Catia V5 user lerning NX8 (missing union trim and solid combine?)
Catia V5 user lerning NX8 (missing union trim and solid combine?)
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Hallo!
I am a CatiaV5 user, and Im just started with NX8. I think its really nice but I miss two features from Catia, the boolean operation "Union trim" and the sketchbased feature "Solid Combine"
1. The good thing whit union trim in Catia is that you can choose what to keep and not and then unite the parts, all in one operation.
-Instead of "Union Trim" I use the two features "Trim Body" and afterward "Unite" in NX. Is this the best way to do it (check attached picture.1)
2. Whit "Solid Combine" in Catia you can create a body whit two sketches, one vertical and one horizontal (check attached picture.2) I haven't found a similar feature in NX, so I have been using the "Intersect" operation, intersecting to bodies and getting the same result , Is this the best way to do it?
Grateful for answers!
//Erkka
I am a CatiaV5 user, and Im just started with NX8. I think its really nice but I miss two features from Catia, the boolean operation "Union trim" and the sketchbased feature "Solid Combine"
1. The good thing whit union trim in Catia is that you can choose what to keep and not and then unite the parts, all in one operation.
-Instead of "Union Trim" I use the two features "Trim Body" and afterward "Unite" in NX. Is this the best way to do it (check attached picture.1)
2. Whit "Solid Combine" in Catia you can create a body whit two sketches, one vertical and one horizontal (check attached picture.2) I haven't found a similar feature in NX, so I have been using the "Intersect" operation, intersecting to bodies and getting the same result , Is this the best way to do it?
Grateful for answers!
//Erkka





RE: Catia V5 user lerning NX8 (missing union trim and solid combine?)
RE: Catia V5 user lerning NX8 (missing union trim and solid combine?)
As for your second question; YES, that's the workflow one would use with NX to get a model representing the common volume, or intersection, of two extruded profiles/sketches.
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RE: Catia V5 user lerning NX8 (missing union trim and solid combine?)
nx in not a version of V5 you have to learn other workflows
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