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Scaling dimensions for detail

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CRJFusco
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Scaling dimensions for detail

I am looking to made a simple 2d drawing that will be used multiple times in a project as a standard detail. In this detail there is a blow-up that I want to dimension but it is not to scale. The detail is a notch 1" high, 1/2" deep and a 1/2" slope to the flat. When making the blow up the numbers are 4x larger then they should. Is there a way to scale the dimension to show the smaller number?

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barthbradley
in reply to: CRJFusco

1/16" text is really the smallest you should use.  Work backward from there.  

 

...View Scale.  

Message 3 of 8
ToanDN
in reply to: CRJFusco

- Override dim value with text and append an Unicode at the end

- or create a detail of the notch, change scale, and place it on the same sheet in the main detail area, w/o a view title

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CRJFusco
in reply to: CRJFusco

Please see attached of what I am trying to do with the blow up needing to be 1/4 the size shown.

image001 (1).png

Message 5 of 8
ToanDN
in reply to: CRJFusco


@CRJFusco wrote:

Please see attached of what I am trying to do with the blow up needing to be 1/4 the size shown.

image001 (1).png


Not sure to whom you addressed but both of what I offered above are for this condition.

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barthbradley
in reply to: CRJFusco

Looks like a call-out to me.  Just place the 2 views on the same sheet.  No?  

 

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barthbradley
in reply to: CRJFusco

Call-out.png

 

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Message 8 of 8
hmunsell
in reply to: CRJFusco

So you have all the linework drawn in one Detail/Drafting view, it is not an actual live callout...

 

Just make 2 different Dimension Styles, one for 1/8" and one for 1/16" (or what ever sizes you want them to represent at).  Assign the appropriate dimension style size to the appropriate text.  

 

the .25 dimension is set to Bldg_Ticks 1/16" Dim style

the 1.75 dimension is set to Bldg_Ticks 1/8" Dim style

hmunsell_0-1634045072655.png

 

Howard Munsell
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