Tolerances with Unit String and "First Above Landing Line"

[donniemann]

I'm trying to display Tolerance on a drawing dimension, but also need to show the Unit String and have the "First Above Landing Line" turned on so that added Text can be placed below the line.

Individually these options are all functioning as expected, but when I enable them together the result places the Dimension value across the Dimension line.

It seems to do this for all Tolerance styles except "Reference", "Limits - Linear", "MAX", "MIN", and "Limits.Fits - Linear".  In other words, it affects all styles where some values are stacked, as well as Basic and Symmetric.

Turning the Unit String off makes it appear correctly, as does using the "All Above Landing Line" option, but I can't see any reason why it shouldn't be possible to use the combination.

(This is in Inventor 2016, with all current patches etc.)

Thanks,

Donnie.

 

kelly.young has embedded your image for clarity.

[johnsonshiue]

Hi Donnie,

I could be wrong but I think there is a way to avoid the behavior. You just need to change Linear Orientation from Parallel to Inline. Go to Styles Editor -> Dimension -> select the style -> Text -> Orientation -> Linear -> change Parallel to Inline.

Many thanks!

[donniemann]

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@johnsonshiue wrote:

Hi Donnie,

I could be wrong but I think there is a way to avoid the behavior. You just need to change Linear Orientation from Parallel to Inline. Go to Styles Editor -> Dimension -> select the style -> Text -> Orientation -> Linear -> change Parallel to Inline.

Many thanks!

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Close, but not exactly what we're looking for.

That method splits the Dimension Line, which is cleaner that having it pass through the middle of the text.  But it doesn't achieve a full Dimension Line, with the values above the line  and any added text below it, as per ISO 129-1.

A more acceptable workaround, which we're using for now, is to leave the Unit String turned off, and manually add it as Text.  Not ideal, but it keeps the Drawing visually acceptable, for now!

Thanks,

Donnie.