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Sketch dimensioning to a point or circle center Inferred icon do it but perpendicular icon do not

Sketch dimensioning to a point or circle center Inferred icon do it but perpendicular icon do not

Sketch dimensioning to a point or circle center Inferred icon do it but perpendicular icon do not

(OP)

Hi

When I'm in sketcher and use the dimensioning perpendicular icon I can dimensioning an axis to a
line end point
but not an axis to a point or an axis to a circle center point

But when I'm using the dimensioning inferred icon I can dimensioning All.
and when I check the dimension build with inferred icon I see that is a perpendicular dimension

How I can correct that

Thanks

RE: Sketch dimensioning to a point or circle center Inferred icon do it but perpendicular icon do not

Ummmm...NX version?

I'm using NX9 and have no issues as long as I select the Axis first - are your Osnaps for arc center and control or existing point turned on?

sketch.perpendicular.avi

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: Sketch dimensioning to a point or circle center Inferred icon do it but perpendicular icon do not

Question...How can you be perpendicular to just a point?

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
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4800MQ
CPU @ 2.70 GHz Win7 64b
Nvidia K1100M 2048 MB DDR5

RE: Sketch dimensioning to a point or circle center Inferred icon do it but perpendicular icon do not

Ronald,

Datum Plane or Datum Axis can be perpendicular to a point.

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: Sketch dimensioning to a point or circle center Inferred icon do it but perpendicular icon do not

(OP)

using nx85
Actualy with the inferred icon I can dimension an axis to any point (point,circle center,end of a line)
So my snap point is correct (and I see it in the snap point icons)

Thanks for all the responses

RE: Sketch dimensioning to a point or circle center Inferred icon do it but perpendicular icon do not

Quote (Xwheelguy)

Datum Plane or Datum Axis can be perpendicular to a point.

For a geometric object to be Perpendicular to another object it has to have a Direction (axis or Normal) A point doesn't have that....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpendicular

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
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4800MQ
CPU @ 2.70 GHz Win7 64b
Nvidia K1100M 2048 MB DDR5

RE: Sketch dimensioning to a point or circle center Inferred icon do it but perpendicular icon do not

(OP)
I did it before something happens to my environment
And I can't do it more

And now I can do it with the inferred dimensioning

So no need of a direction

You can try it it's so simple to try

RE: Sketch dimensioning to a point or circle center Inferred icon do it but perpendicular icon do not

Hi Roland,
I think it´s true that a point cannot be perpendicular to an axis, but it can be the dimension between them (the minimum distance between a point and a line).

Airin
NX Designer

RE: Sketch dimensioning to a point or circle center Inferred icon do it but perpendicular icon do not

Ronald,

Sorry, I didn't explain myself fully and chose my words poorly. You are correct, however the original question had nothing to do with the point being perpendicular, only using a perpendicular dimension, as Airin pointed out already. You CAN place a perpendicular dimension between a Datum Plane or Datum Axis - that's all I was saying. I chose my words poorly trying to explain that. My apologies.

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: Sketch dimensioning to a point or circle center Inferred icon do it but perpendicular icon do not

(OP)

Ronald Thank you very much

RE: Sketch dimensioning to a point or circle center Inferred icon do it but perpendicular icon do not

Xwheelguy... No Apologies needed... spin Nothing wrong with a healthy discussion to clear things up

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
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4800MQ
CPU @ 2.70 GHz Win7 64b
Nvidia K1100M 2048 MB DDR5

RE: Sketch dimensioning to a point or circle center Inferred icon do it but perpendicular icon do not

(OP)

Hi nutace

No Apologies needed. Nothing wrong with a healthy discussion to clear things up

This is what I felt and wanted to write but I hesitate or I was ashamed to do
I thank you for helping me and adding these wonderful things

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