Stretch Solid Body Around A Radius?
Stretch Solid Body Around A Radius?
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Hello all,
I hope this makes some sense, it's not too easy to explain....
I have a step file supplied to me by a customer. It is a portion of an annular component. It is machined and assembled in to a ring. In order to compensate for some contraction during our process I need to 'stretch' the body. A simple scale body will increase the radius of radial faces and this is unacceptable. What I want to do is stretch the body whilst maintaining the size current size of the radii. eg if I currently have a 9 degree portion I like to have a 9.9 degree portion.
Suppliers with other CAD packages can use an arc of desired length to drive an edge which will stretch the whole body accordingly. I am using NX9, is there a similar tool available to me. I have hunted around but cant find anything.
Many thanks,
Richard.
I hope this makes some sense, it's not too easy to explain....
I have a step file supplied to me by a customer. It is a portion of an annular component. It is machined and assembled in to a ring. In order to compensate for some contraction during our process I need to 'stretch' the body. A simple scale body will increase the radius of radial faces and this is unacceptable. What I want to do is stretch the body whilst maintaining the size current size of the radii. eg if I currently have a 9 degree portion I like to have a 9.9 degree portion.
Suppliers with other CAD packages can use an arc of desired length to drive an edge which will stretch the whole body accordingly. I am using NX9, is there a similar tool available to me. I have hunted around but cant find anything.
Many thanks,
Richard.





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Michael Fernando (CSWE)
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Jerry J.
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RE: Stretch Solid Body Around A Radius?
Synchronous modelling was good, but wouldn't quite yield the results I was after.
Global shaping hit the nail on the head - thanks.