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To Perform a Section Thickness Check
To determine if a specified region in a mold or cast model has a thickness that is greater than or less than a specified maximum or minimum value, on the Mold or Cast tab, click Analysis and then click Section Thickness. The Model Analysis dialog box opens.
1. Under Type, Thickness is selected by default.
2. Select the part on which to perform the check; the part is highlighted.
3. Click Planes.
4. Click under Planes. The SETUP PLANES menu appears.
5. Select or create one or more datum planes to be used in the thickness check, and click Done Plane when you are finished.
6. If you select a datum plane for a thickness check and the datum plane is a member of a pattern, the PLANE PAT menu appears with the commands Single and Pattern, allowing you the option of selecting the other datum planes in the pattern.
7. Under Thickness, click Max or Min to provide minimum and maximum values upon which to base the check.
8. If you click Max, type a value for the maximum allowable wall thickness and press ENTER.
9. If you click Min, type a value for the minimum allowable wall thickness and press ENTER.
10. Click Compute to initiate the thickness check.
The cross section of the part along the first selected plane appears. Regions of the model that are thicker than the allowable maximum are cross-hatched in red, and regions where the thickness of the model is less than the allowable minimum are cross-hatched in blue.
If you select more than one plane, you can use any of the following:
Show All—To display all of the cross-sections at a single time.
Arrows—To toggle from one cross section to another.
Clear—To remove all of the cross-sections (except the current one) from the display.
11. Click to bring up the INFORMATION WINDOW, displaying slices that are above or below maximum or minimum values, the area of the region which violates the value, the plane, and the value that was violated.
12. To save the analysis, click the arrow next to Saved Analysis and perform the following steps:
a. Type a name for the analysis in the Name box and press ENTER. The name appears in the list.
b. Click . The analysis is saved with the model.
c. To perform an analysis in the list, select it and click Retrieve.
d. To delete an analysis, select it in the list and click Delete.