Performing a Circle Analysis

You can perform a Circle Analysis to determine which holes are circulars.

Before you begin: Your administrator has created a DieFaceDesign standard, from which the tolerances are read.

For more information, see Administration: Managing Standards.

See Also
About Relations Created by Analyses
  1. From the Analysis & Preparation section of the action bar, click Circle Analysis .

    Note: Quick Circle Analysis is available from the Quick View section of the action bar.

  2. Select a stamping direction.
  3. Select the surface to analyze, or its boundary (3D Curve).
    • A hole is circular if contained between two planar, concentric circles (One inscribed, one circumscribed).
    • Circular holes are identified in green, noncircular holes in red.
    • The Detected Maximum Circle Radius is displayed in the dialog box (100 in the example below).
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  4. Optional: Edit the Minimum Tolerance For Circle Recognition and Maximum Tolerance For Circle Recognition.

    It corresponds to the distance between the inscribed and circumscribed circles, 13.397 in the example below.

  5. Pick a point on a hole.
    The distance to the estimated circle center is displayed in the 3D area.
  6. Activate more options.
    • Compute Areas
    • Fly Analysis
    • Hide 3D Labels
    • Reframe on selection
  7. Select a Color Mode
    • Detailed
    • Face/Edge
    • Smooth.
  8. Set the Mesh Behavior.
    1. Enter the Interval Step.
    2. Enter the Lay Down Tolerance.
    The Maximum Lay Down Deviation is displayed.
  9. Go to Extract Geometry to convert the results of the displayed analysis to dead geometry.
    • Extract Areas: Stores the results as dead geometries and 3D labels.
    • Extract Direction: Extracts the Z-Axis on each analyzed point.
    • Extract Geometries as Points.
    • Extract Values as Tags or Points.
    • Extract Points Number using Full, Minima and Maxima or User Selection.

A Circle Analysis feature is created.

Double-click the Color Ramp inside the feature to edit the colors.