This might be hard to explain without showing a print. Wish I could, but that's a no-no since they're confidential documents and all. Anyway, let's say I have an older print with holes that are dimensioned to each other, rather than to a datum or to a common origin point. They also have a true position call out. As I understand it, you can select either "current alignment" or "datum reference frame" when creating a position dimension for the holes. If I was required to report the holes with the nominal dimensions from the print, rather than from the datum reference frame, say for PPAP purposes, does that mean I would have to create an alignment for every single hole to get them to report exactly as the print dimensions them? Or is there a more efficient way to do that? I hope I'm making sense. I'm still pretty new to this.
do the position callouts have datums listed?
BASIC dimensions (distance between holes) don't get a tolerance and don't get reported (or they shouldn't). They simply tell you how to design a 'perfect' part. This one would require customer input as to what they want shown on the report.
do the position callouts have datums listed?
BASIC dimensions (distance between holes) don't get a tolerance and don't get reported (or they shouldn't). They simply tell you how to design a 'perfect' part. This one would require customer input as to what they want shown on the report.