Curves in drafting
Curves in drafting
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So I have been creating manufacturing sheets in drafting from a model. When I am offsetting lines off the model lines for roughing I project a curve and then offset it. When I was reviewing my sheets today I went into expand and rotated the view and saw that my sketch from drafting was on a differnt place then the crossection of the model! Why is it doing this?
Going back I noticed it did this on all the sheets i've worked on, but the offset of the plane that my sketch was on from the plane the crossection was on seemed random.
Going back I noticed it did this on all the sheets i've worked on, but the offset of the plane that my sketch was on from the plane the crossection was on seemed random.
Sam Slivinski
Using NX 6
Manufacturing/Aerospace





RE: Curves in drafting
No clue on why.
Does it matter ?
But, you create these offset curves for roughing , - in Drafting ?
Or is it just to document / visualize the operation?
Regards,
Tomas
RE: Curves in drafting
We create the finished part in modeling and then we make manufacturing sheets in drafting for each operation. So I am creating offset curves to represent, for example roughing within .050.
Sam Slivinski
Using NX 6
Manufacturing/Aerospace
RE: Curves in drafting
Sam Slivinski
Using NX 6
Manufacturing/Aerospace
RE: Curves in drafting
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RE: Curves in drafting
I start out by making the part in modeling. The part would be a ring. I then go into drafting and take a cross-section of the ring. Finally I either draw a line on that cross section view or derive a line from on of the cross-section's lines. Now go into expand and revolve the view, the lines that I created are not on the same plan as the cross section.
Sam Slivinski
Using NX 6
Manufacturing/Aerospace
RE: Curves in drafting
Move the WCS using Format -> WCS -> Origin then pick the endpoint of one of the curves created for the section.
RE: Curves in drafting
Sam Slivinski
Using NX 6
Manufacturing/Aerospace
RE: Curves in drafting
In the view Style
In the General tab, towards the bottom, change the extracted views from none to associative
RE: Curves in drafting
Sam Slivinski
Using NX 6
Manufacturing/Aerospace