Datum Axis tags are A MESS
Datum Axis tags are A MESS
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Can somebody please lend me some advice on what to do about these Datum axis tags? I always get this issue when trying to print them. I cannot move the tag when looking directly down the axis (and it isn't really an option for me to rotate the view since this needs to be a flat on view) and the tag always prints see through, so it leaves this mess shown in the attachment. I can't attach to a dimension or geometry because I need to reference it in quite a number of views. The datum set tag always gives me annotation orientation errors that I can't seem to figure out either. Should I be going about this a different way? I can't add the lines behind to a layer that I want to hide because I only want to hide the segments within the actual tag box itself, not the entire line.





RE: Datum Axis tags are A MESS
Add the datum axis tag to a separate layer
Then in the drawing
Right-click & select properties -> Drawing Options
set the option drawing_layer_overrides_model to yes
get the name of the view (eg TOP)
View the layers in the model tree area
In the drop-down box, select the view
Select the layer with the datum axis & hide
Save layer status
Save drawing
RE: Datum Axis tags are A MESS
RE: Datum Axis tags are A MESS
Dgallup: Maybe I am just not well versed enough with datum tags. I am choosing the second option for datum tags, the [-AA-] one, not the >-[AA] one. If I apply to a dimension, say the top down view that shows the angle of the axis, then that is the only location the [-AA-] tag shows up. When I have a detail view on the side showing the axis point [-AA-] with a sketch dimensioned off of it I want this axis point to also be clearly labeled [-AA-], but it is not. Is there a way to get these datum tags to show up in more than one location? Should I be using the >-[AA] option instead? The problem with this option is it always says my annotation orientation is incorrect and I am still unsure of how to fix this (I've changed the plane to be what seems like every possible combination yet it still won't work).
RE: Datum Axis tags are A MESS
I am patterning a cutout radially about a cylindrical enclosure. Since the pattern is only EQ spaced about 280 degrees I need to specify the starting point. So in my cutout sketch I created an axis point, and dimensioned the cutout off of this axis point. I then have a bottom up view of the cylindrical object showing the angular location of the datum axis in relation the the Y axis. I need to have it clear that the sketch is referencing the datum, so I need it to show the axis point as -AA- in the detail view as well as x degrees to axis -AA- from the Y axis in the bottom up view, but If I add the tag to a dimension I can only get that tag in one location, and since the axis is just to a centerpoint of a sketch there is no valid geometry for me to attach a tag to.
RE: Datum Axis tags are A MESS
RE: Datum Axis tags are A MESS
RE: Datum Axis tags are A MESS
Gary