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  1. ewh

    Y14.5 Drafting

    Y14.5 lays out some basic drafting guidelines that are usually ignored (even by the standard itself) and somehow don't get the same attention as the GD&T aspect of the standard (understandable since the standards title is Dimensioning and Tolerancing, not Drafting). Drawings here are mostly...
  2. ewh

    Relationship Values in Text Editor

    NX1973 It has been a year or two since I remember using it but in drafting, when adding a note to the drawing, there was an option to add a relationship value from the model to your text (depth of feature, for instance). Looking for it this morning the only options I see are Import/Export...
  3. ewh

    Folded Radius Dimension

    NX1953 I haven't had a need to use a folded radius dimension in a while, but now have a drawing where it would be quite useful. Has Siemens done away with it? The command finder isn't helping... [edit] What I really need this time is a way to extend the radius dimension line to the center of a...
  4. ewh

    Auxiliary View Projection

    I have a drawing created in NX10 that is supposedly third angle projection but will only place auxiliary and section views in a first angle projection. I'm not having any luck in locating these settings. Short of recreating the part, how can I change this setting? "Know the rules well, so you...
  5. ewh

    Min Line vector creation in Analysis -> Measure

    Can someone tell me where Measure distance-results display-create line went to in NX 1892? TIA! "Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively." -Dalai Lama XIV
  6. ewh

    Counterbore control

    (a tangent continuation of thread1103-197198) For a counterbored hole feature with a positional control FCF, is the base (flat) surface of the counterbore controlled by the FCF? We are attempting to get our MBD definitions in line with what a CMM can consume. A CMM vendor has told use that the...
  7. ewh

    Defining an individual datum and pattern datum at same time

    Howdy! Let's say I have a bulkhead the has 5 holes thru it and each hole has identical features controlled relative to it (5X INDIVIDUAL [DATUM]). Now it seems I need to control some outer features of the profile to the pattern of those 5 holes. How would I go about establishing a pattern datum...
  8. ewh

    Age of PMI

    Researching a little history... About how old is PMI dimensioning in NX? What was the first version in which it became available? [ponder] TIA! "Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively." -Dalai Lama XIV
  9. ewh

    Angle Extension Lines

    NX8.5 (still getting up to speed...) When placing an angular dimension between a centerline and a section hinge line, the extension line starts at the mid-point of the section line, while the extension line at the centerline starts at the end of the line as expected. I have noticed the same...
  10. ewh

    Basic Dimension QTY

    IMHO the quantity of a basic dimension should allways appear outside of the dimension box but Y14.5-2009 doesn't address this, only showing an example of a singular basic dimension where the basic dimension symbol is defined (¶3.3.4). Is it allowable to include the quantity inside the box, or is...
  11. ewh

    Extension of Principal?

    Can a circular pattern of features be used as a datum (see attached)? I have my own ideas on this, but there is no example of this situation depicted in Y14.5 that I can find. Thanks! "Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively." -Dalai Lama...
  12. ewh

    Kicking the Climate Change Cat Further Down the Road...

    What is the reputation of the NIPCC (Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change, a organization of 50 "top" scientists) in the engineering community? I really don't know how reliable they are, but a study (Climate Change Reconsidered II) produced by them and published by the...
  13. ewh

    Duplicate Components in Parts List

    NX6.0.5.3 Teamcenter 8 (I know... behind the times ;-)) I have a parts list which contains duplicate componenents... same item numbers and descriptions but different quantities, which don't necessarily agree with what is indicated in the ANT. The ANT shows them packed with one component...
  14. ewh

    View Projection Question

    RE: Y14.3 MULTIVIEW AND SECTIONAL VIEW DRAWINGS (I had tacked this question onto the end of another thread, but feel it needs better visibility) Is an orthographic projected view from a section view (full, half or partial) allowed? The standard addresses taking a section from a section, but...
  15. ewh

    Dual Unit Dimensioning

    Y14.5-2009 ¶ 1.5.4 states "Where some inch dimensions are shown on a millimeter dimensioned drawing, the abbreviation IN shall follow the inch values. Where some millimeter dimensions are shown on an inch-dimensioned drawing, the symbol mm shall follow the millimeter values." What would be the...
  16. ewh

    Components Blanking Upon Insertion

    NX6.0.5.3 Sometimes when adding components to an assy, they come in blanked, but usually not. Is there a setting that controls this? TIA! “Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.” -Dalai Lama XIV
  17. ewh

    Constraints

    NX6.0.5.3 I have not run into this problem before, but now, using Touch Align, I am unable to get a nut face to share a washer face. I have asembled this same combination using the same components many times before (in the same assembly), but now while the nut will show a good constraint in...
  18. ewh

    General Dimensioning Question

    You have a box, with three identical tabs welded to the top, extending up. These tabs are aligned in profile in the side view. When dimensioning them, do you dimension the profile using single dimensions, or do you add "3X" to the dimensions? I had been taught that if it was obvious from the...
  19. ewh

    Weld Assistant

    NX6.0.5.3 (soon to be 8.5) I have tried searching the Siemens NX site regarding the weld assistant, and have been unable to find any info. Can anyone direct me to such info? Is it still available? What are it's capabilities? TIA! “Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.”...
  20. ewh

    Symbol Annotation Style

    NX6.0.2.8 I am having difficulty in setting the line style for ID symbols. The default values are correct (user and site, which is locked), but newly added symbols don't reflect those values. The arrowhead default is set to filled arrow, but the symbols are created with a dot; the stub length...

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