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Ordinate dimension in Sketch environment?

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azonic3d

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Trying to figure out if I can use an ordinate dimension in the Sketch environment to place hole locations. It looks like I cannot; ordinate dimensions only in drafting/drawings.

Is this correct, or it there some secret menu/icon I'm missing?
 
I have never tried that, but I do not think you can do it.
I am not at my NX desk right now so I am unable to check for certain for you.
 
Azonic3d:

Ordinate dims in the sketcher are a mixed blessing, IMHO. I used them in Pro/E for a while, but confusion would often ensue when transferrign the dimensions to the drawing. If you 'showed' the ordinate dims from multiple sketches in a drawing view, there would be multiple '000' dims that had to be aligned. You could end up with dozens of them all overlapping and no good way to ascertain which 000 was associated with which feature.

I eventually abandoned the practice and haven't really missed it.

Ed

 
There's also nothing stopping you from defining hole centres with several separate sketches and rectangle select the points to make a single hole. Have a look at the attached.


Best Regards

Hudson

www.jamb.com.au

Nil Desperandum illegitimi non carborundum
 
 http://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=5f6c03ec-5c42-4fd3-b474-404e94091d68&file=2_sketch_1_hole.prt
@acciardi

I see your point. I've run into similar types of issues in other CAD programs; drawing functionality doesn't always translate well from the model/dimension/annotation features. Just seems that was the whole point of 3D, to avoid having to do things twice to create the drawing. I'm still hoping for the day when our suppliers use the ASME Y14.41 standard...

@hudson888

Actually, this particular piece did have 4 different hole location sketches, but mainly because each hole was different in size. It just happens that the screenshot I showed is the one with a LOT of hole locations :)

Thanks for all the help. I'm really loving what a great resource this forum has been.
 
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