Hello everyone,
I wanted to know today if there is a complete, a macro or a technique to create a cube around an assembly that represents the overall dimensions of the said assembly.
Thank you and have a good day.
Do you have the My CAD suite?
Look at this question: http://www.lynkoa.com/forum/solidworks/dimensions-hors-tout
More info on this subject here : http://www.lynkoa.com/search/boundingbox
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Hello
Here is the answer to an identical question:
http://www.lynkoa.com/forum/solidworks/dimensions-hors-tout
EDIT: too slow to write ^^
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an option................ And why not use?
Creating a cube that integrates your part or assembly
See this link
http://www.lynkoa.com/tutos/3d/solidworks-calcul-de-volume-contenu-juillet-2012
@+ ;-)
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I have somewhat the same problem.
The solution I adopted is the sketch conversion (in your case representing the perimeter of your assembly) and then the addition of a driven dimension. which will thus give you your maximum size.
Personally, I put these dimensions in a family of parts so that according to my configurations the dimensions are automatically read in the family of parts.
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Hello
SolidWorks offers it by default (for not long, but I can't say which version), it 's the visualization cube :
http://help.solidworks.com/2013/French/SolidWorks/sldworks/c_wn2013_3D_Bounding_Boxes.htm
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Hello
This is easily doable via APIs
Look in the GetBox Method API help (IAssemblyDoc)
There are examples of codes
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The Visualization Cubes works for separate bodies but not for assembly.
I still haven't found the solution to my problem.
Optionally, you can save the assembly as a .sldprt, and then use the boundingbox utility.