Default Tolerancing

[[Me...]]

I would like my default tolerances for characteristics to be:

.001
.005
.010

How can I make this happen?

[[To...]]

In help, search Defining Custom Tolerance Tables

[[Ro...]]

in the Features menu, create a dim by clicking on one of the pre selected options. select "Last input" from the drop down menu and change your tolerances to what you want the rest to be. click ok and that number becomes the temporary default for the next dims you create for the day.
Now when you create a "Size>Distance" or "Size>Diameter" that tolerance will be filled in.
It won't help you out like Tom said, but i never knew about presets so this is the method that i've been using for 10 years.

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[[Br...]]

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I don't know if you can do exactly what you're talking about. What Tom mentioned I beleve only lets you select tolerances based on a range. (e.g. 0-18mm =±0.1, 18-30mm=±0.2 etc.) I think you want tolerances based on the decimal place.

[[Me...]]

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I tried doing that but I'm unsure where to place the .xml file...It says in those instructions to create that file in the 'data' folder but it didn't seem to work for me. I even restarted Calypso.

[[Ow...]]

It's a shot in the dark because I've never used it but, you might try down-loading the tolerance table maker in the excel tools at this link.
Compliments of Calypso genius Ryan Stauffer.

https://www.ellisontechnologies.com/zeiss-downloads

[[Me...]]

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Thanks for the tip Owen.

Tried that method as well, it didn't seem to work. Nothing seems to show up in the drop down when switching tolerance methods...I am assuming it would show up under "User Defined Tolerance".

[[Me...]]

My .xml file is in Data/Toldat.

[[De...]]

These may help you find it.. if you are still trying to go that route.

Version 5.4 (old style location)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Zeiss\CALYPSO 5.4\opt\om\data\toldat

Version 6.4 (newer style location)
C:\Users\Public\Documents\Zeiss\CALYPSO 6.4\data\toldat

[[Me...]]

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I have the newer style, still not showing anything...It should show up in the drop down menu where the general tolerances and iso dimensions are, right?

[[De...]]

Once you have added your new file to that directory, Calypso needs to be restarted before it will 'see' the new file and offer it in the drip down list.

[[Me...]]

Yeah, definitely have tried restarting...still not working.

[[De...]]

My directory is "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Zeiss\CALYPSO 6.4\data\toldat\" because I have multiple installations and I am using calypso 6.4, but yours may be different. To make sure, the easiest solution would be to search your C drive for a folder named toldat.

It is also possible that it is the file you were trying to use?

I have attached a zipped version of the file I created that should work, it works on my computer at least.

I put this file inside C:\Users\Public\Documents\Zeiss\CALYPSO 6.4\data\toldat\

And restarted Calypso and it now shows 'Decimal Place Tolerance' as one of the options in the drop down list.

The contents of the file are as follows.

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<!DOCTYPE tolerancesDefinitionFile SYSTEM "tolerancesDefinitionFile.dtd">
<tolerancesDefinitionFile>
    <industrialNorm name = "Decimal Place Tolerance" group = "0" description =  "Decimal Place Tolerance" itemDescription =  "">
        <part No =  "1">
            <table No = "1" name =  "Default Tolerances" columnName =  "Nominal dimension range" description =  " + / - " itemDescription =  "">
                <row name =  "precision group " value =  "+/- 0.03">
                    <range start =  "0" stop= "9999" >
                        <value name =  "UT" value =  "0.762"/>
                        <value name =  "LT" value =  "-0.762"/>
                    </range>
                </row>			
                <row name =  "precision group " value =  "+/- 0.01">
                    <range start =  "0" stop= "9999" >
                        <value name =  "UT" value =  "0.254"/>
                        <value name =  "LT" value =  "-0.254"/>
                    </range>
                </row>
                <row name =  "precision group " value =  "+/- 0.005">
                    <range start =  "0" stop= "9999" >
                        <value name =  "UT" value =  "0.127"/>
                        <value name =  "LT" value =  "-0.127"/>
                    </range>
                </row>
                <row name =  "precision group " value =  "+/- 0.001">
                    <range start =  "0" stop= "9999" >
                        <value name =  "UT" value =  "0.0254"/>
                        <value name =  "LT" value =  "-0.0254"/>
                    </range>
                </row>
                <row name =  "precision group " value =  "+/- 0.0005">
                    <range start =  "0" stop= "9999" >
                        <value name =  "UT" value =  "0.0127"/>
                        <value name =  "LT" value =  "-0.0127"/>
                    </range>
                </row>
            </table>
        </part>
    </industrialNorm>
</tolerancesDefinitionFile>

DecimalTols.zip

[[Me...]]

It finally worked! Thanks Derek!