How to add chamfer annotations to flat pattern parts

[mwr_Danstoker]

When adding annotations to a flat pattern part, chamfers cannot be added on automatically.

Every single chamfer needs to be added manually with angle and depth.

The reason for the chamfers, is because the materials that i work with are metal in upwards of 40mm thick.

If you do not chamfer the meating of two places, you cannot get a weld all the way thorugh the material. 

The chamfers on the picture are all added on manually (d.s. = UP ; m.s. = DOWN) 

Is there anyway of getting the chamfer detail of the pointet chamfer itself, like bend note?

 

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! I am not sure I understand the behavior. Each chamfer note requires two picks (the chamfer edge and the neighboring edge). You don't need to type in the width and angle manually.

If it requires manual input, please share an example that exhibits the behavior. I would like to understand it better.

Many thanks!

[swalton]

You have found a limitation of the chamfer note tool in the drawing environment.

Unlike the hole/thread note, the chamfer note does not pull any data from a chamfer feature in the 3d model.  Instead it only pulls data from the two edge picks required during creation.

If you want to use the chamfer note tool, it must be used on a view that shows the profile of the chamfer.  Note that complex chamfers that meet at a point, or other complex geometry will not give the same dimension results as the actual 3d feature. 

It might be possible to use a Model Annotation in the 3d model to create a useful dimension that can be retrieved in the 2d print.  I haven't tried it.

If you add a chamfer in a hole feature, the hole note will automatically pull the 3d model data.  If you know the parameters of the chamfer, (d111 and d123 or whatever) you can add them to notes and dimension text.

I think that the original design of the chamfer note was a bad choice and that it should be re-written, but I am not in charge of the Inventor development budget.

[mwr_Danstoker]

Hej

That drawing are not reused to other projects often enough, that it will be sensible to use the parameters method. I have tried it a couple of times, but the problem still stands. You need to do manual work for each chamfer, and you need to be certain that you have choosen the correct parameter. 

With the chamfer in hole feature, that feature is amazing and is exactly the way chamfer note should have been working from the start.

How would you add chamfer annotations to the drawing I posted earlier, that is not as tedious as manually adding leader notes?

[johnsonshiue · Accepted solution]

Hi! I think I see the point now. You are trying to add Chamfer note to the chamfered geometry in any view irrespective of the actual measurement on the view. Inventor's Chamfer note is geometry-based. Such geometry can be created by non-Chamfer feature. As long as it shows a straight edge at angle to an adjacent edge, the note will pick up the width and the angle automatically.

Unfortunately, the workflow you are looking for isn't available in Chamfer note yet.

Many thanks!