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Automatic scaling of the drawings

Automatic scaling of the drawings

Automatic scaling of the drawings

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Hi,

I am creating generic part drawings of a parametric assembly components (part dimensions are driven by relations written in the assembly program). I have 2 questions: 1) If I do regenerate the drawing every time, how do I keep it properly scaled? (I know it could be done with the drawing scale parameter, but not sure how to implement it). 2) If I choose not to regenerate the drawing: I tried to use an instance with “frozen” dimensions as a drawing model. Family Table would allow me to lock an instance with certain dimensions, and it seemed to work at first, but after I close the files, open the assembly and regenerate it with the new values, the “locked” instance takes new values (same as generic – driven by relations). Could this be “broken”, i.e. can I “lock” an instance if its dimensions are driven by relations?

Thank you,

Oxana

RE: Automatic scaling of the drawings

Set drawing states. In other words program the drawing. One warning, programming the drawing is more difficult than programming the assem.

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