Improved radius drawing
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Re: Improved radius drawing
True, my comment was more or less to the whole difference between ISO, ASME , ... .
Re: Improved radius drawing
Hi again!
So I went through the ASME Y14.5-2009 standard and now we are able to fully support it. Each dimension has a new property "StandardAndStyle" which allows the user to select the dimension appearance. Four values are supported in my draft:
1) ISO Oriented = straight line with the text tilted according to ISO 129-1
2) ISO Levelled = a bent line, with horizontal text above the reference line, as specified by ISO 129-1
3) ASME Regular = horizontal text, bent line with small reference line to text vertical center as specifies ASME Y14.5
4) ASME Inlined = straight line with level text on end, or inserted in the middle of line, though not crossed as ASME Y14.5 requires
Here are displayed all (typical) options:
Upper left corner - ISO Levelled
Upper right corner - ASME Regular
Bottom left corner - ISO Oriented
Bottom right corner - ASME Inlined
The dimensoin look is also affected by the additional "Extend To Center" property.
As @Jee-Bee suggested, the standard&style of a dimension is saved in the document, though it can be whenever changed. To improve the user experience, the default value for a newly created dimension can be specified via "Dimensioning Standard and Style" prefference added to page 2 of Tech Draw user settings.
I hope you will like these changes, I've created the pull request: https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/2443
Should there be any problems or modification suggestions, please do not hesitate and share them!
Kind regards,
Tomas
So I went through the ASME Y14.5-2009 standard and now we are able to fully support it. Each dimension has a new property "StandardAndStyle" which allows the user to select the dimension appearance. Four values are supported in my draft:
1) ISO Oriented = straight line with the text tilted according to ISO 129-1
2) ISO Levelled = a bent line, with horizontal text above the reference line, as specified by ISO 129-1
3) ASME Regular = horizontal text, bent line with small reference line to text vertical center as specifies ASME Y14.5
4) ASME Inlined = straight line with level text on end, or inserted in the middle of line, though not crossed as ASME Y14.5 requires
Here are displayed all (typical) options:
- Radii.png (87.31 KiB) Viewed 712 times
Upper right corner - ASME Regular
Bottom left corner - ISO Oriented
Bottom right corner - ASME Inlined
The dimensoin look is also affected by the additional "Extend To Center" property.
As @Jee-Bee suggested, the standard&style of a dimension is saved in the document, though it can be whenever changed. To improve the user experience, the default value for a newly created dimension can be specified via "Dimensioning Standard and Style" prefference added to page 2 of Tech Draw user settings.
I hope you will like these changes, I've created the pull request: https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/2443
Should there be any problems or modification suggestions, please do not hesitate and share them!
Kind regards,
Tomas
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Re: Improved radius drawing
This is terrific, Tomas. Thank you.tpavlicek wrote: ↑Wed Aug 21, 2019 8:26 pm I hope you will like these changes, I've created the pull request: https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/2443
Not to wish bad luck on you or anything, but I hope you become unhappy with diameters, angles, etc!
Re: Improved radius drawing
This is great!
Is there the possibility to set this in preferences too?
Is there the possibility to set this in preferences too?
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Re: Improved radius drawing
Hello,
I'm glad it worked out well
Yep, I guess diameters are the next ones...
Tomas
I'm glad it worked out well
wandererfan wrote: ↑Wed Aug 21, 2019 11:33 pm Not to wish bad luck on you or anything, but I hope you become unhappy with diameters, angles, etc!
Yep, I guess diameters are the next ones...Basically there is new default Standard and Style user preference in TechDraw' settings, page "TechDraw Dimensions". This says which style is to be used on a newly created dimension. Nevertheles, StandardAndStyle is a property of each dimension, which is saved in the document and it can be whenever switched to other standard/style. Are You missing some kind of preferences/settings?
Tomas