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Making dimensions that make the orginal scale in a drawing.
david_hayes088
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I have a large Assembly that is of a set for a theatere production. I'm trying to make a drawing of it to send to people to show the concept of the set. But for the set to fit on an A4 drawing it must be scaled 1:100. I'm fine for it to shrink down but I would like that wehn I add a dimension it shows the original size of the part not the scaled down size.
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When you dimension on the drawing it dimensions the actual size despite the scale of the view..
It dosent seem to use the correct numbers. This is a 2400mm wide staircase but its using the 1:16 ratio to generate the default dimension number. Same for all the other edges too.
I would use a standard 3 views of the objects to place dimensions. Onshape currently does not support isometric dimensions in drawings. You can pull a dimension but it is not accurate to the 3D model. See image below.
Twitter: @BryanLAGdesign
like Bryan said onshape doesn't do 3d dimensions. YET? I'm honestly surprised onshape allows you to put any dimensions on a view that is not standard angles knowing its not accurate.
You can use the sketch tools in drawings and draw an isometric view in drawings, but that defeats the purpose of a 3D modeling software.
see link:
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/97b5b163068d35f9806eea0a/w/0e51b11fceaf7c4265d02200/e/37dc0392d6d4ea32086b9095
Twitter: @BryanLAGdesign
Well I guess there that use case. Was that even possible till the recent update that added constraints in drawing mode?
Constraints made it possible.
Twitter: @BryanLAGdesign
@MDesign here is one just for fun
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/fcc38d3c474b6d689b755142/w/944d71b92ca03db004c09be5/e/dd3c836f7c0aebd0875bbe63
Twitter: @BryanLAGdesign
We have different definitions of fun. haha
@MDesign For me it was a nostalgia trip to my board drafting and early AutoCAD days.
Twitter: @BryanLAGdesign
I can respect that. We might be showing our age a bit. My only board drafting was in school. AutoCAD on the first couple of jobs. I can't ever remember drawing anything with lines isometrics on a computer from that point on.