Sectioning Definition

[Berserk]

Hello,

I am trying to create a box section and UG is not cooperating.
I clicked on "reset" and UG did not reset the box to the part extent. Also when selecting the face of the box to move, sometimes the box flips over and I loose the sections I want shown and I have to redo it again.

What am I missing here?

UGNX5.0.4.1 MP6 \ WinXP-SP3
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[JohnRBaker]

Can you provide at least a picture of what you're attempting to do?

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

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[Berserk]

Hello,

This is what I was trying to do. I have to be careful in selecting the box faces because sometimes, it accidentally flips the section box.

UGNX5.0.4.1 MP6 \ WinXP-SP3
Productive Design Services
www.productivedesign.com

 

[JohnRBaker]

OK. To start with, the 'Reset Box' option does NOT, nor was it ever intended to, 'reset' the box to the full extents of the model, but rather only back to the initial out-of-the-box settings.

As described in the User Documentation, the 'initial' section is parallel to the Absolute X-Y Plane and passes through the 'center of the model extents'. In other words, along the Z axis, half-way between the Z-min and Z-max extents of the model's 'bounding box'. Which in turn makes the initial 'Box Section' 6-planes which will bound basically the 'bottom half' of the model. This is what the system is designed to return to if the user selects the 'Reset Box' button.

As for 'flipping' the section, since you use the direction vector as a drag handle, you must remember to be careful since double-clicking the arrowhead will cause the section plane to reverse, which again is the intended behavior.

Anyway, not sure is this addresses your issues, but from what I've seen, everything is probably working as it was intended.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
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.