Projected view hinge line, arrowheads

[ewh]

I hope that I can explain this without confusing everyone.
Pre-NX4, you could create a projected view (other than left, right, front, top or bottom) using "add section view". This would place the hinge line and arrowheads on the drawing, defining the vector from which the view was taken.
Now, in NX4, they have "improved" the drafting package so that you can not take a section from a section (even if the view you needed was not a proper section). Unfortunately, they have not provided for odd projected views. I am getting around this by creating my "section" view, placing it on a scratch sheet, then adding a view in the correct orientation to the drawing. I include a label identifying the view. The problem with this is that if you change the view letters at the hinge line, the label at the view won't update and visa-versa.
Does anyone here have any suggestions as to a more efficient way to do this?

 

[mjcole]

I thought they were going to allow showing auxiliary views with arrows in NX4 at least thats what I read in the NX4 update description.

One way I can think of doing it would be to make a sketch in drafting containing the View arrows which you can dimension from a fixed point in the sketch. you can control the location with expressions and create an angle dimension to drive the view projection direction and just enter the same angle for the hinge line while creating your view.

I would however try to see how the auxiliary view functionality has changed by searching for it in CAST.

Michael

 

[ewh]

We don't yet have CAST loaded. As far as I can tell in the help files though, there is no hinge line displayed for auxiliary views.
I have posted this problem on the UG bbs, and no one has indicated that this should be a feature of NX4.

 

[Xwheelguy]

Eric,

Can you email me a screen capture from a prior drawing showing what you're wanting to do?

I have the NX4 documentation installed (without NX4) and am looking over view creation and maybe I can come up with something for you....but you'll have to do the experimenting since I don't have NX4 installed yet.

Are you wanting an auxilary view of a standard view (TOP, FRONT, LEFT, etc.) or an auxilary view of a section or detail view?

I'm pretty sure if you haven't found an automated method by now, that the only option is going to be fudging it in somehow.

Tim Flater
Senior Designer
Enkei America, Inc.

http://www.enkei.com

 

[ewh]

Tim,
A jpeg is on it's way. Thanks!

 

[Xwheelguy]

Eric,

I haven't gotten anything yet....you might be getting filtered out by our mail server. If I don't reply in the next hour, please try posting the image on bbsnotes and I'll get it there.

Thanks.

Tim Flater
Senior Designer
Enkei America, Inc.

http://www.enkei.com

 

[ewh]

Tim,

I thought that I would add the image here to get more feedback.

http://putfile.com/pic.php?pic=4/11009300463.jpg&s=x11

 

[Xwheelguy]

Eric,

Is the view that Section G-G is pointing at a section view as well or is it an orthographic/imported view?

Tim Flater
Senior Designer
Enkei America, Inc.

http://www.enkei.com

 

[ewh]

No, it is my base view.

 

[ewh]

The problem is that I can't take any sections from view G-G because NX sees it as a section instead of orthographic.

 

[rep001]

I did a test, and came up with a diff/equal problem. I could section any view, or even a section of a section, but it only produced full ortho views from my sections, not views of the sectioned piece. Look here:

http://putfile.com/pic.php?pic=4/11014035899.jpg&s=x11

 

[ewh]

That is the way I would expect the software to handle it, though, logically, you are right. What version are you on?

 

[Xwheelguy]

Eric,

Sorry I didn't get back with you sooner....we're gearing up for a board of directors visit, so lots of people are preparing by Chap-Sticking up their lips for the proverbial butt kissing.

I don't think I'm going to be able to offer up anything that you haven't already attempted to do. Since I'm not using NX4, it's making it a little difficult. Sorry bud.

Tim Flater
Senior Designer
Enkei America, Inc.

http://www.enkei.com

 

[rep001]

Eric, I'm running nx 4.0.0
I know in Inventor you can take a perspective or any other view of a section view and it only shows the cut piece. But then I'm new to NX.
Hope this helps.
Robert

 

[ewh]

No problem, Tim. I just hacked it together and moved on.

 

[ewh]

For anyone curious, you can add a section from a section, but you hace to use the dropdown menu to do so. Thanks goes to John Baker, UGS.

 

[rep001]

Its not woking right for me. when I put a section line thru a view that is lets say section A-A, the view produced is as if section A-A was the base part and not a section. How can I make my sectioned section show true?

 

[ewh]

rep001,
That is how the software works.
From John Baker, UGS: "...you are allowed to select a section view to reference when creating this other section. Now please note that the view created, while it's a true section view, will not be a "section of a section" but rather just another section view of what looks like was a "complete" or un-sectioned view.

 

[seb291]

you can sometimes mimick the sectioned section by using the Other Section Views from Pictorial View.