Datum plane // to existing plane/face and tangent to cylindrical face
Datum plane // to existing plane/face and tangent to cylindrical face
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NX 6, I often struggle with datum plane creation. Can somebody show me how to make a datum plane as I have described in the attached part and jpg?





RE: Datum plane // to existing plane/face and tangent to cylindrical face
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Hudson
www.jamb.com.au
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RE: Datum plane // to existing plane/face and tangent to cylindrical face
Put a datum axis un the cylinders, pick the face of the cylinder and it will going down its centerline. Then when you want to make a datum plane tangent to that cylinder you pick the datum axis first, and then the face of the cylinder second. In the dialog you should be able to enter what angle you want the datum plane.
I have a bit more radical approach to what you are doing. Instead of making the bent cylinder round, initially make it square, then extract the datum planes from the faces of the square that you need, and then round the square by using blends that are a radius .5 the size of the square side.
RE: Datum plane // to existing plane/face and tangent to cylindrical face
RE: Datum plane // to existing plane/face and tangent to cylindrical face
Best Regards
Hudson
www.jamb.com.au
Nil Desperandum illegitimi non carborundum
RE: Datum plane // to existing plane/face and tangent to cylindrical face
RE: Datum plane // to existing plane/face and tangent to cylindrical face
RE: Datum plane // to existing plane/face and tangent to cylindrical face
RE: Datum plane // to existing plane/face and tangent to cylindrical face
Splines are complex entities. You're generally better off selecting primitives when available.
Ray S
NX 7.0
www.appliedprecisionproducts.com