Surface area

[Surface]

I have a solid model of a part which will be plated. Is there a way for Mastercam to calculate the surface area of the part?

 

Analyze/Volume gives the volume, but not the surface area.

[jeff]

Analyze/Volume/Surface Area works for me

 

 

 

Choose Analyze menu, Volume/Area, Surface Area, before or after selecting a surface.

Analyze surface area dialog box

 

 

 

Use this dialog box to view the total surface area of the selected surfaces and solid faces relative to the chord height tolerance you specify. A smaller chord height tolerance value results in a more precise analysis and a more accurate calculation of area.

You can save the data to a specified file type, file name, and location.

Learn more about...

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  Solid Modeling Overview
  
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  Analyze solid properties
  
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  Analyze surface checks
  
• 
  Check surface model
   
  

[Surface]

Thanks Jeff. That worked da bomb.

 

I don't know why I couldn't figure that one out for myself. It must be time to go home.