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Hello to all,

is there a way to monitor two sketch dimensions from different components with one sensor?
As soon as the dimension from component 2 is larger than the dimension from component 1, the alarm should be triggered.

I have only found the possibility to monitor one dimension against a statically given value.

Regards

You got me thinking! Check out the example below. It's pretty hokey but it works.

In case it's future version for someone:

1) Create a global variable that states =if(dim1>dim2,1,2). This compares the two dimensions against each other and outputs a value in inches.
2) Create a sketch with a dimension linked to the above global variable.
3) Create a sensor that monitors the above dimension. (It can ONLY be 1 or 2, basically true or false.)

I will confess that I've never used sensors (though I should probably learn), so this may be way off base. Now that I've made that admission, can you insert a sketch in the Assembly, with lines driven by the Part sketches, insert driven dimensions on these lines, and attach the sensor to those driven dimensions?

Hello Mike

great solution, basically so simple, but you have to come up with the idea first.
Thanks for sharing the solution.