How do you program Instances into NX Template
How do you program Instances into NX Template
(OP)
Stephlouv has mentioned he knows that Instances can be programmed into NX Template, but I need to know how this is done. Can someone elaborate? I have no idea where to begin because I am just using "Expressions" for the first time and do not know how to go about this. Do you need to identify the curves by name and what is the syntax to program an Instance (Copy)?





RE: How do you program Instances into NX Template
but, you use instances to copy features in a pattern
such as holes on a bolt circle
so you would not instance the sketch, but the feature created from the sketch
RE: How do you program Instances into NX Template
Normal practice would be to create a parametric feature that generates the collection of instances (Pattern Feature, Pattern Face, Pattern Geometry, Pattern Component, etc.) and then modify the set of objects (quantity, sizing, spacing, visibility, etc.) using the expressions of the "Pattern" feature.
Does that make sense?
Taylor Anderson
NX Product Manager, Knowledge Reuse and NX Design
Product Engineering Software
Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc.
(Phoenix, Arizona)