Looking for NX equivalent of Catia's "Spine" function
Looking for NX equivalent of Catia's "Spine" function
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Catia's spine function allowed a curved line to be made in space perpendicular to planes without having to specify points. Does NX have an equivalent?
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.





RE: Looking for NX equivalent of Catia's "Spine" function
RE: Looking for NX equivalent of Catia's "Spine" function
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RE: Looking for NX equivalent of Catia's "Spine" function
Btw, I forgot to mention I'm working on NX9 so yeah, it even says in the command name that it's about to be retired. Do you know if there will be another way to accomplish the same task in subsequent versions?
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RE: Looking for NX equivalent of Catia's "Spine" function
RE: Looking for NX equivalent of Catia's "Spine" function
With the perpendicular to planes, the spline will have a point on the selected plane and also be normal to that plane, the method John describes only sets the tangent in a point to be plane normal, not to be on the plane.
But, on the other hand, Why / what do you want this curve ?
I have heard the request a couple of times from Catia Users, but i have never seen the need in NX to create this curve.
I guess that Catia requires this type of curve for some purpose, which NX might not.
Functions in Cad systems are most often similar to each other, but not necessary identical.
Regards,
Tomas
RE: Looking for NX equivalent of Catia's "Spine" function
It's not actually for me. I'm the go-to NX guy around here and I didn't know the answer when someone asked me. He's using it for class-A surface design but exactly how, I'm not sure. In fact, I'm with you; it seems like the curve is practically useless in that it seems too difficult to control and predict. But in this scenario I just ask how and not why, haha.
RE: Looking for NX equivalent of Catia's "Spine" function
And for the regular Studio Spline, which yes, you have to first define a point on the plane, if that's where you want one of the knot points to be, but it's not necessary as ANY knot point can be made to define the direction of the spline at that point to be normal to ANY plane whether the point lies on the plane or not.
John R. Baker, P.E.
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Siemens PLM Software Inc.
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