I am sure a lot of Inventor users were excited to see the "Analyze Interference" command in Inventor. You often need to know what is the interference amount between two assembly components. In my model, I would like to know the "actual measured interference" of the casting and the pressed in bushing.
You start the "Analyze Interference" command from the "Inspect" tab, "Interference" panel and select the two components. By the way, the order of components does not make a difference.
You explore the results table looking for the interference value and it only give a volume measure. In my case it is 2.896 mm^3. What a bummer, what am I going to do with this number, grab my calculator and solve it backwards? Not me, with my math skills I would probably get it wrong anyway. There is a pretty quick method to get the measure distance I am looking for.
Create a new Inventor part that supports the units you desire. Select the "Derive" command from the panel shown below.
The Open dialog box will open prompting you to navigate to the assembly you are analyzing, select it and select "Open" to continue.
Once it is open the Derived Assembly dialog box will open. Use the Ctrl key to select the two parts you are checking the interference between and then select the "Intersects" option. Select "Ok" to finish.
The model will immediately change to a new solid which represents the amount of interference. From this you can use the Inventor measure tool to find your exact amount of interference. Once you have your answer you can go back and modify the assembly parts if needed.
Keep the derived part until you have edited your components so you can go back and forth to check the final interference measure, then you can throw the derived part away.
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