I am trying to create a linear dimension to a gage point, however since the part is oriented at an angle, I am unable to get the dimension to go in the correct direction. See the attached picture. The black lines are the dimension that I would like to put in. Any tips on how to do this?
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I'm having an issue attaching a leader line to a center line in NX8.5 drafting. I can only select certain points on a part. I've ensured all the selection filters are turned on. Other colleagues are able to attach it to the center line, so I'm guessing that there is some setting that is not...
This is a bit of a generic question, but I'm wondering if anyone has developed some best practices for putting in edge blends in NX. I'm using NX 8.5.
I'm asking because it seems that putting in blends is the most finnicky part of creating a model. For example, in creating a complicated...
I'm working in NX8 and having some trouble reattaching ID symbols when part geometry changes. With dimensions of course I can just right click and choose "edit associativity", then pick the new geometry and the dimension reattaches. However, with ID symbols it seems I have to recreate the...
John, I have a question about running the refile utility for older parts. What are the consequences of not doing the refile if you have old NX6.0 parts and are now running a newer version such as NX8.0 (and soon NX8.5)? You say that there are changes to how lightweight models are handled in...
Thanks XWheelGuy for the suggestions (and for not trying to debate what can and cannot be done!). You are correct, if the sketch line is properly constrained, it is associative.
I attached another example that has the same issue, but perhaps is a bit more of a common scenerio and I don't...
There are dimensions also. I didn't show them just for clarity. The dimensions are easy to tag to the tangent point of the arc.
Are you getting at hanging the datum off the extension line of the dimension? That kind of works, but I am unable to slide the datum down below the arrows of the...
I am wondering if there is a way to hang a datum off of a curved surface. See attached picture which shows what I want to do. I was able to accomplish the view in the picture by going into active sketch view, zooming in on the tangent point of the curve and putting in a tiny line that I could...
I had thought of that, but it is strange that not all files that are released in a previous version of NX are showing up as modified. There doesn't really seem to be any rhyme or reason for the sporadic ones that do show up as modified.
That being said, I'm just one of hundreds of NX users at...
When opening an assembly, several sub assemblies/components show up as modified immediately. Most of these are released in teamcenter, so I couldn't save them even if I wanted to.
I found this post from a few years ago that basically implies that there are many reasons that this could happen...
I'm having an issue creating a sweep.
The attached prt file should show the issue I'm having. When trying to accompish the sweep in 1 step, the section flattens out around the bend as shown by Swept (8). If doing in 2 steps (Swept (9) and Swept (10)), it comes out correct but wondering if...
Thanks all for the help/suggestions.
Looslib - I ran the loaded parts information report on the assembly and it turns out many of the parts are filed in NX6.0 or NX7.5. However, most if not all of these parts are released. Any way I can get them updated to NX8? If this is something that is...
Ok thanks, I'll try that. I also noticed under Tools - Update - Interpart Update, there is an option to delay geometry, expressions and PMI. Would it be advisable to also activate that? When loading this particular assembly, many times it is just to show as a big overview in a meeting or...
All parts are in NX8 and had been saved as such prior to the load. The status bar gives messages such as: Updating edge blend part XXXXX, and many, many other little updates like that.
When loading a fairly large assembly (~1000 components) I noticed in the status bar that a majority of the load time is consumed by updating components. I loaded a bookmark that I had saved yesterday at the end of the day and since then some of the components in the assembly had changes made to...
Ok, seems to be working now. Not sure why I had an issue before. Operator error most likely! :)
As a follow on question, I notice when I right click on the component group - components - open, there are 3 options: Component, component fully and start part. What are the differences of these...
Thank you, those answers were helpful.
I have another question about bookmarks. I have saved a few bookmarks to try playing with them and to see how they work. I noticed that the plmxml file that saves to my local drive has a file size of around 6MB (for my assembly). What is the...
