Dynamic Clearance
You can dynamically detect the clearance between components when moving
or rotating a component. As you move or rotate a component, a dimension
appears indicating the minimum distance between the selected components.
Additionally, you can prevent two components from moving or rotating
within a specified distance of one another.
To dynamically detect the clearance between
components:
Click Move
Component or Rotate
Component on the Assembly toolbar.
In the PropertyManager,
select Dynamic Clearance.
Click in Components
for Collision Check , select the components to check,
then click Resume Drag.
Click Stop
at Specified Clearance and type a value in the box
to prevent the selected components from moving within the specified distance.
-
Drag one of the selected components
in the graphics area.
Notice a dimension appears in the
graphics area and in the PropertyManager. This dimension is the minimum
distance between the selected components; the dimension dynamically updates
as you drag the component.
Also, in the PropertyManager, a value
appears in brackets. This is the minimum distance found during the drag
operation.
Under Advanced
Options, select:
Sound
- The computer beeps when the minimum distance in the Stop
at Specified Clearance box is reached.
-
Ignore
complex surfaces - Clearances are only detected on the following
surface types: planar, cylindrical, conical, spherical, and torodial.
NOTE:
The This configuration check box
does not apply to Collision Detection, Physical Dynamics, or Dynamic Clearance.
It applies only to Move Component or Rotate Component.
Click
OK to finish and
exit.