Measuring intersections

Axel_Kollmenter

How do I measure this intersection?

Evan_Reese

I'd mouse over the face I want to select and use the ~ key to invoke "select other". Press ~ until it selects the face you want. Do that twice till you select them both and measure as usual.

GWS50

I would click on the inside face of the green part, hide it and then click on the face of the 'beam' part. The Tape measure should show the distance

Evan_Reese

I'd mouse over the face I want to select and use the ~ key to invoke "select other". Press ~ until it selects the face you want. Do that twice till you select them both and measure as usual.

Axel_Kollmenter

@GWS50 Thanks for your comment but unfortunatly this doesnt work for me... everytime I hide the component, it will deselect my face.

@Evan_Reese Yeah thats the usual way I solve this problem. But that never worked for me when I put a cut through the part. But I just found out that you can't right click on the cut area. You have to click on a normal surface.
But if you use the shortcut (for me it's the key with the apostrophe) it also works over the cut area. Never used it before, but I have to remember this key. Thank you!

eric_pesty

@Axel_Kollmenter
When using the "hide part" method, the way I do it is to hide the part that's in the way first, select the part I am trying to get to then show the hidden part to select the second face.
But yeah, the "select other" key is really helpful... I use it a lot in part studios as well if you need to select a sketch region that "inside" a solid for example.

Axel_Kollmenter

I also use "Select other" very often, but I haven't noticed that it doesn't work on cut surfaces.

bryan_lagrange

One improvement I would like to see with the interference detection would be the ability, if you so desire, to turn the interference into a surface(or curve). Something similar to what Solid Edge does. You can set the interference dialog to create a surface of the interference geometry. You can then use this surface to measure or include the geometry to create cuts to remove the interference area on the parts, etc.