FEATURE CONTROL FRAME

[WILLIAMF]

Can anyone show me how to make a feature control frame like the attached image?

[ampster40]

They are located on the Annotate tab/Symbols area.

Will those work or are you looking to create your own for some reason?

[WILLIAMF]

I use them

However I need to make them with the arrows and extension lines with the frame on the outside similar to the pic I attached.

Dont see a way to do that

[ampster40]

I can recreate the one you show for your C datum, where the leader is attached to the outside and the dog leg snaps to a 90 degree bend - although I had trouble placing it like that.  I had to first place it then drag it around to get it to snap to 90 degrees. 

The other one you pointed out ([parallel to the B datum IRC what that geometric symbol stands for), same situation except I do not see a way to eliminate the arrow head so it looks like your example.  I also had to first place this and then drag it so it was exactly horizontal and it did snap to that position.

Your example with that symbol appears to show a missing arrow head where the leader should be touching the control frame.

I imagine with a little practice you might be able to snap those into the preferred position when first placed.

edit, i see now how you've applied both symbols as or like a dimension as where I attached it to an already placed dimension - I don't see a way to do that. I doubt a sketched symbol would work.  Sorry I can't be of any help.

[WILLIAMF]

Thanks

I found a workaround (see attached) so our customer is happy they we apply the Geo Tol.

Place a dimension to the walls of the opening.

Hide the dim value : You'll be left with <Text>

Launch text editor,  space tab a few space and <text> disappears

Add feature identifier symbol or feature control frame

Not to bad

Thanks again

[ampster40]

ugh, it's a workaround.  Hopefully you don't have many geometric symbols to place/modify like this.

This might be something for the idea station where you can suggest feature upgrades - maybe there's one in there already for this.

Good to hear you found a way to do it.  I recall modifying dims like that yrs ago but have been out of production use of Inventor for some time now.

[WILLIAMF]

Yeah its a wierd way of applying the tolerance, but thats how are customer want to sees it.

Not many to do though thank God, just controlling squareness of opposing flanges.

Thanks again for the input