×
INTELLIGENT WORK FORUMS
FOR ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS

Log In

Come Join Us!

Are you an
Engineering professional?
Join Eng-Tips Forums!
  • Talk With Other Members
  • Be Notified Of Responses
    To Your Posts
  • Keyword Search
  • One-Click Access To Your
    Favorite Forums
  • Automated Signatures
    On Your Posts
  • Best Of All, It's Free!
  • Students Click Here

*Eng-Tips's functionality depends on members receiving e-mail. By joining you are opting in to receive e-mail.

Posting Guidelines

Promoting, selling, recruiting, coursework and thesis posting is forbidden.

Students Click Here

Jobs

Dual Dimensions in hole table.. possible?

Dual Dimensions in hole table.. possible?

Dual Dimensions in hole table.. possible?

(OP)
Hello all,

I am trying to get dual dimensions in my hole table for the x/y locations. I want the locations of the holes to be displayed in metric and english.

Anyone got any ideas? I can't figure it out.

RE: Dual Dimensions in hole table.. possible?

(OP)
oh, I am running SW 2005 SP3 on XP PRO

RE: Dual Dimensions in hole table.. possible?

You can double click on the dimension and check the display as dual dimension box.

RFUS

RE: Dual Dimensions in hole table.. possible?

(OP)
nope, that didn't work.

Its got to do with something in the template for the hole table.

RE: Dual Dimensions in hole table.. possible?

If I am finalizing a print to send out or exporting a dxf/dwg, and I can't get what I want in the drawing.......I cheat. If it is for records then I will never create any un-linked data on the sheet.

If you're building a NASA Space shuttle with 20,000 holes all linked to a table and you need them to update automatically I wouldn't recommend this practice, plus you could probably get an enhancement request through easily if you had as much money as nasa, but if a guy on the shop floor needs dual dims on 30 holes in a table then this cheating practice works well.

RFUS

RE: Dual Dimensions in hole table.. possible?

As the others have pointed out, this cannot currently be done.
Submit an Enhancement Request if this is important to you.

In the meantime, a possible workaround might be to create a config which is scaled up by 25.4 to simulate the metric sizes. A view of each config can then be placed on a drawing sheet, and a Hole Table created for each view. The scaled Hole Tables X & Y columns will appear to show metric. However if the hole wizard is used to  create the holes, the holes will still be called up in imperial units, but geometry created holes will appear as metric.
If both views are to be left on the sheet, the scaled view will need to scaled back down to make it appear the same size as the original. However, to simplify the drawing, the scaled view could be hidden or moved outside the sheet border.

cheers
Helpful SW websites  FAQ559-520
How to get answers to your SW questions  FAQ559-1091

Red Flag This Post

Please let us know here why this post is inappropriate. Reasons such as off-topic, duplicates, flames, illegal, vulgar, or students posting their homework.

Red Flag Submitted

Thank you for helping keep Eng-Tips Forums free from inappropriate posts.
The Eng-Tips staff will check this out and take appropriate action.

Reply To This Thread

Posting in the Eng-Tips forums is a member-only feature.

Click Here to join Eng-Tips and talk with other members!


Resources