Setting decimal place precision on hole reference in dimension

[kjoiner]

I'm placing a dimension for a tapped hole.  For the hole itself, I 'm using 3 decimal places for the diameter range.  When calling out the tap drill depth, I only want to use 2 decimal place precision.  The default for the reference seems to match whatever the dimension is.  Is there a way to accomplish this?  The same question applies to the depth of the threads as well.

Here's the dialoge box:

[MattHunt]

Kyle,

There is a way to individually specify number of decimal places. It's a little bit cumbersome, but works.

If you add "%{ in front of the hole size (%HD) and /@0} after, and replace the zero with the number of decimal places, then you get the desired result. This works for depth as well. see image.

example, for a 10mm hole - no decimal places then text string would be: %DI%{%HD/@0}

Hope this helps.

[Johnson_BigMatt]

IIRC in ST7 we were added the FORMAT property text option that gives a GUI to the older %formats. 
https://docs.plm.automation.siemens.com/tdoc/se/110/se_help#uid:xid1129777:xid1325276:xid1325279:ind...

Select the related Ref Text Callout,  this should enable the [FORMAT] option which then gives a nicer GUI for these sort of mods. 

https://docs.plm.automation.siemens.com/tdoc/se/110/se_help#uid:xid1129777:xid1325276:xid1325279:ind...

[bshand]

I'm always amazed when I see stuff like this. It's the year 2018, people have been dimensioning and tolerancing for many many decades, and we still have to jump through arcane mumbo jumbo to get a decent callout for a friggin hole. What happened to the GUI concept?

[nanan00]

Easy UX / UI is hard to develop and requires the developer to understand how it will be used.

Honestly I prefer Autocads way of just having a properties dialog that can easily change one a few or all of something by simply selecting them.

[kjoiner]

I must still be doing something wrong.  I tried formatting it for 2 decimal places and get a reference error.  You can see the error on the dimension next to the dialoge box.  And I agree, this is a very arcane way to accomplish a simple task.  SE needs to improve this.

[nanan00]

Why are you using dimensions for holes instead of a callout so you can use feature callouts.

[kjoiner]

Dimensions seem to be more appropriate for detailing various features on a drawing.  Also, given the complexity of the codes required to detail a part, they are prone to syntax issues.  In a dimension dialogue box there are buttons to select that handle the codes.  Solid Edge needs a more direct way to change the decimal precision when detailing "compound" holes such as countersinks, counterbores, tapped holes etc.

Kyle

[kjoiner]

I submitted a PR.

Here is the IR - 9077539

Kyle

9077539.

[bshand]

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@nanan00 wrote:

Why are you using dimensions for holes instead of a callout so you can use feature callouts.

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That doesn't address the need to dimension the hole's diameter at 3 places and the depth at 2 places. That's just a simple case. There may be cases where you want unilateral tolerances, etc., etc.

Can't do that with SE yet it wasn't uncommon on the old drafting board.