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origin precision for ordinate dimensioning

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reo682

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Jun 3, 2019
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Hello,

When we use ordinate dimensioning in Autodesk inventor, it will create origin with two decimal precision (based on default dimension precision in the drawing template, which is 2 in my case) - (.00, .00)
As far as I remember, solidworks used to create origin without any precision (0,0), irrespective of default dimension precision.

My opinion is origin shouldn't have any precision - its the origin.

I was just wondering, which is correct method - any reference in ASME standard?

thanks,
pavv

 
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Zero = zero.

I always remove all decimals and make the zero digit big and bold.
 
Could we drop trailing zeros altogether?

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ISO does.

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The picture is not from ISO :)

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CheckerHater said:
Could we drop trailing zeros altogether?

ASME Y14.5 requires they be dropped from metric dimensions. This requires you to systematically tolerance everything, but I find this to not be a problem.

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