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Foreshortened Diameter in Detail View

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BodyBagger

BodyBagger

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Feb 23, 2007
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I tried to use the search function for past posts on this subject but the search tool does not seem to be working for any query.

I am trying to add a few foreshortened diameters to a drawing detail view but it does not seem to be working. I can drag the diameter from another view but it does not stick.

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The dim needs to come from the same side as the detail view. Insert the diameters on the right side, drag them to their position on the detail view then delete from the main view.

Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
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SW '07 SP2.0, Dell M90, Intel 2 Duo Core, 2GB RAM, nVidia 2500M
 
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Perhaps I have something set incorrectly in my system but, for me to get the diameter of a cylinder from a side view, I have to select the top and bottom edge, which isn't possible in the detail view shown by BodyBagger. While I can select the right edge and then add the diameter symbol, I don't see 'foreshortened' as a display option in the RMB menu.

Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
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SW '07 SP2.0, Dell M90, Intel 2 Duo Core, 2GB RAM, nVidia 2500M
 
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JMirisola - I have tried placing the dimension on both sides with the same result.

Eltron - I always use SmartDim's but I do not have the available option of selecting "foreshortened" as you have mentioned.
 
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Actually, when I ctrl-drag the dim, I see a red circle with a line thru it as I'm dragging.
 
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I see the same thing while dragging, until I reach the detail view. Then it goes away and I hold my cursor over the proper edge and drop the dim onto it and my foreshortened dim comes in.

Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
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The "red circle with a line thru it" is typical until the cursor is placed over a suitable detail view.

Are the diameter dimensions you are trying to use for the foreshortened dimensions created manually or by the Insert > Model Items function?

If manually, they must be created by selecting both sides of the outline/profile of the diameter ... not just the straight end of the diameter? ie. It must be a true diameter dimension, not just a linear dimension with a Ø symbol applied. Is the Ø symbol automatically applied?

[cheers]
 
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I got it, I got it, I got it.......:)

I have 2 idential bore diameteres (one on each side of the part). My detail view comes from the section view and I was inserting the diameter via "Insert Model Items" and selecting the bore on the opposite side (not the side with the detail view, if that makes any sense. Once I flipped the direction of the section view I was able to do it. This may be what JMirisola was trying to tell me.

Thanks for all the help :))))
 
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