Dimensioning hole of sheet metal part in drafting NX5

[lurks]

I created a plate in NX Sheet Metal that has two holes punched in it. The plate is then curved as if around a cylinder. After doing this I tried to dimension in drafting. With this I was unable to select the holes in order to add a diameter dimension. Is this not possible using the modeling method chosen?

Thanks,

Lurks

 

[ewh]

I'm not experienced with sheetmetal, but it makes sense that you can't dimension it as it is no longer a diameter after it is formed.

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[JohnRBaker]

If this is truly a sheet metal part which after being formed (bent) the holes are seen as wrapping around the formed area, that does not mean that the actual holes were not 'manufactured' while the sheet was still flat and before it was formed. Therefore, you should be annotating (Drafting) the flat-pattern since that is what is manufactured first and then formed into the finished shape.

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