part family assembly
part family assembly
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I was assigned a task to create an assembly of a valve stack. Up to nine different valves in a stack, each valve has an actuator on each side and the valve component could be repeated up to nine times...how do I distinguish between same component in different position in am assembly. Arggg i know it is probably a simple obvious answer i just can't come up with it right now..





RE: part family assembly
Just add the components to your assembly and mate each one independently.
Is there some component that is changing shape or 'size' depending on where it is in the stack?
Use a flexible component to show the change.
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RE: part family assembly
RE: part family assembly
Your solution may be better off handled by a custom program that the engineer can enter their requirements as a front end and then have NX build the assembly from the requirements. This level of automation is available in the UG/Open C/C++ programming. There are companies that sppecialize in custom applications like this if your company does not have the programmers available. As a side note, it is easier to teach a programmer to use the NX libraries than it is to teach a CAD person to program in C/C++!
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Ben Loosli
RE: part family assembly