GD & T Fonts for Excel or Word

[REDesigner09]

Hi,

I'm curious to know if there GD & T fonts with stacked tolerance composite feature box capabilities for Excel & Word? I found some online, but thus far, the one's I found does not allow creation of stacked tolerance feature control boxes


Thanks

 

[drawoh]

REDesigner09,

Your CAD software probably came with GD&T symbols. You can insert these if you need to generate a piece of paper or a PDF file. I have SolidWorks here, and I just tested SWGDT, and it works.

If you send your Word or Excel file to someone who has not installed SolidWorks, they will not see your symbols. Think hard about your end user.

JHG

 

[ptruitt]

You can create PDFs that are basically raster files, eliminating the disappearing fonts. This option may be a good idea for other symbols that may suddenly appear as another symbol when opened on other computers. I once saw an ohm symbol appear as 'V' in engineering documents at a medical company. That could be really serious! There are many options to select from when making PDFs. PDFs are great, usually. But do be careful.

Peter Truitt

 

[REDesigner09]

Hi Ptruitt & Drawoh,

Thanks for the feedback. While exploring the Internet, I did discover a few sites that can create GD & T symbols & composite feature boxes.

However, if I wanted a stacked composite feature box, I would have to make outside Excel or Word, which is fine, then copy a picture image to paste into Excel or Word.

If making a single line, I could directly paste into Excel or Word & modify as desired.

Thus far, I haven't been able to find a similar application to create a stacked control feature box with any GD & T font sites.
Actually, I think I may have found one, but it would cost some money to get & I'm not sure if it has the full capabilities, as described above.

Perhaps, someone else knows of one.

 

[dgallup]

We use CyberMetricsGDT font but you're right, it does not allow stacked boxes.

As far as making PDF's from drawings, we always "stroke all fonts" so there is no worry about how it looks on any computer anywhere in the world. I've seen way too many PDF files with funny squiggles in them due to missing fonts.

 

[drawoh]

ptruitt,

I have not created a lot of PDFs from MicroSoft Word. I have created them from LaTeX and from Open Office. These applications embed their fonts into the PDF file. I have never had problems on other computers. I do not know about MicroSoft Word, but it is a pretty obvious good idea.

JHG

 

[ptruitt]

drawoh,

I must admit that, presently, I do not "stroke all fonts" as dgallup does. I no longer work in a field that is particularly safety-related such as medical or aviation. But it is certainly something to keep in mind if you need to be extra careful. I don't have time to try it today, but there are various settings in most applications that allow users to "stroke all fonts". Adobe Acrobat would allow you to "stroke all fonts" but maintain the ability to search for text. In this case, the visual layer is a raster format, but there remains a hidden layer that is text search-able.

Peter Truitt

 

[ozzy1]

Is there a freebie out there that we can use to add symbols to an excel inspection report. We use a limited one from Verisurf but we would like a more comprehensive one that can also be accessed from the toolbar.