Measuring Minimum Distance in the Section Viewer

Distance & Band Analysis lets you measure minimum distance at product level, irrespective of whether or not the section view is a filled view. The result you obtain is the minimum distance between the sections of selected products (model, CATPart, etc.).

Measure Between lets you measure minimum distance between edge primitives or at element level depending on whether the section view is a filled view or not:

• Filled section view: the result is the minimum distance between the sections of selected elements (solid of a model, body of a CATPart).

• Unfilled section view: the result is the minimum distance between edge primitives.

This task explains how to measure minimum distance in the Section viewer.

No sample document is provided.

1. Select Insert > Sectioning from the menu bar, or click Sectioning in the DMU Space Analysis toolbar and create a section plane and the corresponding section.

   The Section viewer is automatically tiled vertically alongside the document window. By default, the section view is a filled view.
   	To measure minimum distance between edge primitives, the section view must be unfilled.

2. Click OK in the Sectioning Definition dialog box to exit the sectioning command. Note: The Section viewer remains tiled alongside the document window.

3. Select your measure command:

   Measure at Product level Click Distance and Band Analysis and make your measure between two selections. The result you obtain is the minimum distance between the sections of selected products (model, CATPart, etc.).

Measure at Element level
 

• Click Measure Between and make your measure.

The result is the minimum distance between the sections of elements (solid of a model, body of a CATPart).

Between Edge Primitives

Important: To be able to measure the minimum distance between edge primitives, you must de-activate the Section Fill in the Result tab of the Sectioning Definition dialog box before you exit the Sectioning command.

• Click Measure Between and make your measure.

The result is the minimum distance between edge primitives.

If the Keep Measure option is selected, measures made using measure tools in the Section viewer are added to the specification tree under the Section entry. These measures can only be seen in the Section viewer and are not visible in the 3D document.