Drafting with Tolerances

[Randy Morton @ Clem Industrial]

Morning everybody,

 

I have been doing a fair bit of fixture design lately within MC and have been having trouble with the dimensioning output.

 

What I have not been able to get correctly done is a tolerance box. So when I dimension my drawing I print it and then write in the tolerances. How can I add/edit a tolerance?

 

Typically what I Am looking for (for example) is to put on my drawing -.002 or something like that...

 

Thanks!

[Thad]

Create Drafting Note?

 

Thad

[Kevangel]

What Thad said and then with "options" down below it at bottom of menu? Probably not what you were hopeing for..

[Guest]

randy,if you are wanting to add tolerances to your dimensions,just select +/- in the drafting options under tolerances and type in what you want,to turn it off just click none.not sure if this is what you are asking.

[Randy Morton @ Clem Industrial]

That is what I was looking for, but only in a partial sort of way. It's very...inconvienient to continually be editing the setting of a drafting dimension that way.

 

I think back to my autocad days when you would dimension something, and then within the same box add a tol. there and it would put the dim with the tolerance on it.

 

This was is a multi step process that seems kinda..silly. But, if that's what I gots ta do, then that's what I gots ta do.

 

Thanks guys!

[Guest]

randy, an easy way to edit them is to select anylyze entity properties,i have that on my toolbar,select the dimension,select the 123 and then edit that dimension,note or tolerance.

[Pat-TGM]

Randy,

 

 

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I think back to my autocad days when you would dimension something, and then within the same box add a tol. there and it would put the dim with the tolerance on it.

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You could do the samething in MasterCam too. After pick dim. you type " T " it will bring up "Edit dim text" box for you the you can add whatever you want.

[Randy Morton @ Clem Industrial]

Paul, that was alot closer to what I Was looking for. Basically in active edit on the dim. Not an extra step after it's done.

 

Thanks!

[doyleg]

paul is right. when making the dimension go into edit text. i didn't know that t would bring this up. there is an icon on the ribbon bar that i use.

[Kevangel]

I love learnin new stuff, thanks also paul nc

[Qmp]

Randy,

 

Now, I am not sure what you asking for ?

 

So I assume we have two question:

 

Q 1. you want to create new Dim and Adding Tol.

 

Ans: Example if you want to create new horizontal dim. After you pick two end point type "t" or use icon, bring edit text box and then add whatever...

 

 

Q 2. You want to edit existing Dim.

 

Ans: Use "Anylyze entity properties" as per Del. metioned above. for me I use "Smart Dimention" and pick the one I want to edit and type "T"

 

 

Note:

 

t for text

h for high

d for dia

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[Pat-TGM]

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 Q 1. you want to create new Dim and Adding Tol. 

 

Ans: Example if you want to create new horizontal dim. After you pick two end point type "t" or use icon, bring edit text box and then add whatever...

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That was what i meant.