NX vs. Catia. How to do this?
NX vs. Catia. How to do this?
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Hello all, there is a command in Catia I like to do en NX in a similar way.
Attached is a prt(NX6) and an avi file with the command in catia (2 selections and the command is done), in NX v.6 I neeed 4 commands to do the same thing.
Any idea to improve this action in NX.
Thanks.
Frank.
Attached is a prt(NX6) and an avi file with the command in catia (2 selections and the command is done), in NX v.6 I neeed 4 commands to do the same thing.
Any idea to improve this action in NX.
Thanks.
Frank.





RE: NX vs. Catia. How to do this?
RE: NX vs. Catia. How to do this?
4 steps - 2 steps = 2 steps
I say this because in your AVI showing the operation in Catia, I noted, as shown here...
...that it appeared that you created the two bodies using the Catia equivalent of the NX command 'Thicken Sheet', which indicates to me that these two bodies were originally sheet bodies (surfaces). Am I correct or not?
Look at the approach I took using NX 6.0, as seen in the attached part file.
Starting with the 2 sheet bodies, I performed 2 Trims, a Sew and then a Shell, for a total of 4 operations.
Let me know what you think of the approach which I took as compared to the OVERALL approach you took using Catia. I suspect that, if you're counting the steps needed, that we are basically at a wash here.
John R. Baker, P.E.
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RE: NX vs. Catia. How to do this?
In NX the idea of trimming two bodies to one another contains a tool and a target for the trim. One body or the other but not both will be affected and they don't boolean until you tell them to. It seems like a couple of extra steps but depending on what you're doing and what you're used to I guess you'll find it more or less agreeable.
So you don't need to do all those intersection solids and sneak up on the trim using subtractions.
You will need to keep and eye on how you pick what you're trimming to in the selection bar and in the case of your body I had to use single face selection.
The other thing to get used to in NX is that the geometry that is used to create each step is consumed by the change rather than kept but hidden so you've less by way of managing the data structure to worry about. Most NX users have never created an any booleans with "keep target" or "keep tool" turned on.
Best Regards
Hudson
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RE: NX vs. Catia. How to do this?
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> I say this because in your AVI showing the operation in Catia, I noted, as shown here...
> ...that it appeared that you created the two bodies using the Catia equivalent of the NX command 'Thicken Sheet', which indicates to me that these two bodies were originally sheet bodies (surfaces). Am I correct or not?
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I don't know how has been created in Catia. I don't know how Catia works
This is from a customer who has Catia and has told to me that this command in Catia is very important for they. I am searching for solutions to minimize the impact in order to change Catia to NX.
Thanks
Frank.
RE: NX vs. Catia. How to do this?
See attached file.
Suresh
www.technisites.com.au
RE: NX vs. Catia. How to do this?
I have always been a little wary of the results of the extend part of trim and extend but apart from that and in this case I see no problems with that method. I would point out that the more usual approach would be to use solids as I described above but that goes more to the point of thinking like most NX users would.
Best Regards
Hudson
www.jamb.com.au
Nil Desperandum illegitimi non carborundum
RE: NX vs. Catia. How to do this?
Still it is 2 commands.
Suresh
www.technisites.com.au
RE: NX vs. Catia. How to do this?
Frank.
RE: NX vs. Catia. How to do this?
RE: NX vs. Catia. How to do this?
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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.