Stand-alone Witness lines in X

[Ken Erman from CNC Software Inc.]

All,

 

A simple question. Does anyone create stand-alone witness lines? (I am not referring to leaders with arrow heads, just witness lines)

 

I'd like to remove them from X.

 

Should we... Kill them, or Keep them?

[robk]

I have never used them yet without the arrows...

[mayday]

hit em with both barrels

 

 

by the way, nice little steamer Ken

[Fig sign]

I know about them but never use .

[Code_Breaker]

I have never used them. What were their purpose?

 

Code_Breaker

[Tim Johnson]

I use them when I'm dimensioning ordinate.

[crazy^millman]

I use them on occasion to do marking up for things for operators. I also like it for the ordinated dimensions also. It works real good when trying to point out one area to an operator when printing out the object on the screen.

[kathy]

never use them!!!

 

Kathy

[Rekd™]

I use them for setup purposes also, but could prolly live without 'em.

 

'Rekd

[Midwest]

(1) vote to keep them.

[P_Scott]

timjohnson2002,

 

How do you use the Witness line function when dimensioning Ordinate? Doesn't the Create-Drafting-Dimension-Ordinate function automatically create witness lines? Do you Window the geometry or just start off with the Base point? I'm just asking to see if there may be an easier way to show you. HTH

 

Ken is trying to make the next version simpler and less cumbersome. If there is a function which is unnecessary because it can be done faster and better, than it makes his job, and ours, easier. The info on this forum is one of the many reasons Mastercam is so great. This forum is not only the best place for tech info, it's also read by the developers of the software. This means that the user feedback is about as direct and immediate as you'll get with any software product.

[Ken Erman from CNC Software Inc.]

Just a clarification... the witness lines look just like lines, but can't be used for anything else. That's what i am asking about.

 

We are keeping the leader lines, the lines with arrows on them, they are very useful.

[kathy]

Kinda of a little o/t here - but -

 

Could you make a way to have entities visable, but not pickable? And to toggle that attribute on and off? (Pick/NoPick)

 

And maybe the reverse of Hide - a Show/NoShow ??

 

Kathy

teh Catia V4 is starting to sink in....

[Tim Johnson]

Peter,

I've just tried the ordinate dimensioning without changing the globals. It does put the arrows on.

It's fine for most drawings, but some have so many dims that the arrows simply get in the way. If this choice is removed I will figure out a way to change the arrow size. (I think)

[Rat]

Pitch them...

But while your in there

Could you add a Slider to the Text,Dimension Sizes

and change the picture of that Drawing to a current model on screen view

Thank You

[?Mark]

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Could you make a way to have entities visable, but not pickable? And to toggle that attribute on and off? (Pick/NoPick)

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Great idea kathy. It gets my vote.

[iowajim62]

Hi Ken,

 

Nice to meet ya PMGuy ! (lol)

Never used them.

 

Kathy,

 

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teh Catia V4 is starting to sink in....

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noooooooooooo....................

j/k you go girl !!!

[Tim Johnson]

I've change the arrow width to .0002. The arrow is gone.

[mayday]

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Could you make a way to have entities visable, but not pickable

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Masking works well for this if they are on the same level

[P_Scott]

timjohnson2002,

 

The reason I asked if you used Window for the ordinate dims is because this gives you an option to turn arrow heads on or off. There are other options that may not be known by all users of Mcam. These things are what this forum is all about. How to fine tune the CAD and CAM of using Mcam to its fullest extent for everyone. HTH

[kathy]

timjohnson2002 -

 

Create you ordinate dimensions, pick 'Multi Edit' from the menu, pick the ordinate dimensions, go to the 'Leaders/Witness/Arrows' Tab, and change the style globaly there.

 

I don't know why you globals don't work.

 

hth

Kathy

[Jimmy Wakeford from Barefoot CNC]

Ken,

Put me down for a no.

[Ken Erman from CNC Software Inc.]

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I've just tried the ordinate dimensioning without changing the globals. It does put the arrows on.

It's fine for most drawings, but some have so many dims that the arrows simply get in the way. If this choice is removed I will figure out a way to change the arrow size. (I think)

 

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Tim - Go to Globals, Leaders/Witness/Arrows tab. Under Arrows turn off Apply to Ordinate dimensions. Now you will just get wittness lines without arrows.

 

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Kinda of a little o/t here - but -

 

Could you make a way to have entities visable, but not pickable? And to toggle that attribute on and off? (Pick/NoPick)

 

And maybe the reverse of Hide - a Show/NoShow ??

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Kathy - like someone already mentioned, the level mask will do this. The limitation is that you can only mask one level at a time. If i ask for one more new function for X they will string me up from the nearest server. We have improved entity masking in X so that you may get what you want by masking on the levels you want to have access to.

[gcode]

Ken,

You are putting in some serious OT today.

Does this mean X is near???

[Ken Erman from CNC Software Inc.]

Near is a relative term. It is closer, but we still have a lot of work to do.