Calculate Model Surface Area and Output to Item Data
General
- The area is calculated from the model and it also includes the area of the holes in the parts.
- The calculation of the area is performed in the item data of the part or assembly.
- A factor can be entered for the area, based on which the area to be painted can be calculated, for example.
- The effect of the factor is shown in the listing Parts List > Area Summary.
- The factor is not taken into account when you calculate the area in the item data of an assembly.
- If there is no factor for the area in the item data of the part, or it is 0 (zero), the entire area of the part is included in the summary.
- Note: If you want to completely exclude the area of a part from the summary of the area calculation, set the factor to 1 (one).
- The area of the parts must be calculated separately if you want them listed in Parts List > Area Summary.
- The area of the parts does not need to be calculated separately if you calculate the area in the item data of an assembly.
- Area factors are not taken into account when calculating the area of item data.
Calculate the area of a part or parts of an assembly.
- Select the function Item Data.
- In a part model, select the context-sensitive function Item Data, for example.
- In an assembly model, select the main symbol in the feature tree and the context-sensitive function Item Data.
- The program opens the dialog box Item Classes - Item Database.
- If necessary, enter a value in the Factor field.
- This factor does not affect the result of the calculation below (3).
- The factor is taken into account in the context-sensitive function Parts List > Area Summary.
- Calculate the area by clicking the Calculate button next to the Area field.
- The result is automatically entered in the Area field.
- If the part is a profile part or a local part, you can calculate its area by clicking the preset button in the Area field on the Mass tab of the part's material data.
- Click OK to accept the item data.
List the total area of the parts, taking into account the factors for each part
- Select the context-sensitive function Parts List in the assembly.
- The program opens the dialog box Collect Parts List.
- Select Area Summary as the output format.
- If necessary, select Roll-out
- Click OK to accept the collection data of the parts list.
- If necessary, name the file and choose a folder in which to save it.
- Naming is not mandatory.
- Select Save or
- click Cancel if you do not want to save the list.
- The program calculates the areas of the parts and the total area, taking into account the factors and opens the list in a word processing program (Notepad).