A bug? and an inconsistency.

[lemelman]

I've been trying out the new (to me) Drawing Automation facility and noticed a little problem. The generated drawing shows one dimension as '0' - but why? what is it? where did it come from?

It also shows the depth of a slot as 4.8 mm, but that is the depth AFTER the slot has been cut - it doesn't show the depth of cut required to make the part. It should be 5 mm. Surely the drawing should unambiguously indicate how to accurately make the part, and the 4.8 mm doesn't do that. Yes, I know that the difference between the 12.5 mm and 12.7 mm implies that the 4.8 mm should be 5 mm, but it shouldn't require the machinist to deduce it. That's how errors occur.

The inconsistency is about sketching circles and polygons. When sketching a circle the required dimension is the diameter, but for a polygon it wants the radius of the appropriate circle. Why the different requirements?

[ClintBrown3D]

Hi @lemelman 

I’m sorry to hear that you are having trouble. I’d like to take a closer look for you. Please share a downloadable link to your drawing, so that I can ask the team to investigate this, or if it is sensitive, feel free to send it directly to me Clint. Brown {a} Autodesk.com

The 0 should disappear if the slider is moved slightly. I'd like to look at the other issues you raised, the depth of the slot is relevant to the geometry available, so we may need to be creative in our approach here.

[lemelman]

Hi Clint,

Thanks for your interest. How do I send a link to my drawing?

Here's the.f3d

[ClintBrown3D · Accepted solution]

Hi @lemelman 

Take a look at my video here: 

Temporary version here, while that one processes: https://zoom.us/clips/share/41Ut2c5E-sOeotlK4xwsD72Zj9MYDhzXNwTiawIOa0WeH9c2zACePArglsvMH0h2FmSa_C_z...

To answer your other question, this is how to share a link to a drawing file, but not needed now.

Here's a link to my template that I used: https://a360.co/3Sm9OEB 

[lemelman]

Thanks Clint.   So the new facility needs to be carefully watched, which is not too surprising.

[mohammed.aliTDPXK]

Hello @lemelman ,

Can you please share the drawing file instead of the part file? I would like to take a look at the zero dimension. We have fixed similar issues and need to check why you are seeing the zero value.

Thanks!

[lemelman]

Hi Mohammed,

Here's the link to the drawing https://a360.co/3vFXdoC