Dog leg in a dimension line.

[SiW979]

Is it possible to put a dog leg in a dimension line, similar to an ordinate dimension in NX4? I have never seen it, but one of your users is convinced it it used to be available in the utility library of the user defined symbols?

Thanks guys.

Best regards

Simon NX4.0.4.2 MP10 - TCEng 9.1.3.6.c - (NX7.5 native)

http://www.jcb.com

Life shouldn't be measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the number of times when it's taken away...

 

[man2007]

Create User Defined Symbol of Dogleg and attach it to Dimension extension line, it works.
To create a User Defined Symbol you can do-
File->Utilities->Symbol Fonts... and select a .sbf file (You can create an empty .sbf file using notepad and save it to UGII directory (preferred), before selecting that file.)
Then create a New Symbol, give some name and select the dogleg lines and anchor point/s (You can create a dogleg by basic curves & select these lines for symbol creation)

 

[SiW979]

Thanks man

I did tell the guy that this would be more than likely be the outcome, however he was convinced that there was NX functionality that would do the same.

Best regards

Simon NX4.0.4.2 MP10 - TCEng 9.1.3.6.c - (NX7.5 native)

http://www.jcb.com

Life shouldn't be measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the number of times when it's taken away...

 

[JohnRBaker]

Are you sure that he's not thinking of a 'Narrow' dimension (as shown below)?

John R. Baker, P.E.
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Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
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[SiW979]

John

NO he was convinced it was like a dog leg on an ordinate dimension, however I think he must be confusing it with something else. thanks for all the input though.

Best regards

Simon NX4.0.4.2 MP10 - TCEng 9.1.3.6.c - (NX7.5 native)

http://www.jcb.com

Life shouldn't be measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the number of times when it's taken away...

 

[JonSelby]

I've wanted to do this but never found a way.
A question ...
If I explore the 'User Defined Symbol' method, is this going to be associative to the feature being dimensioned?

 

[JohnRBaker]

You should be able to associate the origin of the symbol, but as a whole, not as individual parts.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA

http://www.siemens.com/plm

http://www.plmworld.org/museum/

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.