Displaying PrePlate Dimensions
Displaying PrePlate Dimensions
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Good afternoon, I am making a drawing and it hasthe finished dimensions and preplate dimensions in parentheses. Like:
.308 (.3075)
.305 (.3045)
Then the arrow points at the part. The .305/.308 are no problem, Ijust used limit, but is there a way to get the preplate dimensions behind the finished dimensions? Thank you in advance for any and all assistance.
.308 (.3075)
.305 (.3045)
Then the arrow points at the part. The .305/.308 are no problem, Ijust used limit, but is there a way to get the preplate dimensions behind the finished dimensions? Thank you in advance for any and all assistance.






RE: Displaying PrePlate Dimensions
Make your drawing to the final dimension. It's up to whoever makes it to assure that it meets final dimensions after plating.
That being said, I don't think there's a way to do it with live dimensions other than using the limit tolerance and having one dimension above the other. If this is something you really want to do I can fiddle a macro to do it without too much effort.
RE: Displaying PrePlate Dimensions
Also, this is not standard. When I see:
.308 (.3075)
.305 (.3045)
one could assume in/mm or similar, until one looks closer.
I would suggest calling out one of the dims, a note with the proper plating spec, and note stating the dim shown is after or before plating.
Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
SolidWorks 06 4.1/PDMWorks 06
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 06-21-06)
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SolidWorks tries to follow standards. What you are asking for would have to be done manually.
Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
SolidWorks 06 4.1/PDMWorks 06
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 06-21-06)
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By the way, what do you mean by "the way the old CAD system could do both"? Did the old CAD system do this automatically, or was it a hand-typed, non-associative number as well?
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Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
SolidWorks 06 4.1/PDMWorks 06
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 06-21-06)
RE: Displaying PrePlate Dimensions
I often find myself in a position where I have to "dummy" something in on a drawing. When I do this, I have gotten in the habbit of marking the dummy dims, so they show up in bright blue. I am starting to put them on their own Layer, in Drawings. I also usually note this fact in (big letter)just off the drawing sheet (along with any other notes i have), so if someone else (or me in a few months - years) comes to it, they know what has been done, and the meaning of things.
Wes C.
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FL XX. PLATING TO BE X.XX MAX DIM X.XX MIN DIM. DIM GIVEN ON THE DRAWING REPRESENT FINISHED DIMS. WHATEVER WHATEVER.
Wes C.
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RE: Displaying PrePlate Dimensions
1. Add construction geometry (a sketch point, line or whatever) to the drawing view
2. Dimension it to be the plating thickness away from the model edge your actual dimension is attached to
3. Hide that dimension
4. Add another dimension to the construction geometry that mimics the actual dimension you're wanting to show
5. Align the actual dimension with the dummy dimension with Tools->Dimensions->Align Collinear/Radial
6. Right click both the dummy dimension and the actual dimension and un-check "Center dimension"
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For my single part drawings - I set up a second configuration (called MATERIAL). Then I input the custom properties in the MATERIAL configuration to drive the BILL OF MATERIALS. The TITLE BLOCK can then be driven from the DEFAULT CONFIGURATION.
But that might not even apply here...
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