Dimension a Chain or Loop
Dimension a Chain or Loop
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i am trying to call out a dimension of a folded piece of seat belt (see pic) weaving through a round bar (not shown).
As shown in the picture, i am trying to call out the length of a certain segmant of various curves together (as the hand drawn spline). I had hoped that i could create a chain or loop & then dimension the overall length of that loop, but no success.
The only solution i can think of at this point would be "faking it" with splines, arrows, & text on the drawing sheet, but i HATE to do that
Has anyone ever tried anything similar to this? and if so....HOW did you do it?!?
As shown in the picture, i am trying to call out the length of a certain segmant of various curves together (as the hand drawn spline). I had hoped that i could create a chain or loop & then dimension the overall length of that loop, but no success.
The only solution i can think of at this point would be "faking it" with splines, arrows, & text on the drawing sheet, but i HATE to do that
Has anyone ever tried anything similar to this? and if so....HOW did you do it?!?






RE: Dimension a Chain or Loop
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RE: Dimension a Chain or Loop
I'll be back with a markup
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RE: Dimension a Chain or Loop
Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
Mechanical Designer
Solidworks 2007 SP 5.0
Dell 490 XP Pro SP 2
Xeon CPU 3.00 GHz 3.00 GB of RAM
nVida Quadro FX 3450 512 MB
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RE: Dimension a Chain or Loop
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RE: Dimension a Chain or Loop
I was thinking essentially the same thing over the weekend, great minds think alike, right?
it would still be nice to measure it with an actual dimension...maybe in 2009 or '10....someday!
RE: Dimension a Chain or Loop
Not a problem. This technique kinda follows the AMSE Y14.5 standard. I was trying to do something like this the other day as far as dimensioning multiple arc lengths, and yes it would be cool to have a function to dimension this.
Have a good day,
Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
Mechanical Designer
Solidworks 2007 SP 5.0
Dell 490 XP Pro SP 2
Xeon CPU 3.00 GHz 3.00 GB of RAM
nVida Quadro FX 3450 512 MB
I'm just a little verklempt. Talk amongst yourselves. I'll give you a topic. Pink Floyd, was neither Pink nor Floyd. Discuss!--“Coffee Talk” Mike Myers SNL