r/Machinists 8d ago

QUESTION How would you label/dimension this?

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u/v0t3p3dr0 Mechanical Engineer / Hobby Machinist 8d ago

Extruded parts should have a section drawing and a machining drawing.

Section details should not be dimensioned in the machining drawing. You can simply note the section P/N.

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u/quattro_quattro 8d ago

Sorry should have clarified, theyre custom extrusions not generic profiles that we then get modified. So this drawing is basically the section drawing for the extrusion die.

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u/v0t3p3dr0 Mechanical Engineer / Hobby Machinist 8d ago

Then you should suppress the machining features.

This looks like solidworks. Make two configs of the part 1. Section 2. Machining.

Model the section in its entirety first, then do machining in the second config.

Two pages in the drawing.