speed up detailing...

I don't get to spend as much time with Pro/E as I'd like, but there is
this nagging problem that maybe there is a quick solution. When I drop
into detailing and hit show all dimensions, most of what I want to
dimension is there, but it's ALWAYS crammed ontop of the part...I think,
in any case it's not where looks good. Is there a setting to move it out
spaced out into the drawing area so I don't have to move EVERY single
dimension?

I'm using Wildfire.... someday Wildfire 2 might come near me.


Thanks!
-meld

 

Don't you have the dimension clean-up command in WF? I often use this,
without the snap lines, just to separate all the dimensions so I can then
move them or switch views etc.

Dave

 

: I don't get to spend as much time with Pro/E as I'd like, but there is
: this nagging problem that maybe there is a quick solution. When I drop
: into detailing and hit show all dimensions, most of what I want to
: dimension is there, but it's ALWAYS crammed ontop of the part...I think,
: in any case it's not where looks good. Is there a setting to move it out
: spaced out into the drawing area so I don't have to move EVERY single
: dimension?
:
: I'm using Wildfire.... someday Wildfire 2 might come near me.
:
:
: Thanks!
: -meld
:
I wonder how many times users have requested this very thing. The best we've
gotten so far is 'Edit>Clean up' where you select all the dimensions in a view and
it spaces them out for you, creates snap lines if you want, flips arrows and does
a bunch of other things. But, not on its own and not by any default settings in a
configuration file.

I guess i'm a little more conservative in showing dimensions and hardly every do
'show all' until the very end, just to make sure I haven't missed any. Mostly, I
try to help poor Pro/e out by doing auxilliary and projected views first with 'By
feature and view'. This tends to clean up the main view so there aren't so many
dimensions to deal with. Then, 'clean dims' works pretty well.

David Janes

 

Thanks - I'll have to check that out. My parts are pretty simple these
days, but I do use "by view" on occassion. -meld