circumference dimension?
circumference dimension?
(OP)
Can a dimension be created to make the circumference of a circle driven? For instance if I wanted to easily draw a circle that measures 20 inches around the circumference can I add a dimension that allows me to specify the 20 inches rather than me calculating the actual diameter or radius? Maybe I'm over analyzing this and missing something but I don't see how I can achieve this.






RE: circumference dimension?
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Anna Wood
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RE: circumference dimension?
What application requires a circumference dimension (why would diameter or radius not be sufficient)?
RE: circumference dimension?
RE: circumference dimension?
As TheTick noted in his post you can get the arc length by first selecting both end points of an arc, then selecting the arc when you are dimensioning.
Regards,
Anna Wood
SW 2007 SP2.2, WinXP
Dell Precision 380, Pentium D940, 4 Gigs RAM, FX3450
http://designsmarter.typepad.com/solidmuse
http://www.phxswug.com
RE: circumference dimension?
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RE: circumference dimension?
RE: circumference dimension?
How are you able to copy and paste images directly into this thread? I thought you had to upload pictures to imageshack and hyperlink it here.
Thanks,
Colin
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Colin Fitzpatrick
Mechanical Design Engineer
Solidworks 2007 SP 2.2
Dell 390 XP Pro SP 2
nVida Quadro FX 3450/4000
RE: circumference dimension?
Place [img ] around the URL.
RE: circumference dimension?
[IMG]http://i9.tinypic.com/538i0x0.jpg[/IMG]
Macduff![[spin] spin](https://www.tipmaster.com/images/spin.gif)
Colin Fitzpatrick
Mechanical Design Engineer
Solidworks 2007 SP 2.2
Dell 390 XP Pro SP 2
nVida Quadro FX 3450/4000
RE: circumference dimension?
Macduff![[spin] spin](https://www.tipmaster.com/images/spin.gif)
Colin Fitzpatrick
Mechanical Design Engineer
Solidworks 2007 SP 2.2
Dell 390 XP Pro SP 2
nVida Quadro FX 3450/4000
RE: circumference dimension?
Macduff![[spin] spin](https://www.tipmaster.com/images/spin.gif)
Colin Fitzpatrick
Mechanical Design Engineer
Solidworks 2007 SP 2.2
Dell 390 XP Pro SP 2
nVida Quadro FX 3450/4000
RE: circumference dimension?
I see you have your answer....
I have several web hosts that I use for my websites I maintain, so I just upload to them and add the img tag to link to the posts here.
Regards,
Anna Wood
SW 2007 SP2.2, WinXP
Dell Precision 380, Pentium D940, 4 Gigs RAM, FX3450
http://designsmarter.typepad.com/solidmuse
http://www.phxswug.com