Circular Instance in NX4

[opelgt21]

Does anybody know how to do a circular instance of a sweep in NX 4?

I have created a funnel shaped hole using the sweep command, then subtracting it from my solid. I would then like to instance (pattern) about the axis of my part. However, when I start the instance command, the solid part I have made is not an option to select.

Have I done something wrong?

What should I do to get this to work?

 

[mmauldin]

Make sure you are using Insert>Associative Copy>Instance Geometry rather than Insert>Associative Copy>Instance Feature

 

[JohnRBaker]

Instance Geometry was not available in NX 4 as it was a new function for NX 5. Try creating a Feature Group even if it contains only a single body and then see if you can instance it.

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[opelgt21]

Using a feature group worked....thanks John

 

[hudson888]

The other often used alternative is pattern face which would be available if the body is united to another solid. It seems to be a little neater and cleaner in the tree and does not appear to so severely drain system resources to process addition boolean operations.

The beauty of creating a feature group as the input to an array pre-NX-5 was that it will allow the array to exist without a prior boolean. Of course if you do have to later perform multiple booleans those may be slower to process.

Cheers

Hudson