Bringing dimensions into drawing
Bringing dimensions into drawing
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What is the best way to bring my dimensions from my model into my drawing? Should I dimension my model including the tolerances, so my drawing will be automatically dimensioned?
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RE: Bringing dimensions into drawing
When in drawing view, go to "Insert/Model Items/select entire model".
Chris
SolidWorks 10 SP4.0
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RE: Bringing dimensions into drawing
If the Insert > Model Items method is used, and tolerances are added to those dimensions, the tol's are propagated back into the model anyway.
Sometimes the model dims are not suitable for the I>MI method.
So basically it's your choice.
RE: Bringing dimensions into drawing
What is the "not suitable" comment based on? The complexity of the model?
RE: Bringing dimensions into drawing
RE: Bringing dimensions into drawing
The design intent has to be there.
Chris
SolidWorks 10 SP4.0
ctopher's home
SolidWorks Legion
RE: Bringing dimensions into drawing
The most common example of different model/drawing dimension schemes I use are putting drawing dimensions either as ordinate off a single datum and/or in a hole table; while the in-model dimensions are often hole to hole, or patterns (which are essentially a type of hole-to-hole dimension). My design intent is expressed via GD&T feature control frames, not by how my dimensions are located. Most of my dimensions don't have tolerance info, due to placing that in feature control frames for most features.