angle measurement between two parallel planes

angle measurement between two parallel planes

jerry_bassler
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angle measurement between two parallel planes

jerry_bassler
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Pretty simple but it eludes my beginner's brain!  I want to get the length and cut angle plus rotational relationship of the 4 joining tubes between the parallel planes.  But how?

 

 

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Message 2 of 26

davebYYPCU
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How did you build the pipes?  Can you measure the axis to Plane angle of each pipe?

Create an Axis for each a front and back pipe, the others will be the same but left / right handed.

 

 

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Message 3 of 26

jerry_bassler
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But will that give me the cut angles? And the offset of the (rotation) angles between the 2 faces?
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Message 4 of 26

davebYYPCU
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Because the plates are parallel, the angles are the same at each end. 

Send your file for review and demonstration.

 

saDB1.PNG

A tube at the same angle (69 /21) each end, 90 long, will fit.

 

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jerry_bassler
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Because they are NOT perpendicular to the 2 planes but rather spread, I need the delta angle of rotation between the 2, Fusion must be able to display that?
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Message 6 of 26

davebYYPCU
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Yep, and my blue line is not perpendicular to the plates.

There is an angle suitable no matter the splay angle. 

Both pipes are a pair, so you are only looking for the 2 individual angles.

 

Again, no file, no explanation of how the model was constructed.  

 

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Message 7 of 26

jerry_bassler
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What kind of file would be helpful, I'm a newby to this!
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Message 8 of 26

davebYYPCU
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Save your file while it's open, use File > Export.  Choose a location on the hard drive, and remember it.

Come back to the Forum, you will see this section on the page, click on Browse, it will allow you to find and select the exported file - or you can drag and drop it.

The file gets copied to the forum for us to review, here.

 

brwsDB.PNG

 

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Message 9 of 26

TheCADWhisperer
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@jerry_bassler 

Can you File>Export your *.f3d file to your local drive and then Attach it here to a Reply?

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Message 10 of 26

jerry_bassler
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Thx for being so helpful! How about this?

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davebYYPCU
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Emails do not work,

you need to do this on the Forum Web Page, (new Message) for the file share option to work.

 

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Message 12 of 26

jerry_bassler
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69dc5755-248d-4545-bc4e-f526d9ffcebc.jpg3addb547-9e97-4317-9d6d-6652216aca9a.jpg

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Message 13 of 26

jerry_bassler
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It's there, I hope, titled, "angle measurement to a plane"
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Message 14 of 26

TheCADWhisperer
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@jerry_bassler wrote:
It's there, I hope, titled, "angle measurement to a plane"

@jerry_bassler 

Can you post screen capture - because I don't see it.

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jerry_bassler
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jerry_bassler_0-1790230032811.png

 

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Message 16 of 26

jerry_bassler
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So all I really need is one angle from one of the short and long tubes and their length and a matter of rotation into location? Duh!

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Message 17 of 26

davebYYPCU
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Inspect > Measure.  Select a face and an Axis, (dark blue) fusion will tell you the Angle and you can see which way it lines up.

Without the file we can't tell how you made the pipes, so we can't know if you have enough data for the question, or that you need to make some more visual geometry.

 

saDB2.PNG

saDB3.PNG

Gives you the inclined angle (43 deg), but you need some way to measure the Swing Angle (43.5 deg) I use sketching.

 

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Message 18 of 26

TheCADWhisperer
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@jerry_bassler  

The only thing I see is pretty pictures, no Fusion file. 
Go back and reread Messages 8&9. 

Can you File>Export your *.f3d file to your local drive and then Attach it here to a Reply?

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Message 19 of 26

jerry_bassler
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Sorry for being dense about this...maybe?

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Message 20 of 26

davebYYPCU
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Attach your file.  What part of my other replies did not work out for you?

Duplicate posting is not recommended.  New message did not mean new question thread.

 

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