Dimensions in Paragon are taken from industry standards and/or Vendor documentation.
If you can create a program which can find a specific component from the correct source and determine specific dimensions
and then find the corresponding parameters in PARAGON and make the comparison, then you are on to a real winner.
Of course you would need a very large library of standards and Vendor data.
I would also point out that more often than not, you do not see vendor drawings until after an order is placed.
This often does not happen until quite late in the project.
My tool will calculate(I hope) the length between two p-point. Sometimes U have very large formula(especially when U create rotation possibility).
So , I have to calculate whether the p-point is beyond the limit(given in catalogue). In future it will output x y z lengths...
When I creating categories, to test myself, I calculate the length between p0 and p3..as usual we have simple arguments ( SUM PARAM 4 PARAM 5)
and what about trigonometric functions + despara + conditions. I think we need special tool, to eliminate human errors.
I just posted dummy example how I see it :), developing it when have freetime..
