Hello I am rediscovering Solidworks after many years on Creo. On the drawing, I want to show a ray from the model. Unfortunately this one is not in the right view and it is impossible to make it appear in an orthogonal view. It's particularly stupid and frustrating.
Do you have a solution to manually define a plan for laying the dimension? The goal is obviously to retrieve this dimension on the drawing by object of the model.
On the 3D, by right-clicking on the offending dimension, it offers me "select the annotation view". I firmly believe that this is the option I need, but it doesn't work. The dimension does not arise on the plan I indicate to him.
Thank you for this feedback, I followed the last answer. it makes me see the dimension on a completely arbitrary view and I can't drag it on another view... Is that my problem!!
It's still surprising that he doesn't want to put himself in the right view once you've uncorrelated your rating from a specific plan.
Afterwards, I sometimes rate in a way unknown to Visiativ support (and there, we say thank you Creo). And it helped me out a few times. That is to say that I select the function in my construction tree rather than on the plan.
To do this, go to the " template object" function, select your usual options. Put yourself in " selected function" and " destination view(s)"... in short, the usual little charms! And there, hold on to your briefs for the manipulation: at the very top, you have two logos. One that looks like a stylized plan and another that looks like a nomenclature. When you hover your mouse over it, you'll see " FeatureManager Creation Tree" or " PropertyManager " Select the first one (FeatureManager creation tree) You will then see on the right of your option window your tree appear: expand it. You have to choose the right leaf and then the right view before finding the construction tree of your model... It's up to you to select the function that works well now.
I'm not saying it's magic, but it has helped me out a couple of times
Edit: on the other hand, be careful: Solidworks displays all the dimensions and you have to delete them afterwards. Unlike Creo where you could select what you wanted to display (I've complained a lot of times after Creo, but I almost miss it now!)
Thank you for the trick, I knew the way to do it but that's not the root of my problem. What annoys him is that this radius dimension is not in a plane parallel to the views of the shot. So he doesn't want to ask it. Hence my questioning, how to manually modify the installation plan of the annotations and dimensions. Sadness
Edit: For the drawing, CREO is light years away from Solidworks.
As much as for me, I thought that you had already done the trick of linking your dimension to a plan and that it still didn't work.
So, you need to double click in the 3D on your function to make your dimensions appear. Right-click on the desired dimension and then choose
selected entity
and select either the plan you are interested in to link the dim to it, or choose " unaffected objects" to leave it free of constraints (which I recommend ;))
The thing where it's super intuitive is that you have to click on
Select Annotation View (*Face)
" to have the drop-down menu when you already have an impression of selection!
You will only have one surface and the dimension should be imported (if the geometry passes).
Nb: Particularly useful for surfaces made in ' simple ' machining. Solidworks has an annoying tendency not to keep the surface continuous (painful for us who machine a lot but practical for those who do foundry)
Thank you all for your involvement. The solution found works BUT it changes the definition of my part and it no longer corresponds to my expectations. I reworked the shape of my piece starting from a piece entirely revolutionary. So my R4 is not cut off and is on a plane parallel to a view. In addition, this new design will be easier to manufacture.
For your information this is a bug, currently listed under the number SPR 793227 - Can not change the chamfer or fillet callout at a hole edge to other annotation views. The topic is open on the publisher's side, and there is no particular workaround indicated. The solutions given above can therefore help.
