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NX8 Drafting: Diagonal view breaks?

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Nougatti

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Jun 29, 2012
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Hello there
We've recently upgraded from NX6 to NX8 and one of the great new features is the view break-function which I am trying to use.
I've got a piping assembly which is too long the drawing to be readable, and I'm therefore shortening the pipes with the view break-function. It gives me the choice to put the break perpendicular or parallel to the point on the line I choose. Works like a charm. However, when trying to do the same on the diagonal part of the pipes, perpendicular or parallel means "vertical or horisontal", so-to-speak.
How do I shorten this diagonal pipe section here?
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I am Norwegian.
I design mechanicals for hydroelectric powerplants.
I use NX 8.0.3.4
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Tom you can't knit at these speeds! Nobody can! DON'T BE A GODDAMNED HERO TOM!
 
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You need to create TWO drawing views, one on top of the other, and then BEFORE you perform the Broken View operations you need to edit the boundaries so that that portion of the two views which overlap is where there will NOT be any Broken sections. Now you can add the breaks to each view noting that when you wish to perform the break on the diagonal portion that when the dialog asks you to select a vector select the face of the diagonal portion of the model.

Look at the image below noting that the red curves represent the boundaries of the two overlapping views:

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Cool! This is looking good so far, but are there any tricks to making the views overlap perfectly? The views won't snap properly.
Thanks!

-Nougatti

I am Norwegian.
I design mechanicals for hydroelectric powerplants.
I use NX 8.0.3.4
----------------------------
Tom you can't knit at these speeds! Nobody can! DON'T BE A GODDAMNED HERO TOM!
 
Scratch that, the view breaks aren't lining up perfectly either :( See the bottom diagonal break.
Do I have to use the legacy-broken-view?
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I am Norwegian.
I design mechanicals for hydroelectric powerplants.
I use NX 8.0.3.4
----------------------------
Tom you can't knit at these speeds! Nobody can! DON'T BE A GODDAMNED HERO TOM!
 
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