NX1872 - Create Points from existing points

[Kenja824]

Its an easy enough thing to do to place a point on an existing point. However, I would like to know if one can do this on multiple points at the same time?

I work with weld spot files. Files that are a large group of points with specific data in their attributes. The spots will be on both LH and RH side of bodies. To do my job, I often have to mirror a group of spots over to see if they are exact from one hand to the other or if there are differences.

The problem is I cannot transform the points in this file. So I need to first create points on the existing points and transform the points I create. I do this so often, it gets quite redundant having to pick a point, hit apply, pick a point, hit apply, pick a point hit apply, etc...

Is there any way to window around a group of points and create (non-associative) points on top of them all at the same time? Then it would only take a second to create all the points, and then I could easily mirror them over.

Ken

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[multicaduser]

Have you tried transform (CTRL+T) with the copy option?

NX 1899 Windows 10

 

[TheTick]

Maybe you could just edit the point file? If you mirror on a principal plane, copy the point coordinates and flip the sign on either X, Y, or Z as needed.

 

[Kenja824]

Thanks for responding.

I have considered that as well. If there are a lot of spots, it would save a little time but even that gets tedious. It is still creating them one point at a time before I can mirror them over.

Im just a little surprised that NX doesnt have some way of windowing around a bunch of points from another file and creating new points in their place in the work part.

I had a thought to set the filter to point and copy the points I need and past them into my work part. Which worked, but when I tried to mirror them, it didnt allow me to select them. I am taking a wild guess here, but I assume they must be fixed points (associated or something) that they cant be mirrored? So when I copy and paste them, it automatically pastes the new points as fixed as well?


Ken

http://www.OneGodLogic.com

My brain is like a sponge. A sopping wet sponge. When I use it, I seem to lose more than I soak in.

 

[TheTick]

You could use Excel for the point file. Click --> Drag --> Boom!

 

[multicaduser]

Pardon my confusion, wave linking points is possible, mirroring them can be done both with mirror-geometry and mirror-feature. If necessary parameters can be removed and the linked points deleted. I'm assuming mirror because you indicated there were lh and rh parts. Is there something else you are trying to do?

NX 1899 Windows 10

 

[Kenja824]

Multicaduser

Thankyou. I was under the assumption that we could not mirror wavelink points, as we use that all the time. Your comment made me look deeper into that and I found that our settings are set to associative when we use wave link geometry. Turning that off allowed me to make the points and they could be mirrored.

TheTick
Thankyou for your help still. I do appreciate it. And cool name. lol



Ken

http://www.OneGodLogic.com

My brain is like a sponge. A sopping wet sponge. When I use it, I seem to lose more than I soak in.