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Degrees minutes seconds in sketcher

Degrees minutes seconds in sketcher

Degrees minutes seconds in sketcher

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I am designing a part and some of my information is provided to me in Degrees Minutes Seconds.

Can I input this directly into the sketcher dimensions? or do I need to convert it to decimal degrees first?

What is the syntax?

J

RE: Degrees minutes seconds in sketcher

You will need to put it in decimal degrees.

If there is a way to enter the angle in degrees minutes and seconds I would be very interested to hearing it from somebody else.

RE: Degrees minutes seconds in sketcher

You can do it long hand:

Degress+(mintes/60)+(seconds/3600)

Double check my math, doing this on the fly.

RE: Degrees minutes seconds in sketcher

You can create an expression that calculates it for you.
For example:
40degrees20'50"
you would use:
X=40 + (20 * 1/60) + (50 * 1/60 * 1/60)

RE: Degrees minutes seconds in sketcher

UG, pre-V18, you could enter it directly.
33 + min(45) + sec(22)

I think that was the format. When I tried it in NX4, I got an Invalid legacy expression warning.
 

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