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NX8 Drafting - option to make the diameter and radius leader lines longer

NX8 Drafting - option to make the diameter and radius leader lines longer

NX8 Drafting - option to make the diameter and radius leader lines longer

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I want to change the following two things that NX 8 defaults to for drafting mode:

1. Change the radius and diameter dimensions from having fixed length leaders to whatever length I like. Normally I click the hole, move the mouse where I want the dimension to be and then left click again to anchor the dimension. NX8 has it locked at a fixed length.

2. Change the horizontal and vertical dimension from snapping the dimension in the middle to allowing me to place it wherever I want.

I've poured over the Dimension Style options for the given dimension but cannot find anything. I've also poured over the customer defaults and still cannot seem to find anything.

I just started using NX8, from NX7.5, and I cannot get over how awesome the constraint navigator is. I wish Siemens would have implemented that a long time ago! It was such a pain to find a constraint in a sea of 200+ constraints for given assembly.

RE: NX8 Drafting - option to make the diameter and radius leader lines longer

You are in luck; changing one setting will solve both issues. In the dimension preferences, change the "placement" option from "automatic" to one of the "manual" options.

Preferences -> annotation -> dimensions


The style of existing dimensions will need to be changed. If you want this to be the default in all new files, change it in your template part preferences and/or the customer defaults.

www.nxjournaling.com

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