Orienting the screen to an angled face. (NX4)
Orienting the screen to an angled face. (NX4)
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Hi, I'm relatively new to unigraphics and i've found that i can orient the screen to model face using [F8]. However i have a 15 degree angle chamfer on one end and i would like to orient the screen so it is looking square on the angled face. How could i go about achieving this? Thank you.





RE: Orienting the screen to an angled face. (NX4)
RE: Orienting the screen to an angled face. (NX4)
Best regards,
Michaël.
NX7.5.4.4 + TC Unified 8.3
RE: Orienting the screen to an angled face. (NX4)
"Good to know you got shoes to wear when you find the floor." - Robert Hunter
RE: Orienting the screen to an angled face. (NX4)
View -> Operation -> rotate...
...and from the list of 'Fixed Axis' options, select the 'Z-Axis' (3rd icon from the left, the 'Blue' one) and then simply enter a rotation angle or use the slider to change the angle or if there is something that you can use as the UP direction, such as an line or straight edge, face or 2 points, you could use the 'View Up Vector' option.
Alternatively, instead of using the F8 command at all, you could go to...
View -> Orient...
...and just define the orientation of the desired view using the various view orientation options presented to you. Now while it is true the that using this last approach will allow you get whatever final orientation that you wish in a single operation, I think you will find that unless you are really experienced in using all the orientation schemes offered, that in the end it might be easier to just follow the F8 procedure even if you may have to perform a second operation to get the rotational orientation correct. And besides, there's always the chance that the F8 will give your correct orentation in the first place
John R. Baker, P.E.
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RE: Orienting the screen to an angled face. (NX4)
"Good to know you got shoes to wear when you find the floor." - Robert Hunter
RE: Orienting the screen to an angled face. (NX4)
RE: Orienting the screen to an angled face. (NX4)
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.com/museum/
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: Orienting the screen to an angled face. (NX4)
Would NX consider using the arrow keys? Maybe have the user assign how many degrees per arrow keystroke and a different value when holding shift with the arrow keys.
RE: Orienting the screen to an angled face. (NX4)
RE: Orienting the screen to an angled face. (NX4)
Those are good tips on orienting views.
Thanks for posting.
On a related subject...Is there a link or other information with a Function key matrix that shows what the "F" keys do within NX?
Steve
RE: Orienting the screen to an angled face. (NX4)
Tools -> Customize...
...and when the Customize dialog appears, push the 'Keyboard' button at the bottom and when the Customize Keyboard dialog comes up, push the 'Report' button. This will give you a listing showing all of the hot-key and keystroke assignments, including the 'Fx' keys (you can either scroll-down or use the 'Edit -> Find...' to search out each one of them).
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.com/museum/
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.