Model Separation Check |
  
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Model Separation Check |
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Calling the command:
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Ribbon |
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Measure> Geometry Analysis > Model Separation Check |
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Textual Menu |
<QS> |
Tools > Geometry Analysis > Model Separation Check |
This command serves for checking, whether an injection or die-cast mold used for making the model part is separable.
The command allows finding the faces of the regions preventing the mold from parting. Additionally, the faces are highlighted, whose taper angle with respect to the selected direction is less than specified. There are two types of direction:
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By Object |
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By Points |
By default, the By Object type is used. After entering the command, you must select the operation whose faces will be analyzed. To select an operation, use the option:
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<B> |
Add/Remove all Faces of Solid |
Next, you need to set the direction of the shape connector. To select the element that sets the direction, use the option:
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<D> |
Select Direction |
When using this option, it is possible to select faces, edges, 3D profiles, workplanes and coordinate systems. The selected object is entered in the Object That Defines Direction field.
When using the By Points type, you need to set the direction by specifying two 3D points:
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<S> |
Select First 3D Point |
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<E> |
Select Second 3D Point |
To specify points, you can use 3D nodes, vertices, edges, coordinate systems, spherical and toroidal faces. The points are entered in the First Point and Second Point fields, respectively.
Upon selecting the objects, the operation's faces change in color. By default, highlighted red are the faces of the regions preventing the mold from parting. The blue color marks the faces, whose taper angle with respect to the selected direction is less than specified. The green marks the faces that are sufficiently tapered with respect to the selected direction and do not prevent the mold from parting.
If multiple bodies are selected simultaneously, the system will run the separation check on all bodies together as if it was one part. Therefore, the results of checking several bodies separately and together will be different.
Besides the colored rendering in the 3D window, the check results are displayed in the Measure Results pane. It contains overlapping faces (that prevent the part from ejecting) and faces with insufficient slope. The upper and lower faces are also specified here. The upper and lower faces – not overlapping faces with sufficient slope that ensures that the part ejects properly from the tooling. These faces define the mold working region.
The display is available in the form of a table or a tree.
If you expand the list of reports and click the name of a problematic face, the face will be highlighted in the 3D window.
If the Keep Selection flag is set, then, upon leaving the command, the highlighted faces will stay selected. This is done for convenience.
The Minimal Slope parameter sets the minimum permissible taper angle of the faces with respect to the selected direction.
If you need to save the result of model separation check as a separate element of the model, you need to use the automenu option:
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<R> |
Create Result |
The created measurement result will be displayed both in the model tree and in the scene.
