Chamfer Handling of Adaucogit Salt Automatic Dimensioning

The automatic dimensioning function of Adaucogit Salt for AutoCAD software is very useful, and, in this article, how it handles chamfers will be introduced.
Generally, the shapes of global chamfers should not be dimensioned directly in an engineering drawing. Using a leader or making a note to describe them is more suitable. So an intelligent dimensioning program should have the ability to distinguish what are global chamfers and ignore them. Here, we will demonstrate how Salt automatic dimensioning function treats chamfers.

There are three global chamfers (C3), and two other chamfers (C10 and C40) in the below drawing.

The result of automatic dimensioning is shown below. The program identified that C3 chamfers are global chamfers, and it ignored them. However, C10 and C40 were not identified as global chamfers, so their dimensions were annotated.

Finally, labeled the global chamfers by using Salt automatic leader.

P.S. In an engineering drawing, describing global chamfers by text is better than drawing them, because global chamfers are usually too small to see them clearly in a layout and they do not influence design itself, either. Sketching them not only takes time but also increases the intricacies of drawings. Furthermore, they may influence point snapping and cause other problems.