×
INTELLIGENT WORK FORUMS
FOR ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS

Log In

Come Join Us!

Are you an
Engineering professional?
Join Eng-Tips Forums!
  • Talk With Other Members
  • Be Notified Of Responses
    To Your Posts
  • Keyword Search
  • One-Click Access To Your
    Favorite Forums
  • Automated Signatures
    On Your Posts
  • Best Of All, It's Free!
  • Students Click Here

*Eng-Tips's functionality depends on members receiving e-mail. By joining you are opting in to receive e-mail.

Posting Guidelines

Promoting, selling, recruiting, coursework and thesis posting is forbidden.

Students Click Here

Jobs

Meaning of "Target Thickness" When Using "Automatic..." Midsurfacing

Meaning of "Target Thickness" When Using "Automatic..." Midsurfacing

Meaning of "Target Thickness" When Using "Automatic..." Midsurfacing

(OP)
What does "target thickness" mean, exactly, when mid-surfacing a solid with multiple thicknesses?

I notice that this input directly effects how it is mid-surfaced, and would sometimes fail the operation if not inputted correctly.

i.e. In one example, using a C channel (without fillets or rounds) with a web thickness of 0.29" and arm thickness of 0.47", the larger (0.47") thickness successfully produced a mid-surfaced solid with the C profile. Though, when I specified the target thickness of the web (0.29"), only the webbed portion of the solid mid-surfaced.

Does that mean only use the largest "thickness" of the solid?

I'd appreciate the clarification.

Thanks in advance:)

www.martinezandturek.com

RE: Meaning of "Target Thickness" When Using "Automatic..." Midsurfacing

Hello!,
Target Thickness means "midsurface tolerance". Any sur­faces with a distance equal or less than the target thickness will have a midsurface generated. The com­mand then intersects all created midsurfaces with one another and lastly, deletes all small free floating surfaces.

Best regards,
Blas.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Blas Molero Hidalgo
Ingeniero Industrial
Director

IBERISA
48011 BILBAO (SPAIN)
WEB: http://www.iberisa.com
Blog de FEMAP & NX Nastran: http://iberisa.wordpress.com/

RE: Meaning of "Target Thickness" When Using "Automatic..." Midsurfacing

Hi,

What about slicing your solid (C-channel) in multiple parts and doing the mid-surface for each part ?

Red Flag This Post

Please let us know here why this post is inappropriate. Reasons such as off-topic, duplicates, flames, illegal, vulgar, or students posting their homework.

Red Flag Submitted

Thank you for helping keep Eng-Tips Forums free from inappropriate posts.
The Eng-Tips staff will check this out and take appropriate action.

Reply To This Thread

Posting in the Eng-Tips forums is a member-only feature.

Click Here to join Eng-Tips and talk with other members!


Resources