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real assembly dimensioning

real assembly dimensioning

real assembly dimensioning

(OP)
I have a bit of a small question here. I have a basic assembly with 4 components mated on a surface (basically it is a PCB encoder so the mates are surface and align acording to a 0,0 hole datum. Now I am very aware of the "show" dimension feature, and since these dimenions need to be "real" dimension I cannot add them since they need to be driven by the model parametrically and vice versa but when I go to the show dimensions and select "view" nothing really comes up... or the dimensions that I want to show do not show up at all, now when I select "part" it shows ALL the dimensions for that part.  All I want is to show the X,Y dimensions from one component on my surface in accordance to the specified datum thats it. Is this much harder than it seems??

Thanks

RE: real assembly dimensioning

(OP)
ignore the above post.... I figured it out "sort of" now the only thing I have to figure out is why my dimensions are all over the map.  It seems like I am rearranging ALL normal dimensions, seems like pro/e is not smart enough to determine where to place the dimensions.

RE: real assembly dimensioning

Assembly dimensions are usualy off, away from the parts. When creating the dimensions, make sure to use OFFSET set to "0" if you want to show a dimension in drawing mode.

Steve

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