Hello,
I am working on a project to calculate the oil capacity of a vehicle axle housing assembly at various inclinations as would be experienced in the field. The level would remain constant in relation to a standpipe that siphons off excess oil as the machine runs.
I am currently doing it by making a solid model of the exterior of the axle using Exterior Copy Geom features of the external surfaces of the various compenents that I merge together and make protrusion-use quilts of.
I then make assembly cuts along a plane representing the top of the oil supply in the axle through both the axle assembly and the solid model of the axle. I then compare the two numbers and get a resulting empty space volume, which should represent the oil present.
I have a couple questions in relation to this... Is there a better way to do this? I tried merges and cutouts, but the file is so huge that it would take forever to regen, even if there were no accuracy conflicts or geom checks. Would absolute accuracy cure this? How do I turn that on?
Also, using the method I have established, is there a way to automate the comparison of the volume values and generate a report? This would allow a person to set up an analysis and leave it to chug all night while you were at home. Otherwise, the assembly cuts take a horribly long time to regenerate. Why is this? Is there a way to speed it up.
I would appreciate any advice anyone has on this. There has to be a better way to study oil capacity than this... I have pretty much the entire range of PTC modules at my disposal, so that should help.
I am working on a project to calculate the oil capacity of a vehicle axle housing assembly at various inclinations as would be experienced in the field. The level would remain constant in relation to a standpipe that siphons off excess oil as the machine runs.
I am currently doing it by making a solid model of the exterior of the axle using Exterior Copy Geom features of the external surfaces of the various compenents that I merge together and make protrusion-use quilts of.
I then make assembly cuts along a plane representing the top of the oil supply in the axle through both the axle assembly and the solid model of the axle. I then compare the two numbers and get a resulting empty space volume, which should represent the oil present.
I have a couple questions in relation to this... Is there a better way to do this? I tried merges and cutouts, but the file is so huge that it would take forever to regen, even if there were no accuracy conflicts or geom checks. Would absolute accuracy cure this? How do I turn that on?
Also, using the method I have established, is there a way to automate the comparison of the volume values and generate a report? This would allow a person to set up an analysis and leave it to chug all night while you were at home. Otherwise, the assembly cuts take a horribly long time to regenerate. Why is this? Is there a way to speed it up.
I would appreciate any advice anyone has on this. There has to be a better way to study oil capacity than this... I have pretty much the entire range of PTC modules at my disposal, so that should help.