Dim Qty idea?

[Anonymous]

Just a thought here.
It would be really neat if there was a button i could click and it adds "2x", "4x" to the dim text. I do so much Ordinate dimensioning, and a lot of them get a 2x, 4x, etc added. Which i have to dbl click and add manually. That takes an awfully lot of time to do.
Anyway, It would be neat if there were a few buttons that could be setup to do that. 1 button adds 2x to a dim. another button adds 3x, etc. And the command should be continuous too. Click the 2x button, then select any/all the dimensions that get a 2x added to them. That would really speed up detailing time.

[Anonymous]

Here, here. I've been wanted that for ages. I am constantly adding Qty &
"TYPICAL" or "TYP"

I add the Qty to dims during ordinate diemensioning also but only on
non-circular (hole or radius) features.
I got into the habit of creating centerlines for holes/radii inline so I
don't have to remember to put Qty's in dims. Only draw back is the
centerlines sometimes go pink after changes & I have to redo them. Still
easier than doing a bunch of dim qty's though, for holes anyway.

It would be even better if IV knew how many features you were dimensioning
with one dimension in ordinate mode & could autmatically put the Qty in
(with a RMB toggle for auto-on or auto-off, of course).

[Anonymous]

Working on it 🙂
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Andrew Faix
Product Designer - Inventor Drawing Manager
Autodesk

wrote in message news:5217438@discussion.autodesk.com...
Just a thought here.
It would be really neat if there was a button i could click and it adds
"2x", "4x" to the dim text. I do so much Ordinate dimensioning, and a lot of
them get a 2x, 4x, etc added. Which i have to dbl click and add manually.
That takes an awfully lot of time to do.
Anyway, It would be neat if there were a few buttons that could be setup to
do that. 1 button adds 2x to a dim. another button adds 3x, etc. And the
command should be continuous too. Click the 2x button, then select any/all
the dimensions that get a 2x added to them. That would really speed up
detailing time.

[Anonymous]

You could make a dim style that has 2x, etc as a prefix. Then just select which dims you want to change, pull down the dim style menu, and select appropriate one. Just a few clicks that way, and you can change more than one at a time.

[Anonymous]

Tried that in 9.
That got really messy with all the extra dim styles.

[Anonymous]

I thought it might.

[Anonymous]

Oh, and nearly forgot, Most important.
It does NOT work with ordinate Dim set.
Which is what i use mostly.
Selecting 1 dim and changing the style changes ALL of the dim's in that set.

[Anonymous]

“Working on it :)”

This sounds simple Andrew. Unless…
Are you going to make the qty update?

[Anonymous]

No, thinking of configurable buttons to quickly add pre-defined text.

Something we've been tossing around for awhile. Honestly, there are bigger
fish to fry, but we have the infrastructure.

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Andrew Faix
Product Designer - Inventor Drawing Manager
Autodesk


wrote in message news:5218811@discussion.autodesk.com...
"Working on it :)"

This sounds simple Andrew. Unless.
Are you going to make the qty update?

[Anonymous]

I’m sure you are busy. Just as sure that you know people would want a count on that auto ordinate dimension. As sure as you have all the x-y points and could easily count them and add xXX text to the dimension.

Configurable buttons sounds to me like a separate command to add to any dim.

What I don’t understand is why ordinates are given 3rd rate status. When I get a print that’s just a mess of linears I cringe and think how clean the print would be with ords. So much engineered is checked with cmm’s. It’s a very Cartesian world. Geo tolerance works so well with ords.

But people aren’t given the tools to work with ords. I am surprised you provided an auto ord. I’m not surprised it wasn’t complete.

[Anonymous]

That's a fair point. I know that there's plenty of opportunity to make
improvements to ordinate dimensions due in no small part from feedback from
this group. You're also correct in that quantity counts *could* be inferred
though that's a bit of a slippery slope and not necessarily as easy as it
sounds.

All I can say is use the tools you have to communicate your needs to the
Inventor project managers. This forum and the AUGI wish list are just a few
examples.

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Andrew Faix
Product Designer - Inventor Drawing Manager
Autodesk


wrote in message news:5220322@discussion.autodesk.com...
I'm sure you are busy. Just as sure that you know people would want a count
on that auto ordinate dimension. As sure as you have all the x-y points and
could easily count them and add xXX text to the dimension.

Configurable buttons sounds to me like a separate command to add to any dim.

What I don't understand is why ordinates are given 3rd rate status. When I
get a print that's just a mess of linears I cringe and think how clean the
print would be with ords. So much engineered is checked with cmm's. It's a
very Cartesian world. Geo tolerance works so well with ords.

But people aren't given the tools to work with ords. I am surprised you
provided an auto ord. I'm not surprised it wasn't complete.