Foreshortened Dimensions in Section Views

[Adrian2]

Dear Folks;

How do you get foreshortened diameters to work within section views using SW2006 SP 4.0.

I have a circular steel flange. I can project a side view and show hidden lines representing the internal diameters. I can pick these hidden lines as cylindrical features and then crop the view giving me foreshortened diameter dimensions.

Now when I try to do the same thing in a section, the same diameters cannot be picked as cylindrical features by the dimension tool, so they do not become foreshortened diameters when the section view is cropped.

Best Regards

Adrian Dunevein

http://www.aaadrafting.com

 

[SBaugh]

Look at the SW06 Whats new Page 7-2 - Deatailing/Dimension

Shift drag from one view to another works.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

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[Adrian2]

Thanks Scott;

2 issues here. I tried the shift drag thing, I cant get it to do anything. Does it matter how you pick the dimension ?

Also the sample shown in 7-2 is a foreshortened diameter in a crop from a projected view, which I already know works fine.

Its the foreshortened diameter in a cropped section view that does not work for me.

Did you actually get it to work in a cropped section ?

Best Regards

Adrian

 

[SBaugh]

pick the dimension first hold down the shift drag it over to the view and drop it. Try drag dimensions between views first. Remember that if the Dimension is not in teh same plane it will not work.

I can't think of an example like you are talking about... can you post and image or something of the drawing you are working on?

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

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[Adrian2]

Dear Scott;

How do you drop an image into an eng tips post ?, I have a picture I can show you.

 

[SBaugh]

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Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

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[ctopher]

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Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
SolidWorks 06 4.1/PDMWorks 06
AutoCAD 06
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[Adrian2]

Dear Scott;

Try this link;

<a href="

http://home.cogeco.ca/~adunevein/Images/foreshortened diameter.pdf">Foreshortened

Diameter</a>

SW2006 doesnt save as gif, so I did pdf instead.

Best Regards

Adrian

 

[ctopher]

Try adding a split line.
Also, SECTION A-A does not show dia symbols with dims.

Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
SolidWorks 06 4.1/PDMWorks 06
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 06-21-06)

 

[Adrian2]

Thanks ctopher and scott;

I tried adding a split line

Still no luck though, the cursor does not show any cylindrical faces.

I spoke to my VAR, Cad Micro systems this morning. They tell me that this is a known issue with SW and that it has been added to SW bugs to fix list.

Best Regards





Adrian Dunevein
AAA Drafting Services

http://www.aaadrafting.com

http://home.cogeco.ca/~adunevein/

SW2006 Office Pro. SP4.1

 

[Randy1111]

I did foreshortened dimensions into a section view previously.

I had a disc, with a shaped profile.
The drawing had a section view of half the disc. There was then a detail view of 1/2 of the section so that it could have the largest possible scale on the sheet. Since its a revolved disc its all symetrical.

When dimensioning the 1/2 section detail view, the dimensions kept coming in as full diameters with half the extension lines lost in space. Or I could use radius only and dimension to the centerline.

Solution was fully dimension the sketch in the way i wanted the drawing view dimensioned. Then use "import model items" to bring in the dimensions instead of trying to add the dimensions to the view.

Worked fine. The dimensions that were imported then had a checkbox for foreshorten that could be turned on or off.

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Randy