Flat Pattern adding to mass
Flat Pattern adding to mass
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We are running NX 8.0.3.4 and I am noticing that on some parts the flat pattern is adding to the automatically calculated mass of the part. The body measurement is no affected by the flat pattern. Has anyone else come across this?
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RE: Flat Pattern adding to mass
Now when you say "automatically calculated mass of the part" where are you observing this value?
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RE: Flat Pattern adding to mass
The automatically calculated mass I am talking about is on the weight tab of the displayed part properties dialog box.
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RE: Flat Pattern adding to mass
The Properties weight information is only measuring what the system finds in the 'Model' Reference Set. Now under normal conditions the flattened solid is NOT added to the 'Model' Reference Set as it gets it's own dedicated Reference Set, however someone may have edited the 'Model' Reference Set to explicitly include the flattened solid for some reason so you may wish to check that for those parts which are not giving you what you expected the proper weight to be.
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: Flat Pattern adding to mass
I do not have a flatten solid in the part. It is only a flat pattern.
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Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?
- James Thurber
RE: Flat Pattern adding to mass
Perhaps if you uploaded one of the 'problem' parts we could look at it and see if we could solve the mystery.
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: Flat Pattern adding to mass
The Model reference set has 1 object while the Flat_Solid reference has two. If I remove the flat pattern, the flat_solid reference becomes empty. Any thoughts?
Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?
- James Thurber
RE: Flat Pattern adding to mass
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: Flat Pattern adding to mass
www.nxjournaling.com
RE: Flat Pattern adding to mass
cowski - the flat pattern is multipling the mass by a factor of approximately 3.
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- James Thurber
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RE: Flat Pattern adding to mass
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: Flat Pattern adding to mass
Thank you...
Using NX 8 and TC9.1