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Mid-Line Dimension

Mid-Line Dimension

Mid-Line Dimension

(OP)
Can you make a full width dimension using a center datum?

This is what I have in ProE

CODE

__________|_________
|         |         |
|         |         |___
|         |             |
|         |          ___|
|_________|_________|
          |

          |----1.0------|
versus:

CODE

     __________|_________
     |         |         |
     |         |         |___
     |         |             |
     |         |          ___|
     |_________|_________|
               |

|-------------2.0------------|


Very useful for setting up a mirrored feature based on a full width requirement instead of dividing 2.

Thanks in advance.

Erick
 

RE: Mid-Line Dimension

If you use a Centerline in your sketch you can select a line or a point then the centerline and the same line or point a second time before placing with middle button.

You can do the same in reverse order. cline, reference, cline. This is normally used for Diameter dimensions in Revolved features.

Michael

RE: Mid-Line Dimension

(OP)
Ah, that was my error/lack of knowledge. I had the center datum as a reference, and was trying to do that click sequence method on the datum.  I went ahead and put in a centerline on the datum and it worked as expected.  And, yeah, I've used it for revolves, too.  Just I was doing a connector feature at the moment and I wanted to mirror the flanges, etc that were defined as an overall width.

Thank you!

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