{"id":3965,"date":"2016-01-07T11:15:49","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T11:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3965"},"modified":"2016-01-07T11:15:49","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T11:15:49","slug":"whats-new-in-solidworks-2016-dimxperts-basic-dimensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/01\/whats-new-in-solidworks-2016-dimxperts-basic-dimensions\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s New in SOLIDWORKS 2016: DimXpert\u2019s Basic Dimensions"},"content":{"rendered":"

DimXpert has always given you\u00a0the ability to add\u00a0basic dimensions to your model\u2019s\u00a0PMI scheme. \u00a0However, this ability was directly tied to GD&T feature control frames created with DimXpert. \u00a0The setting that allows you to add basic dimensions for your feature control frames is called \u201cCreate basic dimensions\u201d found at Tools>Options>Document Properties>Drafting\u00a0Standard>DimXpert<\/em> (SOLIDWORKS 2016) or Tools>Options>Document Properties>DimXpert<\/em> (SOLIDWORKS 2015 and prior).<\/p>\n

\"DimXpert<\/p>\n

With this option checked, applicable basic dimensions are automatically generated when you create applicable feature control frames, such as profile and positional GD&T.<\/p>\n

Even with this setting, many customers expressed the need to create their own basic dimensions, sometimes not directly associated with a feature control frame. Or, perhaps, you may wish to create your basic dimensions before you create your feature control frame.<\/p>\n

In SOLIDWORKS 2016, we added a new command to the DimXpert CommandManager called \u201cBasic Dimension\u201d. \u00a0This new command allows you to create location dimensions as basic, regardless to any existing feature control frames. \u00a0Additionally, if your basic dimension is applicable to a new or existing feature control frame, the basic dimension\u00a0automatically becomes associated with that frame, where possible.<\/p>\n

\"Basic<\/p>\n

Basic dimensions can be placed and edited just like any other dimension, except that you cannot change\u00a0tolerance type. \u00a0Associated features also highlight upon selection, just like any other DimXpert dimension.<\/p>\n

\"DimXpert<\/p>\n

Originally posted in the SOLIDWORKS Tech Blog<\/a> by Matt Lorono.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DimXpert has always given you\u00a0the ability to add\u00a0basic dimensions to your model\u2019s\u00a0PMI scheme. \u00a0However, this ability was directly tied to GD&T feature control frames created with DimXpert. \u00a0The setting that… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[25,105],"class_list":["post-3965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solidworks","tag-solidworks-2","tag-solidworks-2016"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3965"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3968,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3965\/revisions\/3968"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}