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Issue with visuals on NX 10

Issue with visuals on NX 10

Issue with visuals on NX 10

(OP)
Hi, clicked some button on NX 10 accidentally and turned on a setting which cuts off a model when you rotate it. I cant properly explain it but I have some pictures attached.
Before Rotating
http://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=1...
After Rotating
http://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=c...
If someone can tell me the setting which caused it would be greatly appreciated.

RE: Issue with visuals on NX 10

The term for this is viewport clipping, z clipping or clipping planes. There are many threads on this topic. A Fit view operation will solve the issue.

Actually, this is something I often encounter. It seems NX is automatically adjusting the clipping planes as I work with a part, and sooner or later, I must do another Fit view. It's an annoyance.

NX10.0 Win8.1 64bit i7-3770K 16GB QuadroK2200

RE: Issue with visuals on NX 10

(OP)
That's it!
Thank you CNSZU

RE: Issue with visuals on NX 10

The 'Clipping Planes' are adjusted automatically as the size, location or number of the object(s) that make up you part model changes, either as the result of parameters being edited, some object, such as an Assembly Component, being moved, some new object/feature being added to the model or the Show/Hide status of other objects are changed. This is necessary so that optimal graphic performance is maintained since using something close to an infinite set of 'Clipping Planes' would be totally inappropriate for any reasonable sized object. The fact that on occasion you may have to adjust the 'Clipping Planes', either automatically using a 'Fit' operation or by going to the 'Camera' function and doing so manually, is the nature of the beast. For example, in order to improve performance, when changing the Show status of an object that used to be Hidden, NX doesn't recompute the maximum 'Clipping Planes' and so occasionally it's true that you may have to take some explicit action to refit them.

Now if this is truly an "annoyance" and you'd like to avoid this AND you're willing to let the system do forced refit operations every time you Show/Hide something, you can go to...

Preference -> Visualization -> View/Screen

...where in the 'Session Settings' section of that page where you can toggle ON an option titled 'Fit on Show or Hide'. Actually there are several options found here that will allow you to control how the 'Clipping Planes' are computed during a 'Fit' operation.

John R. Baker, P.E.
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