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NX3 Unite Problem

NX3 Unite Problem

NX3 Unite Problem

(OP)
I have two solid bodies.  One is a thickened sheet and the other is a solid created from sewn sheets.  I am not able to unite these two solids.  Each of them is selectable as the target solid, but neither as a tool solid.  I tried removing the parameters from each, but still no unite.  Both will unite with primitives, but not with each other.  What am I missing?

RE: NX3 Unite Problem

OK, first what is the error message that your are getting when they are not uniting?

If it is a non manifold, the best bet is to get them to intersect.  If its  can't perform boolean, then we have some work to do.


Ross Parpart
Product Design Engineer
www.decoma.com

RE: NX3 Unite Problem

(OP)
rossly,
Thanks for your input.  They intersect.  I get no error message.  Since they do share some geometry, I would not be suprised if I got a boolian failure message.  I just can't choose either as a tool solid, so the command cannot be completed.

RE: NX3 Unite Problem

(OP)
I don't know why this didn't work the first time I tried it, but I found that I need to remove the parameters from one the solids (they both share parent geometry) and the unite will work, regardless of which is the target solid and which is the tool solid.

RE: NX3 Unite Problem

One last thing, the sewn body, was any of the sheets created from extracting them from the body you were trying to unite?  If so, you need to extract at time stamp.  It never stays checked so you need to check it each time.

RE: NX3 Unite Problem

(OP)
No, both bodies were created from the same separate parent body.  Thanks for the tip, though!

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