Need to Reorient PMI for 3D?
If the annotations are skewed or upside down, select an annotation and right-click to set to Orient to Screen and they will be presented properly, perpendicularly!
Have data but all balloons are red (bad data) in BoC?
You probably have a Validator that is warning you. Under Settings and Validator, click to show Any Requirements.
Set the wrong tolerances and then ran IDA™?
No problem, just enter the correct default tolerances under Settings and Profile Settings and then Default Tolerances. Then select all in the BoC and right-click to select the menu item to apply new tolerances.
Run IDA™ on Selected Drawing Pages.
If your drawing has multiple pages and some pages will not be ballooned, then you can exclude pages from being processed. When you run IDA, clic the select pages to include, such as 1-3, 8 [...]
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Want to load the drawing from IDA™ Document Queue Manager?
After loading the prints to be ballooned/processed in the Queue Manager, you can then click the Complete tab and select the drawing. Then click the drawing icon to load this in the drawing panel. Your [...]
Need to edit the IDA™ candidate?
Mouse over the orange IDA™ rectangle and an edit box displays. For example, for Radius, enter 1.25 R. for Diameter, enter 1.25 dia. Click the GD&T function to enter the Feature Control Frame information, including [...]
Have a rotated drawing and need to Auto balloon with IDA™?
After you load the drawing, you may notice it needs to be rotated. Run IDA™ first and then rotate it to auto balloon.
Need to show the GD&T on the 3D in the Bill of Characteristics?
In the configure setting in the BoC, unhide CAD GD&T and it will display. Contact [email protected] to obtain the special template to show this GD&T.
Quickly auto sequence the balloon numbers.
After you use IDA™ for auto ballooning, you can then select the group of balloons on the drawing panel and then then right click to convert to your preferred sequence, such as clockwise, counterclockwise, etc.
Easily switch from Metric to Imperial or vise versa after ballooning!
Select all dimensions expressed in Metric or Inches in the Bill of Characteristics and then right click to convert to the preferred UOM.