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Modeling 3D revolved section views

Modeling 3D revolved section views

Modeling 3D revolved section views

(OP)
Hello,
I'd like to know if it's possible to create revolved section views in the modeling application?

Thanks

RE: Modeling 3D revolved section views

You could by Extruding the section legs as a sheet and using Trim Body, but I don't believe there is a specific command for that.

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: Modeling 3D revolved section views

(OP)
Thanks for the tip but I tried something similar (waved the assembly and tried this... however after 30 minutes of waiting NX hadn't finished creating the wave. This is one large assembly!)

RE: Modeling 3D revolved section views

Well, knowing all the facts up front helps us help you. Might want to present all the facts in your initial post from now on. I took it that you had a model and wanted to section it - not a large assembly.

But yeah, a large assembly is going to take a while to perform a cut like that. Not sure if PMI would offer up anything simpler, as I don't use it enough to know. Maybe someone else will chime in and offer up a solution.

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: Modeling 3D revolved section views

Use the Assembly Cut function. You will need an extrusion of your cutting panes...(one single body)

Ronald van den Broek
Senior Application Engineer
Winterthur Gas & Diesel Ltd
NX9 / TC10.1.2
HPZ420 Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-1620 0 @ 3.60GHz, 32 Gb Win7 64B
Nvidea Quadro4000 2048MB DDR5

HP Zbook15
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CPU @ 2.70 GHz Win7 64b
Nvidia K1100M 2048 MB DDR5

RE: Modeling 3D revolved section views

If you have a PMI License, you can creat view specific cuts. First you have to create a new model view. Then you can finde in the context menue of this view a section tool.

Windows 7 64Bit
UG V16 - V18
NX 1 - NX 10

RE: Modeling 3D revolved section views

is this a PMI question ?
If not, why do you want to create this thing in modeling ?

I do not know if the PMI views support revolved views. - ( Revolved drawing views would be a bit strange in 3D since they flatten the sections .-They present the cut sections in flat state next to each other. - How would the corresponding 3D look ?)

Else do as Ronald proposes, Use the assembly cut.


Regards,
Tomas

RE: Modeling 3D revolved section views

(OP)
This is what I had in mind:

http://www.dmd-online.co.uk/Images/port_pump1.jpg

However, the assembly I'm working on is too large (file weight) for these options. I'll have to think of another solution.

Thanks for the tips though
alex

RE: Modeling 3D revolved section views

Then again, use the Assembly cut feature.
Or, if you go the path of Wave linking, Note that you do not need to link other pieces than the ones you intend to cut... ( there's no point in wave linking the pieces that should remain uncut.)


Regards,
Tomas

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