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Area of sheet metal

Area of sheet metal

Area of sheet metal

(OP)
I work the sheet metal to make architectural panels. I need to know the surface (sq. ft) of the piece are painted. I know with the "variable table", using the formula, it's possible to find the area that I want. But the complexity of the formulas become complicated. Is it possible to take the "surface area" in the "physical properties" and divide by 2 ? Which would give me the exact area that I want for all the pieces that I make.

Thank you and excuse my English writing.

RE: Area of sheet metal

Analysis>Measure Face

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Hudson

www.jamb.com.au

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RE: Area of sheet metal

Sounds like that should work for you, considering that I suspect that there's some sort of tolerance when calculating the 'exact area' for a painting operation.

BTW, what's a '.psm' file?

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RE: Area of sheet metal

It's a Solid Edge sheet metal file.

RE: Area of sheet metal

As long as the data is opened inside NX then NX can analyse the geometry.

Best Regards

Hudson

www.jamb.com.au

Nil Desperandum illegitimi non carborundum

RE: Area of sheet metal

(OP)
Hi.

I'm, working with Solid Edge V20 and i want to know if  it's possible to have the surface of this pieces (the surface appears, only half of the surface of all the sheet metal) (see the attachment) automatically and insert the information in "draft". So, if i make a modification, the surface update automatically in my "draft".

Thanks.

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