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Dimensioning style

RSNewton59 — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 13:30:47 GMT

This is wierd. I wantto update our (new) drawings to reflect BS 8888, and specifically the method of displaying the decimal point as a comma rather than a full stop (period mark, if you will)

If I open a blank drawing through inventor File>New>Drawing etc the Dimensioning style is Default ISO and the decimal point is called up as a 'period' or full stop.

Using File manager and opening the exact same file, when it opens in Inventor the dimension styling is again Default ISO but this time with the correct comma in as the decimal separator.
It's inconveneient to have to change it in every drawing I do and as I am championing it through our business I'd like to get it correct for everyone.
Any help appreciated. Thank you.

Re: Dimensioning style

mcgyvr — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 13:37:55 GMT

File>New>Drawing uses some internally stored/hardcoded templates and not the ones you are opening using file manager..

So they just aren't the same files and the style has been modified in yours.

Re: Dimensioning style

RSNewton59 — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 13:51:40 GMT

Thanks for that but it still leaves me confused. Using inventor, it points to this file:

Which is, as far as I can tell, this one:

Is there something in Inventor that over-rides depending on the route to open chosen?
Forgive me if I sound like an idiot (my wife is used to it) but our CAD manager left pre-pandemic and no-one else has a clue on how to fix it.
Thanks

Re: Dimensioning style

mcgyvr — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 13:55:30 GMT

I assumed by "File>New>Drawing" you meant going this way..

Never a good idea to open files via file manager as that can result in the incorrect project file being used which might have happened in your case.

Re: Dimensioning style

RSNewton59 — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 13:57:50 GMT

OK, so if that were the case (it going into the 'wrong' project file) could that be something that over-writes the settings?

Again, please forgive me for appearing dumb.

Re: Dimensioning style

RSNewton59 — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 14:50:04 GMT

@mcgyvr
I think File>New>Drg takes me to the same file as File>(click on New) which opens the dialogue window shown, with the drg file.
Either way, still no comma as decimal separator!

Re: Dimensioning style

Frederick_Law — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 15:19:45 GMT

Styles are saved in 3 places: Style Library, Template and File.

All 3 could be different if not managed properly.

User could change style in file. If the change is approved, it should be save to Template and Style Library.

And it should be save to a company standard, not the default from IV.

Re: Dimensioning style

SBix26 — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 20:03:14 GMT

As @Frederick_Law pointed out there are three possible locations for a style. From what you've described, I believe that you have changed the style in your template file, but have not saved it to the styles library. The styles library wins whenever there is a conflict between template and library when creating a new file, so I believe all that you need to do is:

With all files closed, make your active project access to the Styles Library "Read/Write"
Open your template file, click on Manage > Save Styles to Style Library; styles which differ from the library are listed
Choose which styles you want to save to the library as global styles.
Close the drawing, go back to the Project Editor and change access back to Read-Only

Note that the tool-tip shown above is not quite correct-- it implies that a change to the library will change existing documents that use that style, but that is not true. You must open existing documents and use the Update Styles tool to make that change to those files. But it definitely applies to all future documents using that style.

Sam B

Inventor Pro 2023.1 | Windows 10 Home 21H2

Re: Dimensioning style

RSNewton59 — Thu, 11 Aug 2022 07:44:17 GMT

Thanks, It was going very well up to this point

I'm going to have to bounce this one off our IT chap.

Re: Dimensioning style

RSNewton59 — Thu, 11 Aug 2022 10:59:53 GMT

Our IT chap changed one of the file share settings on the network and it all seems good now.

I suppose I shall hve to buy him cakes....

Thanks everyone.