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        <title>Dimensioning curves in Drawings — Onshape</title>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 11:42:40 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Routing Curve - How do you get the length value to a drawing?</title>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 22:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
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        <dc:creator>Lloyd_Snell</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[<p>I do not need the full power of the Cable/Wire custom feature.<br />
I just need to supply cable lengths for the cable manufacturer and programmers</p><p>I figured out how to do Routing Curve and it was perfect. <br />
Was able to quickly create routes that connected multiple Items and routed the same path every time. <br />
The trick is to start with the short wire path first. Fast, clean, just what was need.<br />
I have found no way to get the length of each route communicated in a print.</p><p>I even used Frame and and Frame Table, which allowed me the ability to place a balloon marker with the Item, and length, but to get an identifier on each cable set, you must add a column and then add and individual name one at a time. <br /><br />
Is there any other way?</p><span data-embedjson="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5022071\/uploads\/2RZ113DMO19Y\/screenshot-2026-08-13-171132.png&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Screenshot 2026-08-13 171132.png&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/png&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:482709,&quot;width&quot;:1305,&quot;height&quot;:1494,&quot;displaySize&quot;:&quot;large&quot;,&quot;float&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;downloadUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/forum.onshape.com\/api\/v2\/media\/download-by-url?url=https%3A%2F%2Fus.v-cdn.net%2F5022071%2Fuploads%2F2RZ113DMO19Y%2Fscreenshot-2026-08-13-171132.png&quot;,&quot;active&quot;:true,&quot;mediaID&quot;:57611,&quot;dateInserted&quot;:&quot;2026-08-13T22:51:32+00:00&quot;,&quot;insertUserID&quot;:11287,&quot;foreignType&quot;:&quot;embed&quot;,&quot;foreignID&quot;:&quot;11287&quot;,&quot;embedType&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;embedStyle&quot;:&quot;rich_embed_card&quot;}">
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<p>Sweet, but currently useless. </p><p>Here is the Routing Created as a Frame Part.<br />
Note the Frame did not capture the defined name of the Curve. This will be another 12 steps to rename every Frame. <br />
Also, See the Length of the  Curves in the original creation. <br />
Now all I need is to be able to point to the feature in the drawing with a balloon and provide the Item #, the name of the Curve, and the length.<br />
Next I will create the Frame Table. Is there a better way?</p><span data-embedjson="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5022071\/uploads\/3YRPHEYDYD3B\/screenshot-2026-08-13-171858.png&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Screenshot 2026-08-13 171858.png&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/png&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:839386,&quot;width&quot;:1868,&quot;height&quot;:1467,&quot;displaySize&quot;:&quot;large&quot;,&quot;float&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;downloadUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/forum.onshape.com\/api\/v2\/media\/download-by-url?url=https%3A%2F%2Fus.v-cdn.net%2F5022071%2Fuploads%2F3YRPHEYDYD3B%2Fscreenshot-2026-08-13-171858.png&quot;,&quot;active&quot;:true,&quot;mediaID&quot;:57612,&quot;dateInserted&quot;:&quot;2026-08-13T22:53:00+00:00&quot;,&quot;insertUserID&quot;:11287,&quot;foreignType&quot;:&quot;embed&quot;,&quot;foreignID&quot;:&quot;11287&quot;,&quot;embedType&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;embedStyle&quot;:&quot;rich_embed_card&quot;}">
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<p></p><p>The process of adding ID tags is laborious - 11 motion events - Prone to Errors, which did occur.  </p><span data-embedjson="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5022071\/uploads\/18XHS3B7F4TU\/screenshot-2026-08-13-173021.png&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Screenshot 2026-08-13 173021.png&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/png&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:227093,&quot;width&quot;:1775,&quot;height&quot;:1607,&quot;displaySize&quot;:&quot;large&quot;,&quot;float&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;downloadUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/forum.onshape.com\/api\/v2\/media\/download-by-url?url=https%3A%2F%2Fus.v-cdn.net%2F5022071%2Fuploads%2F18XHS3B7F4TU%2Fscreenshot-2026-08-13-173021.png&quot;,&quot;active&quot;:true,&quot;mediaID&quot;:57613,&quot;dateInserted&quot;:&quot;2026-08-13T22:56:26+00:00&quot;,&quot;insertUserID&quot;:11287,&quot;foreignType&quot;:&quot;embed&quot;,&quot;foreignID&quot;:&quot;11287&quot;,&quot;embedType&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;embedStyle&quot;:&quot;rich_embed_card&quot;}">
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<p>And finally a print output. <br /></p><span data-embedjson="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5022071\/uploads\/AF9ORBEXUCDD\/image.png&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image.png&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/png&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:99261,&quot;width&quot;:1842,&quot;height&quot;:1168,&quot;displaySize&quot;:&quot;large&quot;,&quot;float&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;downloadUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/forum.onshape.com\/api\/v2\/media\/download-by-url?url=https%3A%2F%2Fus.v-cdn.net%2F5022071%2Fuploads%2FAF9ORBEXUCDD%2Fimage.png&quot;,&quot;active&quot;:true,&quot;mediaID&quot;:57614,&quot;dateInserted&quot;:&quot;2026-08-13T23:05:28+00:00&quot;,&quot;insertUserID&quot;:11287,&quot;foreignType&quot;:&quot;embed&quot;,&quot;foreignID&quot;:&quot;11287&quot;,&quot;embedType&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;embedStyle&quot;:&quot;rich_embed_card&quot;}">
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