How to insert a driving expression into a drawing dimension.
Solution
When the drawing is in the same part file:
1. While in the Drafting application, select 'Edit-->Annotation-->Text'.
2. Select the dimension.
3. In the Text Input field, remove the current text.
4. There will be an alert displayed, "Editing the dimension value will
convert the dimension to a dimension with manual text".
OK the message.
5. Select the 'Text Editor' icon.
6. Select 'Relationships' tab.
7. Select the 'Expression' icon.
8. Select the expression to insert into the dimension.
9. OK the Expression dialog.
10. Close the Text Editor dialog.
11. Close the Text dialog.
When the drawing is a separate part file:
1. While in the Drafting application, select 'Edit-->Annotation-->Text'.
2. Select the dimension.
3. In the Text Input field, remove the current text.
4. There will be an alert displayed, "Editing the dimension value will
convert the dimension to a dimension with manual text".
OK the message.
5. Select the 'Text Editor' icon.
6. Select 'Relationships' tab.
7. Select the 'Expression' icon.
8. Select the 'Link to Part' button.
9. Highlight the part to get the expression.
10. OK the Select Part dialog.
11. Select the expression to insert into the dimension.
12. OK the Expression dialog.
13. Close the Text Editor dialog.
14. Close the Text dialog.
6. There will be an alert displayed: "Editing the dimension will convert the
dimension to a dimension with manual text".
7. This is by default, but since the dimension is now displaying the expression
value it will always be up-to-date and the extension lines will still be
associative.
Notes and References
Hardware/Software Configuration
Platform: all
OS: n/a
OS Version: n/a
Product: NX
Application: DESIGN
Version: V6.0
Function: EXPRESSION
Ref: 001-6638902