Use iLogic to reorder the segments of a dimension

[Anonymous]

When adding a dimension on an IDW that references a hole, we currently specify the tolerance for "Slip/Fit-Show tolerance" and then specify the slip of fit value.

The dimension displays on the view as <dia symbol><dia value><slip/fit class>(<tolerance>)

(e.g.  Ø.266 H7 (+.00059 / -.00000)  )

We would like the <slip/fit class> to be at the end of the dimension, and enclosed by () and have the tolerance not enclosed by ()

(e.g.  Ø.266 +.00059 / -.00000 (H7)  )

thoughts?

[WCrihfield]

Hi @Anonymous.  What you are asking for can potentially be very complicated to achieve using iLogic, and may not be worth the effort.  The contents within Hole and Thread notes on a drawing can be extremely dynamic, and there is a lot more code behind the scenes that goes into making them contain all the right data, in the right order, and look just right.  Even when viewing their contents in the 'Edit Hole Note' editor dialog, you are usually only seeing a small fraction of the actual code being used (usually XML code) behind each of those little references to information.

If you always have to make this little edit to all your similar hole notes, I would suggest that you edit the 'Dimension Style' being used, within the Style and Standard Editor dialog.  Then save that style, and maybe even save that style back to the style library, so it will be available to other drawing documents.  Then when you place those hole notes on your drawing, using that dimension style, they will already be formatted the way you want, without having to edit each one.  Then to deal with pre-existing hole notes in other drawings, just open those drawings, use the 'Update' tool to update all local styles to match the style library, then if needed, select all those hole notes and change their style to the other style.  If everything is set-up right, it should automatically update the selected hole notes to match the style.

If you only make these edits once in a while, and only on certain specific hole notes (not all of them), then using the 'Edit Hole Note' dialog is likely to be the best tool for the job, because that's what it was created for.

If you are still planning to attempt to use iLogic to edit the contents of one selected hole note at a time, then we will need a lot more specific information.  Before & after screen captured images of the note on the drawing, as well as screen captured images of what the editor shows before & after, because that's different than what's shown.  (We will need to know what contents are just typed in, and what contents are from data references.)  It might also be nice to have a sample drawing file to test on, because that will likely contain a local copy of the dimension Style being used.