Hello everyone,
I have a question about the grooves, should they be dimensioned with a radius or with a diameter? And why.
Thank you very much!
Hello
What grooves are you talking about? Key, circlips, ...
An imrpim'écran perhaps?
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Are you talking about oblongs?
As you wish, it depends on your future application.
It's a bit the same.
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I would also say that there are no real rules. It's more about what's functional. You can also rate the width between plates if it makes more sense (e.g. keyway).
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Hello
For the circlip grooves, it doesn't matter, if all the dimensions on the shaft are of the same style (having a radius dimension next to a diameter dimension is not very practical for readability), but in general I prefer diameter dimensions:
For the keyways, I prefer the width dimensions of the plates (neither radius nor diameter) I find that it is more readable:
See attached image
clavette.jpg
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Hello
I quote in diameter.
The reason is for accuracy. By definition, a diameter dimension is 2 times more accurate than a radius dimension. On a radius dimension, the tolerance of the dimension is multiplied by 2.
S.B
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See this great tutorial
SolidWorks: Design Library. Function with configuration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWxaynRpd6A
@+ ;-))
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