Get DimXpert Tolerance6 Example (VB.NET)
This example builds a part to demonstrate usage of the
SOLIDWORKS Document Manager API for the following DimXpert annotations:
*
Surface profile geometric tolerance
*
Tangency
geometric tolerance
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' 1.
Open public_documents\samples\tutorial\cosmosxpress\aw_anchor_plate.sldprt.
' 2.
Open the DimXpert toolbar from View > Toolbars
' (select the first instance
of Toolbars on the View menu).
' 3.
Create a surface profile tolerance:
' a.
Click Datum on the DimXpert toolbar.
' b.
Click a top face of the part.
' c.
Click outside the part to place Datum A.
' d.
Click a back face of the part.
' e.
Click outside the part to place Datum B.
' f.
Click a side face of the part.
' g.
Click outside the part to place Datum C.
' h.
Click Geometric Tolerance on the DimXpert toolbar.
' In
the Geometric Tolerance Properties dialog:
' i. Select
Profile of Surface from the Symbol dropdown list.
' ii.
Type 50 in Tolerance 1.
' iii. Type A in the Primary
box and C in the
'
Secondary box.
' iv. In the second row, select
Profile of Surface from
' the
Symbol dropdown
list.
' v. In
the second row, type 50 in Tolerance 1.
' vi. In the second row,
type A in the Primary box.
' vii. Select the
Composite frame check box.
' viii. Click the front curve of the hook.
' ix. Click
outside the part to place the annotation.
' x. Click OK to close the Geometric Tolerance
' Properties dialog.
' i.
In the DimXpertManager tab of the Management Panel,
' expand Cylinder1.
' j.
Observe the following DimXpert annotations:
' Surface Profile1
and Surface Profile2
' 4.
Create tangency tolerances:
' a.
Click Auto Dimension Scheme on the DimXpert toolbar.
' b.
Select all feature filters.
' c.
Click the green check mark to accept the settings.
' d.
Observe several tangency tolerance annotations.
' 5.
Close the part, saving it to another name.
' NOTE:
Because this part is used in a SOLIDWORKS online
' tutorial, do not save
any changes to the original
' file name.
' 6.
Read how to load and run Code_Example_VBNET
with this part.
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