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Curves in Expanded drawing view not showing up NX7.5

Curves in Expanded drawing view not showing up NX7.5

Curves in Expanded drawing view not showing up NX7.5

(OP)
I'm trying to create the curves I will use for a broken-out section view.
In expanded view, when I attempt to add a rectangle or circle, I can click the first inferred point, but there are no curves that show up when creating the shape. Then when the dialogue is complete, nothing is there??
The attached picture shows what my screen looks like in the middle of creating a point-radius circle curve. The center has been selected, but the curve doesn't show up when determining the radius...
Any suggestions would be great.
Thanks

RE: Curves in Expanded drawing view not showing up NX7.5

Why are you attempting to create 'curves' in an Expanded view? You should be using the Sketcher to create that curves either on the Drawing sheet itself or in any of the Drawing views (and this is done WITHOUT 'Expanding' your views). For what you're attempting to do, simply select the boundary of the view of interest, press MB3 and select 'Active Sketch View' and now you can 'sketch' your curves in the view which can then later be used to define, in your case, the boundary for your 'Breakout' view.

John R. Baker, P.E.
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RE: Curves in Expanded drawing view not showing up NX7.5

(OP)
I haven't been able to select the sketch curves to create the boundary, so I checked youtube and found this method: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKmapiiO-uw

I found what was going on though, I used the circle in the sketch for the base point and was not able to select it as the boundary. Once I used a point on the part, everything worked.

Thank you!

RE: Curves in Expanded drawing view not showing up NX7.5

Note that Sketching in the context of a Drawing sheet or a Drawing view was introduced with NX 6.0, and is now the preferred scheme for creating curve objects for use on a Drawing.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

RE: Curves in Expanded drawing view not showing up NX7.5

When doing a Breakout view the reference point MUST be located on the model itself. The added sketch curves are NOT part of the model, only the Drawing view, and in this case they can't be used for anything other than the boundary objects.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

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