Extracting X-Y Coordinates from NX Toolpath
Extracting X-Y Coordinates from NX Toolpath
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Good afternoon folks,
I was wondering if anyone had a suggestion as to how I could extract the X-Y coordinates of the cutter throughout a toolpath that I created within NX 9's manufacturing module. My issue is that I want to import this toolpath into ABAQUS FEA software, but the way that I know how to requires that I input an X-Y position of the tool at any given time which is why I need the coordinates from the NX toolpath.
Currently all that I can find within the software are different ways to list the CLSF, but they all list the toolpath in terms of circular arcs and not the coordinates through that arc.
Thanks a lot!
I was wondering if anyone had a suggestion as to how I could extract the X-Y coordinates of the cutter throughout a toolpath that I created within NX 9's manufacturing module. My issue is that I want to import this toolpath into ABAQUS FEA software, but the way that I know how to requires that I input an X-Y position of the tool at any given time which is why I need the coordinates from the NX toolpath.
Currently all that I can find within the software are different ways to list the CLSF, but they all list the toolpath in terms of circular arcs and not the coordinates through that arc.
Thanks a lot!





RE: Extracting X-Y Coordinates from NX Toolpath
John Joyce
N.C. Programming Supervisor
Barnes Aerospace, Windsor CT
NX7.5, NX9.0, NX10.0(Testing)
Vericut7.3.3
RE: Extracting X-Y Coordinates from NX Toolpath
When I post process the toolpath I see that it gives me "some" X-Y coordinates, but I am looking for a way to see the coordinates of the tool (say the center of the tool tip) at all points in time. I want to use these coordinates (X, Y, and even Z if possible) to move a rigid tool asset in ABAQUS FEA software in order to see the stresses within the workpiece during manufacturing.
While your suggestion is certainly valid, it will only give me start and end points of the line segments. I assume I could make these line segments so small that I "essentially" get the coordinates of every point, but is there an easier way? Also, is there a different way to move the toolpath from the NX software into ABAQUS that I am unaware of?
Thanks a ton!
RE: Extracting X-Y Coordinates from NX Toolpath
RE: Extracting X-Y Coordinates from NX Toolpath
Once you have the CLS, you can parse it with a program, or open it in excel as a .csv and get what you need.
Mark Rief
NX CAM Customer Success
Siemens PLM Software
RE: Extracting X-Y Coordinates from NX Toolpath
I'm working in excel now to parse the information and get the coordinates in a more ordered list, but I am struggling with getting a time stamp on each coordinate point. Is there an option that I can choose to get this also? Seems like this wouldn't be needed in the CLS ever, but it will be necessary when I import this into ABAQUS.
Thanks again all.