dimension value doesn’t display with &d

[ronfya]

Hello all,

I have a little problem here. When I make a note on my drawings and try to display the dimension value by using &d33 (to show the value of the dimension referenced d33), this doesn't work anymore and what it is actually displayed is the text &d33 and not the actual value (which is 2) !!

Does anyone know what can I do to display dimension values again ?

Thank you.

 

[charleskim]

Do you have multiple models in your drawing?
Either set current model to one you are working on or add session id.


Charles

 

[ronfya]

After searching a bit what could be the problem, I think I found the first part of the solution. And charleskim seems to think the same.

The drawing in which this happens is an assembly drawing. Which means that when I try to make a reference to dimension 33 by doing &d33, in fact it refers to nothing because there is no dimension 33 in my assembly, it is a dimension of one of the assembly's components !!

So the question is now : in an assembly drawing, how can I do a reference to one dimension of one component (or sub assembly, or sub-sub-component)?

How do I do session ID ? What is it ?

Excuse for being so lame with Pro-E but I come from Solidworks and I'm now asked to work with Pro-E for some projects. I will have to train myself a bit

 

[charleskim]

Here isa way to find session ID.


In assembly, goto relations.
Show > Session ID > Part > Pick and select the compoenent.
It will give you a message "Model yourpart.PRT has Session Id 6".


Then in your drawing, you addsession ID to your dimension."&d33:6"


FYI: Session ID is a sequential number ProE assigns to each model in a session.
i.e. If you open up an assembly with 3 components. First component will be session ID 0, second component has session ID 1, third componnent has session ID 2 and the assembly will have session ID 3.


Session ID will change per session.


Charles

 

[ronfya]

Yeesss it works, thank you Charles !!

 

[dr_gallup]

It is much easier to just show the dimension then toggle the dimensions to show symbols. The session ID will be shown appended to the end of the dimension "&d33:6".

You can also set the config option

SWITCH_DIMS_FOR_NOTES YES

This will automatically toggle the dims to symbolic during note creation so you can see the dimension symbol and the session ID.

 

[ronfya]

graaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh

It makes me mad. Now it happens in a simple drawing with only one model on it. I added a dimension manually and then changed the dimension text to

&p12 x &d14 = @D

in order to show also a number of repetitions (p12) and another dimension (d14) and what I see on the screen is
&p12 x &d14 = 480 +- 0.1

instead of the full values :
8 x 60 +- 0.1 = 480 +- 0.1

What happens there ?!!??

 

[charleskim]

ronfya,


What you did should work, I don't see anything worng with it.
Make sure p12 & d14are correct symbols.


FYI: you can use (Alt+0177) to show

 

[ronfya]

ronfya,


What you did should work, I don't see anything worng with it.Make sure p12 & d14

 

[vlad1979]

this happens if:


1. you have 2 or models in your drawings, check drawing models just in case.


2. you have switch dimensions, check info / switch dimensions. Then they show the symbols not the dimensions.


3. those are not the correct symbols.


4. those are created dimensions, then you should add them as &ad, but if they are from model then &d is OK.


5. you are lookingat the properties window

, where you entered the symbols.


Ifyou don't have any of the above then it's strange, they should work. The last one just joking.

 

[dross]

Happens to me sometimes too. Regenerating fixes it.

 

[Jeremy Feist]

I also had this problem - I found that moving the dim around afterward made everthing show up nice