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Extracting outline edges of a sewed sheet.
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Extracting outline edges of a sewed sheet.

Extracting outline edges of a sewed sheet.

(OP)
Hi, I am new to forum and NX8. So happy I found this forum. I have searched the forum have not found an anwer to my question so I am starting new thread.

I am trying to find a command that would create curves ONLY from the outlines edges of a sewed sheet, IE edges that are not sewed to (or touching) any other edges/faces.

I have sewed multi face sheet into one sheet. It contains multiple faces therefore multiple edges inside of sheet. When I use 'extract edge' command followed by 'edge curves' option, I can manually go around my sewed sheet and select the outside edges, However I feel like there should be automated command that would extract curves only from the edges of the sheet that are not connected/joined to other face.

Thanks bigears

RE: Extracting outline edges of a sewed sheet.

OK, try going to...

Insert -> Associative Copy -> Extract Geometry...

...and set the first option to 'Composite Curve' and then set the 'Curve Rule' on the Selection Bar to 'Connected Curves' and select any of the outer edges of the sheet body and you should get what you're looking for. Note that if the selection didn't actually get you all of the 'outer' edges, you may need to toggle on the 'Boundary Edges Only' icon to the Right of the 'Curve Rule' item and try it again.

Note that this 'Composite Curve' can be created either associative to the original surface or not (that option can be found in the 'Settings' section of the dialog).

John R. Baker, P.E.
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RE: Extracting outline edges of a sewed sheet.

(OP)
Thanks for reply Jhon.

I encountered another problem.

I dont have "Extract Geometrty" option under Insert->Associative Copy. :/ Instead I have "Extract body" but it does not give me options that you talk about, so it is a complitely different command.
I used 'Command Finder' to search for "Extract Geometrty" and it still didnt find it.
ponder

RE: Extracting outline edges of a sewed sheet.

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Sorry, I was running NX 8.5 instead of NX 8.0. That being said, while the 'Extract Geometry' function (which really collected into a single dialog several existing 'Extract' functions) was not implemented until NX 8.5, but as I implied some of those functions are already in NX including 'Composite Curve'. You can find it at...

Insert -> Associative Copy -> Composite Curve...

...which works just like I described in my first post.

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: Extracting outline edges of a sewed sheet.

(OP)
IT WORKED!!!

You guys are genius...

THANKS thumbsup2

RE: Extracting outline edges of a sewed sheet.

So what are you doing with the extracted curves ?

RE: Extracting outline edges of a sewed sheet.

(OP)
I just needed End Of Part (EOP) curves in place before I altered the part for manufacturing.

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