Thread hole leader note
Thread hole leader note
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I found an old thread about this, see thread561-102354: How can i put any parametric leader note for threated holes.
That doesn't work for the new hole/thread command, from NX5.
Is there any way to fix this problem?
That doesn't work for the new hole/thread command, from NX5.
Is there any way to fix this problem?
I use NX5.





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John R. Baker, P.E.
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But where can you set the style of these annotations, because they are different from my other dimensions.
I use NX5.
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...\UGII\inh_files\
...and the actual file being used is set in Customer Defaults at...
File -> Utilities -> Customer Defaults -> Drafting -> General -> Standard -> General -> Miscellaneous
...where you enter the first part of the name of the template file you wish to use.
If you wish to customize the actual template files, you can do as well by copying one of that close, make your changes and giving it a new descriptive name and referencing that file instead in Customer Defaults.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
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Then Insert/Feature Parameters. Look for the feature in the list. Select the hole to dimension/Select the view to put the dimension in and apply.See attached
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Any suggestions?
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Here's what I have observed:
The part in question is a metric part, with a threaded hole, 1/4-20 UNC, created using the 'new' Hole function.
Option 1: Create Metric drawing of the metric part, then use "Feature Parameters" to create an annotation (selecting the 2nd Threaded Hole feature corresponding to the actual threaded hole, not just the thru drill). The annotation reads "M 6.4". Looking at the Template drop down menu in the "Feature Parameters" block, one can see that only "ansi_mm", "iso_din", and "jis" are selectable; "ansi" is greyed out.
Option 2: Create Inch drawing of metric part. "Feature Parameters" results in successful annotation "1/4-20 UNC-2B". (Actually there's an issue in that the depth is falsely reported as a value when it should read THRU, but that is another matter...) As a note, the Template drop-down menu now has only "ansi" as the selectable option; the others are greyed out now.
So, unless there is a setting where I can enable "ansi" templates inside a metric drawing, and the other templates inside an inch drawing, then it would seem that the problem exists as I've described it in the above post.
Where's that setting?...
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( I am a newbee to UG )
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John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
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File -> Utilities -> Customer Defaults -> Drafting -> General -> Standard -> but on this Standard tab I don't see another General -> Miscellaneous. Only the Miscellaneous tab at Drafting General. And this tab does not show which inh_file is being used.
RE: Thread hole leader note
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
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Why not bundle it in with the PR to support Whitworth threads. Flogging a
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OK, when you're where your picture showed you to be, go back and select the 'Standard' tab (upper-left corner) and then select the desired 'Drafting Standard' and then hit the 'Customize Standard' button, which will drop you into a sort of mini-Customer Default just for setting up your drafting standards. Now go to THAT General page and select the 'Miscellaneous' tab and you'll find what you're looking for.
Note that any changes made while in this mini-Customer Default will have to be saved as a new standards file (technically you don't really want to override an existing standards file and we make it very difficult to do so) in order to be able to use any of the changes that you've made.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
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I use NX5.
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did you have any succes with setting the style? I tried but it didn't work.
I use NX5.