topic dimensioning sketched text... in 3D Part & Assembly Design https://www.ptcusercommunity.com/t5/3D-Part-Assembly-Design/dimensioning-sketched-text/m-p/37485#M39016 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Yes Donna - especially if less than 12 minutes has gone by (that's about</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>how long I SHOULD be able to retain stuff. If it happened yesterday, forget</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>about it - pun not intended.)</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks to all for the Pro/Easy solutions. RMB&gt;create dimension&gt;width, or</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>simply LMB &gt; MMB to place.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Why didn't I try that? I am sure I did. anyway thanks - back to work.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>-Nate</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /></BODY></HTML> Tue, 22 Jul 2014 16:24:24 GMT nrollins 2014-07-22T16:24:24Z dimensioning sketched text... https://www.ptcusercommunity.com/t5/3D-Part-Assembly-Design/dimensioning-sketched-text/m-p/37481#M39012 Folks! I somehow accidentally created a dimension on some sketched text thatdefines its length. I thought, "wow, cool. I didn't know I could do that."Now I am trying to reproduce that and cannot make it work. I think it wassome crazy mouse button combination. Does Sun, 13 Dec 2020 02:36:00 GMT https://www.ptcusercommunity.com/t5/3D-Part-Assembly-Design/dimensioning-sketched-text/m-p/37481#M39012 nrollins 2020-12-13T02:36:00Z dimensioning sketched text... https://www.ptcusercommunity.com/t5/3D-Part-Assembly-Design/dimensioning-sketched-text/m-p/37482#M39013 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Nathan,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Don't you just hate it when you do something and then can't figure out how you did it?!</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>After you create the text, click the dimension icon, then just click right on the text - it will highlight the whole text - and place dimension.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Donna Andersen</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>CAD Designer</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Medallion Instrumentation Systems</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>17150 Hickory Street</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Spring lake, Michigan 49456</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Phone : 616-850-8018</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 22 Jul 2014 16:02:17 GMT https://www.ptcusercommunity.com/t5/3D-Part-Assembly-Design/dimensioning-sketched-text/m-p/37482#M39013 dandersen 2014-07-22T16:02:17Z dimensioning sketched text... https://www.ptcusercommunity.com/t5/3D-Part-Assembly-Design/dimensioning-sketched-text/m-p/37483#M39014 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Nathan,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN> If you are on Creo 2.0, all you have to do is create a dimension and pick the text, the RMB/create Dimension/Width. Hope that helps.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>[cid:image002.jpg@01CFA59C.67FC1A50]</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Shane V.</SPAN><BR /></BODY></HTML> Tue, 22 Jul 2014 16:02:19 GMT https://www.ptcusercommunity.com/t5/3D-Part-Assembly-Design/dimensioning-sketched-text/m-p/37483#M39014 svillafuerte 2014-07-22T16:02:19Z dimensioning sketched text... https://www.ptcusercommunity.com/t5/3D-Part-Assembly-Design/dimensioning-sketched-text/m-p/37484#M39015 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>If you just pick on the text with LMB and then click MMB above it, it should create an ovearal text width dimension.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks!</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Ted Otto</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Senior Designer</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>TEAM Industries</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>218-828-1987</SPAN><BR /></BODY></HTML> Tue, 22 Jul 2014 16:15:43 GMT https://www.ptcusercommunity.com/t5/3D-Part-Assembly-Design/dimensioning-sketched-text/m-p/37484#M39015 TedOtto 2014-07-22T16:15:43Z dimensioning sketched text... https://www.ptcusercommunity.com/t5/3D-Part-Assembly-Design/dimensioning-sketched-text/m-p/37485#M39016 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Yes Donna - especially if less than 12 minutes has gone by (that's about</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>how long I SHOULD be able to retain stuff. If it happened yesterday, forget</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>about it - pun not intended.)</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks to all for the Pro/Easy solutions. RMB&gt;create dimension&gt;width, or</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>simply LMB &gt; MMB to place.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Why didn't I try that? I am sure I did. anyway thanks - back to work.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>-Nate</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /></BODY></HTML> Tue, 22 Jul 2014 16:24:24 GMT https://www.ptcusercommunity.com/t5/3D-Part-Assembly-Design/dimensioning-sketched-text/m-p/37485#M39016 nrollins 2014-07-22T16:24:24Z dimensioning sketched text... https://www.ptcusercommunity.com/t5/3D-Part-Assembly-Design/dimensioning-sketched-text/m-p/37486#M39017 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Of course that is what happens when the software requires you to right click in space and hold a shift or control key and sometimes already have something selected and then do something else that doesn't have a prompt or dialog box. How intuitive????</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Mark Peterson</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><BR /></BODY></HTML> Tue, 22 Jul 2014 17:06:23 GMT https://www.ptcusercommunity.com/t5/3D-Part-Assembly-Design/dimensioning-sketched-text/m-p/37486#M39017 mpeterson 2014-07-22T17:06:23Z A1 drawing format https://www.ptcusercommunity.com/t5/3D-Part-Assembly-Design/dimensioning-sketched-text/m-p/37487#M39018 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Anyone have an A1 drawing format that they would like to share?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks in advance!!</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Patrick Fariello</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /></BODY></HTML> Thu, 24 Jul 2014 20:28:05 GMT https://www.ptcusercommunity.com/t5/3D-Part-Assembly-Design/dimensioning-sketched-text/m-p/37487#M39018 pfariello 2014-07-24T20:28:05Z