Datum Visibility

[rkirkendall]

Hello all,

I have a revolved part created from a sketch on the front
datum plane. I am trying to attach a datum to the inner
diameter dimension on a section view in the detailed
drawing.

So far I have done the following:

1) Created a datum axis from the revolved inner surface
of the part and attached the diameter dimension to that
datum. In the model, the datum symbol shows up as
attached to the diameter dimension.

2) When I dimension this feature on the sectioned view of
the part, the datum symbol does not appear. The
sectioning plane in this case is the front view. When the
datum symbol is attached to the datum itself and I show
the axis in the drawing, the datum appears, but it does
not when I attach it to the dimension and create the
dimension.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to make the datum
symbol appear on the dimension? Thanks in advance for the
help!

 

[dr_gallup]

Hello all,


2) When I dimension this feature on the sectioned view of

the part, the datum symbol does not appear. The

sectioning plane in this case is the front view. When the

datum symbol is attached to the datum itself and I show

the axis in the drawing, the datum appears, but it does

not when I attach it to the dimension and create the

dimension.

It sounds like you are creating the dimension in the drawing. You need to be showing the part dimension in the drawing for the attached datum to show up.

 

[garymig]

You need to 'show' your model dimension on the drawing, not the added dim.

 

[wagwagdude]

You can show the datum axis for the view and it should show the axis and the datum tag attached to the axis. Select a leg of the axis of the datum and right click properties. Select

 

[dr_gallup]

You do if you already attached the datum to a model dimension as he said in the original post:

"1) Created a datum axis from the revolved inner surface

of the part and attached the diameter dimension to that

datum."