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Sketch in place/focus (within assemblies): How to in NX5?

Sketch in place/focus (within assemblies): How to in NX5?

Sketch in place/focus (within assemblies): How to in NX5?

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Is there an analagous command for the old sketch in place / focus technique from I-deas V12 assembly? A way to 'extrude as new part' would be useful too (if you want to create a component on the fly within assembly mode.)

 

RE: Sketch in place/focus (within assemblies): How to in NX5?

While in NX 5.0 you can set one Component of an Assembly to be the Work Part (while still working in the context of the full Assembly) within which you can then create a Sketch if you choose, you are limited to only selecting the reference plane within that Work Part.  If you wish to use objects in another component as reference you will need to explicitly create WAVE-linked copies in you Work Part first.

However, starting in NX 6.0 you can still set any Component to be the Work Part while working in the context of the Assembly but now when you create a sketch you have the OPTION to select your reference plane from anywhere in the assembly as well having the option to make that reference associative or not (this associative option can be disabled in Customer Default).  Using this associate option eliminates the need to have to manually create WAVE-linked copies of referenced object ahead of time.

I believe this NX 6.0 enhancement was intended to replace the I-deas function that you mentioned even though prior to NX 6.0 it was possible to produce the desired result, just that you had to perform the task in two steps; first create the WAVE-linked objects, then create the Sketch using these copies objects.  Starting in NX 6.0 you can perform both of these steps in a single operation.

As far as creating a new Component on-the-fly, all you would do is go to...

Assemblies -> Components -> Create New Component...

...and set this Component as the Work Part and then using the associative or non-associative approach, select the objects which you wish to reference, create your sketch profile which can be extruded into a solid body.

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