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measuring hole cntr to cntr

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Message 1 of 6
koehler
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measuring hole cntr to cntr

I am having trouble measuring hole center to hole center.
When I use the measuring tool and click hole it measures the hole. The measuring tools are lousy. I am using Inventor 5 and probably will be for a long while. Does anyone know how to measure center to center?
Thanks -Bill
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Message 2 of 6
Anonymous
in reply to: koehler

You need to RMB and select other to get the point
or axis.  But the first is the diameter of the hole.

 

Kathy Johnson


style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
I
am having trouble measuring hole center to hole center.
When I use the
measuring tool and click hole it measures the hole. The measuring tools are
lousy. I am using Inventor 5 and probably will be for a long while. Does
anyone know how to measure center to center?
Thanks
-Bill
Message 3 of 6
koehler
in reply to: koehler

Thanks, I feel I should have known that by now.
Message 4 of 6
JohnPonikvar
in reply to: koehler

Same here. Took me a while to get the hang of it. Confounded thing has smarts built into it and adjusts the readout to what it is your measuring. Knowing how to use it now, I find it quite good.


JP
Message 5 of 6
Anonymous
in reply to: koehler

What I usually do, when I don't feel like scrolling thought
the Select Other thing, is to pick corner of the part to get a point reference,
then when I select a circular edge it automatically uses the center point of the
arc.

Mike

 


style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
Same
here. Took me a while to get the hang of it. Confounded thing has smarts built
into it and adjusts the readout to what it is your measuring. Knowing how to
use it now, I find it quite good.

JP
Message 6 of 6
JohnPonikvar
in reply to: koehler

Yup,

That's just what I mean (priming the measure tool by preselecting an edge or point).

It's not what you got, but how you use it.


jp

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