NX6 and F8

• Jun 17, 2009

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cowski

Mechanical

Apr 23, 2000

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Let me be a little more specific: it seems to work fine in a part file, but does not seem to work in an assembly.

I have the selection filter set to 'face' and 'entire assembly', I pick a planar face that is not parallel to a canned view, press F8 and the view snaps to the nearest canned view.

 

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• Jun 17, 2009

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phillpd

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Oct 19, 2006

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Cowski,

Can't comment on 6.0.2.8 (anymore), but it does work correctly in 6.0.3.6.

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• Jun 17, 2009

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BOPdesigner

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Nov 15, 2005

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In an assembly? It works in 6.0.3.6 with my part files, but I can't get it to work in an assembly.

 

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• Jun 17, 2009

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JohnRBaker

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Jun 1, 2006

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Works for me in NX 6.0.3.6, whether I'm working in an assembly or not. Make sure the 'Selection Scope' option is set to 'Entire Assembly' or you will not be able to select the face of a body which is not in your work part.

John R. Baker, P.E.
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• Jun 17, 2009

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BOPdesigner

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Nov 15, 2005

434

Works ocassionally now, about half of the time it rotates so that you are looking // to the selected face plane instead of normal to it.

 

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• Jun 17, 2009

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BOPdesigner

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Nov 15, 2005

434

Wait, I think that is the normal behavoir, depending on if the rotation is closer to to get to the // plane or the normal view plane to the face. That is useful.

 

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• Jun 17, 2009

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hudson888

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Jun 19, 2007

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Cowski,

Using 6.0.2.8 as long as I have the selection filter set to face that I get the expected behaviour. If for any reason you're able to select a feature rather than the face then it appears confusing sine the highlighted object is the same but the system will not snap to the face. I believe that is to be expected.

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• Jun 18, 2009

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cowski

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Apr 23, 2000

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Thanks all for your replies, but still no joy.

I put together a small assembly to post so you could see what is going on, but of course F8 worked as expected. However, in other existing assemblies it still only snaps to the closest orthogonal view.

 

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• Jun 18, 2009

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cowski

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Apr 23, 2000

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Ok, I think I found something.

If the component is fully loaded, F8 works as expected. If it is only partially loaded, it will not snap to the view of the selected face. Is anyone else seeing this behavior?

This is a change from the last version I worked with (NX2), is this the way it works now or is it unintentional?

 

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• Jun 18, 2009

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JohnRBaker

Mechanical

Jun 1, 2006

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Yes, it appears that something happened to this behavior between NX 4.0 and NX 5.0. I will check it out and get back to you on what I learn.

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.

 

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• Jun 18, 2009

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cowski

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Apr 23, 2000

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Thanks John.

 

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