Calculating Thickness for a part using Pro/Toolkit

[konjeti_krishna]

Hi All,

Is there a way (or methods) in Pro/Toolkit that we can use to calculate the thickness of a part. I know for Sheet Metal parts we should look for thickness parameter but not sure about other types. Any ideas are appreciated.

Thank you,
Krishna.




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[pwilliams-3]

Krishna,
There is not a concept of "thickness" for standard parts. There is a
thickness for a shell feature but not all parts have shell features. I
would look into measuring the distance between two geometry items (top and

bottom surface of a part). Read the API Wizard under User's
Guide->Core:Geometry->Measurement (WF 4.0). Find the
ProGeomitemDistanceEval() function.

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Krishna Konjeti <-> wrote on 04/06/2010 01:46:40

[konjeti_krishna]

Hi Patrick,

Thank you for your quick response.

In one of my application where there is a user interaction (by selecting the top surface)I do use the below mentioned call to calculate the distance till it reaches the end surface. But in the new application I am trying to calculate the thickness for all parts in the model tree and do more calculations with that based on user needs and thats where I get in to trouble. I am thinking of acheiving this by calculating the distance in all three directions and considering the least value as thickness and I am not sure whether it is possible or not but its just an idea right now. Any suggestions is appreciated.

Thank you,
Krishna.

[mfussy]

Krishna,
You'll want to look at the functions ProSolidOutlineGet() and its cousin ProSolidOutlineComopute() if you need more control over including / excluding non-geometric items such as datums. When you say "thickness" for a model, I assume what you really want is a "bounding box" so you can compare the relative space that each takes in the model tree. These functions will get you want you need.
Good Luck,
Michael Fussy

[konjeti_krishna]

Michael,

Thank you for your reply. I will read the documentation for the methods you mentioned.

Thank you,
Krishna.