Reading spline points from a file
Reading spline points from a file
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thread561-344906: NX 8.5 spline though point (from file)
I understand, sort of, John Baker's reasoning for removing the old method of inserting a spline by reading a set of points from a file, but my entry level CAD students still need to do it. We had been creating airfoil profiles from ascii *.dat files with the old method. It was simple, quick and productive, and it showed off NX very well. Given that it's no longer there is there any work-around that is still easy for newcomers to do?
I understand, sort of, John Baker's reasoning for removing the old method of inserting a spline by reading a set of points from a file, but my entry level CAD students still need to do it. We had been creating airfoil profiles from ascii *.dat files with the old method. It was simple, quick and productive, and it showed off NX very well. Given that it's no longer there is there any work-around that is still easy for newcomers to do?





RE: Reading spline points from a file
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Frank Swinkels
RE: Reading spline points from a file
i have worked for some of my customers who are into turbine blade mfg. Agreed that using the spline (by reading text files) came a s quite handy option but we used knowledge fusion for doing the same just to ensure that associativity with the excel/notepad (we normally used excel) formats is maintained (i know it may not be a requirement as such but still it was a requirement from the customer end and besides this we can tweek the code to do some more customizations too).
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Kapil Sharma
RE: Reading spline points from a file
RE: Reading spline points from a file
John R. Baker, P.E.
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RE: Reading spline points from a file
I do understand that you folks make such decisions on very solid grounds, and that no matter what you do, someone will be affected in a way that might make them unhappy. Based on the incredible product you have, I'm fine with your judgment.
RE: Reading spline points from a file
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: Reading spline points from a file
RE: Reading spline points from a file
RE: Reading spline points from a file