What do you wish you could do with DimXpert?
Feb 21, 2014 4:15 PM
Feb 21, 2014 4:15 PM
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Re: What do you wish you could do with DimXpert?
what do you mean ancillary.
i like to create my own scheme and i can't manually add a BASIC dimension, period!
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Re: What do you wish you could do with DimXpert?
Matthew Lorono
Feb 21, 2014 6:08 PM
Kenneth,
BASIC dimensions can be created either using Auto Dimension scheme or by adding applicable Feature Control Frames. More details on this forum post from ealier today:
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Re: What do you wish you could do with DimXpert?
the logic being this ...
when sketching i can add dimensions or relations in any order or sequence i desire.
the final result = a fully defined sketch (all black).
it would be very desirable to share that same logic with DimXpert.
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getting the DimXpert annotations in the correct views on drawings is a royal PITA.
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Matthew Lorono
Feb 21, 2014 6:24 PM
Kenneth,
Do you mean that it is difficult or time consuming to assign DimXpert dimensions to particular/desired annotation views?
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both
in general, the annotation planes don't always work as desired.
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Matthew Lorono
Feb 21, 2014 6:31 PM
Kenneth,
I guess what I was asking, what is difficult and time consuming about them?
Also, you mentioned that annotation planes (which I'm interpretting as annotation views) doesn't always work as desired. Can you go into some detail about that too?
Your feedback is very much appreciated.
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Re: What do you wish you could do with DimXpert?
I'd like to be able to use DimXpert annotations , in detail drawings the same way I can use Imported and Driving dimensions-change text location, oblique witness lines, increase origin offset extend leader lengths.
I'd like to be able to reground dangling dimXpert annotations.
If I've gone to the trouble of adding tolerances to model dimensions, I'd like to be able to convert those to DimXpert annotations
I'd like to see support for the Y14.5-2009 directional constraints for Datums (UVW and XYZ)
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Re: What do you wish you could do with DimXpert?
Matthew Lorono
Feb 21, 2014 6:26 PM
John,
That's a good list.
Could you describe Directional Constraints with real word examples of where you'd like to use and apply them?
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Happy to. In Y14.5M-2009 section 4.22, ASME describes a "Customized Datum Reference Frame" wherein you can specify which degrees of freedom a particular datum feature controls.
Here's a shoe-horned example
With the following datum reference frame:
You make the following assumptions:
If that's what you want, Y14.5M-1994 is fine but...
Your default 3-2-1 datum reference frame is going restrain the part wrong.
Which is extra work, requires explanations in a language that isn't universal and is getting a little bit into the shady area of telling QC what tools to use to inspect your design.
But with custom datum reference frames, you can specify which degrees of freedom each datum controls without encroaching on the QC department's inspection plan
If you're doing semi kinematic mounts for laser Optics, you come across these types of problems frequently.
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Re: What do you wish you could do with DimXpert?
Matthew Lorono
Mar 5, 2014 3:37 PM
I know this forum is about DimXpert, but I'm curious if you would be willing (OK with) using Geometric Tolerance tool from the Annotation toolbar rather than the DimXpert Geometric Tool for cases like this, or do you need DimXpert to understand this relationship in how it interprets a completely defined model?
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Well, the whole point is that DimXpert can report on he constrained state of the model using these considerations.
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Matthew Lorono
Mar 6, 2014 7:56 AM
John, Understood. I ask because the subtle difference on how the part is restrained can be reported in several ways that may not be supported by DimXpert right now. For example, should DimXpert count a part as fully constrained without consideration to the recognition of the freedom of motion with this system of constraints.
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Re: What do you wish you could do with DimXpert?
1.) it would be great to have an option to import the model dimensions to dimXpert
2.) sometimes I have problems to creat dimXpert dimension according the model dimension
example-->
we use dimXpert only because TolAnalyst works with dimXpert dimensions only
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how do you establish points (X<>Y) for surface profile?
why is there an instance count?
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- I would like to be able to apply a Profile of a Surface All Over as a General Tolerance
- Datum points
- The ability to dimension to edges per ASME Y14.8-2009 for Castings, Forgings, and Molded Parts
- Would be nice to be able to re-use driving dimensions from sketches and features
- Ability to dimension in Assemblies
I haven't had a lot of luck using annotation views - I haven't experimented with using them much lately but I did not find the workflow as intuitive as many other functions in SolidWorks.
I will try to use annotation views again - however due to #1-3 above DimXpert isn't complete enough for my needs
I am going to dig into it a little deeper though because I like the concept
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Matthew Lorono
Mar 7, 2014 12:29 PM
Matt, to aid in the understanding of Annotation Views, just look at them as 3D layers where all the assigned annotations are facing the same direction (they have the same normal). They started making sense to me when I took that point of view.
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That is a good way of looking at it... thinking back to 1997 and trying to remember what layers are.
I am going to take some time and go through the help files, it's been a few years since my last attempt
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I would thoroughly enjoy it if I could build a drawing template with predefined views that automatticaly imported the Dimxpert dimensions.
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Matthew Lorono
Aug 4, 2014 9:01 PM
Tyler, if you don't mind, I'd like to ask that you file an Enhancement Request for this functionality (to allow Pre-Defined views to auto-insert DimXpert when creating new drawings). Thanks!
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