Hi, I'm using NX2212 and am having some trouble engraving text. I want to model the text for another machinist to manufacture. I don't want to simply extrude cut a font into the part, this is not machinable, corners cannot be machined, and it means a lot of toolpaths to cut the extruded face...
Hi, I don't know if someone could elaborate, I am trying to fit a plane to the red painted faces in the image. In "real world" they're all on the same plane. Now, using fit surface, I've chosen color coded region and then the red, the issue I get is it creates six separate planes to each hole...
Hi all, hope everyone had a great new year, and not too many Mince pies haha.
Has anyone here done porting with CAM on NX(11)? What operation type do you recommend? From a previous thread, it turns out tube finish is arriving to NX late January, but for the minute, does anyone have a workaround...
Hi there, I'm currently trying to retract a tool out of a port on a cylinder head, in the past I have created a path with studio spline inside of the cutting tool path, and then created another operation using the curve as a retract path. It works but is very time consuming, not very safe and if...
Hi,
What would be the easiest way to to do a bridge flange between two bodies which aren't parallel?
Two bodies flat to the XY planes and separated by the distance along the Z join with bridge, although if the upper is kept in the same place, but tilted about the X axis, I get the error "This...
Hi guys,
Just a quick one, I'm very interested in the latest topology optimisation update in NX11, does this come with the release (to those that already have 11), or does it come with a patch later in the year/next year?
The information on the Frustum top opt integration with NX is very sparse...
Hi guys, didn't know if anyone could help, I am trying to get NX to use more cores when using thermal / flow (and any others), my PC is a dual quad core xeon. This seems to have been covered a lot on here, and following all recommendations with still no luck...
A few things
UGII_SMP_ENABLE=1 is...