×
INTELLIGENT WORK FORUMS
FOR ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS

Log In

Come Join Us!

Are you an
Engineering professional?
Join Eng-Tips Forums!
  • Talk With Other Members
  • Be Notified Of Responses
    To Your Posts
  • Keyword Search
  • One-Click Access To Your
    Favorite Forums
  • Automated Signatures
    On Your Posts
  • Best Of All, It's Free!
  • Students Click Here

*Eng-Tips's functionality depends on members receiving e-mail. By joining you are opting in to receive e-mail.

Posting Guidelines

Promoting, selling, recruiting, coursework and thesis posting is forbidden.

Students Click Here

Jobs

Arrangement and Parts Lists in Drafting

Arrangement and Parts Lists in Drafting

Arrangement and Parts Lists in Drafting

(OP)
Hello,

I'm wondering if anyone can help me with a drafting problem I have.

I have a structure which is dual use, with two configurations. I have set up Modelling arrangements for a 'bare' view (just the mounting), and then for each configuration (basically bits bolted onto the mounting). I have set up a drawing with four sheets, these being Bare, Config1, Config2, and parts list. For the two configurations I have selected the correct arrangement when placing the view.

The problems I have are:

In each drafting view, the configurations still show whatever arrangement the model is set to, in the assembly navigator. If I change this, both configurations change.
The parts list reflects the model arrangement, I really would like it to show all the parts (both configurations), then I can balloon each one. (This may not be best practice)

I was going to just do three different drawings, but the Find No (for the balloons) in Teamcenter is specific to the assembly.

Thanks (NX 7.5)

RE: Arrangement and Parts Lists in Drafting

Might be a bug...

Using NX 7.5, I created a small test file with 2 components. I copied the default arrangement and moved one of the components to create arrangement2 and arrangement3. I then switched to drafting and placed 3 base views, one using each arrangement. When I change the arrangement used, the first view (the one using the default, system generated arrangement) updates to match the used arrangement. The other 2 views, the ones using the arrangements that I created, did not change (as expected). The behavior is the same in NX 8.5 and 9.

I'd suggest contacting GTAC to see if this is a bug or not. Until then, I suggest that you do not use the system generated default arrangement for any drawing views.

www.nxjournaling.com

Red Flag This Post

Please let us know here why this post is inappropriate. Reasons such as off-topic, duplicates, flames, illegal, vulgar, or students posting their homework.

Red Flag Submitted

Thank you for helping keep Eng-Tips Forums free from inappropriate posts.
The Eng-Tips staff will check this out and take appropriate action.

Reply To This Thread

Posting in the Eng-Tips forums is a member-only feature.

Click Here to join Eng-Tips and talk with other members!


Resources