If you go to Tools > Relations you can select or show the dimensions and set relations as d14=d2 J- RE: How to relate parametric dimensions from one sketch to another? mjcole (Mechanical) 19 Oct 11 19:33 It can be done in sketch mode using parameters if you must but again my recommendation is to perform the relations on the part level not the sketch level. Off topic but thought worth a a couple of penny's. I do this a lot and have found organization is clutch. I also like that this keeps all relations consolidated and easy to find in one interface but bear in mind that the order of calculation becomes important when creating extensive relations across multiple features. My suggestion to you is create the relation on the feature level after all features have been created. When I do this I have the same problem (actually I have all sorts of problems when using relations at the sketch level) were I cannot reference the dimensions of the first sketch. inside sketch mode) which is different from creating the relation on the feature level. I think your problem is that you are creating the relation inside the second sketch (i.e. by just hitting OK or can place it flat to screen and make a separate layer to control display of only feature notes instead of showing all or no annotations.Thanks for the additional information which I feel reveals your problem. This is the method to get what you want however it is not necessary to Attach it to geometry, you can leave the Note unplaced. Go into your tree filters (which control what shows in the tree) and add notes. You cannot add or edit the comment while editing the sketch but after you hit the Check button to finish the sketch you can go back and add notes. Right Click the Feature in your Model Tree You can add Notes to a Feature as a comment or Add text within the sketch and make it construction geometry but the latter is a way messier method and Construction cannot be set to the Text so scratch that method. RE: Any way to add notes or comments in Sketcher? mjcole (Mechanical) 15 Dec 12 21:03 Internet searching has not been too helpful, as these two keywords are quite exceedingly common, and there is of course no way of telling a search engine, "No, I don't mean 'comment,' I mean ' comment.'" :) So just a "notes" or "comment" type of feature is what I'm digging for - or else some other way of adding in this kind of documentation. I see that there is an Annotate feature that can be added, but it is cumbersome, and it also appears on the main feature list, and it requires attachments to geometry that may change or disappear, etc etc.Īnd in Sketcher there is the Text tool, but it is inserted as real geometry that would then get extruded, revolved, swept, or whatever I'm doing. I don't know of anything at all similar in Pro-E, short of its feature-level dependencies. If I'm programming C, or doing something in a spreadsheet, I can either see dependency problems when the program attempts (and fails) to compile or run, or Excel will whack me on the forehead and tell me I'm trying to do something stupid. Whatever the reason was though, it isn't documented. Maybe I just wanted to quick drag some geometry around to see what it would look like elsewhere. That still won't explain why it was locked. And I can also accidentally click something without noticing, though that's rare. Then a day later I remember why it was 0.540, and have to backtrack a bit to get that original feature back. So then it gets shifted to make room for something else. So, I'll put a feature in that needs to be sized so the extrusion will accommodate a drill bit during assembly, but then a day later I won't remember why that dimension needs to be 0.540", or that I wanted to put a tolerance of +0.010/-0.006 on it when the drawing is generated. (Or after 15 minutes, when someone comes in with a technical issue, or a customer support call, or any of the myriad of other interruptions throughout a typical day.) Problem is, I might remember the reason for a dimension one day, but then forget the next day. Meet a weight requirement, stackability for storage, fitting a specific size of screw, mating with 3 other types of part, spaces for tooling, making sure it's all shiny and purdy for Marketing :), and so on. I do design of aluminum extrusions and sheet metal enclosures, and there are many features and dependencies built into even the smallest, simplest-looking things. What I'm after: Some way to add notes or comments in Sketcher, similar to how one would add comments in computer code to explain what a line or section should do.
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