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Mate component in NX5 or NX6

Mate component in NX5 or NX6

Mate component in NX5 or NX6

(OP)
Dear all,
Is there any way to mate component in NX5 or NX6 assembly having constrain similar to offset CSYS. Were we can have control on all 6 degree of freedom (i.e. XYZ offset values and XYZ rotation axis) Thanks in advance.
 

RE: Mate component in NX5 or NX6

Fix?

Best Regards

Hudson

www.jamb.com.au

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RE: Mate component in NX5 or NX6

(OP)
Hi Hudson!

What's that?

I need a way to mate component with other child in an assembly were its position and orientation can be controlled with expression (all six degrees). At the same time I don't want to change or modify any other child parts except assembly.

Best regards,

RE: Mate component in NX5 or NX6

OK, there's NO 'direct' way to do this between two Components as there is NO constraint with this 'six-degrees' of parametric control, however there is a way to do it indirectly.  Look at the attached example (modeled in NX 6.0).  You will find two Components in an Assembly.  The first Component is Fixed and the second Component has been constrained (mated) relative to a Datum CSYS which was constructed relative to the absolute Datum CSYS.  It this second Datum CSYS and how it was defined which gives you the 'six-degrees' of freedom and which was created in an Associative manner, thus giving you your 6 parameters (Expressions) in which to control this.

Anyway take a look at what I've done and see if this will fill your needs.

John R. Baker, P.E.
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