How to place tolerances on assigned variables?

[Ahb723]

Hello,

I am looking to use the assign command to create a basic function and then report it with a comment report command. I will need to place tolerances on the assigned function, which will turn the variable red when the value is outside of the tolerance spec. I have figured out how to use the assign command to create the function and display it, but I do not know how to assign the tolerances, and change the color to red.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[bfire85]

You can't change variables to different colors based on tolerances. The only way an assignment turns red is when the function doesn't make sense or is illegal. You can put a variable in a generic feature and dimension the generic feature with a tolerance.

[Matthew D. Hoedeman]

make a generic feature (point) with the nominal+0 set to what you want the nominal to be, and the actl to the variable, report that axis.

[RandomJerk]

If you haven't used a generic feature before, you'll find it under Insert...Feature...Generic. You won't be able to do what you need to from that window, so just select the feature type and click OK.

In the feature, do this.

ASSIGN/[COLOR=#E74C3C][B]V1[/B][/COLOR]=.998

F1 =GENERIC/POINT,DEPENDENT,CARTESIAN,$
NOM/XYZ,<[COLOR=#E74C3C][B]1[/B][/COLOR],0,0>,$
MEAS/XYZ,<[COLOR=#C0392B][B]V1[/B][/COLOR],0,0>,$
NOM/IJK,<0,0,1>,$
MEAS/IJK,<0,0,1>

DIM DIM_1= LOCATION OF POINT F1 UNITS=IN ,$
GRAPH=OFF TEXT=OFF MULT=10.00 OUTPUT=BOTH HALF ANGLE=NO
AX MEAS NOMINAL +TOL -TOL DEV OUTTOL
X 0.9980 1.0000 0.0020 0.0020 -0.0020 0.0000 #--------
END OF DIMENSION DIM_1

[Matthew D. Hoedeman]

If you haven't used a generic feature before, you'll find it under Insert...Feature...Generic. You won't be able to do what you need to from that window, so just select the feature type and click OK.

In the feature, do this.

ASSIGN/[COLOR=#E74C3C][B]V1[/B][/COLOR]=.998

F1 =GENERIC/POINT,DEPENDENT,CARTESIAN,$
NOM/XYZ,<[COLOR=#E74C3C][B]1[/B][/COLOR]+0,0+0,0+0>,$
MEAS/XYZ,<[COLOR=#C0392B][B]V1[/B][/COLOR],0,0>,$
NOM/IJK,<0,0,1>,$
MEAS/IJK,<0,0,1>

DIM DIM_1= LOCATION OF POINT F1 UNITS=IN ,$
GRAPH=OFF TEXT=OFF MULT=10.00 OUTPUT=BOTH HALF ANGLE=NO
AX MEAS NOMINAL +TOL -TOL DEV OUTTOL
X 0.9980 1.0000 0.0020 0.0020 -0.0020 0.0000 #--------
END OF DIMENSION DIM_1

Due to Pcdmis quirks I would add the +0 to the nominal value. Just to be safe. Generic features are the only ones I do this to.

[RandomJerk]

Don't disagree, I tend to do it for more than this, too.

[dph51]

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these should change the color of text. Gray, red, blue, black. Not sure which changes which. Click the help file in PCDMIS for more info.

these are for changing text color on reports.

[dph51]

You would need to test if the variable is oot using flow control, then change the color of the comment text.