Ron, At this time, I need assistance from the Mechanical Engineer to create dimensioned drawings for our product. He uses Pro-E, and can export an IDF or DXF file to me to use for documentation purposes. This works out well most of the time. The other positive features of the product outweigh the inability to dimension features. I can only hope that Mentor Graphics will add this feature in the future. Karl -----Original Message----- From: King, Ron [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 8:54 AM To: 'DesignerCouncil E-Mail Forum.'; 'Bates, Karl' Subject: RE: [DC] Detail Drawings The inability to dimension alone is reason enough to require the use of an adequate tool unless, of course, you don't dimension your drawings at this time. I would prefer to do all my work with one package. -Ron -----Original Message----- From: Bates, Karl [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 8:41 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [DC] Detail Drawings The Mentor/Veribest does not support dimensioning at this time, you can add lines and text manually only. The rest of the fab / assy drawing can be done by adding drawing cells and mechanical cells. Karl -----Original Message----- From: Beerman, Dennis [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 8:18 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [DC] Detail Drawings I am soliciting general feedback on the pros and cons of using board design software to generate Fab and Assy drawing packages. (Level 3, including notes and formats) Does your board software support adequate drafting tools to generate these drawings, or do you export the design to a drafting software? I would be particularly interested in feedback from anyone using Theda board software. Thank you in advance. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- DesignerCouncil Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF DesignerCouncil. To set a vacation stop for delivery of DesignerCouncil send: SET DesignerCouncil NOMAIL Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- DesignerCouncil Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF DesignerCouncil. To set a vacation stop for delivery of DesignerCouncil send: SET DesignerCouncil NOMAIL Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DesignerCouncil Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF DesignerCouncil. To set a vacation stop for delivery of DesignerCouncil send: SET DesignerCouncil NOMAIL Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------