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mjenkins10-Marble
10-Marble
February 2, 2011
Question

Area of a Cosmetic Sketch

  • February 2, 2011
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Is there an easy way to calculate the hatched area of a cosmetic sketch?

(other than creating a protrusion of it and measuring it's area)

Michael R. Jenkins P.E.
Design Engineer
Direct: 816-801-2332
Fax: 816-891-9432

Commercial Vehicle Systems
Haldex Brake Products Corporation
10930 North Pomona Avenue
Kansas City, MO 64153-1215


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frederick.burke1-Visitor
1-Visitor
February 2, 2011
Hi Michael,

Print it out along with a 1 X 1 square, cut them both out and weigh them on a milligram scale.

That's how those wacky calculus doctors do it to check that their approximations are valid.

Otherwise, extrude it baby!

Pro/E will do a cross-sectional area, but not with a cosmetic.

Best regards,

Frederick Burke


BrentDrysdale12-Amethyst
12-Amethyst
February 3, 2011
Hi Michael,
Simpler than extruding using the sketch is to highlight the sketch feature
and make a fill (flat surface) then you can get the area or perimeter of the
surface. Does not leave you with a meaningless extrude if you don't need
one. Redefine the sketch and the Fill surface updates automatically. I
would name the fill as an Area feature.
Of course you could pick fill then choose the sketch but that takes a couple
more steps.


Regards, Brent Drysdale
Senior Mechanical Designer
Tait Radio Communications
New Zealand
DDI +64 3 358 1093
www.taitradio.com


wfalco16-Pearl
16-Pearl
February 3, 2011

I tried this earlier and it works nice.

mjenkins10-MarbleAuthor
10-Marble
February 4, 2011


Genius! That works great!


In Reply to Brent Drysdale:

Hi Michael,
Simpler than extruding using the sketch is to highlight the sketch feature
and make a fill (flat surface) then you can get the area or perimeter of the
surface. Does not leave you with a meaningless extrude if you don't need
one. Redefine the sketch and the Fill surface updates automatically. I
would name the fill as an Area feature.
Of course you could pick fill then choose the sketch but that takes a couple
more steps.


Regards, Brent Drysdale
Senior Mechanical Designer
Tait Radio Communications
New Zealand
DDI +64 3 358 1093
www.taitradio.com


ptc-1412741-Visitor
1-Visitor
February 4, 2011
I could do this on a sketch, but not a cosmetic sketch. Am I doing something wrong?


Doug Pogatetz
Mechanical Design Engineer
WF4 M070


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