimension name is kd1).
I deleted the "known dimension" and tried to create the reference dimension again. It still shows up as a 'known dimension" (dimension name is kd1) in the sketch and won't let me show it in the drawing.
What's going on? Any other way to fake a hard dimension so that its value updates when the geometry changes?
Andrew Kelly, P.E.
Design Engineer
Honeywell Sensing and Control
2080 Arlingate Lane
Columbus, OH 43228
Office: 614-850-7818
Toll Free: 800-848-6564
Fax: 614-850-1111
andrew.kelly@honeywell.com<">mailto:andrew.kelly@honeywell.com>
Sometimes when I need to show a distance / depth on a drawing whose design intent is to be aligned with something else, I'll throw a reference dimension in the sketch then show the reference dimension in the drawing. Just have to clean up the parentheses to make it look like a "hard" dimension so the machinist / inspector knows what to do.
Using WF5 and this technique isn't working any more.
In the drawing, the dimension doesn't show up as on I can show.
I the part, if I edit the feature (i.e. display the dimensions), then the reference dimension doesn't appear.
If I Edit Definition on the feature, the reference dimension shows up as a "known dimension" (dimension name is kd1).
I deleted the "known dimension" and tried to create the reference dimension again. It still shows up as a 'known dimension" (dimension name is kd1) in the sketch and won't let me show it in the drawing.
What's going on? Any other way to fake a hard dimension so that its value updates when the geometry changes?
Andrew Kelly, P.E.
Design Engineer
Honeywell Sensing and Control
2080 Arlingate Lane
Columbus, OH 43228
Office: 614-850-7818
Toll Free: 800-848-6564
Fax: 614-850-1111
andrew.kelly@honeywell.com<">mailto:andrew.kelly@honeywell.com>