Sectioning in Interference and Distance Viewers

You can section both your clash, distance and band analysis results directly in the results window of the appropriate command. All section plane manipulations, geometrical target and volume cut commands are available.

If you then browse your section in the Section viewer, the penetration depth or minimum distance and clash, distance or band analysis results are also visible.

This task explains how to section clash results in the Interference results window:

Insert the following sample cgr files: ATOMIZER.cgr, BODY1.cgr, BODY2.cgr, LOCK.cgr, NOZZLE1.cgr, NOZZLE2.cgr, REGULATION_COMMAND.cgr, REGULATOR.cgr, TRIGGER.cgr and VALVE.cgr.

They are to be found in the online documentation filetree in the common functionalities sample folder cfysm/samples.
 

Sectioning in Interference & Distance Viewers

  1. Select Insert > Clash from the menu bar or click Clash in the DMU Space Analysis toolbar to run a check of type Contact + Clash between the valve and all the other products in the document (Selection against all). The Check Clash dialog box expands to show the results of the initial computation. The number of interferences detected along with the type is indicated in the dialog box: 3 interferences have been detected.

  2. Click Results window in the Check Clash dialog box to view the selected interference in a dedicated viewer.

    The Interference Results window appears displaying the products in conflict only.

  3. Tile the Interference Results and document windows vertically (Window > Tile Vertically).

  4. Click Sectioning .

    The section plane is generated on the current clash result.

    The plane is created parallel to the direction of the penetration depth (clash) or minimum distance (clearance). In the case of a contact result, the center of the plane is placed on the center of the bounding sphere around the products selected.

     

    Sectioning tools are available in the Interference Results window: you can manipulate the plane directly, create a 3D section cut and position the plane on a target.

    If you want the Section result window to be tiled vertically alongside other document windows, go to Tools > Options > Digital Mockup > DMU Sectioning tab and select the appropriate option in the Results window area.

    The penetration depth and clash results are viewed in the Section result window.

     

  5. (Optional) Click Clash Detection  (Result tab of Sectioning Definition dialog box) in the Section result window to detect collisions between 2D sections.
 

Sectioning Examples

Here is an example showing sectioning in the Distance Results window and Section viewer. The section plane is created parallel to the direction of the minimum distance and the center of the plane is placed on the center of the measured distance.

Note: The minimum distance and band analysis results are shown in the Section viewer.