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  1. Davavanstone

    Text engraving and single line fonts

    Hi, I'm using NX2212 and am having some trouble engraving text. I want to model the text for another machinist to manufacture. I don't want to simply extrude cut a font into the part, this is not machinable, corners cannot be machined, and it means a lot of toolpaths to cut the extruded face...
  2. Davavanstone

    Fit plane to facet body (multiple features?)

    Brilliant thank you a984928. I have done as you say, but with a small sacrifice by not taking data from all of the hole's faces, but the amount it negligible. Thank you :)
  3. Davavanstone

    Fit plane to facet body (multiple features?)

    Hi, I don't know if someone could elaborate, I am trying to fit a plane to the red painted faces in the image. In "real world" they're all on the same plane. Now, using fit surface, I've chosen color coded region and then the red, the issue I get is it creates six separate planes to each hole...
  4. Davavanstone

    CNC Cylinder head porting (and a happy new year!)

    Hi all, hope everyone had a great new year, and not too many Mince pies haha. Has anyone here done porting with CAM on NX(11)? What operation type do you recommend? From a previous thread, it turns out tube finish is arriving to NX late January, but for the minute, does anyone have a workaround...
  5. Davavanstone

    Safe retract in NX CAM?

    Hi Mark, thanks for the reply, I have not seen tube_finish? I'm currently using variable contour (4 axis machine) with tool axis toward line and surface area drive method. Going by the name, tube finish sounds ideal for the job, could you point me in the right direction in using it? Regards...
  6. Davavanstone

    Safe retract in NX CAM?

    Hi there, I'm currently trying to retract a tool out of a port on a cylinder head, in the past I have created a path with studio spline inside of the cutting tool path, and then created another operation using the curve as a retract path. It works but is very time consuming, not very safe and if...
  7. Davavanstone

    trochoidial stock removal - how to remove stock from around the part with a trochoidial tool path?

    No problem :) On mobile at the moment, I'll try to explain instead Make a new sketch on your part (doesn't matter where it is along Z height in this case, just put it anywhere on the XY plane) Make the sketch "box"/area large enough so it doesn't impede on it's cutting of the part/area that...
  8. Davavanstone

    trochoidial stock removal - how to remove stock from around the part with a trochoidial tool path?

    Hi James, You could sketch in a trim boundary and do two operations? Draw the area you'd like to machine, go back into manufacturing, back to your operation and select "Specify Trim Boundaries", trim the outside. then run a conventional "Follow Part" on the rest. See image Regards Dave
  9. Davavanstone

    Bridge bend to non parallel bodies (NX10)

    Hi, What would be the easiest way to to do a bridge flange between two bodies which aren't parallel? Two bodies flat to the XY planes and separated by the distance along the Z join with bridge, although if the upper is kept in the same place, but tilted about the X axis, I get the error "This...
  10. Davavanstone

    Frustum top opt in NX11

    Brilliant, thank you Toost. I noticed there are very few videos on the internet of it so gathered it wasn't yet accessible. If you have more information it'd be great! Either way, going to have to wait and see :) Dave
  11. Davavanstone

    Frustum top opt in NX11

    Hi guys, Just a quick one, I'm very interested in the latest topology optimisation update in NX11, does this come with the release (to those that already have 11), or does it come with a patch later in the year/next year? The information on the Frustum top opt integration with NX is very sparse...
  12. Davavanstone

    NX10 multicore usage in thermal /flow

    Hi guys, didn't know if anyone could help, I am trying to get NX to use more cores when using thermal / flow (and any others), my PC is a dual quad core xeon. This seems to have been covered a lot on here, and following all recommendations with still no luck... A few things UGII_SMP_ENABLE=1 is...

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