"Artemus" wrote:
"Leon" wrote in message
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"Artemus" wrote:
"Leon" wrote in message
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A bit more here.. For 6 sided components, a typical piece of wood or panel,
draw a single surface with 4 lines. Give it thickness using the push/pull
tool. Still better is to use the rectangle tool to form a side and then
use the push/pull
tool to add the other 5 sides to the object. These steps speed drawing and
help to insure that opposite side/planes are parallel. Lastly use your
mouse to begin lines, rectangles, and to push or pull and then type in the
exact distance.

The offending parts are 6 sided and I created them as you suggest.

After playing around I discovered that if dimension lines (not sure if
that is the right name for the arrows and number that show length) are
part of the component and not on the face(i.e. perpendicular to it), then
the distance it stands off the face will be added to the thickness of the
panel by CL.
Art

That is probably correct. The import takes the entire component into
consideration. The dimension lines should be added after the object is made
into a component and not be a part of a component. I like to also add
dimensions on their own layer so that I can hide them.
And yes the lines with arrows are dimension lines, the lines that associate
a dimension line to the object typically at a 90 degree angle at each arrow
are dimension extension lines.

I have a handy plug- in that lets me select a component on the drawing and
running the plug -in brings a pop up window that tells me all dimensions of
the component. Handy to verify dimensions with out having to actually
dimension the component.

Sounds like I need to get up to speed on layers.
Do you have a link to that handy plugin?
Art

I'll take a look for it. Once I add a plugin to the plugin directory I
forget about it. Let me take a look for it. I probably got it from
smustard.