Inspect and analyze models

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Inspect and analyze models.

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After completing this video, you'll be able to

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use measure to inspect a model and use section analysis to inspect a model

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to get started in fusion. Let's open the supply dataset locking ring

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analyze dot F 3D.

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We're going to be taking a look at some inspection tools,

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namely the inspect measure tool as well as the section analysis tool.

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First, let's take a look at the measure tool.

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We're going to view this from the top and we're going

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to zoom in on this section of our locking ring.

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When we're using the measure tool,

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we have a selection filter that allows us to filter based on faces,

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edges or vertices, entire solid bodies or components.

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We're going to focus on the first option which is the most common using faces,

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edges or vertices.

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We also have our precision,

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which is the number of decimal places that we'll see in our measurements

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as well as if we want to use things like dual units.

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We can also toggle on show snap points which will help

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us when we're identifying places that we need to click.

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For example,

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if I wanted to see the distance between the center

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of this hole and the center of this hole.

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I could see this as a straight line distance in multiple units

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or I could show options to show in the coordinate system in XYZ delta values.

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We can see here that we can see the X delta as

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and the Z delta as 0.884 inches.

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If we rotate around

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and left, click anywhere in our canvas area to change our selection.

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When we hover over a face, if we hold down the control key or command,

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if you're on a Mac, that'll help us lock the focus.

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So we can do things like select the point on the

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bottom of that hole and select the point at the top.

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This is going to display the overall height of that hole.

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In this case,

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you can see that it's quarter inch and it's showing us as the delta in the Y direction.

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So using these snap points as well as showing

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the XYZ delta values can be extremely helpful.

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When you're trying to analyze a model.

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We can also analyze other things besides just distances.

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For example, if I select a face, I'll be able to see its XYZ positions.

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But if I toggle off my snap points

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and I take a look at selecting this face, I'll get information about its radius,

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diameter area and loop length,

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the loop length is going to be the distance around the outside of the selected face.

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So if you're trying to identify things like the surface area of a part,

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using the measure tool can be helpful.

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In addition to the measure tool,

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another common tool that we may use is the section analysis tool.

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The section analysis tool allows us to define a cut plane.

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In this case, we're going to select the default xy plane

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and we can toggle the distance from that

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plane any specific angle and also flip the direction

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this is going to allow us to temporarily see inside of the design.

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Notice that we have a selection color from

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component or we can add a custom section color

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when we use the from component option.

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The colors that are displayed are based on

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the inspect option to display component colors.

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The component colors can be seen over here in the browser

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as well as any features for those components in the timeline.

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You can see here that we've got yellow for the

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tube and this teal color for our locking ring.

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The color in the bottom is showing pink because all

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these were created as bodies and converted to components.

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Later on

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the features for the specific components were not stored inside of

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those components based on the way this design was modeled,

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but we can right click and we can cycle through those component colors noting

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that it's changing the component color as well as the color of the section.

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Once we're done viewing this,

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we can always turn this back off by cycling the component colors.

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And we can toggle off our section by going to

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our analysis folder and toggling off the section view.

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You can create and save multiple section views as well

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as additional types of inspection tools like zebra analysis,

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drafting curvature map analysis,

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as well as some other tools helpful for manufacture

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like accessibility analysis and the minimum radius values.

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Make sure that you do explore the main

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inspection tools such as measure and section analysis.

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But also take a look at some of the other tools

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to make sure that you understand what's available in fusion.

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We won't be using this file. So there's no need to save.

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But if you want to continue to play around,

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feel free to save your design before moving on.