Information - Other Functions (3-D)

Information > 3-D, Further 

	Information, 3-D point coordinates Shows the coordinates of any 3-D points. Please note the following: Before using this function to detect the absolute coordinates of this part, delete all processing planes, as otherwise the coordinates relative to the active processing plane instead of the coordinates relative to the absolute World CS origin will be displayed.
	Information, 3-D Graphical elements and radii Displays information about arbitrary 3-D line elements and radii. These can be, for example: Line Circle Arc Full ellipse Partial ellipse Length Start and end point Layer, colour, line type Radius Centre point Length Layer, colour, line type Radius Centre, start and end point Length Layer, colour, line type Length of semi-axes Centre point Length Layer, colour, line type Length of semi-axes Centre, start and end point Length Layer, colour, line type Clicking opens a pull-down menu with the following functions: Polyline Displays information about 3-D sketches, namely the relative composite edge number, the total length and the number of points. Open polylines Checks whether a 3-D Sketch is closed. Self-intersection Detects self-intersections in a 3-D sketch.
	Information, 3-D surface Displays information about 3-D surfaces.
	Information 3-D part, Surface area, Volume, Mass* Detects the surface area, the volume and the mass of the active part. Please note that the mass depends on the material assigned to the part. Please note: If an assembly contains only parts with fixed weights, or if the weight of the assembly is a fixed weight, this will be indicated by the text (fixed) in the dialogue window. In this case the display in the dialogue window and in the Weight field of the assembly attributes mask will be identical. If an assembly contains only some parts with fixed weights, this will be indicated by the text (partly fixed) in the dialogue window. In this case the display in the dialogue window and in the Weight field of the assembly attributes mask will be identical, as only fixed parts are considered there. Clicking opens a pull-down menu with the following functions: Information 3-D part, Mass moment of inertia, complete  Detects the mass moment of inertia of the active 3-D part. Information 3-D part, Mass moment of inertia in relation to axis Here you need to define the axis of the mass moment of inertia. Information, Bounding box This function displays the bounding box for the active part. *These functions can also be found in the context menu for 3-D parts at Properties > Geometry information.
	Information, Text  Displays the text attributes of the identified text. Clicking opens a pull-down menu with the following functions: Text insertion points Identifies text insertion points in the drawing temporarily by means of a triangle symbol.

Graphical elements and radii (3-D)

Information > 3-D, Further > 3-D GE and radii

This function displays information on arbitrary 3-D graphical elements and radii.

Identify the graphical element.

The following information is output:

• Line
  Start and end point, length
• Circle, circular arc
  Start and end point or closed, length, radius
• Ellipse, ellipse arc
  Start and end point or closed, midpoint, length, semi-axes.
• Section curves
  Start and end point, length, possibly FFS data
• Freeform surface edges
  Type, control points, order, precision
  

Information, 3-D Surface

Information > 3-D, Further > 3-D Surface

This function displays information about 3-D surfaces. These are: Surface area, centroid and normal vector. Inner cycles are taken into account as well. In this case, the number of surface cycles is output additionally.

Example

Information, 3-D Sketch

Information > 3-D, Further > Line > Sketch, Open polylines

Use this function to check whether a sketch is closed. In addition, length and surface area of the sketch and, if desired, other calculation data are detected.

1. HiCAD checks whether the active sketch is closed and issues a corresponding message.
2. Close the message window with OK. For non-closed sketches the function will be ended.
3. For closed sketches, length and surface area will be detected. If you want the program to display further calculation data, e.g. moments of inertia, moments of resistance, centroid coordinates etc, click Yes.

In addition, the Sketch, Self-intersection function is available, that enables you to check sketches for self-intersections. Detected self-intersections are marked with a small circle.

Example of a sketch with edge self-intersection

Information 3-D part, Mass moment of inertia, complete 

Information 3-D part, Mass moment of inertia, complete

This function determines the mass moment of inertia of the active 3-D part. The mass moment of inertia is the measure of a rotating body's resistance to a change in speed.

The concept of the moment of inertia plays an important role in rotational movements of bodies in physics and technology. Examples are gyroscopic phenomena, spectroscopy as well as all rotating parts in engines.

The function Information 3-D part, Mass moment of inertia in relation to axis works in a largely similar way, you need however define the axis of the moment of inertia.

Information, Bounding box 

Information, Bounding box

This function displays the so-called bounding box of the active part. This is the smallest cuboid that completely encloses the part. Identify the view in which you want the bounding box to be displayed.

The light-cube coordinates are stored as system variables ZMAX, ZMAY, ZMAZ und ZMINX, ZMINY, ZMINZ in the Variables Memory.

Example of a bounding box

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