Drawing sections of complex shapes
Drawing sections of complex shapes
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When you need to section and dimension profiles of lofted parts, you cannot dimension it since it's a spline. If there a way to turn the spline into arcs for dimensioning?
How do other here dimension complex shaped parts?
thanks
How do other here dimension complex shaped parts?
thanks
Jason Capriotti
Smith & Nephew, Inc.






RE: Drawing sections of complex shapes
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RE: Drawing sections of complex shapes
I need a way to dimension it though. UG NX2 can convert a spline edge in a section view to severals arcs and you can dimension those.
Jason Capriotti
Smith & Nephew, Inc.
RE: Drawing sections of complex shapes
RE: Drawing sections of complex shapes
In the past, I have dimensioned spline-shaped sections by placing sketch points along the spline, dimensioning in one direction (usually "X") with driving dimensions and in the other direction (usually "Y") with driven dimensions. This is equivalent to telling a CMM operator what the "Y should be at a basic "X" location.
RE: Drawing sections of complex shapes
RE: Drawing sections of complex shapes
They use UG NX2 but I'm thinking of attempting to persuade them toward Solidworks. This is one stumbling block I've ran into however when I've modeled the parts in Solidworks and try to detail the drawing.
In UG you have to select the section profile in the drawing and select "Simplify" which breaks it into several arc segements. Then you can dimension it.
Jason Capriotti
Smith & Nephew, Inc.