Minimum Assembly Cut Depth

[markborges]

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

 

[cadcamguy]

change your accuracy to a smaller number

 

[markborges]

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