We’ll go for NX8.5 in the autumn. It seems that many of the problems we run into in NX8.0 have been fixed in NX8.5.
Thanks for informative replies from everybody.
Henrik Johansson
University West
When I try to set the length of the thread to the expression “length_of_thread”, in the attached model, it always becomes a constant. Our students should change a M5x50 to a M6x60 screw, and it becomes a problem when they change the length. Does anybody know what drives the length of the thread...
Does anybody know what the difference is between using the subtract operation within an extrude operation, and doing it after the extrude operation as an external Boolean operation?
We had to change some of our exercises when “bland all instances” disappeared in the blend dialog. Now, you have...
The pattern I created was created using the “variational” option. When I use reference for the blends it creates the pattern but it gives the error message “Pattern [Reference] (12) / Instance[N][0]Error: Parent features failed to update”.
As an engineer you always see to work around the...
The problem I face is that I want blends between the different instances that you got from the pattern. This gives the problem that I cannot put them before the pattern, and the reference opting the John Baker and GTAC suggest, does not work. At least one of our exercises and many exams have...
I tried to make a blend between different instances that I created using “Associative Copy” ->” Pattern Feature”. In previous versions of NX you have the option “Blend All Instances”, but it is missing in the “Edge Blend” dialog in NX8. However, in the help dialog for the command “Edge Blend” is...
