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NX6-Move & chaining curves... how?

NX6-Move & chaining curves... how?

NX6-Move & chaining curves... how?

(OP)
Ok... what am I missing?  I want to chain some curves and move them, but I can't seem to figure out how to chain the curves from within the move command.  So what gives?   

Regards,
SS

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RE: NX6-Move & chaining curves... how?

Change the curve selection rule to 'Connected Curves'.

RE: NX6-Move & chaining curves... how?

One drawback of this that I see is that using the old method, you could select a series of curves "from here to there," but you are now obliged to select all connected curves, even those you don't want.  You then have to go back and unselect some, or use another selection method.
Is this a correct understanding?

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RE: NX6-Move & chaining curves... how?

(OP)
Cowski: Thanks.  That got me thinking a bit, which pushed me in the right direction.

EWH: Cowski's response got me to looking in the customization menu, which allowed me to dock the 'chain' icon from <Tools><Customize...><Commands><Selection Bar><chain (located at the bottom of the list, naturally)onto the Selection menu.  This solved my issue, and addresses yours.  smile   Remember, depending on where you select the start and stop curves to chain to... determines which direction and the start /stop point.

Thanks again guys...

Regards,
SS

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RE: NX6-Move & chaining curves... how?

Keep in mind that commands that are being phased out often tend to be those that we have to hunt for by customizing.  I don't know if chain is soon to be obsolete, but it's removal from the canned toolbars makes me wonder.
Thanks for pointing me to it's location!

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RE: NX6-Move & chaining curves... how?

Actually for NX 7.5 we have introduced a new 'Path Selection' option to the Selection Intent tool-set which may someday replace much of what you now would use chaining for.  In addition to the normal 'chain' behavior, it also tries to make sense of ambiguous sets of curve/edges that you're attempting to select as a single 'string' of elements.

To see a bit of how this will work, look at the attached video and note that the first attempt is your normal 'chaining' type situation, while the second part shows how you can use the various Selection Intent options to infer a path through a maze of curves, noting while I'm moving my cursor over the curves it's showing me all the possible 'paths' and by making incremental selections you can see how a very complex path through an ambiguous maze of curves may only require a minimum number of picks to the your final desire result.

Anyway, take a look and let me know what you think of the approach that we're taking.  As I noted this will be part of NX 7.5, at least wherever the Selection Intent tools are available.

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