You can select the desired format, precision and units for the dimensions. To select the format, precision and units:. Go to the General tab of the Dimensions dialog box. In the Format area, select the desired format for straight dimensions from the Straight list and for angle dimensions from the Angle list. Tekla Structures uses the information in brackets only when necessary.

For example, the dimension 500.00 is shown as 500 if you use the format ###.# and as 500.0 if you use the format ###.#. In the Precision area, select the desired precision for straight dimensions from the Straight list and for angle dimensions from the Angle list.

Angle Iron Dimensions

Select the units to be used from the Units list.

I would be interested to hear from the audience how they deal with dimensioning/annotating holes on drawings. I have foundfour options, none of which seem very elegant. 1) Show the hole note from the model in the drawing. This works well for tapped holes as the default hole note takes care of metric and unified threads. However, for clearance holes, I would rather see the actual hole diameter instead of the tapped hole referenced and 'CLEAR' added to the end. &METRICSIZE &THREADSERIES-&THREADCLASS &STDHOLETYPE &VARTHREAD &THREADDEPTH.2 2) Go into the.hol file and see the parameter namesused for the particular hole features (CLOSEDEC, CBOREDIAM, etc.) and manually add them into the model hole note properties.

This allows the note to be shown in the drawing, but if I change from a counterbore hole to a countersink hole, or from a close to free fit clearance hole, I again have to manually modify the model hole note. 3)Show the model dimensions or create reference dimensions in the drawing that are related to the hole. Then, determine the &d or &ad parameters for these dimensions, and then type them into a singledimension used to define the hole. 4) Forget about using the hole command altogetherand use chamfers for countersink holes and additional extrude features for conterbore holes and use techniques mentioned in item 3) above to get the holes dimensioned on the drawing.

I guess ideally I would like to have a text file with parameters/logic built into itto identify the type of hole and dimensions required that could be used to replace the default hole note generated my Pro/E. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Depending on the version you are using some of this can be done with the CALLOUTFORMAT line. One way to do it would be to create separate hole table files for holes with countersinks and counterbores and format the note for those tables.

I don't if it's something that is being tested because there appears to be no documentation but someone posted a.hol file for WF4 on the PTC Community sitethat had a section at the bottom of the hole table file called DEFAULTCALLOUTFORMATDATA that provided a way to specify a custom note format based on what features the hole had. The way we do this is by showing the annotations in the model tree, then replacing the note text with the relevant note - eg csk, cbore, thru, etc. We store the notes in the notetextdir, so we can change them easily. Below is the countebore note - the special characters will show up in Wildfire
n&DIAMETER.2 DRILL THRU
n&CBOREDIAMETER.2 x &CBOREDEPTH.2
v ( &PatternNo ) HOLE Here is the csink note
n&DIAMETER.2 DRILL THRU
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n&CSINKDIAMETER.2 x &CSINKANGLE.2
$ ( &PatternNo ) HOLE. Here is a link to the post on planet ptc I've been working on creating a.hol file for our standard format in my free time and came up with the attached file. It'd be a good start point for anybody.

That would be the correct answer for the question at hand. Adding DEFAULTCALLOUTFORMATDATA to the.HOL file will allow the user to set specific callouts for different hole situations.

Steel Angles Dimensions

I had some issues copying the text, but I this file has DEFAULTCALLOUTFORMATDATA options that work, so I finally got the formatting right.