Can I do a minimum distance check with accuracy?
Can I do a minimum distance check with accuracy?
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Can I do a mimimum distance check with accuracy?
For example from a part shape or surface to the end of a drilled hole feature.
I have a Ø.281 ball drilled hole that I want to stay a minimum distance of .250 from the nearest part shape.
The hole was created with the hole wizard.
The part shape was imported from Catia V5 to CAD doctor exported as a parasolid and then brought into SolidWorks.
Any suggestions?
I know I can cut a section and measure from the tip of drill to what ever part shape I end up cutting through.
Is there another way?
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For example from a part shape or surface to the end of a drilled hole feature.
I have a Ø.281 ball drilled hole that I want to stay a minimum distance of .250 from the nearest part shape.
The hole was created with the hole wizard.
The part shape was imported from Catia V5 to CAD doctor exported as a parasolid and then brought into SolidWorks.
Any suggestions?
I know I can cut a section and measure from the tip of drill to what ever part shape I end up cutting through.
Is there another way?
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RE: Can I do a minimum distance check with accuracy?
Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 05
AutoCAD 05
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RE: Can I do a minimum distance check with accuracy?
Alex
RE: Can I do a minimum distance check with accuracy?
It will only give you a measurement, right? Not a true "min" distance. It doesn't know the min or max.
Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 05
AutoCAD 05
ctopher's home site (updated 06-21-05)
FAQ559-1100
FAQ559-716
RE: Can I do a minimum distance check with accuracy?
I guess what I have to do is throw the method my old CAD software used out of my head all together.
With that old system it would measure the minimum distance between one solid body to the nearest solid body.
I would create a solid sphere the same diameter as my drilled hole and then stitch together various sheet bodies in part shape to create one solid area.
Next I could verify minimum distance between the two solid bodies.
Where in SolidWorks I can measure the tip of my drilled hole to what I think is the closest surface and go with that measurement.
RE: Can I do a minimum distance check with accuracy?
With SW, you can do the same thing as you did before with your old system, or maybe better.
Select your ball face (source) and another face (target). Use "Measure" command, and you will get what you want.
Alex
RE: Can I do a minimum distance check with accuracy?
If you have two bodies already, you can preselect them, measure min. distance between them using "Measure" command.
But using two bodies is not necessary. You are trying to measure distance between two entities (bottom (ball face) of your hole, and nother non-planer face (target)).
Hope this answers your question.
Alex
RE: Can I do a minimum distance check with accuracy?
"Measure" command always give you true "min" distance. For an example, if you measure distance between two bodies, SW gives you the min. distance between the two bodies.
If you use entities (vertex/point/plane/face/surface/...) when you use "Measure" command, you will get the true min. distance between the entities. Whether that distance is true min. distance, it is up to you how you intelligently select the entities. However, it is always safer to select bodies to measure the min. distance.
You can also measure min. distance between to parts in an assembly model.
In Aubreyair’s case, he is trying to measure min. distance between two entities (bottom of a hole to outside wall ) .
Personally, I always use “Measure” with part entities. Once a while, I use “Measure” command with two bodies within a part model, or two parts within an assembly model.
Alex