Assembly design intent
Assembly design intent
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Hi,
I have two assemblies.
One contains the mechanical parts and the other only the screws that hold it together.
In the screw assembly, how can I place them in the holes of the mechanical parts if such parts are not in the screws assembly ?
My solution was to insert the mechanical parts in the assembly of screws, mate, and then suspend the mechanical parts.
I try to follow the structure of our ERP / MRP, so the NX BOM I transfer directly to our ERP / MRP.
The structure comes from the assembly line.
The problem to suppress the mechanical parts is the mate folder in the assembly navigator show errors.
Exist in NX a command that applied to part or assembly, become as referenced (without weight, invisible in the graphics area and reference 'model' and not counted in the BOM) ?
Thank you for any suggestions....
I have two assemblies.
One contains the mechanical parts and the other only the screws that hold it together.
In the screw assembly, how can I place them in the holes of the mechanical parts if such parts are not in the screws assembly ?
My solution was to insert the mechanical parts in the assembly of screws, mate, and then suspend the mechanical parts.
I try to follow the structure of our ERP / MRP, so the NX BOM I transfer directly to our ERP / MRP.
The structure comes from the assembly line.
The problem to suppress the mechanical parts is the mate folder in the assembly navigator show errors.
Exist in NX a command that applied to part or assembly, become as referenced (without weight, invisible in the graphics area and reference 'model' and not counted in the BOM) ?
Thank you for any suggestions....





RE: Assembly design intent
Do you have WAVE?
What version of NX are you running?
RE: Assembly design intent
Why are you creating these sorts of assembly structures? Why a separate assembly just for the fasteners? It seems like you're creating a situation which is going to be very difficult to manage in the future.
John R. Baker, P.E.
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Product Design Solutions
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RE: Assembly design intent
I don't have wave license
I'm using NX7.0.1.7
For John,
I know...but this structure came from our assembly line.
In the assembly line...arrive our parts that are completed with fasteners.
Our BOM is so structured very simplified for you :
Big assembly contain :
1) parts
2) fasteners
3) accessories
4) ....
5) .....
If in NX I structure like this, with a batch I insert the NX BOM to our ERP...without errors...
RE: Assembly design intent
1. What I would do is to put the fasteners in the main assembly, and mate them.
2. Create a new model part "FASTENERS" or whatever else you may call it. Nothing will be in there.
3. Then bring this new (empty) part into the main assembly.
4. You are now in the main assembly. Whatever fasteners are in it select in the ANT and drag and drop them into the new part.
You can select them as a group, or drag and drop them one at a time.
5. I have not tried this to see if the mates will remain, or fall off, but it's worth a try.
RE: Assembly design intent
before to write here, I make your solution.
All mates are deleted, so I thinked to my solution.
RE: Assembly design intent
RE: Assembly design intent
Best Regards
Hudson
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