NX6 self hidden feature

[bruwel]

I have searched several different ways to find a term that I believe is correct. When using some Booleans, sheet metal and a lot of sketch based operators. The creating object disappears. Is the correct term for that "consumed"? Thanks Guys

 

[jerry1423]

I guess "consumed" would be the word, but I don't know if there is an official word for that.
If You expand your "unite" (and other booleans) menu you will see options to retain the tool or target or both - that may be something that interests you.

 

[cowski]

In addition to what Jerry said, some feature creation tools allow you to make a sketch as the first step and keep the sketch as "internal" to the feature. For example, if you are making an extrude feature and the sketch is only going to be used for that particular extrude, you can make it internal to the extrude and it will be hidden from the world until you either 1)edit the extrude, or 2)choose to make the sketch "external".

 

[d6j9s]

While you have both mentiioned very useful features neither of you have managed to answer the question. I suspect that what bruwel is talking about is a NX 6 bug as I have not seen it in other versions so if you are not working in NX 6 this may be very foreign to you.
I too am looking for a solution so I will try to explain it a little better and hope that either of you or someone else knows how to eliminate this behavior.

What is happening is that upon creation of a new feature of any sort, the objects that you use for reference, or creation if you will, are automatically hidden. For example: when creating a new offset datum plane from an existing one, the referenced datum will automatically be hidden likewise upon creation of an extrusion or revolve from a curve or sketch will cause that curve or sketch to automatically be hidden.

see attached video

 

[jerry1423]

Oh ok, I really don't thinks it's a bug but rather a setting in your customer defaults file, because what you explained does not happen to me.

 

[d6j9s]

Jerry,

I have been through all of the customer defaults and preferences yet still have not found any settings for this. I have also been through the ugii_env.dat file with no luck.

Perhaps I have overlooked it. If you are working on NX 6 and don't see this then I would tend to agree with you that it is something to do with the setting. Guess I will have to check the settings once more.

If I find the setting, I will post where I found it for anyone else who is experiencing this.

Thanks.

 

[jerry1423]

In your customer defaults go to Gateway -> Part Navigator Towards the bottom there is a toogle "Hide Items when used" mine is unchecked.
I really have no idea what that if for but it's worth checking out.

 

[JohnRBaker]

You can also open the Part Navigator, place your cursor over some 'white space', press MB3, select 'Properties' and on the 'General' tab you can toggle that option ON or OFF from there.

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