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FieryPantone
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June 5, 2014
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will this have to be my first-ever equation?

  • June 5, 2014
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One of the product managers has asked me to include tolerances in a spec. sheet. The way I've received the information, in a technical drawing, it looks like this:

what's the simplest/most maintainable way of reproducing this in a textual description? I could use superscript for the +0.2, and subscript for the 0, but have no immediate idea how I could then stack the two elements.

Thanks in advance for help and tips!

(btw – still soldiering on with FM10, if that makes any difference)

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Two-fer
Two-fer
Inspiring
June 5, 2014

Hi Niels,

Here is what I was able to do using my old but trusty FM10:

Basic method: After typing '79.8 0,' highlight the '0' and then select 'Special' --> 'Rubi.' (Rubi is used to add the phonetic reading of Japanese characters above the characters.)

A 'rubi' box will be displayed, and you can now type the '+0.2' above the '0.'

Resize the '0' to the same size as the '+0.2' font.

At this point, there will be a lot of space between the upper '+0.2' and the '0,' so highlight just the '+0.2' (it isn't always easy to grab....) and then hit the 'Decrease Font Size' button a couple times. This will not decrease the size of the '+0.2,' but it will gradually decrease the spacing between the upper and lower numbers.

If the top and bottom '0's do not line up, put the cursor in the 'rubi' box after the bottom '0' and add a space or two to move it to the left (or add space before it to move it to the right).

Louis

Arnis Gubins
Arnis Gubins
Inspiring
June 5, 2014

Niels,

No need for an equation. Just create two custom character styles - one for the superscript and on for the subscript. The superscript would use the FDY component and the subscript on would use the FDY and a negative FDX component to pull this value back in underneath the superscripted one. Unfortunately the FDY and FDX attributes are not directly accessible through the Character Designer UI.

You can either create a custom MIF file that has just these two character styles defined and import that file to get the formats, e.g.

(the numbers are just for show, you'll need to insert your own values. Use the MIF Reference for more details on this)

<MIFFile 10.00> # Generated by FrameMaker 10.0

<FontCatalog

<Font

  <FTag `tolerancePlus'>

  <FSize  4 pt>

  <FDY  -125.0%>

  <FLocked No>

> # end of Font

<Font

  <FTag `toleranceMinus'>

  <FSize  4 pt>

  <FDY  125.0%>

  <FDX  -200.0%>

  <FLocked No>

> # end of Font

> # end of FontCatalog

The other alternative is to try Scott Prentice's ExtraCharFormat utility that allows you to set these values in FM. See: Leximation: Leximation Tools: ExtraCharFormat

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