WCS in Drafting

[ewh]

NX 6.0.2.8
I have been able to add the WCS utility commands to my toolbar (advanced w/full menus), at least up until now...
I can still add them if I turn the drawing display off, but they disappear once I turn it back on. I need to be able to access them while in the drawing.
Any ideas?

"Good to know you got shoes to wear when you find the floor." - [small]Robert Hunter[/small]

 

[ewh]

Never mind; I found that I can access them once I go into a view.

"Good to know you got shoes to wear when you find the floor." - [small]Robert Hunter[/small]

 

[JohnRBaker]

Why do you "need to access" the WCS while in a Drawing?

The WCS is used to define the 'working' orientation of the plane of construction (X-Y) as well as the origin (0,0,0) of 'working' space. Since Drawings are by definition 2D, there is NO need to modify the orientation of 'working' space. And since the only thing which you are measuring the distance of, by placing dimensions, are the 'features' of your model on a view by view basis (no usable dimensions can be created between views) there is no need for a modifiable 'origin'.

So again, I ask; why do see the need for a WCS while working in a Drawing?

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[JohnRBaker]

Ah yes, if you 'expand' a view, it's as if you momentarily stepped out of your 2D Drafting environment into a temporary 3D 'modeling' environment where you will once again have access to the WCS, albeit with limited usefulness as you are still constrained in that you can only perform 'Drawing' compatible tasks and operations.

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.com/museum/

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

 

[ewh]

Editing an exploded view.

"Good to know you got shoes to wear when you find the floor." - [small]Robert Hunter[/small]

 

[JohnRBaker]

Yep, that qualifies one of those "Drawing compatible tasks" I was talking about.

And just so that everyone is clear on this, you can't just expand say an existing Trimetric view on a Drawing and then edit it so that it's an Exploded view. You have to first, while the Drawing is not being shown, either create your finished exploded view or you at least have to 'create' an exploded view even if you don't move any of the components. That way, you can then add THIS view to the drawing, expand it and you will now be able to create/edit the explosion as you wish it to look and once completed, unexpand the view and update the drawing views and you're good to go.

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.com/museum/

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