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Possible to use new MBD in drawings?
Nick_Osborn
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Morning everyone,
Some background before I get into it: There is a known feature/bug (depending on who you ask) where if you insert an isometric view into a drawing and try and pull a dimension off it, instead of the actual length of the edge, you get whats called a foreshortened dimension. Without getting too into it, this is basically the length of the line on the page adjusted for the scale, not the length of the edge in 3D.
With the release of MBD there looks like there's hope for a fix. I can create dimensions in the MBD view that are the true 3D edge length and view them in an isometric view of the model. What I would like to be able to do is bring that view into a drawing as a named view AND have the MBD dimensions come with it. See the screenshot for a clearer idea. (I got this by pasting a screenshot from the part studio into a drawing, not a sustainable solution)
Let me know if there is a way to do this and I just missed it.
-Nick
Answers
MBD to drawings is most likely still in the works if they are planning to do that.
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I was always asuming MDB dimensions would eventually carry through to drawings and 3D exports (in capable formats), so E.G. tolerances introduced during model creation wouldn't have to be re-created in a later stage of the project. Ideally, they would show up automatically or on demand. I would also expect we'd be able to analyze multi part tolerance chains at some point.
Is hat the direction it is going?
Drawing consumption from MBD in as few clicks as possible is of interest to us and our users. This won't immediately usher in true dimensions on isometric views, however - since work needs to be done to properly style true dimensions correctly, and also provide manual drawing dimension commands for those as well. Eventually the true dimension workflow will connect, though.