Shows volumes and areas of interference between two sets of ACIS
entities.
Icon:
Alias: INF
Note: This command can be entered transparently (‘interfere)
during the commands.
Method
Specifies the first (1) and the second (2) set of ACIS entities: choose one or more
3D solids and/or 2D regions.
You can respond with ALL to place all ACIS entities into a set and later use the
Check first Set option to check them against each other. This obviates the need to
create two sets of entities.
The entities in the first set are compared with the entities in the second set and
results an interference volume (3) or area which is created in layer defined by
INTERFERELAYER system variable that is stored in the registry and has initial value
for "Interferences".
Note: The Pro edition additionally shows volumes of
interference between two sets of ACIS solids and then, optionally, creates new
ACIS solids from the common portions of pairs of intersecting solids, placing
them on layer "Interferences".
The interference solid(s) remain(s) in the drawing when the command ends.
Note: Entities which are on the layer that is set by the
INTERFERELAYER system variable are not accepted when selecting entities, as it
is considered the output layer only.
Note: When you select an interference entity in the model or
in the STRUCTURE panel , the originating entities highlight along with the
selected interference entity.
Options
- Nested selection
- Selects ACIS entities inside blocks or xrefs.
- Settings
- Displays a dialog box:
-
- Create interference solids: when
ticked, new solids are created from the interference area or
volume.
- Layer: specifies the layer on which
interference entities are created. Default = layer stored in
INTERFERELAYER system variable. Do not select a layer of
selected entities as it is considered the output layer only.
It is recommended to select an empty layer or accept the
default layer.
- Color: specifies the color of the
interference entities; the color of the Interference layer
is changed to match this color.
- checK first set
- Checks the interference of entities in the first set, when it contains
two or more entities, and then creates interference entity(ies) of
them.