Upskin and Downskin Analysis
Upskins and downskins are triangles (and areas they comprise) that have their surface tilted against the X/Y plane by an angle up to a threshold given in degrees.
The completed analysis is both visualized and listed in text: The part itself is colored grey, upskins are green, and downskins are red, while the text result is provided in the context view, listing the angle, overall area and number of components.
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Analyze upskins, downskins |
0≤n≤89.9° |
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Minimum component size |
Technically valid upskins or downskins are ignored if they are up to this threshold in size. |
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Filter small triangles |
The Small Triangles filter includes any such small triangles are tilted beyond the angles specified above but which are enclosed by an upskin or a downskin. |
Standard Analysis
The standard analysis provides information on the position, size, volume and area of a selected part, as well as its number of points, triangles, edges and shells. It provides information about potential damage to the part by showing the number of holes, boundary edges, flipped triangles and bad edges, specifies the overall length of boundary edges and checks, and whether the part is closed and orientable. Thus, you can find out, if a part requires repair and which kind of repair it requires.
Additionally, the minimum, maximum and average value as well as the deviation are calculated and specified for edges per point, triangles per edge, triangle quality, and edge length.
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The standard analysis has no settings dialog. |
Center of Gravity
This analysis provides information on the center of gravity. It lists its coordinates in X, Y, and Z against the model's full size.
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The center-of-gravity analysis has no settings dialog. |
Wall Thickness
In the analysis of wall thickness you can check if the part’s wall reaches your and your machine’s requirements. First, determine the . All results that are lower this number will be colored red and everything that’s higher will be colored green. Then you can define what percentage of the part may be smaller than the just described number. With the next two buttons, you can save and load your own standard settings. For example, if you need all your parts to have a wall thickness of at least 0.5mm, type that value in the Critical Wall thickness and 0.0% in the Critical Surface. Then press Save as default and you will be able to use those settings later. By checking the cancel calculation as soon as test fails box in the fast mode section, it is possible to speed up the process quite a bit. The calculation will abort after the first wall that is thinner than the set threshold has been found. Therefore you can check quickly whether your part meets your needed standards, but not all the failed walls are displayed in red color.
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Wall thickness threshold |
Walls thicker will be colored green, thinner walls will be colored red. |
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Surface threshold |
If more than this much of the part surface belongs to walls thinner than the threshold, the analysis stops searching. |
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Result color |
Colored highlighting of walls thickness |
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Load Settings, Save as default |
Save your settings for next time. |
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Fast mode |
For large meshes the test can take a lot of time. This aborts the search as soon as the first location with insufficient wall thickness is found. Note that this will lead to not finding any and all remaining failing walls; the color highlighting will be incomplete in such cases. |
Shadow Area
This projects the volume of part onto the X/Y plane and produces its area.
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The shadow area analysis has no settings dialog. |
Support Volume
The Support volume analysis calculates the volume of support applied to a part.
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Threshold angle |
Equivalent to the critical angle to define the downskin. |
0≤n≤90° |
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Load Settings, Save as default |
Save your settings for next time. |