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Area fill in NX6

Area fill in NX6

Area fill in NX6

(OP)
Using NX6, I am trying to fill in an area of a drawing with solid black.  I tried insert\area fill and selected the interior to fill by picking a "point in region", and nothing happens.  When I choose "boundary curves", only part of the area fills.

I have tried various "tolerance" settings.

The area I am filling was generated automatically as a view from a model created as extracted sketches.

Any ideas?

Mike

RE: Area fill in NX6

I had simular problems when using crosshatching, the solution i used was go into expand view and made some curves on the contours. I was then able to pick them as boundary for the hatch, maybe something simular happens here.

Best regards,

Michaël.

NX7.5.4.4 + TC Unified 8.3

 

RE: Area fill in NX6

At the moment, all the curves/edges which make up a Crosshatch/Area Fill boundary must be on the same plane.

Note that this limitation will be relaxed with the next release of NX.

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RE: Area fill in NX6

(OP)
Thanks, folks, for you suggestions.  But they don't seem to solve my problem.  I think that it has to do with the small size of some of the features I am trying to fill.

Does this make any sense?  There is a gap between two parts of the fill volume that is only 0.025 mm wide, and some section to fill (that aren't filling) that are approx. 0.2 mm on a side.

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