csys with sketches
csys with sketches
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Just recently, when creating a sketch in a part using my start part, I get a coordinate system created in the Part Navigator also. I can delete it after the fact without a problem, but it's a little annoying to have to do that every time. I've checked preferences and in the customer defaults but can't find any setting that would cause this. It's especially odd because it just started doing it the other day, after months of not doing it. Does anybody know where I can turn this function off?
Mike





RE: csys with sketches
John R. Baker, P.E.
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RE: csys with sketches
But first you may have to respecify the x (or y) direction of the sketch, maybe relate that direction to a datum plane.
RE: csys with sketches
Mike
RE: csys with sketches
Note that starting in NX 5, the start-parts (templates) that we are supplying for modeling use, will have a Datum CSYS as the first 'feature' and while it's not mandatory that you have or use a Datum CSYS in your models, they certainly can be useful and so we decided that it should be included in what we consider to be a best practice.
John R. Baker, P.E.
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RE: csys with sketches
I changed quite a few things in the preferences, etc., like text and arrowhead size in drafting to match what my company standards are, and stuff in modeling to match my needs. The only thing in the part - in modeling mode - are the three default datums and an axis. There is no csys in the part. At not least when it is first opened up anyways.
Mike
RE: csys with sketches
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
NX Design
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: csys with sketches
Mike
RE: csys with sketches
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
NX Design
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: csys with sketches
Just to be clear, my start part isn't completely empty. It has three planes and an axis in it. The strangest thing about all this is that I've been using that start part for months now without this happening. It just started yesterday or the day before.
Mike
RE: csys with sketches
3 Principle Datum Planes
3 Principle Datum Axis
1 Datum Point
1 CSYS
This is a very efficient and useful object.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
NX Design
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: csys with sketches
RE: csys with sketches
As I said, a Datum CSYS can be a very "useful object" indeed.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
NX Design
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: csys with sketches
Interestingly enough, the part I was playing with was a copy of the start part I was having troubles with. I just deleted the planes and axis and created a csys. Making sketches did not add an additional csys. So the problem was tied to the fact that I did not have a csys in the part already.
Or in the creation of the sketch itself. When creating a sketch, you have several options to define a sketching plane. One of them is Create Datum CSYS. Even though I have Existing Plane selected (it's the default) it seems like the Create datum CSYS is selected too; although this is not possible. It's definitely an odd situation for sure.
Mike
RE: csys with sketches
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
NX Design
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: csys with sketches
My original start part had three planes and three axes. One day I realized that I never use two of the axes. I design plastic bottles, and the only time I ever use an axis is to revolve a section to make a round bottle. I used the Z axis but never the X or Y. I had started to delete the two unused axes at the end of my parts, and one day not long ago decided to just change my start part and be done with it. Ever since then I've been getting the csys every time I make a sketch.
Problem solved! : )
Mike
RE: csys with sketches
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
NX Design
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: csys with sketches
Albert Einstein
Make everything as smart as possible but not smarter than the operator.
John Baker
RE: csys with sketches
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
NX Design
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.