Get DimXpert Tolerance2 Example (VB.NET)
This example builds a part to demonstrate usage of the
SOLIDWORKS Document Manager API for the following DimXpert annotations:
*
Distance-between
dimension tolerance
*
Composite
distance-between dimension tolerance
*
Symmetry
geometric tolerance
*
Radius
dimension tolerance
*
Diameter
dimension tolerance
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' 1.
Open public_documents\samples\tutorial\api\block.sldprt.
' 2.
Open the DimXpert toolbar from View > toolbars
' (select
the first instance of toolbars on the View menu).
' 3.
Create a distance-between dimension tolerance:
' a.
Click Location Dimension on the DimXpert toolbar.
' b.
Click the left-front face of the block.
' c.
Click Create Compound Plane on the DimXpert
' pop-up toolbar.
' d.
Click the right front face of the block.
' e.
Click the green check mark to accept the faces.
' f.
Click the back face of the block to complete the
' location dimension.
' g.
Click outside the part to position the location dimension.
' h.
Click ESC to end dimensioning.
' i.
Observe the following DimXpert annotation:
DistanceBetween1.
' 4.
Create composite distance-between and radius dimension tolerances:
' a.
Click Auto Dimension Scheme on the DimXpert toolbar.
' b.
Select Part type: Prismatic.
' c.
Select Tolerance type: Plus
and Minus
' d.
Click in the Primary Datum field; select face in front of right hole.
' e.
Click in the Secondary Datum field; select top face of block.
' f.
Select all feature filters.
' g.
Click the green check mark to accept the DimXpert settings.
' h.
Observe the following DimXpert annotations:
' Diameter1,
DistanceBetween5, and Radius1.
' 5.
Create a symmetry geometric tolerance:
' a.
Click Datum on the DimXpert toolbar.
' b.
Click the face in front of the left hole and click
' outside the part
to place Datum A.
' c.
Click the green check mark to finish the Datum
' definition.
' d.
Click Geometric Tolerance on the DimXpert toolbar.
' In
the Geometric Tolerance Properties dialog:
' i. Select
Symmetry from the Symbol dropdown list.
' ii.
Type A for the Primary Datum.
' iii.
Click the face in front of the right hole.
' iv. Click
outside the part to place the annotation.
' v. Click
OK to close the Geometric Tolerance
' Properties dialog.
' e.
Observe the following DimXpert annotation: Symmetry1.
' 6.
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.
' 7.
Read how to load and run Code_Example_VBNET
with this part.
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