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How to create a customized true view in NX

How to create a customized true view in NX

How to create a customized true view in NX

(OP)
I'm trying to create a true view of a hole on a curved surface. What I need is to create the view myself for the drawing. Anybody know how to do that?

RE: How to create a customized true view in NX

In modeling, orient the view to the desired position, choose View -> operation -> save as... and give the view a unique name that makes sense to you. Switch to drafting, insert a base view and choose the view you just created.

www.nxjournaling.com

RE: How to create a customized true view in NX

(OP)
It's not giving me the option to "Save As". There is only a "Save" Option and then the dialog box just goes away.

RE: How to create a customized true view in NX

Try customizing your menu to add the "save as" option, or switch to a role with full menus (warning: changing your role may replace customizations to your toolbars/layout; save your current layout as a new role before experimenting).

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RE: How to create a customized true view in NX

You can make a section in air that points torwards the hole that you need dimensioned at the correct angle. This also will allow you dimension your view angle also.

Then in your view label change your view label from Section to View.

RE: How to create a customized true view in NX

(OP)
Well I was able to get the view I needed by simply just adding the projected view and the new view snaps in place as you move it around the previous view.

RE: How to create a customized true view in NX

If you can see the hole in a another drawing view, you can (as it sounds like you've found) project a view using the hole as the defining vector. See the attached movie for a simple example to which I'm referring.

http://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=aa1ce225-7c0d-4051-ba2a-f79b4458519b&file=project_true_hole.avi

Tim Flater
NX Designer
NX 8.0.3.4
Win7 Pro x64 SP1
Intel Xeon 2.53 GHz 6GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro 4000 2GB

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