How to find true angle of compound angle face.

[REnright]

I am trying to locate an attack angle for a pierce operation of a compound surface. Is there some sort of program that can help me do this? Thanks

 

[JohnRBaker]

I'm not sure what an "attack angle" is, but if it's something like normal to the surface at some point, try created a smart point on a face and then create a Datum Axis selecting the Point and the Surface. Now you have a vector normal to the surface and since the point is actually a feature you can move the point using expressions and the vector will update, as it will if you edited the shape of the surface.


John R. Baker, P.E.
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UGS Corp
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[REnright]

Thanks John. As far a s"attack angle", I am designing a die that has a pierce operation. The "attack angle" is the angle that you would pierce the hole within a standard tolerance. With that being said,, I Have a compound surface and trying to locate that angle is giving me some trouble.

 

[DieMan44]

With the surface being a compound angle, there are 2 angles you need to find. The first angle is easy to find, the second one is a little tricky. How I do it is this:
I have a sine plate templete I created since that's wha he machinists use. I tip the part up on the first angle, then tip it to the second angle. This will make the work face normal to the tool/drill. It's harder for me to explain than to show, but this might get you in the right direction.