“Override Value” in dimension properties
This opportunity provides a capability to users to falsify the dimensional requirements of any model feature on a drawing but go undetected by Highlight by Attributes or ModelCHECK.
- Highlight by Attributes does not find the dimensions “Out of Scale” or “non-associative”
- Model CHECK does not find these dimensions as “overridden/faked” as the properties tool does not insert a “@O” into the dimension typical of past overridden dimensions.
Is there a way to disallow the use of this dim. Property option?
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What is the catch if users embed these “false” dimensions into drawings?
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It looks like this can also be done in 3D annotations that are created dimensions. I do not understand the need for this functionality. If PTC is pushing the MBE and MBD concept why would they make it so easy for model creators to "falsify" their designs and so hard for anyone else to identify. IF this function is needed why not make it obvious to the viewer that the dimension is "faked" by highlighting it in red (or some other color) or changing the font? Why enable the system to support bad practices?
