Draft replacing model reference

[Lars1978]

Hi All,

I've made a draft containing two sheets. The first sheet contains a top view and two side views. The second sheet contains the flat-pattern view.

In my assembly navigator it says i've got two (packed) didentical models. One of them is marked as a reference part.

When I want to make a new draft for a model which look the same but has a differend dimension I use the "save as" for renaming the draft file.

When after the save as, I want to replace the parts in de assembly navigator, only one of them is replaced. The other one, referencing the flat pattern, can't be replaced. Now I remove that one and add a new flat pattern view to my second sheet.......and yes i've got to place new dimensions to.....

Can't this be much easier?

Lars

Lars
NX12.0.1.7 native
Solid Edge ST10
Inventor

 

[NutAce]

Basically, the correct way to do this, is;
1 - Open the Drawing of which you want to make a copy
2 - Make the model Displayed part
3 - Save-as the model (NX will ask you to make a save as from the Drawing as well)
4 - Make the changes to your model and the Drawing will update accordingly

Now I can see you have a situation where you made a save-as of your model without the Drawing opened.
After you made a save-as of the drawing...
1 - Use the replace Component of your new Drawing.
2 - Create an additional view of your flat pattern
3 - Go to settings of your first flat pattern view
4 - In the Inherit section, set the settings source to "selected object"
5 - Select the new flat pattern view as the object to inherit.

Now your first flat pattern view should update to the new model. The dimensions will be in retained state however. You will have to associate them again, but at least they are still there.



Ronald van den Broek
Senior Application Engineer
Winterthur Gas & Diesel Ltd
NX9 / TC10.1.2

Building new PLM environment from Scratch using NX11 / TC11

 

[cowski]

Can't this be much easier?

It could be, and it used to be. IMO, Siemens has made some poor design choices in this area.

www.nxjournaling.com

 

[Lars1978]

Ronald,

Im working on a set of sheet metal parts which all have similar shape. These sheet metal parts are all sections (sheet size) generated out of the same "dummy" model.

Since the models look the same i fugured I could make one draft from the green part and use is as a basis for the other part (red). Something like a quick sheet.









Lars
NX12.0.1.7 native
Solid Edge ST10
Inventor

 

[NutAce]

I tested the second procedure I wrote down...Doesn't seem to work anymore in NX12...bummer.
Looks like Siemens considered this behavior as a bug. Used it a lot in NX9.

Ronald van den Broek
Senior Application Engineer
Winterthur Gas & Diesel Ltd
NX9 / TC10.1.2

Building new PLM environment from Scratch using NX11 / TC11