Hide selected parts of an assembly in drafting
Hide selected parts of an assembly in drafting
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Is there any way to hide selected parts of an assembly in drafting in a particular view(projected views may have same parts)
I've tried view dependent edit and hide parts.
Any other solution.
Thanks
I've tried view dependent edit and hide parts.
Any other solution.
Thanks





RE: Hide selected parts of an assembly in drafting
What version of NX are you on ?
Jerry J.
Milwaukee Electric Tool
http://www.milwaukeetool.com/
RE: Hide selected parts of an assembly in drafting
Go to the Command Finder and enter 'Hide Component' and this will show you the location of the 'Hide Component in View' function. This will do exactly what you're looking for.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Digital Factory
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
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RE: Hide selected parts of an assembly in drafting
Thank you Jerry and John.
Exactly what I was looking for.
Thanks a ton for prompt replies...
RE: Hide selected parts of an assembly in drafting
What is the difference if I used the hide part option and delete part using view dependent edit?
RE: Hide selected parts of an assembly in drafting
You can use only bodies in view dependent edit not components.
Thanks,
Mathi K
RE: Hide selected parts of an assembly in drafting
I did not understand what you meant by bodies,
we can edit individual parts of an assembly, lines, curves, faces ,etc. in view dependent edit.
RE: Hide selected parts of an assembly in drafting
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: Hide selected parts of an assembly in drafting
Jerry J.
Milwaukee Electric Tool
http://www.milwaukeetool.com/
RE: Hide selected parts of an assembly in drafting
Yes, I was noticing that if I use view dependent edit, it is cumbersome and also the updated views are not as clear as the hide components in view.
@ Jerry
Ok, Thanks. Nice to know.
Is there any specific function for view dependent edit for which it was designed or is it becoming obsolete with introduction of new options in NX?
RE: Hide selected parts of an assembly in drafting
I find it the most powerful when creating a large layout and in modeling I create/save a sacrificial view that I will delete later, I remove (hide component in view) all the components I want from that view
then I orient the view the way I want, then place that as the first view, and every view I fold from that original view will have adopted the same hidden components in each subsequent view. Very powerful if you don't want to manage components/assemblies with layers.
Your biggest worry as a new user of this feature (in a large user pool) is the panic your other users will have, when they cant find the component(s) in question when they "remove all view dependent edits" and realize they still cant see their components in a particular view(s).
Also you will find (at least in NX6 and older) that you cant use the ant in both directions to show and or hide components. Not sure why they did that, but my way around it was to place a small iso view with every component showing and select the items from there to "show component in view" in a particular view because they were either hard to find or not selectable since they were already hidden. For instance a particular fastener in a row you were looking down the point view of.
RE: Hide selected parts of an assembly in drafting
Tim Flater
NX Designer
NX 9.0.2.5 Win7 Pro x64 SP1
Intel Xeon 2.53 GHz 6GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro 4000 2GB
RE: Hide selected parts of an assembly in drafting
RE: Hide selected parts of an assembly in drafting
While right clicking only the parts/assemblies one level below the main assembly were shown as possible options.
Main assembly
--Sub assembly ( of main assembly)
----Parts (of sun assembly) (not picked by hide component option9
Pratham Shetty,
Daimler Buses.
Using NX 9.0.3.4
RE: Hide selected parts of an assembly in drafting
Pratham Shetty,
Daimler Buses.
Using NX 9.0.3.4