My question is a 3-part query, I have done research and those that have asked these questions before were either not answered or given answers that did not address my situation. I am using SW2015 premium.
- Is there a simple and effective way to link notes in the drawing to "Item No." in the weldment cut list (or any auto-generated material list)? The method I am currently employing to do piece details starts at the part level; I am having to add a "PARTNUMBER" property to each item on the cut list (this can be incredibly time consuming). From there I add a note to the drawing view that references various cut-list properties (this is not the time consuming and tedious part).
- Is there a way to include the leading zero for values less than 1" in the cut list? Our shop guys can get a little...ambitious and not readily see the difference between, say, 9' and 9" in a table sometimes, so I'd like the cut list to include that 0" in 9'-0".
- Is there a way to add alternate cut length units to the cut list? Our shop's primary tool of measurement for fabrication is tape measurements to 1/16" accuracy, however often times we feed material through a programmable band saw that uses 3-place decimals instead of fractions. and I'd like to include these alternate units that they can just plug into the bandsaw.
Thanks for looking
Chris,
The second post helped clear up things. For your first issue, I'm not aware of any way to link a note to the Item (balloon) number. I often place notes similar to yours, and I usually just place a balloon (also with the leader removed) calling out the number beside the note. After placing it you can group them so they move together. After doing this once you can copy and paste the note and balloon to another view as long as you click on a model edge in the new view and not just on the view boundary box, and it will reflect the item number and properties of the new view. If you're going to copy and paste them then do so before grouping, because a pasted group will be placed stacked one on top of the other. You'll have to un-group them, position as wanted, and then re-group.
For issue 2, although it's a common practice, I've always hated relatively small dimensions called out as feet and inches. And that goes back to the time I was using drawings instead of creating them. It's too easy to interpret 2'3" as 23". What I've done here is call out all dimensions that are less than 8' as inches only, and sometimes even the ones that are over 8' (such as weldment lengths). However, I don't know if your company standard will allow you to do that. I'm fortunate in that I'm pretty much a one-man show, so (within reason) company drawing standards are what I want them to be.
I hope this will be some help to you. I'm about to leave for the day, and probably won't check back until tomorrow, but if you need more help I'm sure someone else will be glad to reply.
Glenn