Edit Polygon inside sketch
Edit Polygon inside sketch
(OP)
In NX 7.5.3.3,
I was trying to use new Polygon feature of NX 7.5 inside sketch.
The Dialog that is displayed while creating the polygon will not appear if I want to edit the polygon (suppose I want to edit the number of sides from 6 to 7). But if I click "Show/Remove constraints" icon, a "Polygon" constraint is listed. I don't know how to make use of this Polygon constraint. or is it just an information item?
I was trying to use new Polygon feature of NX 7.5 inside sketch.
The Dialog that is displayed while creating the polygon will not appear if I want to edit the polygon (suppose I want to edit the number of sides from 6 to 7). But if I click "Show/Remove constraints" icon, a "Polygon" constraint is listed. I don't know how to make use of this Polygon constraint. or is it just an information item?





RE: Edit Polygon inside sketch
If what you goal is is to have an N-Sided polygon which you can parametrically edit the number of sides, that's something that can be done using something like Instance Geometry (see attached example where you can control the size and number of sides using normal Expressions).
John R. Baker, P.E.
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RE: Edit Polygon inside sketch
Well, the concern was, there should have been an "Edit" dialog similar to "Create" dialog.
If you are talking about Group of Curves, then Pattern Curve has the ability of editing. And since pattern curve is also a group of curves, that resides inside a sketch, and is also editable, why a similar option does not exist for Polygon, which is comparatively simple.
Way back when Text (Insert -> Curve -> Text ) command was introduced in NX3, the text was not editable, it would become spline segments, but in later versions, it was made editable.
Such enhancement is required for Polygon also.
RE: Edit Polygon inside sketch
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.