Surface Design Process

[Darkclowd]

Hello,

I am currently researching various ways to design a unique surface geometry that will cover a hemisphere. So far, I have designed a cube-like structure to serve as the basic element, which I vertically patterned along a curve to get a curved column, and then radially patterned around a distant point in order to get a hollow hemisphere.

Is there a better way to accomplish this? Could there be a better design process to get the same result? Thanks.

Chris

 

[JohnRBaker]

Could you at least provide a 'picture' of what is that you're attempting to model?

Also what version of NX are you running?

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

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

 

[Darkclowd]

My apologies.

1. The basic element.
2. The curved column.
3. The hemisphere.

Chris

 

[Darkclowd]

Also, I'm running version 7.5.

 

[JohnRBaker]

If you used something like Instance Geometry, then yes, that's about as good as it gets. Note that the next version of NX will have a major enhancement in the area of 'patterning' objects which might provide some additional tools to accomplish something like this, but the final result would be virtually the same.

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

 

[Darkclowd]

Yes, that is the feature I used. Thank you for the heads up. Is the next version anticipated to come out this year?

 

[JohnRBaker]

Depending on how you define the turning of the seasons, later summer or early fall.

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