Fundamentals > Creo Parametric User Interface > The Analysis Tab > Analyzing Model Properties > To Check the Thickness of a Part
  
To Check the Thickness of a Part
1. Select a plane in the part to check the thickness of the part.
2. Click Analysis > Model Report > Section Thickness. The Thickness dialog box opens. Quick is the default analysis type.
3. Click OK to complete the analysis or Cancel to cancel the analysis. Alternatively, click Repeat to start a new analysis.
4. Optionally, to save the analysis, perform the following steps:
a. Select Saved from the list at the bottom of the Thickness dialog box to save the analysis with the model, and to displays and dynamically updates the analysis while modeling.
b. If required, rename the analysis in the box adjacent to the list.
5. Optionally, to customize or edit your analysis, perform the following steps:
a. Click in the Planes collector and select a plane. The name of the selected plane is displayed in the Planes collector.
 
* If you select a plane, From slices, To slices, Direction, Use number of slices, and Offset become unavailable.
b. If you do not select a plane, select the start and end points to insert the number of slices between the points in the model. Click in the From Slices collector and select a vertex as the start point. Similarly, click in the To Slices collector and select a vertex as the end point. The names of the selected start and end points appear in the From and To collector, respectively.
c. Click in the Direction collector and select a surface, curve, edge, axis, or coordinate system. An arrow in the graphic window indicates the surface, curve, edge, axis, or coordinate system for which the thickness is calculated.
d. Click the Use number of slices check box to specify the number of slices or use the default value.
e. Click the Offset check box and change the offset value if necessary.
f. Specify the maximum and minimum thickness values in the Max and Min boxes, respectively. You can also select maximum and minimum values from the list of most recently used values in the Max and Min boxes.
6. Click to compute the analysis. The result of the analysis is highlighted in the Creo Parametric graphics window.
The Results box displays the names of parts that have a thickness greater than the specified maximum value or less than the minimum value or both and also displays the area selected for the thickness check. You can view the report of the analysis in an Information Window.
When the thickness check is complete, the cross-section is highlighted as follows:
Yellow—Thickness is between the specified maximum and minimum values.
Red border—Thickness exceeds or equals the specified maximum value.
Blue border—Thickness is below or equal to the specified minimum value.
7. Click Show All to highlight the result in the Creo Parametric graphics window or click Clear to clear the results.