Help me assemble these two components please NX 7.0
Help me assemble these two components please NX 7.0
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Attached are two prt files and a TIFF image showing what I'm trying to do. The desired constraints should be apparent from the TIFF; let me know if it is not. I can't get the assembly constraints to cooperate. Please enlighten me. Thanks!





RE: Help me assemble these two components please NX 7.0
RE: Help me assemble these two components please NX 7.0
RE: Help me assemble these two components please NX 7.0
RE: Help me assemble these two components please NX 7.0
To add two planes as you mentioned, I would do that on the stand-alone prt file? Then I could use those planes for positioning when I add the component to an assembly? I was under the impression that only solid geometry was imported when components are added. Thanks
RE: Help me assemble these two components please NX 7.0
Generally speaking only Solid bodies are automatically added to the 'Model' Reference Set, however you can use the 'Entire Part' Reference Set, which will include the Datum Planes, when initially creating your assembly. Once constrained, you can then set the Reference Sets back to 'Model' and the relationships will be maintained even if the Datum Planes are no longer visible.
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RE: Help me assemble these two components please NX 7.0
RE: Help me assemble these two components please NX 7.0
RE: Help me assemble these two components please NX 7.0
RE: Help me assemble these two components please NX 7.0
RE: Help me assemble these two components please NX 7.0
My original approach seemed like a no-brainer; I was trying to touch the swept piece (spacer) to the sheet metal part (clamping element), and was trying to touch>infer axis the appropriate sections of the spacer to the mating indents on the clamping element with no avail. I also tried to use center and concentric constraints with no luck.
RE: Help me assemble these two components please NX 7.0