free part

Free part check configurations.

GUI Default Settings

gap
Allowable distance between two parts. For example, a bolt and the bolt hole clearance distance.
Figure 1.


Default/Allowed: 0.1 to 5.0 mm
slide-number
The start number displayed on the top right corner of the PowerPoint slide.
Default/Allowed: 1 to 10000
inputdir
Initial director for the input data.
Default/Allowed: C:/temp
outputdir
Initial director for report output path.
Default/Allowed: C:/temp
action
User action type to be executed.
Check
Only intersection check will be executed, no reports.
Report
Only Reports will be generated from the previous check.
Both
Check and Report generation will be executed in a sequence.
Default/Allowed: Check, Report or Both
mode
Default options for Run type.
interactive
Check executed in the front ground session.
background
Check executed in the background HyperMesh sessions. Automatic restart is executed if errors occur. The errors will be displayed in the browser as “Crash” keyword.
Default/Allowed: interactive or background

Settings

contact-tolerance
Allowable contact thickness between two parts. For example, for exhaust pipe press fit clearance distance.
Figure 2.


Default/Allowed: 0.01 to 1.0mm
unconnected_count_min
Allowable unconnected parts. Issue will be found if few parts interconnected but the # of interconnected parts are less than this value will be reported.
Figure 3.


Default/Allowed: 1 to 5
min-area
Minimum area of part that must be considered for the check. Area of the part less than this will be ignored in the check. This is implemented to avoid small parts that do not have proper Name or Part Number.
Default/Allowed: 1.0 to 1000.0 mm square
color
Color of the unconnected parts in the PowerPoint report.
Default/Allowed: Red