"Error: Invalid object type" perp constraint line to plane (NX6)

[potrero]

NX 6.0.0.24

This is a strange one:

Attempting to place a "perpendicular" constraint between a straight line and a datum plane (either a csys plane, or a regular plane) results in an error being thrown "Error: Invalid object type". This is true whether the line was drawn with or without automatic constraints. Other geometric constraints, such as "parallel" to plane, work fine.

Perpendicular constraints between 2 lines work fine. And one can even create perpendicular constraints for arcs to planes (which is new NX6 functionality I think?). The bug is only with the perpendicular constraints between lines and planes.

Anybody else seing this issue?

 

[JohnRBaker]

I assume that you're talking about the Sketcher, correct?

Could you provide a simple example which contains the various geometric elements described so that we could see exactly what you're doing?

John R. Baker, P.E.
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NX Design
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Cypress, CA

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[potrero]

See attached picture. The horizontal line is contrained to be parallel to the ZX plane. One vertical line is constrained to be perpendicular to the horizontal line. The other vertical line has just been asked to be perpendicular to the ZX plane, and the error pops up.

 

[potrero]

And yes, I'm talking about Sketcher.

 

[JohnRBaker]

This works fine in NX 6.0.1.4 which is the version that I'm currently testing. NX 6.0.1.x is planned to be released sometime near the end of September.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
NX Design
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Cypress, CA

http://www.siemens.com/plm

http://www.plmworld.org/museum/

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.