I have a 3D sketch in an assembly with a line at a compound angle relative to the primary planes and two additional projections lines starting at the first point of the line. 1 representing the Z direction, the other representing the projection on to the XZ plane of the compound angle line. I want to create assembly annotation dimensions between the lines to show the projected angles and the true angle. When I create the dimensions (annotation) I am given an angle of 177deg. I want it to display 3deg instead. Is there any way to change this display?
admin 12:43 pm on December 2, 2008 Permalink
Are you in a drawing? If you are when you click on the annotation / dimension you will find that on the left you have a dialog in the property manager that will allow you to change the text. It will no longer be parametric though.
Jason Corl 1:11 pm on December 2, 2008 Permalink
No, I’m in an assembly using the standard dimension tool which creates dimensions as “annotations”. I know I can override the value but this sketch is parametric and I need it to update and show the updated angles automatically. I already have the dimensions in the 3D sketch but can’t get them to show all the time. If that is possible it would be a solution for me. Any ideas?
Thanks for the comment
Chris Serran 1:31 pm on December 2, 2008 Permalink
When in the assembly, right click on the Annotations folder and select “Show Feature Dimensions”. This will show the dimensions from the 3D sketch, unfortunately it will show all the dimensions from the other parts as well.
Jason Corl 1:50 pm on December 2, 2008 Permalink
Thanks Chris!
This is exactly what I needed. Since it is in an assembly, this is the only “feature” and thus they are the only dims that show up.
Thanks!