×
INTELLIGENT WORK FORUMS
FOR ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS

Log In

Come Join Us!

Are you an
Engineering professional?
Join Eng-Tips Forums!
  • Talk With Other Members
  • Be Notified Of Responses
    To Your Posts
  • Keyword Search
  • One-Click Access To Your
    Favorite Forums
  • Automated Signatures
    On Your Posts
  • Best Of All, It's Free!
  • Students Click Here

*Eng-Tips's functionality depends on members receiving e-mail. By joining you are opting in to receive e-mail.

Posting Guidelines

Promoting, selling, recruiting, coursework and thesis posting is forbidden.

Students Click Here

Jobs

A couple of drafting questions again

A couple of drafting questions again

A couple of drafting questions again

(OP)
I am doing a component (its a sheet so not solid) that is laminated and I would like to add a section view showing the plies. My plan was to offset the section line to generate a series of curves. The problem is that I cannot offset the section curve. I was expecting to be able to extract the curve then offset it trim it etc. but cannot find the command.

The next question is how can you edit the length if the section line. I only want the section line to pass through the edge of the component and not through the whole component a partial section view so to speak.

Thanks in advance.

RE: A couple of drafting questions again

I have to think about your first question to come up with a good answer.

I believe the second question can be answered in this post: http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=263628&page=2
It applys to most versions of NX.

Don't forget to mention what version of NX you are on.

RE: A couple of drafting questions again

Your best bet is to create your offset curves using Modeling functions since the Section 'curves' that are created in the Drafting module are not really 'curves', at least not in the sense that they can be used secondary modeling operations, like an Offset Curve.

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: A couple of drafting questions again

(OP)
Thanks.

I am using NX4.

I was expecting to be able to extract the section "curve" as it is very complicated then be able to offset it. I have just moved over from Ideas.

 

Red Flag This Post

Please let us know here why this post is inappropriate. Reasons such as off-topic, duplicates, flames, illegal, vulgar, or students posting their homework.

Red Flag Submitted

Thank you for helping keep Eng-Tips Forums free from inappropriate posts.
The Eng-Tips staff will check this out and take appropriate action.

Reply To This Thread

Posting in the Eng-Tips forums is a member-only feature.

Click Here to join Eng-Tips and talk with other members!


Resources