Is it possible to use t to represent the height of a part without it doing an immediate substitution?
I want to create a dado that’s the thickness of my material, but like parameters for cut depth etc, I want to use t and not have it immediately replace the value. At the momnet, with a stock thickness of 18mm, if i put t in there, it subsitutes the stock thickness actual value - which breaks if I change the stock thickness.
Yes, use t.
See:
https://carbide3d.com/hub/courses/create/expressions/
and
(referenced from: 2D Drawing | Design into 3D )
If I use t it replaces it with the current stock thickness and that doesn’t change with the actual thickness change. So if I doi it once for 18mm thick stock, then change the stock to 12mm the height remains as 18mm
Yeah, dado width is a sensible use for t, and the fact that it auto-updates to a numeric value when you use it in Design (rather than Toolpaths) seems like a bug to me.
Dimensions set in the Design pane do not have persistent variables.
The only dimension which is persistent is t when used for Toolpath depths.
So…this would be a candidate to add as a product improvement???
That would be a question for @robgrz
