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Good luck with the research. I followed Pugh (see the book 'Total design') during my study days. That is a good overview of a 'process to follow' in design engineering. If you read the book it may well reference some formal 'BS'XXXX' processes. Other pointers, the UK sometimes follows the...
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Just a quick quesion to the forum, my company seems to want to make all the sections view cut lines / & text in orange... Is this actually allowed? I thought that all sections had to be black... (from past experience)
Thanks.
Rob
Solid Edge; I-Deas 7 to 12; NX4 to NX8.5 / TeamCenter 9.1 &...
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Just a simple quick question. In NX & Ideas 2D drafting you could do a view border manual edit (and the geometry inside would be cropped...)
So, to be clear I mean the dotted line around the individual 2D drawing view that is orange when you hover over and blue on select, I want to resize...
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Modelling from a highly thought through initial sketch is great and it does save time further down the line. Within NX you can also wave link the sketches adding more functionality to the whole design.
Whilst I understand that you can use this technique it does require a degree of...
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Thank you for the replies so far, in the meantime I have tried to 'knife and fork' it through using a cut sweep and then a larger rad to clean up the end result (although I would really need a chamfer in that area rather than a rad but the chamfer fails after the swept cut...) Towards the...
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I am new to SolidWorks and wondered if someone could advise on the creation of the following loft (see the word file)
I need to transition from a flat sketch to a 3D surface with a draft of 15 degrees but I cannot find the correct command.
Thank you.
Rob
Solid Edge; I-Deas 7 to 12; NX4...
I use many Part families for components. When I do a save as (Always administered via TeamCenter) the new part always maintains the old XL sheet name. However this does not seem to have any effect on the outcome of the new part family which functions OK dispite having the old name. It never...
I would advise you consult a good reference book. You can't go far wrong with the Belt Conveyors for Bulk Materials by CEMA. As you have not specified the loads or the duty of your conveyor you'll find an answer to all the calculations for your requirement there. (as long as it is not really...
Oh and one addition - not sure you can override the [...] but if you set the callouts correctly it will work OK. I think you can just write in the callout column whatever you want but upon update it may re-appear as [...] Another option is to hide the callout column and insert a fully manual one...
I used to find that complicated too. The [...] usually means that the same item that is used multiple times within an assembly is assigned different callout values.
To fix this go to the Assy Nav and make sure to select all of the instances of the problem item (that is calling out [...])so then...
Hi Ronald
I see what you are saying. The only way round that I can see would be once you are sure you have the cut where you want it, simulate the 'section cut' in the 3D part by doing a divide face by datum plane and then take a extract face from that and repeat as before taking the measure...
I think I can see a way to do that.
Try something like this:
1. Make your geometry in 3D modeler
2. Within the 3D model create an extracted face using the icon with a cube and a yellow plane above it. (extract geo.)
3. Now use the basic measure bodies command (from the analysis menu)and apply...
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I have a question regarding the export of the PDF in NX (8.5)
Is it possible to set the filename of the PDF to be something else i.e:
BASE012345_A_PDF --> BASE012345_A_RELEASED
At present the default is _PDF.
Additionally, would it be possible to get NX to automatically append the 2D...
I never used the transform command as I started out using the move command system in NX 5 - honestly say that the move command has to be one of the simplest in the software so can't really comprehend what the issue is. You do right click move and then click on the arrow in the direction you...
Personally in all my time modelling I have never used a primitive object, always just gone from scratch from the first sketch. I make many varied designs in sheet metal and normal modelling and cannot see the advantage in saving 2 steps considering the whole modelling time taken for a finished...
Hi HercalloY
Don't get me wrong you can customise the interface all you want, but in my experience if you customise the process IE you get NX to do the work for you, you don't need to worry about customising the UI... We get all our standard drawings and 3D models from Excel sheets...
I have read through this thread with interest and also some bafflement at the apparent resistance to a ribbon based system. It is not exactly a new idea. If I remember correctly what used to be known as unigraphics / EDS systems Solid Edge V 9 used the same idea back in 2001... It worked pretty...
Thank you very much for the response, I am having trouble locating the old command. Please see the attachment. I can't see anything called 'view' within the Insert menu.
I can see View as a menu that is what I copied to the attached PDF.
I am running NX with the 'Advanced - Full menus' Role...
