To Calculate Clearance Between Two Entities
1. In an assembly, select any two curves, edges, datum points, surfaces, pipe segments, cable segments, cables, parts, components, or bodies.
In a part, select any two curves, edges, datum points, surfaces, pipe segments, or bodies.
2. In an assembly, click > > and in a part click > > . The Pairs Clearance dialog box opens. Quick is the default analysis type.
3. To customize or edit your analysis, perform the following steps:
a. Click in the From collector and select the required entity. The name of the selected entity appears in the From collector. If the From entity is a surface, Whole surface and Near pick options are activated to select the Geometry from which you want to calculate the clearance . Whole surface is selected by default. If you click Near pick, you can select only a surface in the To collector.
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In Assembly and Drawing modes, you can also select bodies, quilts, or facets of the selected part, subassembly, surface, or cable in the From and To collectors to compute the clearance.
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b. Click in the To collector and select the required entity. The name of the selected entity appears in the To collector.
4. In the Projection Reference collector, select a reference plane, coordinate system, surface, axis, edge, curve, or datum plane. The projected clearance and actual clearance appear in the result area at the bottom of the Pairs Clearance dialog box.
5. Click Preview to compute the analysis. The clearance between the two entities appears in the result area.
6. Click 
to view the projected clearance and the actual clearance report in the Information Window.
to view the projected clearance and the actual clearance report in the Information Window.| | If you select a coordinate system to project the direction in the Pairs Clearance dialog box, you can select the required coordinate system in the Creo Parametric graphics window. The projected clearance appears for the x-, y-, and z- directions. |
7. To save the analysis feature, perform the following steps:
a. At the bottom of the Pairs Clearance dialog box, select Saved as the analysis type.
| | The Saved type of analysis is used to dynamically update the analysis while modeling. |
b. Optionally, in the box adjacent to type you select, rename the analysis.
8. To create an advanced analysis feature, perform the following steps:
a. At the bottom of the Pairs Clearance dialog box, select the required analysis types from the list.
b. Optionally, in the box adjacent to the list, rename the analysis.
c. Click the Feature tab to create or change feature options of the current analysis. You can access the feature options, such as parameters or datum features only when you select a feature type of analysis.
9. Click OK to complete the analysis, Cancel to cancel the analysis, or Repeat to start a new analysis.