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active sketch in hole

active sketch in hole

active sketch in hole

(OP)
Is there any setting to get the active sketch in hole feature.
We want to see the hole preview while postioning the hole.

sorry new in NX
regards
Erwin

RE: active sketch in hole

What version of NX are you running?

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: active sketch in hole

(OP)
nx8.5 testing nx9

sorry new in NX
regards
Erwin

RE: active sketch in hole

OK, one thing that you can do is if you create actual sketch dimensions when creating the Sketch used to locate your holes, when you go back and edit the Hole feature(s) you don't have to go into the sketcher to see OR EDIT the dimensions which locate the holes. That way you'll be able edit the position of the holes while still seeing the holes. Just select a hole feature and using wither Edit Feature or Edit with Rollback, when you get to the Hole dialog you should also see the sketch dimensions on the screen. Simply double-click any one of the dimensions to edit them, as shown below:

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: active sketch in hole

another thing you can do is set the Boolean to none to preview the holes
and then switch it to subtract when it's good to go

RE: active sketch in hole

(OP)
thank you guys-
this not really what especially my colleagues are looking for, yes existing dimensioning is working - but they want to add sketch constraint...
what I have had in topsolid is ordinate dimension in hole positioning(sketch)
thanks

sorry new in NX
regards
Erwin

RE: active sketch in hole

OK, don't use 'Edit with Rollback' but rather just 'Edit Parameters', then when you go into the Hole Sketch, the model will still be displayed.

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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