HOW TO MAKE A DRAWING OUT OF A PART FILE
HOW TO MAKE A DRAWING OUT OF A PART FILE
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I AM TRYING TO MAKE A PART DRAWING, I CLICK THE DRAFTING BUTTON AND IT ASKS FOR A SHEET SIZE, WHICH IS FINE AND DANDY, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO USE THE TEMPLATES THAT ARE INCLUDED WITH NX4, OR FURTHER DOWN THE LINE SOME CUSTOM TEMPLATES. I CAN CLICK ON THE TEMPLATES ON RESOURCE BAR, BUT IT MAKES A NEW ASSEMBLY FILE OUT MY PART FILE, WHICH IS NOT WHAT I WANT. ANY IDEAS ON HOW TO GET THE PART AND ITS DRAWING IN ONE FILE USING THE STANDARD TEMPLATES???
THANKS
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SS
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How would I go about doing this? And what is the master model proceedure you guys are talking about? I can already tell that some like it and some don't care for it.
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John R. Baker, P.E.
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NX Product Line
UGS Corp
Cypress, CA
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RE: HOW TO MAKE A DRAWING OUT OF A PART FILE
Part File -> Assembly File -> Drawing File
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When I am building up a top level assembly what do I use for the parts in this new assembly? Do I use the original part file, or the new assembly file?
Thanks for all the insight, it is saving me a lot of time.
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As for your preception as to what's happening when you make a drawing using a template, you've got it pretty down cold. Just use it that way and I think you will be getting exactly what you want and need.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
NX Product Line
UGS Corp
Cypress, CA
http://www.ugs.com
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/
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Why is it beneficial? Can anyone list these benefits?
What about disadvantages to creating the drawing within the part file? Why is this not a good idea?
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I guess it depends on the size of your company, as to the benefits. It certainly promotes the use of simultaneous, or concurrent engineering. That is, you can have multiple disciplines working on a project (or product) at one time.
Even NC programmers should ideally consider the use of an assembly file, so that they only have a reference to the product being manufactured.
Specialty Engineered Automation
http://www.sea4ug.com
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I don't know why UG hasn't put this type of functionality as all other systems have. I guess if you enjoy purple dimensions or getting paid by the hour then Master Model is for you. It does make more sense the way other systems do it and you can switch items to other views or have views that remain associated to each other.
I hope UG has addressed some of these issues in newer releases of NX. Also most systems create Cross Sections that are tied to planes so you can orient them properly and change their position if you so choose. I had some fun showing a co-worker how to create the section used to create the geometry for a sweep shown in the drawing that had no ties to the actual position of the cross section.
Usually one good reason for using master model is you can work on the drawing and the part simultaneous ly so you can have the Drafting done overseas to keep costs down which I'm not really a fan of.
And a question for John wouldn't it be nice if you could use set views from the part in the drawing file and not have to set up the same views in the Drafting model when you assemble the other part file?
Michael
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As for using the views as defined in the original part file on a drawing, starting with NX 4, when you add a view to a drawing and you're given the choice as to which 'view' to place, when you pop-up the list of available views, those who's names are precedded by an '*' are the views FROM the original part file. Those without the '*' are the VIEWS as defined in the current (assembly) file.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
NX Product Line
UGS Corp
Cypress, CA
http://www.ugs.com
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/
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- Smaller individual files
- More then one person can open the files at a time and work on them (a drafter, designer, FEA, etc)
- Control who can see the drawings
- Easier to control what is visible by using reference sets
-Dave
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http://groups.google.com/group/NX_CAX/