Point coordinates as dimensions

[Boosie]

When dimensioning a print is there a way to pick a point and get the horizontal and vertical ordinate values from the origin in the form of a call out. IE (4.437,-2.125) Or (X4.437,Y-2.125)
This would be especially helpful when dimensioning a part that will be programmed manually on a CNC machine.

Also is there a way to output selected point coordinates to a text file?

Thanks

Boosie

 

[dsi]

Unfortunately, I don't know of a way to use the coordinates in a dimension. You can extract point coordinates to a file with the use of a macro.

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[TateJ]

You can use ordinate dimensions.
After you select the dimension tool, RMB in the drawing & select one of the ordinate dimension options.
I use them for equipment pad elevations and top of steel elevations on layout submittsl drawings.
I set them up fot a LINIT tolerance and imput my lowest given elevation (my 0,0) as the lower limit of my tolerance.
This way each elevation ordinate will tell me the actual elevation and an elevation relative to my 0,0.
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[Boosie]

TateJ,
Ordinate dims are what I use now. While they show the information that I am looking for what I really want is to get both the horizontal and vertical values in the same spot just by clicking the point. This type of dimension is available in GibbsCam and I was hoping to figure out how to do it in SW.

 

[brengine]

I saw that there is now a Hole Chart option in SW2004.

 

[JNR]

You have to extract the coordinates and put them in a note annotation. One of our guys did it with some VBA or API stuff.

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