inserting a hole and positioning from edges
inserting a hole and positioning from edges
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How do you insert a hole and position it in NX6.
I've done it in V10 up to NX2, but it's not the same.
I've done it in V10 up to NX2, but it's not the same.





RE: inserting a hole and positioning from edges
Note that the Sketch tools are going to become the primary tool for many functions in the future, not just to define the location of points, but also for the creation of basic curves either in modeling or even on the face of a Drawing. If you're not yet well versed in the use of a sketch and the sketcher tools, I highly recommend that you become skilled as it's going to be used more and more throughout NX.
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RE: inserting a hole and positioning from edges
I tried several times to find the dimension menu but to no avail.
RE: inserting a hole and positioning from edges
RE: inserting a hole and positioning from edges
Open ended question but... many still use the Basic Curves for cam geometry. I've recently switched to using at least Associative Curves for such things to tie them to the part model but find most cam folks are purely using Basic Curves.
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Bill
RE: inserting a hole and positioning from edges
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: inserting a hole and positioning from edges
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Bill
RE: inserting a hole and positioning from edges
RE: inserting a hole and positioning from edges
Not that I thought that they'd ever disappear, but for those who may occasionally overlook tools that they don't use very often it is as well that they know somebody very much finds them essential.
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Hudson
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RE: inserting a hole and positioning from edges
It's actually a good system this.
When you place a hole you can still use an existing point (right hand icon near top of menu), this is good for putting holes on centres of bosses etc.
Most often though, use the sketch. Click on the "sketch" icon to allow you more control on the sketch orientation.
It's just a sketch with a hole placed for every point you put in the sketch.
Normal lines don't produce any feature, so you can draw rectangles to control 4 holes and other lines to constrain things.
For example, to centre a grid of 4 holes on a block I'll draw a rectangle, put a point on each corner, then draw diagonal lines from the bottom left of the rectangle to the bottom left of the block and likewise at the top right.
Make both extra lines parallel and equal length and with just 2 dimensions you can control the whole grid of holes.
The only downside with the new hole feature is that you can't change tapped holes to simple holes or vice versa afterwards