offset face vs. offset surface 2

[Miyamoto12]

I just read the definitions in the help docs, but fail to see the difference. Can anyone give me an example of when you would use one over the other please?

NX 10

 

[Miyamoto12]

Andy why are these still here if we have Move face, offset region and other sync. tools?

NX 10

 

[cowski]

The main difference is that "offset face" moves the face selected whereas "offset surface" creates a new surface at the offset distance from the selected surface. The "offset region" is similar to "offset face" except "offset region" will create a new shelf face when necessary and "offset face" will not (it will just report a failure).

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[capnhook]

Why so many options??

Because you might not want it the other way....


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[JohnRBaker]

The good news is that with NX, there's always 10 ways to do anything.

The bad news is that nine of them are perfectly valid.



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[Miyamoto12]

I'm starting to get that. Thanks for all the help

NX 10

 

[Toost]

"The good news is that with NX, there's always 10 ways to do anything.

The bad news is that nine of them are perfectly valid."

And the Problem is that when NX evolves and Siemens tries to retire a feature due to "synomymity", there will always be somebody screaming that this specific option is "THE ONE he MUUUST have".


Regards,
Tomas

 

[capnhook]

And the good news is that the lost functionality can usually be returned by knowing what switch to turn back ON..

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