Fishbowl Solutions Releases Bounding Box Application for PTC Pro/ENGINEER

By DE Editors

Fishbowl Solutions, Inc.’s Bounding Box Application for Pro/ENGINEER automatically creates Pro/ENGINEER parameters and populates them with the bounding box dimensions from the part or assembly. Bounding boxes can automatically be shown on the drawing or within PTC's Windchill content and process management solution, improving the accuracy of the dimensions.

In the mold making process it is common practice to manually calculate the rough cut or bounding box dimensions from the 3D CAD data so companies can reduce the amount of waste by ordering the correct size steel for each project. This manual method can be time consuming and lead to inaccuracies, which can have costly effects if the wrong size steel is ordered.

Bounding Box's gives users the ability to:

• Calculate the bounding box dimensions for the current part or assembly, with respect to the default coordinate system.
• Create a parameter for each dimension. If the parameters already exist, the application will modify the values to those just calculated.
• Assign parameters as follows: X_Dim, Y_Dim, and Z_Dim.
• Display values for the diagonal dimension and surface area.

For more information, visit Fishbowl Solutions.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.