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Thickness Checker

Thickness Checker

Thickness Checker

(OP)
Has anybody had any experience with Thickness Checker in the Utilities Module? I/We don't have professional and was wondering if this feature is worth wild.

RE: Thickness Checker

Worth wild?  I don't know if it's worth wild, but it may be worth while.......

Disclaimer:  mmakm and I used to work together and I routinely busted his chops because he can't spell worth a crap.  I'm just doing it publicly here!!!!!  Quite frankly, I'm hurt that he didn't just ask me directly.

I've used the thickness checker upon occasion - it's OK but not great.  The output you get is similar to a stress plot from an FEA run.  You can mouse over areas of the part to get a local thickness displayed on screen.  I've not used it enough to really know how accurate it is, although there is an option to do local thickness analysis on selected faces.

I wouldn't upgrade your licenses just for access to the utilities - I more often than not don't have the add-in turned on.

RE: Thickness Checker

(OP)
What can I say dgowans...I'm a mechanical engineer, not an english major. I guess now I know where to send my parts for free analysis.

RE: Thickness Checker

Boy, it sure is cold in here :)

RE: Thickness Checker

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If we couldn't bust each others b..(Well you know) once in a while. It wouldn't be any fun.

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