How to call up Extrude thickness in Worksheets?

[M5d]

I thought this would be easy (and it probably is), but I can't see it. Detailing steelwork, base plates and cleats etc. with extrudes, how do you call up the thickness or depth of the extrude in a worksheet?

 

WIDTH and HEIGHT gets you X and Y in the image below:  

 

 

Also, if anyone has any know-how or experience in detailing and listing steelwork parts, I'd like to know how you do it . . .

[Kevin McAllister]

I think you use the function =LENGTH

Kevin

 

[M5d]

30 minutes ago, Kevin McAllister said:

I think you use the function =LENGTH

Kevin

 

 

omg, WIDTH,  HEIGHT . . .   talk about hitting me in the face .  I'm a cartesian dyslexic! 

[JMR]

I had a go at this today.

 

The problem with the length, width, height functions is that if the object is rotated, these values change. Please see:

 

Another problem was negative extrusion values.

 

In the end I used the following formulas in the worksheet:

 

=SQRT(LENGTH*LENGTH)

=SQRT(WIDTH*WIDTH)

and to get the proper height for 90 degrees rotated extrudes

=SQRT((VOLUME*1000000/LENGTH/WIDTH*1000)*VOLUME*1000000/LENGTH/WIDTH*1000)

 

The silly multipliers are to get rid of the mm/m3 difference. The SQRT keeps the numbers positive.

 

 

I guess in the end the above works for extrusions that are orthogonal to 2D plan, but not tilted.