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.
You are looking at the BASIC dimensions that are shown hole to hole. Thats not how basics work I am guessing that you dont have background in GD&T and you are applying " LINEAR DIMENSIONING " understanding to them.
You are looking at the BASIC dimensions that are shown hole to hole. Thats not how basics work I am guessing that you dont have background in GD&T and you are applying " LINEAR DIMENSIONING " understanding to them.
No, I understand that basic dimensions are not meant to be reported and do not have a tolerance. Unfortunately, the customer wants what the customer wants, and if they want the holes reported with the basic dimensions, then I have to give it to them. I was just wondering if there was a better way to go about it.
