Adaptive Lines Crossing

[Anonymous]

Kinda curious if any others have this problem and what work arounds you may have. I have several parts with the same problem, when I use adaptivity and offset a line say 0.125 to the outside of the projected edge of part 1. I then make part 1 larger only to find that the project line is now 0.125 to the inside. I understand that logically the dimension could be either side but how can i force it to be to the outside always. Guess I could use a construction line with a driven dimensions and then add the additional 0.125 but any other suggestions would be helpful.

[Anonymous]

Yep,
the only way to do this is as you've suggested using a construction lines
and driven dimension to measure the projected geometry and add 0.125 to this
measured value for the normal dimension.

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"RHarriman" wrote in message
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> Kinda curious if any others have this problem and what work arounds you
may have. I have several parts with the same problem, when I use adaptivity
and offset a line say 0.125 to the outside of the projected edge of part 1.
I then make part 1 larger only to find that the project line is now 0.125 to
the inside. I understand that logically the dimension could be either side
but how can i force it to be to the outside always. Guess I could use a
construction line with a driven dimensions and then add the additional 0.125
but any other suggestions would be helpful.

[Anonymous]

Another way to accomplish this is to go ahead and
construct the line the way that you did.  When you make part 1 larger,
don't make it bigger by .125 all in one step.  IV gets confused when the
lines end up on top of each and then it has to decide which side of the
projected line the drawn line goes.  Try enlarging the part by .100, and
then .025.  I know this may not be convenient, but it is another
way.

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Kinda
curious if any others have this problem and what work arounds you may have. I
have several parts with the same problem, when I use adaptivity and offset a
line say 0.125 to the outside of the projected edge of part 1. I then make
part 1 larger only to find that the project line is now 0.125 to the inside. I
understand that logically the dimension could be either side but how can i
force it to be to the outside always. Guess I could use a construction line
with a driven dimensions and then add the additional 0.125 but any other
suggestions would be helpful.

[Anonymous]

There was a bug in 6.0 I believe, but I don't know that it was fixed, looks
like not?
An AutoDesk employee was involved I remember so they should be aware of it?

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Laurence,

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"RHarriman" wrote in message
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> Kinda curious if any others have this problem and what work arounds you
may have. I have several parts with the same problem, when I use adaptivity
and offset a line say 0.125 to the outside of the projected edge of part 1.
I then make part 1 larger only to find that the project line is now 0.125 to
the inside. I understand that logically the dimension could be either side
but how can i force it to be to the outside always. Guess I could use a
construction line with a driven dimensions and then add the additional 0.125
but any other suggestions would be helpful.