"Flex" in NX
"Flex" in NX
(OP)
Hi,
is there an analogous function in NX as "Flex" in SW?
or is it going to be inplemented?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlwaua5n-zw
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is there an analogous function in NX as "Flex" in SW?
or is it going to be inplemented?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlwaua5n-zw
ht





RE: "Flex" in NX
One caution of doing that to a gear is that the tooth shape may not match the specs when done because it is a twist of the straight tooth shape.
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RE: "Flex" in NX
RE: "Flex" in NX
it is quite dificult to "drill" holes in swept rail (no planar faces). John suggested one method, but this method is not very handy, if there are a lot of holes.
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RE: "Flex" in NX
RE: "Flex" in NX
If I remember, you build your piece part, then define an axis or line as driving the flexibility. When you bring that part into an assembly, you create a spline or whatever shape you need, then tell NX to 'map' the defined flexible line of the component to the shaped curve in the assembly file.
"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."
Ben Loosli
RE: "Flex" in NX
Tools -> Define Deformable Part...
...to define which parameters/reference objects (these are the ones that will control the 'defomation') that you wish to be supplied at the time you instanciate the component into your assembly.
For a very simple example, see the attached video which shows a set of compression springs (the video is rather short, but if you turn on the repeat option in the media player it looks pretty good) being compressed/uncompressed. In this example the springs are 'deformable' and as the components in the assembly move in the animation, measurement expressions are used to modify the lengths of the springs which causes them to compress/uncompress as seen in the video.
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RE: "Flex" in NX
we can do it in Nx but not as sexy...