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NX 8.5 drafting

NX 8.5 drafting

NX 8.5 drafting

(OP)
1. What is the best practice to use oriented section view in the case where you only want to make a section on small areas (pic1.)? To make section like this I used construction geometry in sketch to help me define section vector, and I was wondering is there an easier (faster) way of doing that.

2. How can I define diameter in specific height for cone (sections)? Is it possible to somehow drive height dimension for sketch line (used for finding intersection point). I know I can make vertical line for specified height and the perpendicular on it for intersection line, but it looks kind of inefficient way, because you have to prepare a lot of things just to make 2 dimensions. (pic2)

RE: NX 8.5 drafting

Using NX 8.5, the approach that you used for the first item, the placement of the section view arrows, is about as good as you can do.

That being said, we've added an enhancement in NX 10.0 (which was released over 9 months ago) that will allow you to create your section lines without the need for any extra geometry. Please see the video attached below which shows you how this can be done using NX 10.0. Please note that starting with NX 10.0 you now have two ways to create a Section Line, one similar to the current approach and a newer approach that uses the Sketcher to define the actual section line(s). It's this second approach that will be ideal for your situation and it's the approach I used when I made the attached video.

As for your second issue, using a sketch to define the intersection points for the Cylindrical Dimension is I believe the most efficient and direct method available.

John R. Baker, P.E.
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RE: NX 8.5 drafting

(OP)
Thank you John cheers

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