Article - CS140725
Offset coordinate systems show a negative offset even with show_dim_sign set to no in Creo Parametric
Modified: 06-Dec-2022
Applies To
- Creo Parametric 2.0 M050 to 7.0
Description
- Offset coordinate systems show a negative offset even with show_dim_sign set to no
- Negative dimensions of offset csys created with Creo Parametric 2.0 M050 or later are interpreted differently from those created with older builds.
- Old coordinate systems use relative or absolute values depending on the setting of show_dim_sign
- New coordinate systems use absolute values independent of show_dim_sign
- Relative means: when applying a negative value, the sign gets inverted (negative becomes positive and vice-versa)
- Absolute means: the sign of the value applied is used (independent of previous value)
- Older and newer feature dimensions interpret negative values differently, when applied by Pro/TOOLKIT function ProDimensionValueSet()
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