Best practice for wave geometry link body
Best practice for wave geometry link body
(OP)
Hi,
I've a wave geometry link body that simulate a milled cast iron part.
This part in NX is in effect an assembly.
The part is added as a reference set 'model'.
How do I avoid that if the milled part is used on an upper assembly level, some users can't see in any mode the cast iron, but only the milled part?
I do not like to use layers, I would ensure that in any way NX displays only the milled and not the raw.
If I use the promote body I have no problems, but there are people who do not want to use it and continue to use the geometry link body.
I use NX7.
I've a wave geometry link body that simulate a milled cast iron part.
This part in NX is in effect an assembly.
The part is added as a reference set 'model'.
How do I avoid that if the milled part is used on an upper assembly level, some users can't see in any mode the cast iron, but only the milled part?
I do not like to use layers, I would ensure that in any way NX displays only the milled and not the raw.
If I use the promote body I have no problems, but there are people who do not want to use it and continue to use the geometry link body.
I use NX7.
Thank you...
Using NX 7.0.1.7 MP1 and TC8.1





RE: Best practice for wave geometry link body
John R. Baker, P.E.
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RE: Best practice for wave geometry link body
old school are made old solution.
In this case, how can avoid that the cast iron can be made visible ?
Only solution is layer or something else ?
Thank you...
Using NX 7.0.1.7 MP1 and TC8.1
RE: Best practice for wave geometry link body
Don't expect us to go out of our way looking for work-arounds to 'problems' that wouldn't exist is you just used the software the way it was intended to be used.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
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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: Best practice for wave geometry link body
file2-machined - as cast brought in as a component, promote the body and add(subtract) machined material to create machined part
file3-assembly that uses the machined fle body
No wave links, straight forward, no 'extra' bodies, no layers to select or hide.
"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."
Ben Loosli
RE: Best practice for wave geometry link body
I use this method, but colleague have made with weave geometry link body.
I'm looking for a solution to avoid that the cast can be made visible.
I tried to exclude the cast from reference set model, but in an top assembly, if I click on the cast, it begun visible and the cast override the machined part.
I found the solution to put the cast on a 41 layer, but the machined file had a TC workflow, so they are on read-only status.
Thank you...
Using NX 7.0.1.7 MP1 and TC8.1
RE: Best practice for wave geometry link body
I think the reason people have gone away from using "promotion", is a misunderstanding, when Wave Links came about. Many of us assumed (yeah, I know what happens when you do that...) that Wave was going to replace Promotions. The env variable "UGII_CONVERT_PROMOTION_TO_LINKED_BODY" added to this, an easy way to convert the 'old' promotions into the 'new' linked body. You can even turn off the ability to create promotions in the Customer Defaults, which again, could give a person the idea that they might be going away. Administrators could turn on the convert variable, and dis-allow promotions, and force users into the perceived, new method.
Eventually some of us ran into issues with this, and you set us straight :)
-Dave
-Dave
NX 5.0.6.3mp7
RE: Best practice for wave geometry link body
this is what my colleague have told me.
I work with NX from one year and I read the help and forum and I learned best practice for modeling and more, but my colleague that has learned NX five years old, they have Gunman's info and works so.
Thank you...
Using NX 7.0.1.7 MP1 and TC8.1
RE: Best practice for wave geometry link body
If there is one thing that perhaps we did wrong, it was when we made those last series of architectural changes where all of the weaknesses and reliability issues in Promotions were addressed, that perhaps we should have done a better job of 'promoting' (excuse the pun) Promotions, but the consensus was that this would only confuse people and it could even cause people to think that we made Promotion the preferred interpart modeling tool, which it is NOT for most situations, so we kind of let this go by without a lot of fanfare assuming that the people who already knew the advantages of Promotions over WAVE wouldn't need any help as they would figure it out for themselves.
However, that being said, now that you've been informed as to what approach SHOULD be used, it's really up to you to get the most out of it. And asking us to recommended workarounds at this point does not really help you if it prevents you from using the system in the most efficient way possible. I hope you understand what I'm saying and why I'm saying it.
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: Best practice for wave geometry link body
Multiple piece part files brought into an assembly file for the weldment. The weldment brought into a new file, body promoted and material removed for the as machined condition. This file was then taken in 2 directions. One was for the manufacturing guys to use for their NC tapes and fixtures. The other was to the next higher assembly of our product.
When WAVE was introduced at v17(?) we never really considered it because we didn't have a lot of interpart relations that would take advantage of that methodology.
In our mind, WAVE was to be used if you needed to control relationships between parts by sharing expressions. Promotions was to be used if you only needed the static solid body at the next higher level.
"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."
Ben Loosli
RE: Best practice for wave geometry link body
Promotion and or wave link?
File1-as cast
file2-machined - from file 1
file3-different machine from file two using file 1
file4 different machine from file two and three using file 1
file3-multiple assemblies that uses the machined file2 and or file 3 body?
RE: Best practice for wave geometry link body
Reason being that the cast model file is fixed and I don't need interpart expressions linking the 2 files with bi-directional updates. It is a one-way process from cast to machined. The fact that you have multiple machined versions from the same casting doesn't change it...unless the same machining operations are done on your other models. If you have some percentage (more than 50%, depending on complexity) of the machining is identical, then I would do a WAVE linked model from machining 1 to machining 2/3 and add the additional cuts. I might be tempted to make an intermediate promoted file of identical machining operations, then use that for your promoted machining 1/2/3 files. Commonality and complexity would be considered in the final choice.
"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."
Ben Loosli
RE: Best practice for wave geometry link body
RE: Best practice for wave geometry link body
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RE: Best practice for wave geometry link body
I suggested this solution to my colleague.
Thank you to give my the assurance of my idea.
Thank you...
Using NX 7.0.1.7 MP1 and TC8.1