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Automating a trimming operation

Automating a trimming operation

Automating a trimming operation

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Hello,

First let me say this is just a 'tentative' question, a 'how possible is this...' sort of question! I'm currently using NX 6.0.

I have a set of polyhedra that tessellate in 3D space that I would like to trim to a set of surfaces (or intersect with a solid). It looks like to do this 'manually' isn't a particularly efficient use of time (using 'trim' and selecting hundreds of polyhedra and then the surface is the best way I've found) so I was wondering how this could be automated in NX?
From what I can tell from a quick look through the CAST, there seems to be a fairly hardcore approach using C to run NX, but is there a more non-programmer friendly method to essentially do batch operations? John R. Baker wrote me an ace bit of GRIP code a while back for generating batches of tubes from separate curves, could this be an appropriate route?

Any guidance would be greatly appreciated!

RE: Automating a trimming operation

Cradders,

I have managed without trouble to "rectangle" select several solids at once for trimming with another single other object. What you describes sounds similar, have you tried to use rectangle selection?

Best Regards

Hudson

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