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  1. christhenovice

    Create centreline of a PCD in a idw

    Thanks for the reply. Yes if you edit the view in question, under the options tab is a check box to dispay work features (ie the work axis of the hole pattern). This then displays a centre mark for the array in the drawing.
  2. christhenovice

    Create centreline of a PCD in a idw

    I have a plate with an a array of holes. The centre of the PCD is not in the centre of the plate. How do i display a centremark/line of this PCD. I can create centre marks to the holes and around the circumference of the PCD, which will allow me to dimension to the centre. But how do i display a...
  3. christhenovice

    Nested block reference

    Thanks all. Sorted! I have found that if i repeat the explode command it eventually erodes the nested blocks down into single entities.
  4. christhenovice

    Nested block reference

    Thanks for you reply Haggis, but the problem is I can't explode it. I assume this is due to it having many nested blocks within the block? ie when I double click on the block, it open the REFEDIT dialogue box and displays a "structure tree" of the nested blocks.
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    Nested block reference

    Good afternoon, I have recieved a drawing with a block reference which has many nested parts. All I want to be able to do is copy a small area of this drawing and use it in my own. The problem is with nested items in the block that appear in areas of the drawing I dont want to copy. Having...

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