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Parent page: Draftsman Objects
A number of Datum Feature symbols attached to the surface edges of objects in a Board Assembly View.
A Datum Feature is a graphic object that can be placed on a Draftsman document sheet to identify a physical feature to which it is attached, such as an object edge. It acts as a reference on that drawing object so that relative dimension tolerances included in Feature Control Frames can refer to this and other placed datum.
Datum Feature objects are available for placement in the Draftsman Editor as follows:
After launching the command, the cursor will change to a cross-hair and the editor will enter Datum placement mode. Placement is made by performing the following actions:
The graphical method of editing allows a placed Datum object to be selected in the workspace and its edge attachment point or label location changed. When a Datum Feature object is selected, editing handles/nodes become available at its attachment and header label points.
A selected Datum Feature with its two positioning nodes
Properties page: Datum Feature Properties
The non-graphical method of editing a Datum Feature is available in the Draftsman Properties panel, which provides editable property fields for the item that is currently selected in the workspace.
The Properties panel when a Datum Feature object is selected.
To open the Properties panel and access the properties of a placed Datum Feature:
If the Properties panel is already active:
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