Question about draft on surfaces
Question about draft on surfaces
(OP)
I'm asking this for a buddy of mine.
He's new to UG (NX) and is having problems drafting surfaces. As far as he knows, he can only select a plane or an edge as the neutral reference for the drafting angle. He wants to know if it's possible to select a surface as the neutral reference.
Can anyone give us some help?
He's new to UG (NX) and is having problems drafting surfaces. As far as he knows, he can only select a plane or an edge as the neutral reference for the drafting angle. He wants to know if it's possible to select a surface as the neutral reference.
Can anyone give us some help?





RE: Question about draft on surfaces
NX2 has got more options to draft and can draft from a parting surface I suppose.
Thanks
RE: Question about draft on surfaces
Even if it lets you pick a surface as a reference, I advise against that. I doubt that it is possible unless the surface is planar because it would not specify a vector (use the u direction? v direction? surface normal? - at what point on the surface?). The datum axis gives you control; just be sure that it is ordered before the tapers (create it before the tapers or simply reorder it in the feature list).
RE: Question about draft on surfaces
Sorry I can't answer your question However I understand exactly what you want. I.e controlling rib thickness where joining to main surface is important to avoid sinkmarks in plastics.
In Catia v4 & V5 you can pich a neutral surface or even a skin of surfaces(v4) as a neutral plane and then simply define your draft direction by line or plane.
I would be surprised and dissappointed if UG doesn't have that capability since it's regarded as a far better solid system than Catia v4.