Calculate the radius of an equivalent area

Ribbon: Top Mechanical Draw > Mechanical Annotations > Measures > Equivalent Radius

  • What
  • Calculate the radius of the area circle equivalent to the selected closed surface.
  • Why
  • Calculates the weight of a revolution solid and writes near the outline examined the text with the exact measurement.
  • How

Once the command is launched you need to select the closed surface whose radius you want to calculate (you can select more than one in sequence) and give the confirmation . After this, a small dialog box will appear that will ask you if insert in the drawing the result of the calculation in the form of text; if true, you have to enter the formatting and positioning values of the text like size, pose point and insertion angle.

Example 115. Calculate the weight of a solid of revolution

Comando: Top_RaggioAreaEq  <ENTER>
Selezionare il punto interno del contorno:
Estrazione eseguita di 1 sequenza chiusa.
Creazione eseguita di 1 regione chiusa.
CONTORNI ha creato 1 regione
Selezionare il punto interno del contorno: <ENTER>
[Dialogo…]
Dimensione del testo <…>: <ENTER>
Punto d'inserimento del testo:
Angolo d'inserimento del testo <…>: <ENTER>