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Minimum Assembly Cut Depth

Minimum Assembly Cut Depth

Minimum Assembly Cut Depth

(OP)
Hi All,

I have a fairly large road grader mainframe weldment (~200 parts) and I am seting it up for FEA.  For doublers, our mesher needs a .5mm space between each plate and Pro E will not let me make a cut this small.  It depends on which version of the model; but generally the lower limit is 1.2 to 2.6mm.  What can I do to get the 0.5mm that I need.  In some places, when I am dealing w/ small to medium sized parts, I can do the cut on the part level; but not the larger plates and some plates need to be cut on the assembly level.  Any ideas?

Mark

RE: Minimum Assembly Cut Depth

change your accuracy to a smaller number

RE: Minimum Assembly Cut Depth

(OP)
Thank You,

I changed the absolute accuracy to 0.0011 and I was able to modifiy my dimension to 0.5mm.  (I chose 0.0011 because somewhere I read 0.0012 was the default)

On the second grader, same work session, I went to change the accuracy and, in parenthasis, it gave me a value of 0.001.  So, frankly, I did not expect putting in a higher value ie., 0.0011 would work; but it did??

When I assemble this weldment into the next higher level will the accuracy remain at 0.0011?  Does a higher accuracy setting slow you model?

Just some thoughts
Thanks Mark

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