Visualization of a cylinder error

[yannnakaoka]

I'm having some problems with the visualization of any kind of cylinder in NX 7.5.
Everytime I visualize a cylinder it comes without the top and bottom faces. There's a word document with a print screen.
Does anyone know what's going on and how to solve it?
Thanks.

 

[MickyV007]

Try pushing CTRL+F.

Best regards,

Michaël.

NX7.5.4.4 + TC Unified 8.3
Win 7 64 bit

 

[cowski]

1st thing I'd try is a 'fit display' (View -> Operation -> Fit). This will adjust the clip planes to your model.

If that doesn't fix it, the next thing to check is your video card model and driver version - are they certified by Siemens for use with NX? Sometimes the newest graphics driver isn't best for NX and display problems show up.

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[fighterpilot]

I have been dealing the same issue for the last two NX versions now. Mine occurs when assembling components. If I drop a component in an assembly and then zoom up so I can select constraint surfaces the component in question will evenually go away as it is 'sliced' away while zooming in. I have to set it in the assembly, regenerate the work, and then go back and start the constraint process again. It's very frustrating to do this but it's the only workaround I've found.

--
Fighter Pilot
Manufacturing Engineer

 

[yannnakaoka]

Thanks.
I really don't know what worked, but in the end, it's perfect once again.

 

[cowski]

fighterpilot,

Rather than dropping in your component, then constraining it; have you tried out the 'by constraints' placement option (available in the 'add component' dialog)? It is pretty slick, you get a secondary independent viewport for your component. You can activate the component viewport to rotate/pan/zoom your component to select a constraint reference, then activate the main viewport to select your second reference. Repeat until all your constraints are defined and when you press OK, it places your component according to your defined constraints.

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[yannnakaoka]

I work with it.
The image I posted was just an example of a cylinder, nothing more than that.

 

[fighterpilot]

cowski,

That is the method I use also. However, I can get the image to disappear in the component preview window as well just by zooming in and out.

--
Fighter Pilot
Manufacturing Engineer

 

[JohnRBaker]

If perfroming a 'Fit' operation doesn't solve this issue then try going to...

View -> Camera -> Edit...

...and in the section of the dialog labeled 'Clipping', select the 'Fit Planes to Extents' button and then hit OK. Also make sure that in...

Preferences -> Visualization -> View/Screen

...that in the section labeled 'Session Settings' that the 'Disable Auto Z Clipping Planes Update for Fit' is NOT toggled ON. If it is, then you may need to go to Customer Defaults and set this to be OFF if this is not something that you wish to be the default behavior.

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Siemens PLM Software Inc.
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