Thickness
Thickness & Adaptivity
The Thickness feature is a visualization and measurement tool to inform cell size selection. Hovering over the points quickly provides dimensional data. This can be used on its own or in conjunction with the Adaptivity tool
The Adaptivity tool analyzes the thickness data against a maximum cell size to advise on cell size in small feature areas. Hovering over the analysis points quickly provides suggested cell sizes.
Thickness & Adaptivity Workflow
How Thickness & Adaptivity Work
How Thickness Works
The Thickness feature reads the depth from a given point via a 30 degree cone.
The result is a median measurement of depths within that cone.
What Thickness Results Show
Thickness provides points across the surface of the part, ranging in color from light to dark blue.
Each point registers a measurement across the depth of the part at that point.
Light blue indicates the smaller depths, ranging to dark blue for the larger depths.
Adaptivity from Thickness
The Adaptivity feature analyzes thickness measurements and compares that data against a maximum cell size.
Suggested cell sizes are provided where the thickness may not work well with the maximum cell size.
If no points are revealed in the analysis result, then no problematic areas were found and therefore no suggestions are provided.