part size

[JackDillon]

Is there a way to automatically get the overall size of a part and make it a parameter.
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[ptc-134974]

No such functionality available in Std. Pro/E, but a Toolkit application can be developed,to perform the the task. Infact toolkit can calculate part size by excluding the datum festures e.g. plane,point,axis, csys and curves, which includes in std. Pro/E calculation.

[eric.mills]

Jack You could save a analysis /model /mass and get a volume calculation. Otherwise please give more detail on what you want to see relative to part size. It would be possible to include length width and height dimensions if that is what you are looking for. Reporting the length width and height as a single parameter would be a little bit of work. Good luck Eric

[DavidButz]

Jack, It would be nice if model size were one of the standard named parameters you could plug into a relation and be done. However, you can pick Info/Model Size which will display the size in the infomation area. You can then mouse select, cut and paste that value right into the Parameter dialog box after selecting "+" to create a new parameter. Most of this could be automated with a mapkey. Just a reminder that the size displayed is the so-called "diagonal of the bounding box". It's not totally clear to me that that's what you are looking for. Also, if you are able to create an Analysis that yields height, width and depth (not trivial in the general case), then the size is simply the square root of the sum of their squares. You can grab that result easily with a relation. David

[ptc-230676]

Modelcheck can do this for you

[DELETEME]

Are you looking for the "bounding box" I think AutoCAd called it, where this was the "box" the part would fit in?

[HatimAbdul]

From my experience interacting with many users, what is demanded is the overall size in terms of height, width and depth. There is no direct way to produce that in Pro/E. The workaround is to create 3 analysis features measureing and parameterizing those quantities. Make sure you footnote those analysis features so they are always regenerated last. But even that is not a perfect solution, in case you add features past the bounding geometry measured. You'd have to redefine the corresponding analysis feature(s).