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NX 10 Boundary line for detail view

NX 10 Boundary line for detail view

NX 10 Boundary line for detail view

(OP)
Hello, I inherited a drawing that I'm now attempting to modify. I have two views that are side by side and I have two detail views off of those original views. One of those detail views shows a dashed line for a boundary, but the other detail view does not have the boundary line displayed (even though it shows as dashed in the settings). I even deleted the detail view and re-added it, but the dashed boundary still does not show up. All layers are also on, so everything is displayed. Can someone please help and give a recommended fix so that both views act consistently and show the boundary lines? Thanks

RE: NX 10 Boundary line for detail view

I also have the same situation like OP. It seems when choose display under Label on Parent to "Boundary", the boundary lines won't show on the Detailed View. If choose "Label", the circular boundary line will show.

RE: NX 10 Boundary line for detail view

(OP)
Hello Bwsh, I double-checked the value for Display and it's already set to Label, but the circular boundary isn't showing. I'm not sure what the problem is. Can drawings just be corrupted sometimes and just have unexplained results? I'm used to using different CAD softwares, so not used to "simple" problems being so time consuming to try and figure out. Any help is appreciated. Thanks

RE: NX 10 Boundary line for detail view

Label on Parent (View)

Those are settings for how the detail is shown out on the PARENT, not the actual view boundary of the detail view itself. OP says, "One of those detail views shows a dashed line for a boundary....," hence why I am pointing that out....the parent is the view from which the detail is taken, not the detail view.

Tim Flater
NX Designer
NX 9.0.2.5 Win7 Enterprise x64 SP1
Intel Core i7 2.5GHz 16GB RAM
4GB NVIDIA Quadro K3100M

RE: NX 10 Boundary line for detail view

Is it really a Circular detail view? or is it created as Rectangular?
Rectangular detail views don't show a boundary...

Ronald van den Broek
Senior Application Engineer
Winterthur Gas & Diesel Ltd
NX9 / TC10.1.2

Building new PLM environment from Scratch using NX11 / TC11

RE: NX 10 Boundary line for detail view

(OP)
Yes, it is a circular detail view. Earlier, I had a different layer set as my work layer. I had confirmed, though, that all layers were displayed - even when the boundary was not showing up. Recently, I changed the work layer to layer 1. I then created another circular detail view and now the boundary is displayed. Would changing the work layer to layer 1 be enough to get this to work? Again, I had confirmed several times that all layers were displayed.

Even after getting this one view to display, I still have other views that are having the same problem and their boundaries are not showing - and I know I created these as circular detail views. Thanks for asking. Good to review details...

RE: NX 10 Boundary line for detail view

Did you check the preferences for Drafting? (Part specific)
What happens when you set inherit the view settings using your customer defaults as reference?

Ronald van den Broek
Senior Application Engineer
Winterthur Gas & Diesel Ltd
NX9 / TC10.1.2

Building new PLM environment from Scratch using NX11 / TC11

RE: NX 10 Boundary line for detail view

My money is still on a "layer visible in view" setting. The detail view will inherit the visible layer settings from the parent view; if you change your work layer to one that is invisible in the parent view before creating the detail view, the circular dashed boundary will not appear in the detail view. If you use "information -> object" on the view (parent or detail view), a bunch of information will be shown about the view - somewhere in there it will list which layers are set to visible in the view.

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RE: NX 10 Boundary line for detail view

(OP)
Thanks everyone for giving input with this problem. I've decided just to cut my losses. Even after checking all of these suggestions, the drawing was still flaking out. It was easier just to delete the junk views and re-create them. After dealing with other CAD software and not having to deal with these kinds of problems as much, I just decided I need to manage limitations and hopefully won't have to face this again. This was the first time in two years that I've seen this problem, so hopefully won't see it again any time soon.

RE: NX 10 Boundary line for detail view

At some point NX added something called an Independent Detail View. I don't recall off the top of my head all of the effects of converting a detail view to an Independent one, but this may have been the cause of your issue or at least attributed to it in some way. It might be worth looking at if you run into this again.

Tim Flater
NX Designer
NX 9.0.2.5 Win7 Enterprise x64 SP1
Intel Core i7 2.5GHz 16GB RAM
4GB NVIDIA Quadro K3100M

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