Creating Datum Points

Tushar Suradkar
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Topics covered

  On Surface

  Offset Surface

  On Vertex

  At Center

  On Curve




Point on Surface

Feature - Create - Datum - Point - On Surface

Select face of a part as shown

Select Done Sel .




To locate the point, click two planes one after other as shown

The planes highlight one after other

Specify distances from the planes

Datum point is created



Datum point is created on the surface



Point Offset from Surface

Feature - Create - Datum - Point - Offset Surface

All steps same as above, and also specify distance of point from the selected face

Datum point is created at the specified distance from the surface



Point on Vertex

Feature - Create - Datum - Point - On Vertex

Select a vertex of a part as shown

Datum point is created at the specified vertex



Point at Center

Feature - Create - Datum - Point - At Center

Select a curve edge as shown

Datum point is created at the center of the curve



On Curve

Feature - Create - Datum - Point - On Curve

Select Offset from the menu




Select the edge as shown




Select Done Sel from the menu

To locate the point, select a face to dimension from as shown



Type a distance in the message area

Datum point is created