Measures track the variation in the assembly due to the tolerances and floating. Within a measure, we can specify limits of the allowable amount of variation. This will allow us to study the capability of the assembly and whether changes are needed to improve the capability. Recall the objective of this model is to study the gap between the Turnlamp and Headlamp. The goal is for the gap to vary no more than 1.5 mm from the design position.
In this lesson, we will be adding measures to track the variation in the gap. The first measure type we will use is a Point Distance Measure. A Point Distance Measure tracks the variation from one point to another along a specified vector. We will create two Point Distance Measures, one at the top of the gap and one at the bottom, to see how the gap changes at different locations. We will also create a Feature Measure to track the minimum distance between the Headlamp and Turnlamp.