NX4-Dynamic Deviation Gauge for Styled Blend
NX4-Dynamic Deviation Gauge for Styled Blend
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Hi, an annoyance...
Quite often I need to create surfaces which conform to strict guidelines in certain areas, and not in others...I use the below process which usually works great and gives top notch surfaces...
In NX3 this worked fine:
- Create a master surface which will then be used as a reference surface for deviation gauge.
- Create a styled blend.
- Use deviation gauge to show the deviation of the styled blend from the reference surface.
- edit the styled blend - the deviation gauge would dynamically update as I moved the handles allowing me to see the changes 'live'.
NX4:
- When I go back into the styled blend, the deviation gauge disapears therefore making dynamic updates impossible.
Arrggghhh! Probably just doing something differently as I haven't needed styled blend for a while...anyone any ideas?
Thanks!
Quite often I need to create surfaces which conform to strict guidelines in certain areas, and not in others...I use the below process which usually works great and gives top notch surfaces...
In NX3 this worked fine:
- Create a master surface which will then be used as a reference surface for deviation gauge.
- Create a styled blend.
- Use deviation gauge to show the deviation of the styled blend from the reference surface.
- edit the styled blend - the deviation gauge would dynamically update as I moved the handles allowing me to see the changes 'live'.
NX4:
- When I go back into the styled blend, the deviation gauge disapears therefore making dynamic updates impossible.
Arrggghhh! Probably just doing something differently as I haven't needed styled blend for a while...anyone any ideas?
Thanks!





RE: NX4-Dynamic Deviation Gauge for Styled Blend
It might be worth checking your Modeling Preferences (Preferences -> Modeling) and under the General tab, there is a setting for Dynamic Update. See if that is set to Continuous or not.
Be sure you're not confusing the Deviation Gage with Section Analysis.
Tim Flater
Senior Designer
Enkei America, Inc.
www.enkei.com
RE: NX4-Dynamic Deviation Gauge for Styled Blend
This didn't make a noticeable difference, however, the below did..so thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
In modelling preferences I had 'edit with rollback after double click' checked.(not sure why) Uncheck this and voila!, the deviation gauge now updates!
Thanks for your help!
Andy
RE: NX4-Dynamic Deviation Gauge for Styled Blend
Tim Flater
Senior Designer
Enkei America, Inc.
www.enkei.com
RE: NX4-Dynamic Deviation Gauge for Styled Blend
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product "Evangelist"
NX Product Line
UGS Corp
Cypress, CA
http://www.ugs.com
RE: NX4-Dynamic Deviation Gauge for Styled Blend
If the Deviation Gage is set up BEFORE the Styled Blend, why wouldn't the Gage dynamically update when using Edit with Rollback? I would think either method (Edit Parameters or Edit with Rollback) would allow for dynamic updating of the Deviation Gage. Seems a bit inconsistent to me unless I'm missing something here...
Tim Flater
Senior Designer
Enkei America, Inc.
www.enkei.com
RE: NX4-Dynamic Deviation Gauge for Styled Blend
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product "Evangelist"
NX Product Line
UGS Corp
Cypress, CA
http://www.ugs.com