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Quick measure draft angle

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Anonymous
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Quick measure draft angle

 Is there a quick way to measure a draft angle on PowerMill 2017. We have PowerShape and when I select the 'open the calculator' icon I have the 'measure draft angle' then can quicky hover over a angle and it will show me the angle related to my work plane. This would be very handy if this option is available on PowerMill 2017. I have attached a image to show the icon. Thanks

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Message 21 of 27
iamcdn79
in reply to: johnc4668

Kinda hard to tell but it looks as it may be a compound angle where the other surfaces are not. Can you verify that?


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Message 22 of 27
johnc4668
in reply to: iamcdn79

the red surfaces are just drafted vertical surfaces with no comound shape. I checked them with another software and they are .50 degree. how do i get it to check .50 degree in powermill?

 

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Message 23 of 27
iamcdn79
in reply to: johnc4668

Can you upload the project?


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Message 24 of 27
johnc4668
in reply to: iamcdn79

here ya go! thanks for looking

Message 25 of 27
iamcdn79
in reply to: johnc4668

The reason why some of your surfaces don't measure as .5 degrees is that they are not parallel with your world workplane but the surfaces that are parallel they do measure as .500 degrees.

 

You have to create a workplane that is parallel with the surfaces that you want to measure and then will show up as the desired draft angle.

 

See video here


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Message 26 of 27
johnc4668
in reply to: iamcdn79

@iamcdn79 thanks for the video, that clears things up. A little more work to get what you want but this is way faster than opening up powershape just to check draft on walls. thanks again!

Message 27 of 27
iamcdn79
in reply to: johnc4668

You might be interested in @5axes macro that he created using a shortcut key about this very thing last year found here


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