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David_M1-Visitor
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January 31, 2012
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Interference check for solid geometry only?

  • January 31, 2012
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Does anyone know how to do an interference check that discards surface geometry? My checks always have lots of irrelevant information in them about construction surfaces. It would also be great if I could check interference between specific parts within an assembly rather than the whole assembly at once.

Anyone got any ideas? I'm on Wildfire 5.

Thanks


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Best answer by mrbrandau

Hi David,

With regards to your second question... I also want an easy way to select a few parts to check interference, limiting the analysis to just those parts. The only way I can figure out how to do it is to create a simplified rep of just the parts to be analyzed and then run global interference check. This should limit the analysis to only what's visible.

view manager > simp rep tab > properties button > hide the entire assembly > select the parts you want to run the analysis on > run global interference check

I can't figure out any other way to do it (which is why I searched and stumbled onto this thread). Hope this helps.

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MikeMinsterkett1-Visitor
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January 31, 2012

If you run a "Global Interference" you shouldn't have this problem. There is a box you can check to include quilts. I just added a surface part to an assembly & it did not come up when I ran the clearance check. I am also running Wildfire 5.0.

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David_M1-VisitorAuthor
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February 6, 2012

Hi Mike

This seems to have worked in terms of eliminating the quilts, but it’s still including parts which I don’t want it to, and therefore giving a much longer list than is needed (and taking a lot longer). Is there any way to choose parts? If not I could settle for a way of exporting the list so I can filter it in Excel.

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MikeMinsterkett1-Visitor
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February 6, 2012

Global Interference check is great for finding the little interferences you forget about. I have never had any problem with it. It doesn't lie. I don't know how your model is setup but you can run the check on sub assemblies also. I am not aware of a way to filter your results within PROE. My goal is to always have no interferences. Good luck!

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mrbrandau1-VisitorAnswer
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February 10, 2012

Hi David,

With regards to your second question... I also want an easy way to select a few parts to check interference, limiting the analysis to just those parts. The only way I can figure out how to do it is to create a simplified rep of just the parts to be analyzed and then run global interference check. This should limit the analysis to only what's visible.

view manager > simp rep tab > properties button > hide the entire assembly > select the parts you want to run the analysis on > run global interference check

I can't figure out any other way to do it (which is why I searched and stumbled onto this thread). Hope this helps.

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jrichard1-Visitor
1-Visitor
February 13, 2012

One quick option is to use the ANALYSIS > MODEL > PAIRS CLEARANCE option, and then filter by PART or COMPONENT. This will allow you to select either parts or sub-assemblies and check for either clearance or interference. If there is clearance, the minimum value will be displayed. If there is interference, the volume will be displayed. Hope this helps.

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MGortner1-Visitor
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February 23, 2012

It's even quicker to pick the parts first and then click pairs clearance.

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Prashantac1-Visitor
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May 15, 2012

Hello,

There is now way out to carry out selective clearance and inteference checks on assembly. you can visit www.dfmpro.com or visit PlanetPTC 2012 booth # 611

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