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Two Drawing questions

Anonymous — Wed, 06 Apr 2016 00:21:03 GMT

Hi Gang
Two questions on 2D drawings
In my part, I have a pattern of four 1/4-20 3B holes
1)How can I dim the drawing to call out said holes as "1/4-20 3B"

2)Even better - once that is done, it says "4 Places" - aka "1/4-20 3B 4 places"

Re: Two Drawing questions

krithika.sundararajan — Wed, 06 Apr 2016 01:29:07 GMT

Hi charlieV7BQ2

To create a dimension, you could use the Dimension tool on the Anotation panel in the toolbar. Expanding the Annotation panel's menu will reveal more dimension commands. Once a dimension has been placed, we can double click to edit a few properties, add text overrrides, etc.

However, for your particular task, it sounds like a Leader (also available in the Annotation flyout menu) might get the job done. Please let us know if that works for you.

Thanks,

Krithika

Re: Two Drawing questions

Anonymous — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 01:47:32 GMT

The issue with using a leader and notes is that if I make a change to the model from say 1/4-20 to 5/16-18, or 6mm or whatever, I have to manually go in and change the note - As the hole is spec'd as 1/4-20, if I create a dimension for it, it should come out dim'd 1/4-20

Basically Dims are slightly broken. Things that are patterned should come out with a note N places, and in fact, the basic model contraints should be picked up. If I do a circular pattern around a point say 2" in radius, of 4 holes, 1/4-20, the centerpoint and radius, with the pattern, should just be able to be able to be inserted (look at say, Alibre when you auto generate Dims from a model)

Re: Two Drawing questions

andrew.de.leon — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 02:48:33 GMT

Hi Charlie,

At this stage, we don't support automatic hole and thread notes. Hole and thread notes as you describe them, including the pattern recognition is on the roadmap but its a good 6 months away. The team is currently working on templates and title blocks, and soon multi sheet support. So the suggestion from @krithika.sundararajan is intended as a short term work around and the shortcomings you describe with this approach are correct. Sorry we don't have a better suggestion for you.

Thanks,

Andrew

15" Retina MacBook Pro (Late 2013), OS X El Capitan (10.11.3), in Sydney Australia

Re: Two Drawing questions

Anonymous — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 10:54:00 GMT

OK, Got it, I was "what amd I missing" and the answer is "Not there yet", which is OK

Thanks for the great product

Re: Two Drawing questions

Anonymous — Fri, 19 Jan 2018 13:14:25 GMT

Hey AJ, happy 2017. It looks like this thread needs to get bumped.

Any progress on this item yet? I know you and the team have been hard at work with all the myriad of other things going on with F360, but this is a critical element of this being usable as a CAD tool in professional production environments. If engineers cannot make drawings with annotations linked to the 3D model, why model the part F360 in the first place? This is a mistake waiting to happen (and money/time waiting to be lost) on our end.

I just bumped the thread on IdeaStation too. Thanks for all your hard work. Keep at it!