Chamfer Note on Drawings - Creo Parametric 2

[mlocascio]

Calling All Pro/E Guys,



I have a part with some chamfered holes that has been giving me a bit of
trouble. Because I needed to create an auxiliary view at a 45˚ angle, the
leader note for my chamfer note comes out looking “strange.”



I do believe that I understand some of the mentality behind the chamfer
note on a drawing. It is intentionally perpendicular to the chamfer
surface.



Is there any way to CHANGE the way that this chamfer note displays on my
drawing? I want to be able to rotate the leader at an angle different from
the perpendicular that I am getting.



Michael P. Locascio

[DonSenchuk]

There is a way to change the way it looks. It’s in the .DTL file, but of course I don’t remember the name of it.

[sjohnson-3]

There is a chamfer option in the DTL, chamfer_45deg_leader_style, but I haven’t experimented with changes to it to see what happens in auxiliary views.

In your specific case what I do is create a leader note attached as it should be shown using the driving dimension data with it.


-Sasha

[mlocascio]

Donald,



I think that the old way was “better.” For some reason Creo has taken on
the assumption that all of us want leaders to be perpendicular to the
chamfer surface.



Mike Locascio

[mlocascio]

Sasha,



I have seen that dtl option myself. It controls placement of the text with
respect to the leader. It also controls text alignment with respect to the
leader.



Mike Locascio

[DonSenchuk]

Sure. I agree. Especially on a busy drawing where it might not be feasible to only have the chamfer note perpendicular to the surface.