dual dimension
dual dimension
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Can someone tell me how I can display dimensions on a drawing in both metric and inches?
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RE: dual dimension
RE: dual dimension
RE: dual dimension
What drawback are you talking about ctopher?
Jason Capriotti
Smith & Nephew, Inc.
RE: dual dimension
RE: dual dimension
Just a thought?
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Scott Baugh, CSWP
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RE: dual dimension
RE: dual dimension
But I could really use one more: Custom units.
AutoCAD (forgive me, father) had this functionality and it really came in handy at times. There was a property for the Alternate Dimension named “Alt Dim Scale.” Basically it multiplied the scale value by your primary dimension and used the result for your Dual Dim.
The beauty of this is that you’re not limited to hard-coded ratios like SW is offering.
If I’m dealing with a part I know will shrink by a given factor, I can show on my drawings the process (pre-shrink) dimensions as the primary and the finished (post-shrink) dimensions as the dual dim, just by specifying that unique factor somewhere in the dual dim settings.
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