NX8 Broken View
NX8 Broken View
(OP)
How can one create broken views of pipes at different angles? I'm wanting to trim the ends off of the views rather than breaking them in pieces.
Imagine a Y-shaped pipe and you want to detail the intersection areas but cut off the three ends. Here's what I've found to be the showstopper: I need the breaks to be perpendicular to the tube centerlines (different vectors in the dialog) - how can that be accomplished using this new broken view command? I feel like I'm missing something here.....
Thanks!
Imagine a Y-shaped pipe and you want to detail the intersection areas but cut off the three ends. Here's what I've found to be the showstopper: I need the breaks to be perpendicular to the tube centerlines (different vectors in the dialog) - how can that be accomplished using this new broken view command? I feel like I'm missing something here.....
Thanks!
Tim Flater
NX Designer
NX 7.5.4.4 MP8
WinXP Pro x64 SP2
Intel Xeon 2.53 GHz 6GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro 4000 2GB





RE: NX8 Broken View
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: NX8 Broken View
I'll try not to be too overbearing, but this appears to be a step backwards compared to the old broken view command. Is this a work in progress? If not, then is there any chance someone within Siemens might back an ER to allow for more than one vector per view or an evironment variable to activate the old broken view command? Maybe allow for a list of vectors and breaks like Edge Blend radius values?
We use broken views quite a bit and we don't necessarily have the time to create triple the number of views. While I do appreciate the speed when working with a straight, unbent tubular shape - this command has pretty much been rendered useless to us at this point in time. We are also noticing dimensions losing their origins when the new broken view are moved around - sometimes angular dimensions are completely changing values without losing association to the entities.
Tim Flater
NX Designer
NX 8.0.3.4
Win7 Pro x64 SP1
Intel Xeon 2.53 GHz 6GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro 4000 2GB
RE: NX8 Broken View
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.