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Is there a way to enter a name for a dimension
jeffrey_bragg
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I'm not talking about the dimension being formula named like excel, but to have the ability to name the dimension such as Wall thickness, or 'projected distortion value', anything else one might want to name a measurement
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You need to declare a variable and call it say "Wall_Thickness" set it to a value, and then use the variable when you come to set the dimension.
See here for details:-
https://cad.onshape.com/help/#variable.htm?Highlight=variables
BTW you can indeed use formulas too which comes in very handy.
Also make sure you declare your variables higher up the feature tree than the features that use them.
Cheers,
Owen S.
HWM-Water Ltd
Twitter: @onshapetricks & @babart1977
@brucebartlett you can add comments to dimensions but the size of the dimension box makes them difficult to see.
25mm /* Length of beam */
is valid. Not sure if you can add the comment before the value.