Drawing creation method
Drawing creation method
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When creating a new drawing in NX you have the option to choose the "relationship", either "Reference Existing Part" or "Stand-alone Part". Can someone explain what the function difference is (if any) between these two options?
Thanks,
Nick
Thanks,
Nick





RE: Drawing creation method
And of course, the other option, 'Stand-alone Part', it is just what it says, the Part file would then contain all of the data needed to both define the geometric model and the Drawing annotation and layout.
John R. Baker, P.E.
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RE: Drawing creation method
That almost seems backwards to me. If I create a drawing using the "Reference Existing Part" option I can go back into the modeling application and see the 3D model. If I create the drawing using the "Stand-alone Part" option and go back to the modeling application, I can not see the model. Also I noticed the icons in the assembly navigator are different when using the different options. (I uploaded a screen grab showing the different icons).
RE: Drawing creation method
From your image, it appears that in the first example, after you made your 'Stand-alone Part' you added views from some other model, but it created view-only information which is why it's not seen when in Modeling since the actual model is in some other part file.
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.