2 Replies Latest reply on Apr 21, 2014 10:37 AM by David Saenz

Copying Numerical value from reference (driven) dimension.

David Saenz Apr 17, 2014 4:01 PM

I would like to be able to copy the numerical value from a driven dimension. I understand, of course, why the values are not editable, but by making them so, I cannot copy the numerical value from such a dimension by right click/copy. Is there a way to do this short of writing the value down and manually entering it in the desired location? Anyone reading this who is involved in beta, may make it a wish list item.

Re: Copying Numerical value from reference (driven) dimension.

Glenn Schroeder Apr 17, 2014 4:40 PM (in response to David Saenz)

I don't know of an easy way to copy it offhand, but you can link other dimensions, custom properties, etc. to a driven dimension. That way if the driven dimension changes the dimension or property that's linked to it will update. Will that work for what you need?
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  David Saenz Apr 21, 2014 10:37 AM (in response to Glenn Schroeder)
  
  Thanks. I actually use them to link to other dimensions. An example is drawing screw threads, where pitch is the user defined dimension and height of hypothetical isosceles triangle is the driven. I link to the driven to get the heights of the crest and root. The work around I currently use is to use the measure tool, and cut and paste from there. Most recently this was to extract values into Excel to calculate scaling factors.
  
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