Area of a Cosmetic Sketch

[mjenkins]

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.burke]

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

[BrentDrysdale]

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

[wfalco]

I tried this earlier and it works nice.

[mjenkins]

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-141274]

I could do this on a sketch, but not a cosmetic sketch. Am I doing something wrong?


Doug Pogatetz
Mechanical Design Engineer
WF4 M070