Objective:
Calculate the surface area of a cross-section.
Procedure:
1. Section the Implicit Body
First, create the cross-section of your part.
- Add a Section Body block.
- In the Body input, insert the geometry you want to measure.
- In the Plane input, define the sectioning plane. A Plane from Normal block is a common way to do this. You can use a list of Point inputs to create multiple planes.
2. Calculate the Surface Area
Next, measure the area of the cross-section you just created.
- Add a Surface Area block.
- Insert the Section Body block from the previous step into the Body input.
The calculated area is now available in the block's output.
- You can see the calculated surface area value in the header of the Surface Area block's information panel.
- If you select a list of planes, open the block's Properties panel to view a list of all the calculated surface area values.
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And that’s it! You’ve successfully calculated the surface area of a cross-section in three simple steps.
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