Pattern Edge Blend

[cnormand]

Hello,
New user here just switched from SW.
I have a tube with a flange and a rib that has edge blends on it. I can do a circular pattern on the rib but is it possible to pattern the edge blends as well?
Thanks in Advance.
Chris

 

[JohnRBaker]

What version of NX are you running? Could you also provide a simple sketch/picture of what it is that you're attempting to create?

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[mmauldin]

You can do it 7.5 with Insert>Synchronous Modeling>Reuse> Pattern Face. See attached.

 

[mmauldin]

It is also available in NX6.

 

[cowski]

Another method: if you have used the array command, you can use the 'blend all instances' option when you apply the blend.

 

[jerry1423]

A tip when you are just getting into NX . . . make sure the entire menu is fully expannded the first couple times you use that command or else you will not know what helpful things are buried in there - such as the "blend all instances" like Cowski mentioned

 

[cnormand]

Thanks mmauldin, that did it for me. I'm just still thinking in SW world.
The edge blend is on the "feature" toolbar therefore it is considered a feature, and using instance feature seems like it should work. To a SW user that is.

Sorry John, I'm on NX7.5

 

[Xwheelguy]

First, array the rib THEN apply the Blend with Blend All Instances option turned ON.

While I do respect the logic of thinking in terms of what you know, don't forget parent/child relationships - the blend doesn't exist without the rib, therefore cannot be arrayed without the rib.

Instance Geometry might work in this situation as well.

Tim Flater
Senior Designer

 

[lorenolepi]

What I do for situations like this is.... feature group the rib and blend together. Then do an instance feature on on the feature group.
Works really well in most cases.