Datum Plane in Assembly
Datum Plane in Assembly
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I am trying to insert datum planes into an assembly and have not figured out how to do that. Is this possible or am I completely out of luck. Thanks in advance.
Lurks
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RE: Datum Plane in Assembly
If you want to attach a plane to the face of a component you will need to use "promotion". If you need instruction on that then let me know.
RE: Datum Plane in Assembly
Lurks
RE: Datum Plane in Assembly
Link a body or face, same thing in terms of creating an associative datum plane. Otherwise just set your WCS to the plane that you need and create a plane on XY which will be non-associative.
How did you go with the sweep things?
Regards
Hudson
RE: Datum Plane in Assembly
If you're not interested in creating associative Datum Planes, then when you open the Datum Plane dialog, open the section labeled 'Settings' and toggle OFF the 'Associative' option (that's if you're running NX 5, but if not, just look for the 'Associative' toggle in the lower-left corner of the dialog). Now you can select edges and faces of components to define your Datum Plane locations.
However, if you wish to create them so that they will update when the original components are modified or moved, leave the 'Associative' toggle on. Now if you wish to create a Datum Plane that references some edges or faces in one or more components, you must first create WAVE linked copies of those items in the Work Part before you create the Datum Planes. To do that, first go to Insert -Associative Copy -> WAVE Geometry Linker... and select the items (edges, faces, curves, etc.) that you wish to reference.
John R. Baker, P.E.
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RE: Datum Plane in Assembly
I think Lurks is on NX-4. I've done a few modeling exercises for him recently and took that as my guide.
Regards
Hudson