December 01st 2007 Posted in
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This post probably won’t make me any friends, but here goes.
I read something on the exploder the other day that seemed like a good idea: Create a strikethrough font for drawing notes. I thought about doing that myself once, but then I remembered something and checked the PTC website for confirmation:
Remember that Pro/ENGINEER files using these new fonts (.drw, .lay, .frm, etc.), which are transferred to other systems that do not contain these customized font definitions, will be retrieved using the Pro/ENGINEER default fonts. As a result, for consistency, include the font source, compiled, and index files when sending Pro/ENGINEER files referencing the new fonts.
The problem I had before was that a customer created a custom default font that looked like their old 2D CAD font and every time I plotted a drawing, I got complaints because I didn’t have the custom font. Realistically, this wouldn’t be the end of the world because the content of the drawing did not change, but it was annoying!
But, what about a strikethrough font? What happens if it gets replaced by the default font? Right — the drawing changes. Scary, huh? Using this font is a commitment for life. If it works for you, great.
I hate drawing lines through notes as much as anyone and I don’t like creating draft groups, but, even though I don’t have a better solution, I don’t think I can recommend adoption of this particular practice.