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I've never come across this before so I turn to Eng-Tips I have a checker marking up my drawing to add position control to a radius. My thought is No. Because I'm thinking you need a complete hole or shaft to measure two opposing sides to derive the center to make sure it falls within the...

Perfect - you are awesome! Ref. last sentence in 5.4.1(b): Where datum references are specified, one or more of the datums specified in the upper segment of the frame are repeated, as applicable, and in the same order of precedence, to govern the orientation of the FRTZF.

Hello All, I have a drawing with a composite feature control frame: (Upper segment)Dia .0045 (M)/D/H/P (Lower segment)Dia .0015 (M)/D/P I thought the lower segment MUST repeat the primary and secondary in the upper segment (if needed). So I think it should be: (Upper segment)Dia .0045...

That's is man - Thank you so much ... pretty much the same in 2009. They added 3.5 (e) placing in a note, chart, or general tolerance block

Hello, My Boss is trying to mark up a drawing to have the Perpedicularity Feature Control Frame on the center line of the Rod (Rod being welded to a plate. I can't find anything in ASME Y14.5M 2009 that says you can or you can't (my gut tells me no). The only backing I have is that nowhere in...

M, Can you insert a Word object or do you not want to do it that way? Thanks - Todd

Hello, It seems like the new Block Labels, in V19, work just like the old way of constructing AutoCAD attributes in previous versions. In that, the order you create the Block Labels is the order they are in the list when you edit the Block properties after the block is created. And they're...

Does anyone know where I could get a herringbone pattern for a Hydraulic Hose drawing I'm doing. And for that matter, does anyone know of any web sites to get cool add-ons for Solid Edge? Like hatch patterns, matials and colors, tools, hardware, etc. Thanks -