Associative Projection Direction

[DaSalo]

Hello,

Using NX 7.5 or NX 8.0:

When creating a projected view is there a way to a define an associative projection vector such that the projected view will always update relative to the feature used to define the projection vector and will stay locked in that relationship to the parent view on the drawing sheet?

When creating projected views to show compound angles I place them on the drawing sheet according to the projection direction snap. I would like to have some way of ensuring that they stay that way even if the angle of the feature that they are projected from changes.

My understanding is that there is no way of establishing associative relationships between views on a drawing sheet but I figured I would ask.

Thanks for any advice.

 

[JohnRBaker]

When placing a 'Projected View', if you expand the section of the dialog labeled 'Hinge Line' you will find options to select a hinge line reference either inferred or via the normal Vector options. Also there's an option to create the view in an 'Associative' manner which means that it will remain normal to the specified 'Hinge Line' in the base base view if it should change at the result of the model being modified. However, this only covers the angle relative to the base view as you may have to drag the projected view back into positional alignment. The orientation of the view will be correct, just that the location of the view may need to be repositioned back to a more appropriate one.

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