Analyzing Mechanical Interfaces in an Assembly Context

You can analyze the mechanical interfaces within a part in an assembly context. The mechanical interface assistant provides the following information:

  • Global and detailed status of all the interfaces detected for the selected part.
  • Actions required for MI specifications refinement such as restricted area or extended surface creation, current status validation.

Before you begin:
  • Open an assembly containing several parts connected using mechanical interfaces.
  • Open a part in assembly context.
See Also
About the Mechanical Interface Assistant
  1. From the Structure section of the action bar, click Mechanical Interface Assistant .
    The Refine and Extend Mechanical Interface(s) dialog box is docked at the top of the work area. It contains the analysis result.
  2. Expand the respective sections to see the required results in the dialog box.

    The following sections are available:

    • Global Status: The global status displays the number of recommended actions to be performed and the number of invalid features.
    • Detailed Status: The detailed status displays following information for every mechanical interface linked to the part:
      • Interface Name
      • Connection Status
      • Specification
      • Action
      • Associated Part
      • Associated Interface
  3. In the 3D area, select one or more mechanical interfaces.
    • The same interfaces are highlighted in:
      • Mechanical Interface Assistant dialog box, under the Detailed Status section
      • Tree
    • A context toolbar appears in the 3D area for the selected mechanical interface.
  4. On the context toolbar, select one of the following options to highlight other objects connected to the selected MI:
    OptionDescription


    		 Highlights the mechanical interface and computed result


    		Highlights only the mechanical interface


    		Highlights the connected or positioned mechanical interfaces


    		Highlights only the computed result

    Note: These contextual commands are not available with the unconnected mechanical interfaces.

  5. From the list in the Action column, select the action to be taken.

    Notes:
    • By default, a recommended action is displayed for every interface.
    • Depending on the type of the interface and the connected parts, multiple possible actions are displayed in the list.

    The rows with validated current status are highlighted in green .