How I deal with Gauge Plate

[Masibanda-CE]

A couple people have noticed my Gauge PL output and asked how I did it ... Gauge plate screencast

I'm an amateur when it comes to recording so be gentle.

Cheers,

Gary

[Masibanda-CE]

I should have placed an example in that post ...

[jess_neal]

Gary - Great in theory and nice work on the bandaid, however every reference sheet I look at shows different thicknesses than your Cornell reference you used. 5/64, 7/64 and 9/64 are not gauge thicknesses. 12 ga is .1046. I realize that is a small amount so I guess I'm being a bit pedantic about it. Nice work regardless. 

I submitted an idea to Autodesk 2 years ago that is apparently under review. More people need to upvote it so we can get this put into the software. https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/advance-steel-ideas/sheet-metal-gauge-thickness/idc-p/8731489#M3545

[Masibanda-CE]

Thanks!

Yes, I voted for that!

And yes, that "fractionalization" is annoying but happens due to the coding and the imperial environment. I'm not really sure what AS creates in the model, as I've never set my dimension tolerances high enough and checked (and I'm afraid to find something else innacurate), but I'm guessing it's the decimal value that you enter in the thickness table. I just wished it would display the "run name" in the dialog boxes instead of that fractional approximation.

That link from Cornell is related to the actual U.S. Code Title 15 that governs commerce in the US. I reckoned that by using that I could stay out of the argument about how thick gauge plate actually is 🙂

Cheers,

Gary