Dimensioning Elipse

[toolfnatic]

How do you go about dimensioning elipses in SW drawing files?

 

[Theophilus]

You can draw a construction line across the long and short axes, trimmed against the ellipse, and dimensioning the construction lines.


Jeff Mowry

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[ctopher]

or dim to the centerpoints.

Chris
Sr. Mechanical Designer, CAD
SolidWorks 05 SP3.1 / PDMWorks 05
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[toolfnatic]

Thanks

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

In SW05 & later, the elipse has "quadrant" points to dimension to.

It also depends how the part is going to be machined. Some NC programs will interpolate the points required for machining, others you will have to create the points.

If you are maching a true elipse you do not have radii & centrelines to dimension.


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