×
INTELLIGENT WORK FORUMS
FOR ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS

Log In

Come Join Us!

Are you an
Engineering professional?
Join Eng-Tips Forums!
  • Talk With Other Members
  • Be Notified Of Responses
    To Your Posts
  • Keyword Search
  • One-Click Access To Your
    Favorite Forums
  • Automated Signatures
    On Your Posts
  • Best Of All, It's Free!
  • Students Click Here

*Eng-Tips's functionality depends on members receiving e-mail. By joining you are opting in to receive e-mail.

Posting Guidelines

Promoting, selling, recruiting, coursework and thesis posting is forbidden.

Students Click Here

Jobs

Associative model weight on drawing

Associative model weight on drawing

Associative model weight on drawing

(OP)
All,

Is it possible whilst using a master model approach (i.e. the model and the drawing are separate part files) to have a fully associative weight on the drawing.  I.e. if the model changes, the weight 'string' on the drawing will also update.

Cheers,

NXj

RE: Associative model weight on drawing

Yes!

What version of NX are you using?

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: Associative model weight on drawing

(OP)
Hi,

NX6 & TC8.0.1

Cheers,

Nxj

RE: Associative model weight on drawing

Attached is an example of a very simple Master Model part and it's accompanying Drawing where the Weight (along with the Material) has been captured in notes on the Drawing and which will change if either the size or the assigned material of the model is edited.

This was done by creating Measurement Expressions and then linking the Mass to the a Part Attribute in the Master Part model which gets automatically assigned as Object Attributes on the Component when the Master Model Drawing is created.  Than all you have to do is create a note referencing the relevant Attribute(s) assigned to the Component.

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: Associative model weight on drawing

(OP)
Cheers,

Nxj

RE: Associative model weight on drawing

In NX7 and without the Measurement Expressions, it's possible ?

Thank you...

Using NX 7.0.1.7 MP1 and TC8.1

RE: Associative model weight on drawing

Not really, however in the next version of NX the weight (and other model characteristics) will be captured and stored, without the need to create measurement features, in such a manner that they will be available to anyone for whatever purpose they may need.

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.
 

Red Flag This Post

Please let us know here why this post is inappropriate. Reasons such as off-topic, duplicates, flames, illegal, vulgar, or students posting their homework.

Red Flag Submitted

Thank you for helping keep Eng-Tips Forums free from inappropriate posts.
The Eng-Tips staff will check this out and take appropriate action.

Reply To This Thread

Posting in the Eng-Tips forums is a member-only feature.

Click Here to join Eng-Tips and talk with other members!


Resources