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[SamSlivinski]

thread561-292276

This thread was extremely helpful, I just have one more question on it. I am taking the cross section of a large diameter ring and I only want the broken out cross section part visible, not the rest of the ring. I tried turning the background off and that did not work. I realize I can always change the view boundry and delete the unwanted lines, but is there another, more direct way to go about this?

Thanks in advance!

Sam Slivinski
Using NX 6
Manufacturing/Aerospace

 

[SamSlivinski]

Delete the unwanted lines with view dependant edit* I should say.

Sam Slivinski
Using NX 6
Manufacturing/Aerospace

 

[jerry1423]

View style -> section -> toggle off background
and see if that gives you what you want

 

[SamSlivinski]

I tried that to no avail

Sam Slivinski
Using NX 6
Manufacturing/Aerospace

 

[jerry1423]

Can you show a picture of the view ?

 

[SamSlivinski]

Ill mock up something similar and post that if I can figure out how to post pictures.

Sam Slivinski
Using NX 6
Manufacturing/Aerospace

 

[JohnRBaker]

The simplest is to just attach the image file using the 'Attachment' feature below, as you would do any other file.

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Siemens PLM Software Inc.
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[SamSlivinski]

This is what I have now. I know I can delete the view on the left, I have no problem with that.

Sam Slivinski
Using NX 6
Manufacturing/Aerospace

 

[SamSlivinski]

This is what I wish to get to. I can do it now with view dependent edit and changing the boundry. But that is a long process and would be ridiculous on a more complex part.

Sam Slivinski
Using NX 6
Manufacturing/Aerospace

 

[JohnRBaker]

The appropriate, and recommended, approach is to simply edit the View Boundary after creating the 'Break-Out Section' view.

While it would be possible to add an 'Alternative Boundary' creation option to the Section View function, in the end it wouldn't really save you all that many steps from what it takes to do it manually today.

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.

 

[SamSlivinski]

Right, but when I manually change the view boundry I still have the "background lines" when really I only want the section view. Is the only way to remove these via View Dependent Edit?

Sam Slivinski
Using NX 6
Manufacturing/Aerospace

 

[SamSlivinski]

Bump

Sam Slivinski
Using NX 6
Manufacturing/Aerospace

 

[Toost]

What type of section is the Section View ?
Is it "Section View" or "Revolved Section View" ?
The reason behind the question is that the mechanics behind the views are quite different and some options which works on "Section view" doesn't work equally on "revolved section views".
A "section view" is a cut solid, where the section line is the knife.
A "Revolved section view" is a type of projection where each section line segment will be the projection plane, each projection will be placed side by side in the resulting section view. Since this view is more or less flat some algorithms might/will work differently.

Regards,
Tomas

 

[SamSlivinski]

The Section View type is a "Broken Out Section View"

Sam Slivinski
Using NX 6
Manufacturing/Aerospace

 

[Toost]

That explains why the tip "View style -> section -> toggle off background" doesn't work.
That view type isn't intended to hide all surrounding geometry, only cut the body inside the defined curves to the selected depth.
Can you instead do a "Section View" ? , then the "View style -> section -> toggle off background" will work.

The problem then is that you need to keep the parent view somewhere... - But it can be on a different sheet.

Regards,
Tomas

 

[SamSlivinski]

That is my current procedure actually. I just thought it would be more professional if I did not have the extra sheet just for the parent view(s).

Sam Slivinski
Using NX 6
Manufacturing/Aerospace

 

[Toost]

I assume that would be a faster-easier method, - not knowing how complex the surrounding geometry is.

Regards,
Tomas