Deformable parts within a sequence

[dazdog]

Hi all,

If you view all of my previous threads they are all related to the sequence function within NX6!

We are looking to produce an animation (in between the actual design work) of the product that we are currently designing.

I am looking for some help/info on the possiblity of deforming a part within the sequence function.

To expand; we have a spring within the assembly. The spring itself is a deformable part. However, within the spring itself we have 3 different deformable parts and, therfore, 3 different arrangements (free, woking and compressed lenghts). It is set up this was so that i can select what arrangement is suitable for the assembly.

For example, when i first add the spring to the assembly it is in it's free state. A set of constraints are added. Some are arrangement specific. In another arrangement, the spring is then changed to it's working state and, again, there are some arrangement specific constraints. The same method is used for the compressed state. If you can bear in mind that there is only one spring in the assembly and that a different spring arrangement is used within different top level assembly arrangments with the arrangement specific contraints supressed where required.

Basically, the assembly is properly constrained and the spring and associated components are behaving as I would expect.

Is there any way that this information can be transferred to the sequence environment?

Ideally I would like to show the spring entering the assembly in it's free state, animating to the working state and then finally to the compressed state. Is this possible?

Regards

Dazdog

 

[JohnRBaker]

A deformable part will NOT update as you expect it to when used in a sequence as you've described it. That capability is NOT supported.

John R. Baker, P.E.
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[dazdog]

Thanks John. I had seen a few articles elsewhere on the web about spring deformation. However, the animations did not involve deformable parts and I was curious to know if this was possible!

For my benefit, is there any way that a spring can be manipulated to create the animation of it compressing and extending? We have only recently created our springs using the method described above (deformable part with arrangements). We used to create a series of springs by sweeping some tube around a helix. The faces would then be trimmed back to create flat faces. We would then control this info using reference sets that could also be selected in the upper assembly.

Thanks in advance

Dazdog

 

[JohnRBaker]

The only 'animation' that I've ever done that involved a Deformable Part was using the NX Animate function, as shown in the attached video clip. Unfortunately this is not something that I would like to attempt to explain, on a forum like this, how this is accomplished.

But you can find the function at...

View -> Visualization -> Create Animation...

...and there is some limited documentation on how to use this function in the NX Help files.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

 

[PSI-CAD]

Hi Dazdog,

Did you try suppress component ?

You need to add one deformable component for each arrangement then suppress it

I hope this help


Regards
Didier Psaltopoulos

http://www.psi-cad.com