Solid Edge How to measure the length of a Helical Protrusion in Solid Edge

2023-08-08T15:01:00Z
PART/SHEETMETAL

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The Customer needs to know the length of a Helical protrusion ( Helix) for production.

The created Helix does not contain the length, so how would you obtain that ?

Solution

After having created a Helix, please go to Inspect > 3D Measure > Inquire Element.


Select the Surface of the Helix:


Copy the Surface Area of the Helix and paste it into the Calculator:

Measure the Wire Diameter of the Helix and divide the Surface value by the Diameter*PI


The result will be the length of the Helix because:

Surface of the Helix = Length * Circumference.

So, in this case the wire length of this Helix is 1727,578 mm.

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