Controlling assembly component display in drawings

[NXMold]

I find myself working with three views when modeling a mold, I use them only to control component display. There is cavity-side, core-side, and trimetric (whole mold). I use the "remove component from view" button found on the "exploded views" toolbar to un-clutter the display.

When making drawings, I repeat the same process on each drawing view, generally duplicating the three views used in modeling 2-3 times each.

I do not use layers to control component display. Show/Hide is great while working, but seems inadequate for drawings.

Component groups require an advanced assembly license that I do not have access to.

Am I missing an obvious shortcut or technique? I would like to setup my three "display groups" for modeling and drawing views at the same time, rather than repeat these steps every time a drawing needs to be output (assuming there have been changes). Placing a base view using one of the model views seems to work initially, but as components are added/removed from that view in modeling the drawing does not reflect the change (after update of course).

 

[NXMold]

NX 5.0.2

 

[joycejo]

When you are adding a base view there is a "Part" icon on the toolbar. Click this and then select the component you want to display a view from. You are now adding a view from the part instead of the entire assembly. This saves you from creating exploded views for a single component.



John Joyce
Tata Technologies iKS
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Denver, CO

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