how to write a NX GRIP code for obtaining the dimensions of the surface of a solid body?
how to write a NX GRIP code for obtaining the dimensions of the surface of a solid body?
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what should be the NX GRIP syntax for obtaining the size/dimensions of a selected surface?





RE: how to write a NX GRIP code for obtaining the dimensions of the surface of a solid body?
This grip program was written over twenty years ago when a call to gtac indicated there was no such direct measurement function in grip.
It works by placing planes out at 10,000 units from each axis (John Baker can explain this limitation), measuring the minimum distance from the object to these planes then doing the math to find out the object size, again based on the orientation of the current wcs. There should be an nxopen command that can do this directly.
RE: how to write a NX GRIP code for obtaining the dimensions of the surface of a solid body?
John R. Baker, P.E.
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Siemens PLM Software Inc.
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Cypress, CA
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RE: how to write a NX GRIP code for obtaining the dimensions of the surface of a solid body?
I am developing the GRIP program for solid modeling of different configurations of fins. For this reason I need to know the size of the selected surface, where I'm drawing the fins.
NX open API also there but the program size becomes very big. that's why I'm using nx grip program.
Could you please send me the nx grip syntax for obtaining the size of the geometry?
Thanks & Regards.
RE: how to write a NX GRIP code for obtaining the dimensions of the surface of a solid body?
RE: how to write a NX GRIP code for obtaining the dimensions of the surface of a solid body?
SNAP does make the programming easier, but you can write and run journals with a base modeling license.
www.nxjournaling.com
RE: how to write a NX GRIP code for obtaining the dimensions of the surface of a solid body?
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Digital Factory
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: how to write a NX GRIP code for obtaining the dimensions of the surface of a solid body?
thanks.
RE: how to write a NX GRIP code for obtaining the dimensions of the surface of a solid body?
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Digital Factory
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: how to write a NX GRIP code for obtaining the dimensions of the surface of a solid body?
Are you saying the 'Face' of a Solid Body or a standalone 'Surface'?
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Digital Factory
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: how to write a NX GRIP code for obtaining the dimensions of the surface of a solid body?
thanks
RE: how to write a NX GRIP code for obtaining the dimensions of the surface of a solid body?
RE: how to write a NX GRIP code for obtaining the dimensions of the surface of a solid body?
BTW, where did you get your training in NX? In fact, where did you get your copy of NX?
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Digital Factory
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: how to write a NX GRIP code for obtaining the dimensions of the surface of a solid body?
yes sir, one of the faces of a solid body.
RE: how to write a NX GRIP code for obtaining the dimensions of the surface of a solid body?
Do you mean that literally, that YOU HAVE A COPY OF NX THAT YOU ARE RUNNING ON YOUR OWN PERSONAL COMPUTER? And somehow this was provided to you by your college, correct? Where do you go to school?
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Digital Factory
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: how to write a NX GRIP code for obtaining the dimensions of the surface of a solid body?
Wow. Your coffers are really tight. I think a SNAP license is only about $2K. Even less if you're nice to your salesman.
RE: how to write a NX GRIP code for obtaining the dimensions of the surface of a solid body?
>You shouldn't be writing GRIP programs if you're under 40 years of age smile
Haven't seen 40 in over a decade (yes the above is snipped from a different thread). Taught myself grip on my own time when paper manuals were still provided and a heavy duty book shelf was required to hold them. LOL Started out on NX when it was still UGII v6 several years ago on a VAX system tied to nine users who would complain bitterly when you had to run a fixed axis contouring routine during the day because batch at night didn't produce the right results. John Baker will know more about this than I do.
RE: how to write a NX GRIP code for obtaining the dimensions of the surface of a solid body?
I can't even remember when I was 40, and I have written plenty of GRIP programs in my time, too. But that was then, and this is now. Try writing SNAP code in Visual Studio or any other IDE with "intellisense", and you'll see that GRIP is very very far behind the times. It's time to learn some new tricks, even for old dogs like me and you.
RE: how to write a NX GRIP code for obtaining the dimensions of the surface of a solid body?
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Digital Factory
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.