In CATIA V5 is there any way to know exactly where the maximum thickness spot is located?
I am currently using the wall thickness analysis provided by the FMP license, however i cannot seem to find the largest thickness spot
I know you can filter it by ranges and hide the majority of the colors but i really want to know if there is any way to know where the largest thickness spot is located.
Below i have attached an image serving as an example of what i mean.
3 Answers
Catia Part Design feature for Wall thickness Analysis precision is influenced by the sag value. I would recommend to use a value of at least 0.01 mm for the sag, and change the color form the final window to something like white to have a better overview of those areas with the highest value.
You will see that with a sag value of 0.01, not 0.1 as the default the difference between the colors will be way smaller and you`ll better identify the areas with values close to the maximum value.
From what I am aware, you can't identify the exact area with the maximum value, like you can within a deviation analysis in CATIA.
This is a great question and maybe someone will know how to find the exact point!
Slowly moving the mouse cursor over white areas I manage to identify a closer value to the maximum, the problem is that the mouse will snap within various points used for the calculus, this is why this analysis is defined as an average value for the analysis surfaces and also maybe one of the reason why the maximum point is not precisely highlighted and indicated.
I have addressed this within a new video. The difference between Raycasting and Sphere methods. I will create a GrabCad Tutorial with it as well.
