Section views in mechanical sequence NX6

[dazdog]

I am creating a mechanical sequence for a product that i am working on at the moment.

Although the sequence itself seems to be fine, I am experiencing a problem with the 'clip work section' feature.

At the moment I can simply select the feature and the model will be 'section' or 'non-sectioned'.

However, by choosing either option, the sequence remains either 'sectioned' or 'non-sectioned' for the entire sequence.

So, the question that I have is as follows;

Is it possible to have the assembly 'sectioned' and then 'non-sectioned' at various points in the sequence?

At some points I require to show the internal details of the assembly (highlighting face to face contacts etc) but for other views It would be more benefitial to see the assembly as a whole (for instance, a component rotating 360 deg following a particular hole feature).

Thanks in advance

Dazdog

 

[JohnRBaker]

NO.

John R. Baker, P.E.
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[dazdog]

Ok.

Do you have any other suggestions as to how i could achieve this?

Thanks

Dazdog

 

[KhimaniMohiki]

Would capturing an arrengement be of any use or do you want the assembly sectioned part way through the sequence?

Khimani Mohiki
Design Engineer - Aston Martin
NX8.5

 

[dazdog]

Hello Khimani,

I am looking to have the assembly sectioned part way through the sequence.

Regards

Dazdog

 

[dazdog]

Hello all,

I may have to approach this from a differnet angle.

Is it possible to make a component transparent over a period of time?

Thw problem I have is that we have a spring housing that encaptulates all of the other components within the assembly.

This is the reason why I would like to have the assembly sectioned (at some points in the sequence). When i want to highlight a particular face to face mating condition I would like the assembly sectioned. When I am looking at the assembly from the front or the back I would like it whole.

This may be helped if I could assemble the spring housing (0% transparency) and then reduce to around 80% over a period of, say, 10 frames.

Does anyone know if this is possible?

I might be getting confused with animations created in Solidworks and Inventor!

Thanks in advance

Dazdog

 

[JohnRBaker]

There is an 'Animation' function in NX, which can be Expression driven, which means that you could insert actions such as turning features/components ON and OFF at certain points in the animation cycle by using Supression by Expression operations. Unfortunately it's something that is of such complexity that it borders on being so difficult, if not impossible, as to explain how to use it a forum like this. What you really need to do is find someone who could mentor you as to how it works.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:

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

 

[dazdog]

Thanks John,

Unfortunately there is no-one available to me that can do what I am looking to do here.

I'll sort something out!

Thanks

Dazdog