Coordinate dimensioning in drawings?
Coordinate dimensioning in drawings?
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Anyone know of a way to coordinate dimension in a drawing? By this I mean: Select a point for x,y 0,0 and then click on points, vertices, circle centers &etc. and have SW fill in the x,y coordinate. I need to do this on a very detailed cut profile drawing. I am producing a DXF for the cutting company, but policy dictates that a complete drawing be provided as a CYA thing, in case there is a problem with the DXf like scale or something.
I use ordinate dimensions extensively, but the drawing is getting very cluttered. I recall doing this in 2D (not that I'd ever consider going back). Sounds like an enhancement request huh? Maybe someone has a macro?
Thanks
Gerald W.
I use ordinate dimensions extensively, but the drawing is getting very cluttered. I recall doing this in 2D (not that I'd ever consider going back). Sounds like an enhancement request huh? Maybe someone has a macro?
Thanks
Gerald W.






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Gerald W.
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A co-ordinate dimension as you describe does not exist in SW (AFAIK), however points of a profile can be obtained via API, and it may be possible for a macro to be created to place those co-ords at selected points ... or maybe a table similar to a Hole Table could be generated.
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Gerald W.
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It sounds like you need a macro similar to that. For those who remember playing connect-the-dots in parallel line development in sheet metal (such as the images shown here http://weldingdata.com/pipetemplatesample.htm) it was a charm.
Flores
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At first glance the relationship between balloons and the BOM is slightly muddled.
Of what value is this?
One might ask of what value is a baby . . .
Oh well. To be seen, I guess.
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Flores
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To someone. ??
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Gwubs- This doesn't answer your question but from my experience with cutting companies, if you give them a couple dimensions on the .dxf and also a .pdf with those same dimensions, they should be able to tell if the .dxf goes out of whack when they open the file...if it does, then they know what the dimensions should be and how to scale the .dxf.
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In line with your comment, when I worked as a machinist, we often did complex shapes with one or two check dimensions to control part size through tool offset, and let the computer and CNC machine handle the details. That was all under one roof, so if there is a screw up there is no question who's company is paying...
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1. Create ordinate dimensions as you normally would.
2. Create a note pointing to the feature you're dimensioning.
3. In the note: click on the x coordinate, then hit the comma key, then click on the y coordinate.
4. Hide the ordinate dimensions you created the note from, but leave the zeros to identify the origin.
If you change the part, the dimensions in the note will update but the arrow and note position might not change, so be careful about that.
There has to be a better way out there, but I don't know what it is.
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I'm going to bed now. :)