Reverse Engineering surfaces to solid bodies
Reverse Engineering surfaces to solid bodies
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Good afternoon everyone,
I am trying to figure out what the best way to go about reverse engineering scanned data is.
I can get the data in iges files with point clouds or sectioned splines. The other option that I can use is facet bodies.
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
I am trying to figure out what the best way to go about reverse engineering scanned data is.
I can get the data in iges files with point clouds or sectioned splines. The other option that I can use is facet bodies.
Can anyone point me in the right direction?





RE: Reverse Engineering surfaces to solid bodies
John R. Baker, P.E.
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RE: Reverse Engineering surfaces to solid bodies
I am still new to using surfacing in NX (8.0 is the version I have), how would I use a facet body to create a useable surface?
RE: Reverse Engineering surfaces to solid bodies
Personally I'd take all of the data you can get.
Depending on what sort of licenses you have determines what you can do.
My license allows me to only cut sections in faceted bodies, so my options are limited. I cut sections, clean up the curves, rebuild surfaces and get it as close as i can.
Luckily I don't have to do it often. if its a major change I job it out.
RE: Reverse Engineering surfaces to solid bodies
RE: Reverse Engineering surfaces to solid bodies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKN5UbykEiQ
RE: Reverse Engineering surfaces to solid bodies
RE: Reverse Engineering surfaces to solid bodies
Attached below is a video clip showing how the Rough Offset function works using NX 9.0 and selecting a faceted body.
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: Reverse Engineering surfaces to solid bodies
Ugopen is the programming interface to NX. It is a license which allows you to create your own NX programs.
Chigishev has written a program which reads .stl or .obj files and imports / converts the facet data into some form of Solid Body.
I have not seen this program or the result of this program so i cannot say anything more about it.
Regards,
Tomas
RE: Reverse Engineering surfaces to solid bodies
I was able to use NX 9.0 yesterday and had some good results using facet bodies.
I used the snip facet tool followed by fit surface to get a small patch of what I was working on. I will have to play with it a little more to get the entire surface I am looking for.
RE: Reverse Engineering surfaces to solid bodies
Is that ugopen program shareable by you? Can I use it on my system? I have NX8.5 and NX10.
Thanks,
RE: Reverse Engineering surfaces to solid bodies
RE: Reverse Engineering surfaces to solid bodies
In NX 10 there is a reverse engineering application, do you have any insight into the use of this?
Thanks
John Ford
Chigishev I emailed you a while back about your dll application but you never replied.
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RE: Reverse Engineering surfaces to solid bodies
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: Reverse Engineering surfaces to solid bodies
Any questions in particular about it ?
Regards,
Tomas
RE: Reverse Engineering surfaces to solid bodies
Yes with Reverse Engineering Tab the accessibility of RE tools has been made more uniform. I guess the RE tab was incorporated in NX9 itself but there has been some good enhancements also.
For example in FIT SURFACE starting NX10 you can use a COLOR CODED (color coding done using FACET BODY CURVATURE or using DETECT PRIMITIVES) region as a target.
DETECT PRIMITIVES again is a new addition which enables the detection of regular design features (in shape of plane / sphere/cylindrical boss) easily.
PAINT FACET BODY is another one.
Best Regards
Kapil
RE: Reverse Engineering surfaces to solid bodies
John Baker thanks for your reply, I always look forward to reading your responses and always appreciate the videos...a picture is worth a thousand word to me!!!
Tomas I am still very "green" with NX and it's functions so no particular questions just trying to figure out what things do! It is an amazing software.
Thank you
John
RE: Reverse Engineering surfaces to solid bodies
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: Reverse Engineering surfaces to solid bodies