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leader arrowhead tpoint to center of circle
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leader arrowhead tpoint to center of circle

leader arrowhead tpoint to center of circle

(OP)
This is the first time I've ever had someone so arrogant as to cririze me for not having leader and dim arrowheads to point directly to the center of the circle from the outside. With that being siad, is there a way to get arrowheads to: 1)snap or attach to a circle and 2)point directly to the center of the circle. I've included a picture of what this "person" believes is wrong. Thanks for any direction given!

Using NX 7.5

RE: leader arrowhead tpoint to center of circle

Can this wonderful person point to any drafting standard that annotates "his" way?

If not, it's time for "him" to learn something new.

Proud Member of the Reality-Based Community..

To the Toolmaker, your nice little cartoon drawing of your glass looks cool, but your solid model sucks. Do you want me to fix it, or are you going to take all week to get it back to me so I can get some work done?

RE: leader arrowhead tpoint to center of circle

Have you tried using the 'Radius to Center' dimension method:

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

RE: leader arrowhead tpoint to center of circle

(OP)
JohnRBaker that would work as well, but I'd probably lose my job if that line were inside the circle. The workaround I've found I can use is the Hole Dimension and just edit the text. It works, but will be a pain if the hole size changes any, as it isn't associative anymore. Just wish that note with leaders could snap to the circle and point towards the center, but one can only dream......

RE: leader arrowhead tpoint to center of circle

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It works, but will be a pain if the hole size changes any, as it isn't associative anymore.

Was your original note associative? If so, copy its text (attribute/expression references) into your new dim text before deleting the hole callout note.

www.nxjournaling.com

RE: leader arrowhead tpoint to center of circle

Why are you editing the text? Why not just set the...

Annotation -> Preference -> Radial

...to 'No Symbol':

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

RE: leader arrowhead tpoint to center of circle

I think you will find that is you use...

Insert -> Dimension -> Feature Paratmeters...

...and select your 'Hole' features that they will automatically be created with the arrow pointing toward the center of the hole:

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

RE: leader arrowhead tpoint to center of circle

(OP)
My features are not showing up in the dialog box.

RE: leader arrowhead tpoint to center of circle

(OP)
How did you get your features to appear?

RE: leader arrowhead tpoint to center of circle

Are they real 'Hole' features or just subtracted cylinders?

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

RE: leader arrowhead tpoint to center of circle

(OP)
They are threaded holes and simple holes.

RE: leader arrowhead tpoint to center of circle

Then you should have no problem using this approach. The dialog uses a 'navigator' like scheme so you will need to expand the 'tree' until you see the actual list of Hole feautures.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

RE: leader arrowhead tpoint to center of circle

As to the original issue, "this person" is correct. The leader should be radial per Y14.5. I don't have the current standard with me at the moment, but I don't believe this requirement has changed since the '82 standard, which states " 1.7.4.2 Where the leader is directed to a circle or an arc, its direction should be radial."
Your attitude towards your checker seems uncalled for. It is unfortunate that you have not experienced such "arrogance" before. If you question a markup, be sure to have documentation to back yourself up. You may learn a thing or two that way.

“Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.”
-Dalai Lama XIV

RE: leader arrowhead tpoint to center of circle

The problem is that the user is using a 'label' or Radius dimension when he should have been using a Hole dimension which DOES comply with the standard.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

RE: leader arrowhead tpoint to center of circle

I agree, John... just trying to direct the issue from the software to the user.

“Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.”
-Dalai Lama XIV

RE: leader arrowhead tpoint to center of circle

(OP)
ewh, if you had recieved the email that I received, you may see where I am coming from. I made the mistake of not making the arrowheads radial, but did not receive the expalaination you just gave (and thanks for doing so). As for my attitude, nothing but WORK related dialouge between this checker and I from now on. It's just better for me that way. That is one thing I have gained knowledge of. And I say this with suspicion that you may be my checker....

RE: leader arrowhead tpoint to center of circle

(OP)
ewh, I've been using this software, in conjunction with GD&T, for approx. 2 months now. After using other software professionally for 6+ years. So yeah, a lot of the problems lies with me getting over the learning curve. And the software is not the most uesr freindly.....

RE: leader arrowhead tpoint to center of circle

Trust me, I'm not your checker. I would have noted why the correction was there.
And no, NX may not be the most user friendly, but it is a very powerful tool once you get the hang of it (best that I've used).
As for not communicating with the checker, I recommend again that you document why you may disagree before you question any corrections. I have found that to be a great way to learn just what is and what is not acceptable per standards used. "Personal preference" and "because that's the way we've always done it", without any documentation, always raise red flags for me but you need to choose which battles are worth fighting.
Also, I have learned about myself not to incorporate red-lines before lunch if I can avoid it... I seem to be much more aggressive about relatively minor issues first thing in the morning. winky smile

“Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.”
-Dalai Lama XIV

RE: leader arrowhead tpoint to center of circle

Thanks guys, I learned something today.

Proud Member of the Reality-Based Community..

To the Toolmaker, your nice little cartoon drawing of your glass looks cool, but your solid model sucks. Do you want me to fix it, or are you going to take all week to get it back to me so I can get some work done?

RE: leader arrowhead tpoint to center of circle

Quote (capnhook)

Thanks guys, I learned something today.

Me too, no more drawing submissions before lunch! tongue

www.nxjournaling.com

RE: leader arrowhead tpoint to center of circle

While you're at it, you might want to make sure your dim arrowheads and note/label arrow heads are the same (filled or unfilled), as your attachments shows 2 different ones - just trying to help you avoid another possible raking over the coals.

User friendliness in NX, at least, usually boils down to taking the time to peruse available documentation and time spent learning how to do things the way the software intends, not necessarily how you learned in another software. You won't become proficient with NX by doing it on your own or not having a good understanding of the terminology that's used over and over within the software.

Don't get me wrong, I get where you're coming from - if I were forced to move from my bread & butter, I wouldn't be too pleased. Something to note is that once you click a command in NX, you can immediately go up to HELP -> On Context (or press F1) and that will usually take you to a useful area in the docs. If not, you may have to spend a few minutes looking around for what you want. If you get stumped, post here and move onto another area of your drawing until you get some direction from the guys here.

Tim Flater
NX Designer
NX 8.0.3.4
Win7 Pro x64 SP1
Intel Xeon 2.53 GHz 6GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro 4000 2GB

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