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Siemans NX8.5

Siemans NX8.5

Siemans NX8.5

(OP)
Hi,

Hoping that somebody could talk me through something i am trying to do.

I have created a large number of parts that change in size, all depending on one measurment. I was wondering if it was possible to do something whereby when i open the part it asks me what this measurment is (changes for every order). So for instance as spacer = the finished product size - 44.7. Could i create an expression that will ask me the size of the finished product and then create the new part?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

RE: Siemans NX8.5

What about creating a family table if the spacer sizes are of a known dimension?

You can do what you want with NX programming tools, but nothing OOTB will do it.

"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."

Ben Loosli

RE: Siemans NX8.5

Not completely true Ben....

Out of the box you could use Product Template Studio (Licensed of course).
Using PTS you can create a template part which could ask you ( after saving to a new part ) the correct dimensions...

Ronald van den Broek
Mechanical Engineer
Cad Environment Coordinator
Wärtsilä, Propulsion Services
NX8.5.3 / TC9.1.2
HPZ420 Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-1620 0 @ 3.60GHz, 32 Gb Win7 64B
Nvidea Quadro4000 2048MB DDR5

RE: Siemans NX8.5

You are very close in your desire to a "reusable component", which when used as a component can present a dialog where you enter a value for a specific or multiple expressions.
The option to re-use an existing part or clone into a new exists in this dialog.

what version of NX ?
Native mode or Teamcenter ?

Regards,
Tomas


RE: Siemans NX8.5

I would do what Tomas has suggested.

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