I am searching for a way to do custom dual unit plus/minus tolerances.
For example, I have a drawing in mm units, and a dimension which looks like:
0
142
-1
I would like to be able to add in a dual unit display in inches, so that below the above dimension, would be:
0.00
5.59
-0.04
I'm aware of the method of creating a set of equivalent inch dimensions (ie if the original dimension was "d1" then create "d1_ = d1 * mm_to_in"; and since ProE uses "tp1" and "tm1" for the plus & minus tolerances, one could convert these like the main tolerance (tp1_ = tp1*mm_to_in, etc) and write in the dimension text box: &d1_ +&tp1_ / -&tm1_) This yields something in the following form (and the parametric tolerances correctly display):
5.59 +0/-0.04
I've tried to get the superscript / subscript form using @+'s and @-'s, ie:
&d1_ @++&tp1_@# @--&tm1_@#
but this for some reason doesn't display the parametric dimension. It actually dumbly displays:
+&tp1_
5.59
-&tm1_
What gives? Anyone have a suggestion for how to have superscript and subscript beparametric to a defined parameter?
Many thanks.
For example, I have a drawing in mm units, and a dimension which looks like:
0
142
-1
I would like to be able to add in a dual unit display in inches, so that below the above dimension, would be:
0.00
5.59
-0.04
I'm aware of the method of creating a set of equivalent inch dimensions (ie if the original dimension was "d1" then create "d1_ = d1 * mm_to_in"; and since ProE uses "tp1" and "tm1" for the plus & minus tolerances, one could convert these like the main tolerance (tp1_ = tp1*mm_to_in, etc) and write in the dimension text box: &d1_ +&tp1_ / -&tm1_) This yields something in the following form (and the parametric tolerances correctly display):
5.59 +0/-0.04
I've tried to get the superscript / subscript form using @+'s and @-'s, ie:
&d1_ @++&tp1_@# @--&tm1_@#
but this for some reason doesn't display the parametric dimension. It actually dumbly displays:
+&tp1_
5.59
-&tm1_
What gives? Anyone have a suggestion for how to have superscript and subscript beparametric to a defined parameter?
Many thanks.