Is there a way to Calculate the entire surface area across a plane?

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• S1mon Member Posts: 2,924 PRO

  July 2023

  You can use the newly added isocline feature to create curves at 0 degrees to the front plane on the surfaces in question. Then you should be able to project those onto a plane to help get the frontal area.

  
  

  

  Improvements to Onshape - June 29th, 2023 — Onshape

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• eric_pesty Member Posts: 1,862 PRO

  July 2023 Answer ✓

  The "project body" featurescript should be able to do that for you:
  
  https://cad.onshape.com/documents/201b33ee5450cefbca3b34b8/v/9028ee782ed5ec471178bca1/e/858d76e3ccedcf5b31bf74ad
  

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• S1mon Member Posts: 2,924 PRO

  July 2023

  @eric_pesty

  
  

  That's MUCH more simple. I don't remember seeing that before.

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• eric_pesty Member Posts: 1,862 PRO

  July 2023

  Yeah I've used it for getting projected areas for computing wind loads, very handy to have!
  If you have an assembly you just have to create an in-context part studio first and you can project the context directly (or maybe you have to do a "copy in place" first, I don't remember).
  I am still regularly amazed at how many time-saving Featurescripts are out there, the real challenge being to know about/find them which is why I try to post any relevant ones I can think off in all these threads as this is how I "discovered" most of them!

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• Cobalt_Echo Member Posts: 31 ✭✭

  July 2023

  eric_pesty said:

  The "project body" featurescript should be able to do that for you:
  
  https://cad.onshape.com/documents/201b33ee5450cefbca3b34b8/v/9028ee782ed5ec471178bca1/e/858d76e3ccedcf5b31bf74ad
  

  This worked perfect...(I changed the car some), but ....
  
  
  

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