limit tolerances

Discussion in 'Pro/Engineer & Creo Elements/Pro' started by Andrea Willans, May 13, 2004.

  1. Does anyone know if it is possible to show limits on a dimension one above
    the other rather than in a line as is the default. I can find no options in
    the drawing set up file or the config.pro. I am using Wildfire.
    Thank you
    Andrea
     
    Andrea Willans, May 13, 2004
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  2. Andrea Willans

    dakeb Guest

    In the drawing setup (Menu: Advanced/Draw Setup) you should set 'text
    orientation' to one of the horizontal modes, e.g. iso_parallel_diam_horiz or
    ansi_parallel_diam_horiz, in order to achieve this effect.

    This is for rel 2001 but I'm you should be able to do it in WF too.
     
    dakeb, May 13, 2004
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  3. Andrea Willans

    David Janes Guest

    :
    : : > Does anyone know if it is possible to show limits on a dimension one above
    : > the other rather than in a line as is the default. I can find no options
    : in
    : > the drawing set up file or the config.pro. I am using Wildfire.
    :
    : In the drawing setup (Menu: Advanced/Draw Setup) you should set 'text
    : orientation' to one of the horizontal modes, e.g. iso_parallel_diam_horiz or
    : ansi_parallel_diam_horiz, in order to achieve this effect.
    :
    : This is for rel 2001 but I'm you should be able to do it in WF too.
    :
    Andrea, thanks for the question, didn't even know that limits would go on the same
    line. And, hopefully, you figured this out five minutes after firing off your
    post. But, since we haven't heard, one way or the other, I have to assume that the
    question is still open. I also wanted to try out dakeb's advice, see what that
    did.

    BTW, you get to the detail options is WF drawing mode with
    'File>Properties>Drawing Options'. I went through all these options, trying to
    figure out what they did. The five different values control two items of text
    orientation ~ whether text stays parallel to dimension lines and whether limits
    text displays on one or two lines. Also, two of the parallel ones provide
    exceptions for diametral dimensions.

    horizontal* (asterisk indicates it's the default value): dimensions always display
    horizontally, even when dimensioning vertical featues; limits display on two lines

    parallel: all dimensions remain parallel to dimension lines, switching to vertical
    when dimensioning vertical geometry; limits display on a single line, separated by
    a dash

    parallel_diam_horiz: modifies the above behavior for diametral dimensions, placing
    them horizontally with an elbow; limits still on single line

    iso_parallel: follows general pattern of parallel for text orientation; limits
    display on two lines

    iso_parallel_diam_horiz: modifies the above behavior for diametral dimensions,
    placing them horizontally with an elbow; limits still on two lines

    The the four option values which place text parallel have an additional option
    governing their placement ~ parallel_dim_placement which, by default, is set to
    'above' but can also be set to 'below' the dimension line.

    David Janes
     
    David Janes, May 19, 2004
    #3
  4. Thank you David! I hadn't figured it out, but they now display the way I
    want them to.
     
    Andrea Willans, May 20, 2004
    #4
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