Get maximum distance between two object, edges, surfaces, planes

[Maximilian.Prasser]

Is there any idea, how i can get the maximum distance between two surfaces/edges with ilogic.

Model is variable, so surfaces can change.


Thanks

[C_Haines_ENG]

I don't believe Inventors API has any way of accessing the maximum distance. It's theoretically possible but would require very consistent designs that could be predictable by the program.

I can get the maximum distance between two faces in terms of X, Y and Z axis, but I don't think I can get a very accurate number if that's what you need. 

[ewu9]

Inventor has a minimum distance function which calculates the shortest linear distance between two objects - I imagine the reason there's no max distance function is because the max distance would be non-linear, and in 3D you can probably draw an infinitely long spline between any two points.
For the image you've posted, if you're just looking for the maximum distance between the top edge and bottom curved edge, there might be a way to do so by extracting the dimensions of the minimum bounding box and calculating the hypotenuse of the longer two edges.