dimension display
dimension display
(OP)
In NX4 I'm having difficulty with a displayed dimension.
I have a dimension that is exactly .21418. When displayed as a two decimal dimension on the drawing, it shows as .22 until the view is updated.
I don't know how to explain this behavoir and it now makes me question all the dims on all our drawings. How can I ensure the views are updated without manually doing this?
Is the rounding convention in NX4 the same as that used by excel?





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ewh,
Are you saying that views (automatically) update when a drawing is opened, or to (manually) update the views after opening a drawing?
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cowski,
That is the item at issue:
There was no indication that the view was out of date. No icon in the navigator nor were the dimensions greyed as I have seen in the past.
Actually, I believe the view to be not out of date. It just seems that updating the view corrected the dimension.
I still am no closer to knowing what is going on with this drawing. And I am still questioning the correctness of all our dimensioned drawings. For now, I have suggested that all drawings of critical importance be scrutinized and thoroughly updated.
Luckily in this instance, the dimensions are not critical; but there could easily be a drawing that this would make a huge impact upon furnished parts.
I have asked the question of one of our outside UG trainers if he has ever seen this happen. I will let you know what I find.
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Another reason for MBD (though I agree that this should not happen with such high cost software).
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Anyway, double click on your view and when the View Style dialog comes up go to the General tab and check the status of the Extracted Edges option (at the bottom of the panel).
John R. Baker, P.E.
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