Inches Dimensions with a Dash?

Hello,

I am using Solidworks 2003, SP 2.0. I know this happens with
earlier Solidworks versions as well:

When you dimension with feet and inches, you can get a dash, like:

12'-8"

but, when you dimension something in just inches, like "one and
three sixteenths inches", it looks like this:

1 3/16"

which if you are using a non-fixed width font, looks a whole lot
like 13/16" instead of 1-3/16", like I'd like it to look like.

Does anyone have a suggestion for how I can make this so that there
will be no potential errors with someone reading my print when
dimensioning in fractional inches?

Thanks,

Tim

 

because the tap says 1-1/16, not 1.0625

 

I think a good solid "maybe" should avoid directly telling him what you
can't say in a more definite way.

matt

 

...does it have a dash or stacked fractions? You probably can't

Perhaps a continual perusal of the ideals presented will rectify our
dilemma bedecked with vagueness. Perchance there being none to object
to the object of our speculation, I suggest we start to move
forthright to undertake our commencement without further ado . . .

 

(Sean-Michael Adams) wrote in

Exactly.