Clarification of Check-Mate Checkers

[WayneWatkins]

We want to ease users into using Check-Mate, so we're putting together some training documentation to explain what the tests are looking for and adding screenshots of failure examples. Initially, we're only going to use a subset of the out of the box checkers. I've looked through the documentation through NX and been able to make sense of many of the descriptions, but there are still some that I'm not sure about. Is there a good resource available somewhere that goes into more detail about some of the tests, or would someone be willing to explain a few so that I can create some examples of failures?

Wayne Watkins, P.E.
Mechanical Engineer

 

[JohnRBaker]

What version of NX are you using?

The best source of information about specific 'tests' can be accessed while the 'Author Tests' dialog is open. Simply select any one of the items from the list of predefined tests shown in the 'Categories' section of the dialog and once an item is highlighted, select the 'Show Information' icon located near the Right edge of the dialog. This will open a browser window with a detailed explanation of the function of interest including the various Checker Parameters as well as the sorts of results that this particular test will return.

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[WayneWatkins]

We're currently using 8.5, and the first group we'll be bringing up to speed on Check-Mate is going to stick with that for the foreseeable future. It's looking like the rest of the users may be moving to 10 when our internal testing is complete.

I'm using the comprehensive Quick Reference list, which seems to be same information as in the individual "Information" windows, to put my training docs together, but there are some that I can't make sense of. This is preventing me from creating an example of a failure to include. For example, "Check Feature Positioning" seems to pass every time, no matter how sloppy I am with features, including a user-defined feature with underspecified positioning, so I assume I'm just not understanding for what it's looking.

Many of the descriptions in there are pretty clear, of course. Even when they aren't correct, like "Check Minimum Straight Length" actually being the information for "Check Minimum Bend Radius," we can often make sense of what the goal of the checker is and write up our own description.

Wayne Watkins, P.E.
Mechanical Engineer