POINTS NOT DISPLAYED ON DRAWING

[DHALE1]

I have Points in a sketch that I am showing in a drawing. I want them to print out, but can't seem to find what I need to do for them to show. I have points turned on under the view pull-down menu. I even put points on the drawing itself. It does look like there might be points there, but they are to small to recognize. I also tried a few other things like scaling and looking under options, but thought there must be an easier way. I am running 2004. Anyone come across this?

 

[SBaugh]

Have you tried puting the points into a part then bring that into the drawing. Turn the sketch on and print it that away. I don't think drawings will print points out even if you have them on. Now if it comes in a part sketch and it's turned on in the drawing. Then it will have to print them out.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.3dvisiontech.com

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

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[DHALE1]

Scott

The points are in a sketch, and the sketch is in a part that I have inserted into a drawing. I have turned the sketch on in a view. As an experiment to get the points to print I tried putting them on the drawing also. I actually made them coincident to the points from my sketch that I turned on. nothing seems to work. I could manually draw a point, but feel there has to be a better solution. The points show on the screen, but can't get them to print.

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

What SP are you using? Do you have the latest printer drivers? I have SW2004 SP1 & using a HP1000 printer I can print points without a problem. They are tiny though & if you have a dimension coming from them with a small gap you may not be seeing them.
Strangely enough the points show & print whether I have the "View Points" set to on or off???

from (the City of) Barrie, Ontario.

If everything is going well, you have obviously overlooked something

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Forgot to mention that if the points are showing line intersections, then "Virtual Sharps" might be better for your purpose, as you can change the visual type of VS.

from (the City of) Barrie, Ontario.

If everything is going well, you have obviously overlooked something

 

[DHALE1]

I dug into it a little further. I am printing it out onto a D-size sheet. The points are there, they are just so tiny you can't tell what they are. The points are for inspection to check hardness in exact locations. This is not a normal operation, so this is the first time I have come across this. Since I can't find a way to set the size of the points, I think I'm stuck. To finish my drawing I manually drew lines in my sketch for the points. I did notice that it did not matter whether I had view points turned on or off for them to show in my drawing. I think I might write an enhancement request.

Thanks

 

[murugansubham]

Hi DHALEI,
if u know autocad ,
try to save as .dwg format. open the drawing in autocad. in autocad u can change the point style. ( the command is DDPTYPE).select which point style u want.
then try to take print this autocad drawing.rightnow in my system, i don't have autocad. i haven't tried this.
i don't know this will work or not. check this.
and expecting ur comments,

Regards,
Murugan.S
Sr. Design Engineer,
CAD/CAM Research Center,
GlobalSoft Pvt Ltd,
New Delhi, INDIA.

 

[macPT]

DHALE1

Not questioning the interest of showing points in a printed drawing, I think that is not the correct representation of what you need. There isn't such thing as point representing points in drawings, because they have no dimension (in theory). When we need to do this, we normaly use center marks/construction lines, the intersection of them being the intended point (a typical case is the theoretical center of holes).

So I think the best way is to draw construction lines (one horizontal and one vertical)that are constrained to intersect in the given point. You can add dimensions and annotations as needed. That will define your points beyond any doubt.

Regards

 

[DHALE1]

Actually the proper way to show these points would be a target point, which would be an "X". However, I would settle for a point. It's quick, easy, and gets the point across. What I just noticed is that my virtual sharps come in the same way. I am on service pack 0.0 SW2004. Does anyone know if they have fixed this in the new service packs. The points and virtual sharps are on the screen. They just print out so small your not sure what they are.