Appended text in drafting 3

[SamSlivinski]

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I am having the same problem that was stated in this thread. I created sketch lines in drafting that I then dimensioned and if I try to change the text of the actual dimension it simply snaps back to what it was. Wondering if anyone has a solution to this.

Sam Slivinski
Using NX 6
Manufacturing/Aerospace

 

[MrEleven]

Interesting, I tried what you said and indeed it did what you said. This seems like a bug to me and it would probably be good if you could submit an IR to GTAC if you haven't already. I am glad this worked for you .

 

[cowski]

My guess is the answer would be "it's working as designed", as unintuitive as that may be. While it is not immediately obvious what is going on, the functionality is all there to add a sketch driving dimension, a sketch reference dimension, or a plain vanilla drafting dimension. Perhaps some sort of enhancement request (ER) for a user interface update to provide more feedback on the dimension type options would be more appropriate.

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[Toost]

I think you are right Cowski, it's working as intended.
There is some logic to it, even if not obvious. A "Sketch" dimension can be toggled back and forth Reference / driving whilst a "Drafting" dimension can never become (?) a sketch constraint. When creating the dimension as noted by Mreleven, the resultant dimension is a "drafting" dimension.
- run the example as described, then create another dimension as i assume that Cowski did, ( first place as driving, then RMB Convert to reference)
Then , when these two are in place, information -object and select both + OK. The "Sketcher" dimension will have notes about "Parent Sketch" and "Driving Expression" whilst the other dimension does not.
The question is if one can convert the "sketcher dimension" to become an "drafting dim".

Regards,
Tomas

 

[MrEleven]

The reason I say it is a bug and not working as designed is that a command should never show you one piece of data and then blow it away without letting you know why. There is no cancel button on that dialog, it is what we call light weight, every change you make happens immediately and when you close the command you are simply saying "I am done". Thus, the fact that it reverts it is wrong because if it wants the value to be unmodified then it should disallow you from modifying it in the first place.

 

[JohnRBaker]

'Mr 11' is correct is that the function should have provided immediate feedback when attempting to perform an unsupported operation on something like a Sketch 'Dimension' particularly when accessing it outside of the Sketch task. If someone would like to I would think contacting GTAC and having them open an IR/PR to that effect would be reasonable next step to take.

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[SamSlivinski]

Interesting! Thank you MrEleven, I too tried your method and it worked. It is odd that the order that you do the operation in changes its function. I did what you did except that I placed the dimension first then I toggled off the driving dimension option. Although I do see the reasoning behind having both types of dimension I agree that it should at least be a bit more clear in which type of dimension you are actually creating.

Sam Slivinski
Using NX 6
Manufacturing/Aerospace