Associatice Section Modulus
Associatice Section Modulus
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One of our users has asked if it possible to record section moduli at certain sections associatively as an expression so that they don't keep having to run the command manually as they edit the model. I can't see anything within the command itself, however one of you may know a way of doing it that we dont.
Many thanks in advance
Si
Many thanks in advance
Si
Best regards
Simon NX 7.5.4.4 MP8 and NX 8.5 (native) - TC 8 www.jcb.com





RE: Associatice Section Modulus
Unfortunately, I am not a KF programmer. But, I may be able to help with a journal that would update the same expressions each time it was run. Not as automatic as a built-in feature, but better than doing them by hand each time. Would that be of any help?
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RE: Associatice Section Modulus
Can you explain a little more how the journal would work and what we would have to do in order to set it up?
Cheers
Si
Best regards
Simon NX 7.5.4.4 MP8 and NX 8.5 (native) - TC 8 www.jcb.com
RE: Associatice Section Modulus
- set up datum planes at the locations you want to take section values
- create associative intersection curve features with the datum planes and the model
- give the intersection curve features custom names such as "section_1", "section_2",..., "section_n"
- the journal will look for these named features, use the feature curves as input to the section command, and create/edit expressions with the desired section property info
Or, if you always want to cut a number of sections from a given csys, we could set up a named csys object as a reference for the journal then run the section command and create/edit expressions for the section properties returned.www.nxjournaling.com
RE: Associatice Section Modulus
many thanks!
Si
Best regards
Simon NX 7.5.4.4 MP8 and NX 8.5 (native) - TC 8 www.jcb.com
RE: Associatice Section Modulus
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/80688373/secti...
Before you run it, create at least one associative intersection curve feature in your part and rename it (right click the feature in the tree and choose rename) to section_n, where n is a number. When you run the journal, it will search for intersection curve features with "section" in the name, run the section command on the feature curves, extract the area of the section, and create/update an expression named section_n_area with the section area value. Edit the model so that the section curve feature changes and run the journal again, the PMI note and the expression values will update.
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RE: Associatice Section Modulus
Thank you so much
Si
Best regards
Simon NX 7.5.4.4 MP8 and NX 8.5 (native) - TC 8 www.jcb.com