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Visible parameters when editing

Visible parameters when editing

Visible parameters when editing

(OP)
ok so back for another question.

In nx3 when you edited a body the parameters were displayed so that you could click on them individually to edit.  I see that I can do that with features in nx6, but I can't get them to display when editing the main body.  

how do I turn them on or is that not an option?

Thank you

RE: Visible parameters when editing

It depends on how the 'main body' was built. What type of feature are you trying to edit?

RE: Visible parameters when editing

(OP)
the main body.  if i create a block for example then wish to edit its parameters i have to do it with the dialogue box and can't just click the parameter i wish to change because it isn't visible

RE: Visible parameters when editing

I do not recall any primitives ever showing parameters onscreen where you could edit them other than the Edit Parameters dialog box coming up.

However, some modeling features like Extrude and Revolve as well as detail features like Chamfers and Edge Blend will have them onscreen and allow you to edit the feature using them.

I don't believe any setting will force a change in this behavior.

Tim Flater
Senior Designer
Enkei America, Inc.
www.enkei.com

Some people are like slinkies....they don't really have a purpose, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs.

RE: Visible parameters when editing

At one time, Primitive shapes DID show the dims on screen when you edited them, but that was before they were 'upgraded' to fully-parametric features.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
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: Visible parameters when editing

John,

Was that pre-v11?

Tim Flater
Senior Designer
Enkei America, Inc.
www.enkei.com

Some people are like slinkies....they don't really have a purpose, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs.

RE: Visible parameters when editing

redwingfan,

Those are the displayed parameters (dimensions if you will) of the Block.  They are not used directly for editing and cannot be selected for editing as your initial post indicates.  They only come up during Edit Feature and as John said, they were removed once the primitives were 'upgraded' to be fully parametric.

During an edit, features usually will have quite visible handles and/or input boxes pointing to the feature being edited if it's able to be done in the graphics area versus a dialog box.  If it appears like in your screen capture, then it's only visible information for the user and not something interactive like the handles or input boxes.

Tim Flater
Senior Designer
Enkei America, Inc.
www.enkei.com

Some people are like slinkies....they don't really have a purpose, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs.

RE: Visible parameters when editing

(OP)
in nx3, this is what i get if i click on one of the displayed parameters 'p2' in this example.  it gives me a little box that allows me to edit only that parameter.

this is what i want to do in nx6.

if i can't do it cool i'll live, but i know i can do it to a fully parametric body in nx3.

RE: Visible parameters when editing

Sorry, but you can't do that in NX 6.0.

And despite what you might think, Primitive objects were NOT fully-parametric in NX 3.0.  You could NOT parametrically define their location, nor in the case of Cylinders and Cones, their direction.  However, starting in NX 6.0, you now have complete parametric control over ALL aspects of a Primitive object (Blocks, Cylinders, Cones and Spheres) including size, origin, and where appropriate, direction.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
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: Visible parameters when editing

(OP)
ok, I must have a misunderstanding of what a parametric block/cylinder/cone is then, because I am able to define the cylinder axis direction in nx3, as well as a relative location to x/y/z zero, bu alas it must be something different than i had understood it to be.

Still my question is answered so i thank all of you.

 

RE: Visible parameters when editing

I never actually said that you couldn't define a Primitive's origin or direction, just that you could NOT make those definitions 'fully-parametric' (or associative, depending on how you want to think of them).

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
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: Visible parameters when editing

Six of one half a dozen of the other. I probably prefer the current method to the old anyway.

Best Regards

Hudson

www.jamb.com.au

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