Surface Area of the Inside of a Part
Surface Area of the Inside of a Part
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I have a complex part and I need to get the surface area of the inside of the part. I know I can select a face in measurement and see the area of the face but it's a complex part.
I used offset surface set at zero distance to create a surface model but still don't have a good way of getting the area.
I thickened the surface to .001 so now I have the surface area of the whole thing. Seems like if I divided that number by 2 I would have what I need.
Does anybody know a better way to do this? Seems like SW would be able to do it without all the thrashing around.
Steve.
I used offset surface set at zero distance to create a surface model but still don't have a good way of getting the area.
I thickened the surface to .001 so now I have the surface area of the whole thing. Seems like if I divided that number by 2 I would have what I need.
Does anybody know a better way to do this? Seems like SW would be able to do it without all the thrashing around.
Steve.






RE: Surface Area of the Inside of a Part
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RE: Surface Area of the Inside of a Part
dividing the total surface area by 2 is a reasonable approximation for a surface body but has a margin of error depending on the feature sizes vs the thickness you added think of a sphere if you add .001 to 1"
4*pi*1.001^2= 12.591 outer shell
4*pi*1^2=12.566 inner shell
thats a .0125 margin of error if you just totaled and divide by 2.
don't know how exact you are looking to be.
RE: Surface Area of the Inside of a Part
RE: Surface Area of the Inside of a Part
Select any number of surfaces you want to measure, and press "M" (measure) key to get the area.
Good luck!
Alex