ARRANGEMENTS
ARRANGEMENTS
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Hello,
I'm using "arrangements" for the first time.
In a nut shell is the scope of what arrangements do is to turn on & off different sets of assembly constraints & that's all?
Thanks,
James
I'm using "arrangements" for the first time.
In a nut shell is the scope of what arrangements do is to turn on & off different sets of assembly constraints & that's all?
Thanks,
James





RE: ARRANGEMENTS
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RE: ARRANGEMENTS
You can also do this same thing with substituting some components in the assembly with other components so that each arrangement could be made up of different components.
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RE: ARRANGEMENTS
Looslib,
I hadn't though about using it to show & hide different components, thanks.
John,
You mentioned moving parts around to show the second arrangement but didn't mention using assembly constraints. I first tried doing it like this but was unable to get it to work until I used constraints & set them to arrangement specific. I can't figure out what I missed on my first attempt without the constraints. Any suggestions?
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James
RE: ARRANGEMENTS
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
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Cypress, CA
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To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: ARRANGEMENTS
I just tried it again & the parts don't move back to the default arrangement. I'm assuming this should work whether I'm in the part which the arrangements are created in or it's parent assembly. Apparently I missed something?
Thanks,
James
RE: ARRANGEMENTS
Have you looked at the NX Help files? There a fairly good explanation of how to set up two Arrangements with different positioning of the Components of an Assembly.
John R. Baker, P.E.
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To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: ARRANGEMENTS
James
RE: ARRANGEMENTS
RE: ARRANGEMENTS
James
RE: ARRANGEMENTS
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
UG/NX Museum: http://www.plmworld.org/p/cm/ld/fid=209
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: ARRANGEMENTS
What is the need of such a setting? Is it just a safety factor?
Jmaes
RE: ARRANGEMENTS
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
UG/NX Museum: http://www.plmworld.org/p/cm/ld/fid=209
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: ARRANGEMENTS
RE: ARRANGEMENTS
Can you apply the "Same Position in All" when you allready have created an Arrangements.
I cannot sellect this options, because when I want to change it from "Individually Positioned" to "Same Position in All" , I get the message "Unable to edit the arrangement positiong on some components"
thnx,
Best regards,
Pascal,
NX5.04+TC2007 (GM Toolkit) / NX7.5 native
RE: ARRANGEMENTS
I get the message "Unable to edit the arrangement positiong on some components"
This happens in all assemblies so I haven't given a specific case. I hope I have provided enough information.
Any Ideas about how I can get it back to Same position in all
Thanks
Vik
RE: ARRANGEMENTS
Tried several solutions, like change the order of picking faces and at last i even picked another face. I picked two faces which were facing in the same direction, not looking at eachother. Luckely my models have parallel faces. That seems to work. Now i can rotate the parts more than 180 degrees. Is this a known issue?
RE: ARRANGEMENTS
Try using 'Orient Angle' instead. Note that while it takes less set-up to use the '3D Angle' method, if you're setting up something which you expect to edit in the future, 'Orient Angle' is more reliable, particularly if the angle changes could be large. However, if all you're doing to setting up a 'fixed' angle, or one which any future change will be small, then '3D Angle' is usually adequate.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
UG/NX Museum: http://www.plmworld.org/p/cm/ld/fid=209
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: ARRANGEMENTS
Only on the drawing i wanted another position to show parts inside.
I also tried the orient angle. I can't get a grip on it. It results in a incorrect constraint (with a note of exclamation)and the two parts stayed in their original position.
Am i correct this is the way to do it:
1) Point the axis for angle (the axis of the hingepin between the two parts) also tried a
2) point face on one part (fixed part)
3) point face on other part
4) apply angle
RE: ARRANGEMENTS
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
UG/NX Museum: http://www.plmworld.org/p/cm/ld/fid=209
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: ARRANGEMENTS
- Covered something on using 3D angle vs orient which should be helpful to you.
Hi John,
You seem to be a big contributor on the forums and very knowledgeable about NX. Was wondering if you had a solution to my arrangements question above: "Unable to edit the arrangement positiong on some components"
Would be great to get your opinion on how I could fix this.
Thanks
Vik
RE: ARRANGEMENTS
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
UG/NX Museum: http://www.plmworld.org/p/cm/ld/fid=209
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.