Exploded view, straight tracelines between surfaces
Exploded view, straight tracelines between surfaces
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I am making an exploded view of an assembly and I want to show tracelines between two components with planer mating surfaces. I don't want the traceline to be on the edges of the components, but rather near the center of the faces. When I use the point on face snap I can never line up the point on the 2nd face so that the resulting traceline is a straight line normal to both faces. It always has some bends or jogs in it. Is there an easier way to accomplish this with the traceline function? NX 5 and NX 6.





RE: Exploded view, straight tracelines between surfaces
RE: Exploded view, straight tracelines between surfaces
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RE: Exploded view, straight tracelines between surfaces
RE: Exploded view, straight tracelines between surfaces
Of course you COULD create the first point in the detailed part and then WAVE link it to the second file and create the projection there. That might help to establish an associative relationship.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
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: Exploded view, straight tracelines between surfaces
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