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Smooth edges of routing objects not shown

Smooth edges of routing objects not shown

Smooth edges of routing objects not shown

(OP)
Guys,
We have our own created routing objects in NX10, they do work fine except for this one tiny little annoying thing.

the smooth edges are not visible (or not there at all) as well as in modeling environment as in drafting environment. obvious the visual settings are set this way that the option to show smooth edges is checked. the smooth edges of an extrude besides this routing object do show.... so i think it has something to do with some settings of the created routing parts.

does somebody has an idea what this can be?!

RE: Smooth edges of routing objects not shown

In drafting, maybe a view update of all the views will help.
Also check the color and font of the smooth edges so they are not set to something that may appear invisible to you, such as the color of the smooth edge being the same color as the background.

RE: Smooth edges of routing objects not shown

I could be stating the obvious to you but if your routing curves/paths are continuous splines, you won't have any smooth edges.

Tim Flater
NX Designer
NX 9.0.3.4 Win7 Pro x64 SP1
Intel Xeon 2.53 GHz 6GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro 4000 2GB

RE: Smooth edges of routing objects not shown

Are the visualization settings of the routing parts set to show smooth edges in all views?

Tim Flater
NX Designer
NX 9.0.3.4 Win7 Pro x64 SP1
Intel Xeon 2.53 GHz 6GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro 4000 2GB

RE: Smooth edges of routing objects not shown

(OP)
@wheelguy: not sure which settings you mean.... do you mean the general visualization settings? (see att)
these are not particularly settings for routing objects right? Or do you mean something else?
(btw these settings are set in such way that the smooth edges are visible in all the views)

RE: Smooth edges of routing objects not shown

Nope, those are the settings to which I was referring. I'm stumped - unless it's a routing object setting.

Tim Flater
NX Designer
NX 9.0.3.4 Win7 Pro x64 SP1
Intel Xeon 2.53 GHz 6GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro 4000 2GB

RE: Smooth edges of routing objects not shown

what NX version ?

place the cursor on top of one of these routing components, - wait until the cue line says ....
click when you have the three dots next to the cursor
what does the list show ?
Faceted body ?

Can you provide a screendump of one of these components ?
or better a example partfile ?


Regards,
Tomas

RE: Smooth edges of routing objects not shown

Hi, what command have you used to draw the sketch along your routing path, is it a sweep?

www.jcb.com
NX 8.5 with TC 8.3

RE: Smooth edges of routing objects not shown

Hi,
It is indeed a case with steel stock also (try doing a T section stock ) for steel discipline.
I will let you know if i find something valuable.
Best Regards
Kapil

RE: Smooth edges of routing objects not shown

The Stock is created as a sweep and i am not able to select any of the blend faces (it selects the complete faces as a whole if you try applying any synchronous operation on it).
Kapil

RE: Smooth edges of routing objects not shown

(OP)
I am using NX10 without TC.

first sketch is created, routing lines applied on these sketch lines by means of the 'connected curves' function.
stock is selected and applied on the routing line. result is a stock part without any smooth edges.

att. a model of the problem...

RE: Smooth edges of routing objects not shown

Does anybody , In NX10, using Routing Mechanical - steelwork, get separate faces ?
When i try creating steelwork routing , i get a single Nurbs face on the sides of the H-beam ( exactly as the uploaded example above), In NX 8.5 i got 5 faces per side.

I think this is case for Gtac.

Regards,
Tomas

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