Developed Drafting View
Developed Drafting View
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An unusual question.....
I need to create a drafting view of a developed (flattened engine casing)
If you imagine a jet engine casing, I want to create a view on a drawing as if I had cut the casing down one side and flattened it out.
It's only for pictorial purposes, so does not need to be mega accurate, but does need to be representative & associative.
The only method I have come with thus far is to take folded views at regular intervals, rotate the views, clip them a bit and align them all.
As you can imagine this is a pain, and takes a long time. I am toying with the idea of trying to create some kind of NX open script to do this.
Has anybody got any better ideas?
I'm using NX6
Cheers,
NXj
I need to create a drafting view of a developed (flattened engine casing)
If you imagine a jet engine casing, I want to create a view on a drawing as if I had cut the casing down one side and flattened it out.
It's only for pictorial purposes, so does not need to be mega accurate, but does need to be representative & associative.
The only method I have come with thus far is to take folded views at regular intervals, rotate the views, clip them a bit and align them all.
As you can imagine this is a pain, and takes a long time. I am toying with the idea of trying to create some kind of NX open script to do this.
Has anybody got any better ideas?
I'm using NX6
Cheers,
NXj





RE: Developed Drafting View
I think what I did was project the curves normal to the surface and onto a flat plane - the flat plane was on the center axis of the jet engine housing.
I don't have time to play around today to see if I can repeat what I did, but I hope to get back to you.
RE: Developed Drafting View
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RE: Developed Drafting View
I'll have a dabble tomorrow.
NXj
RE: Developed Drafting View
I did it in four sectors to keep it simple.
you have saved me a lot of time :)
Many Thanks,
Nxj