Link external dim text

Discussion in 'SolidWorks' started by Wayne Tiffany, Jun 24, 2003.

  1. Wayne Tiffany

    Wayne Tiffany Guest

    This is from the help system, but I still don't understand. I thought
    it would either show or not show text that I typed into the dimension
    box in the PropertyManager like this (<DIM> TEST) but it didn't seem
    to change anything. Any insight offerd out there?

    WT

    "Link external dim text. You can right-click the top-level icon in a
    drawing FeatureManager design tree and select or clear Link external
    dim text to control whether text added to a dimension is displayed.
    Text added to a dimension in a drawing becomes an attribute of the
    dimension. The default is to have the option enabled."
     
    Wayne Tiffany, Jun 24, 2003
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  2. Wayne Tiffany

    Corey Scheich Guest

    It looks to me like this.
    When you add Model Items to your drawing, and then add text to the
    dimension that feature puts in the drawing. When this option is
    checked it also adds the same text to the model. If this is not
    checked the text is only added to the drawing. Why would you use
    this. Derrr I duh no!
    I guess it is possible that you would want to see these notes while
    editing a model but your guess is as good as mine.

    Corey
     
    Corey Scheich, Jun 24, 2003
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