Measuring MINIMUM wall thickness on NX6
Measuring MINIMUM wall thickness on NX6
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I'm looking for a way to measure wall thickness in Seiemens NX6 - I found below, which helped - but I can't seem to get it to show me the MINIMUM wall thickness, it outputs MAX and AVERAGE every time - with no minimum. When you click the inspect tab it does say outputting min and max, but nothing comes of it - and they aren't selectable options. Help?!
"Depending on what version of NX you're running, if it's one of the more recent one and you have the Studio Design module you may have a function which will measure the wall thickness of any entire part and display the values as a color-coded fringe plot. Check to see if you can access...
Analysis -> Molded Part Validation...
...and if this dialog opens, select the Analysis Type 'Thickness' and if there's only one body in the part file it will be selected automatically so all you have to do is select the 'Calculate Thickness' button (it the icon on the left that looks like a 'calculator').
If you don't own the correct modules, then there is very little that can be done to find model thicknesses, at least not without a lot of drudge work. From JohnRBaker"
"Depending on what version of NX you're running, if it's one of the more recent one and you have the Studio Design module you may have a function which will measure the wall thickness of any entire part and display the values as a color-coded fringe plot. Check to see if you can access...
Analysis -> Molded Part Validation...
...and if this dialog opens, select the Analysis Type 'Thickness' and if there's only one body in the part file it will be selected automatically so all you have to do is select the 'Calculate Thickness' button (it the icon on the left that looks like a 'calculator').
If you don't own the correct modules, then there is very little that can be done to find model thicknesses, at least not without a lot of drudge work. From JohnRBaker"





RE: Measuring MINIMUM wall thickness on NX6
John R. Baker, P.E.
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RE: Measuring MINIMUM wall thickness on NX6
RE: Measuring MINIMUM wall thickness on NX6
After you've used the 'Molded Part Validation' tool and you've narrowed it down to where on your model the thinnest section is probably located, or at least you've identified the two faces where the closest point might reside. Now go to...
Analysis -> Measure Distance...
...and set the 'Measurement' option to 'Minimum' and in the 'Results Display', set the 'Annotation' option to 'Create Line'. Now select your two prospective faces and not only will you see the value of the minimum distance displayed, you'll also have a dashed-line object (non-associative) created between the two points of closest approach.
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.