Hi all
Does anyone have a solution to rate NGF levels on a SW MEP?
The solution I had found is the vertical ordinal dimensioning, the pb is that the level 0 NGF is 45 meters below the view where I have the level points to grade, I don't have a reference to hang my reference point 0.
Does anyone have a solution to solve my pb?
Thank you in advance
Hello, the only solution I can see is to put a dot or an axis at zero.
You can create an axis at an arbitrary distance, create a dimension with respect to a known coordinate system and let it control (or fix the position of the axis). Create all the other dimensions and finally modify the driving dimension and then fix the position of the axis.
Otherwise you would have to change all the dimensions one by one.
Edit: another solution is to do this in the 3D, by inserting a plane at a small distance, dimension everything in the 3D, then change the distance of the plane to its actual distance, and finally use "insert model objects" to display the dimensions in the plane.
Edit 2: confirmation that there is no simple solution and that SolidWorks is not designed for:
https://forum.solidworks.com/thread/12206
Thank you for your answer
The purpose of my question was more to find a solution to get around the problem
If other people have already had this situation, don't hesitate to inform me
Thank you
I'll try right away
and I'll keep you informed
In my plans to indicate the different elevations, I create in my 3D a plan at level 0.
Then in my MEP, I place dimensions between this plane and the element I want to indicate the elevation.
Then I create a note that uses this dimension to i,diqué my elevation.
And finally, I'm hiding the rating.
As its everything follows.
In the 3D model, I have created an axis (or a point) which will be the reference NIV.0 NGF
In the Drawing I display the axes, I dimension the levels with the vertical ordinal dimension, I hide the axes, and I can even hide the dimension 0 (either by simply hiding it or by assigning it to a layer that I deactivate) this allows me to have only the desired dimensions
This solution works very well.
I'll try the 2nd solution later with the plans and I'll keep you posted
Hi Frederic
Your solution also works, but is a little heavier than the one described earlier, right???
It's just a plane instead of an axis or a point. It comes down to the same.
I understood correctly, I wanted to talk about your method to indicate the levels, isn't ordinal grading faster.
I'm looking for the simplest and fastest solution
For me Frederic's solution is perfectly suitable, so the rating is linked to the dimension and will therefore be updated according to the 3D model