Editing helix in NX 7.5
Editing helix in NX 7.5
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Hello all!
After searching the forum, the NX help library and other, I still believe that there is no way of completely editing the helix created with the Helix feature in NX 7.5.
But....maybe I am wrong.
I am currently working on a part created by someone else. This person used a lot of helix features to obtain what was necessary, but on this revision I have to make some modifications and noticed that I have a surface imperfection which I believe is caused by the fact that the helices are most likely not properly aligned (not centered). It would be great if I could choose the central point again, but the dialog box does not offer this option. Is there any way of doing this? Making sure that the helices are aligned?
It would be too much trouble to replace everything with law curves (how I usually create helices), because the time is short.
You can see what I have in the "helix" picture and the surface imperfection in the picture "detail".
I greatly appreciate your help.
Have a good day!
D.
After searching the forum, the NX help library and other, I still believe that there is no way of completely editing the helix created with the Helix feature in NX 7.5.
But....maybe I am wrong.
I am currently working on a part created by someone else. This person used a lot of helix features to obtain what was necessary, but on this revision I have to make some modifications and noticed that I have a surface imperfection which I believe is caused by the fact that the helices are most likely not properly aligned (not centered). It would be great if I could choose the central point again, but the dialog box does not offer this option. Is there any way of doing this? Making sure that the helices are aligned?
It would be too much trouble to replace everything with law curves (how I usually create helices), because the time is short.
You can see what I have in the "helix" picture and the surface imperfection in the picture "detail".
I greatly appreciate your help.
Have a good day!
D.





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RE: Editing helix in NX 7.5
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RE: Editing helix in NX 7.5
John, when you say that managing the location and orientation of a helix is a bit trickier, do you mean that there is a way of doing this? Would it be possible for you to explain it maybe?
Thank you both for your help! If nothing, I will leave this part as it is, with this small error, as I know that it won't be a problem for manufacturing.
RE: Editing helix in NX 7.5
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RE: Editing helix in NX 7.5
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: Editing helix in NX 7.5
I am so used to working only with associative features that I completely forgot that I can move the helix without 'exploding' the whole feature tree. It looks a lot better than originally.
I wish you both a great day!
D.
RE: Editing helix in NX 7.5
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.