It is customer surface data so not really. I have 3 surfaces (styled switch buttons) all of which are slightly different from each other. I need to generate a bet fit plane in order to minimize over all package space among other things. (with a little more work than what seems necessary) I can extract a point set from a single surface and use Fit Surface to generate a plane from a single sheet. But I want to average all surfaces together so I can develop a common work plane, draw direction, etc. etc.
There is a "Fit surface" that can fit a plane to ... points and facet data but not to Surfaces.
So i assume that you must create a number of points ( use the Point set) on those surfaces first, and possibly also create a group of the points you like to use.
The feature is intended to be used in reverse engineering situations, where the data you normally have is points or facets.
- there is always another feature in NX to discover
it is also needed in early development where you have styling surface (which is never flat) and need to develop a package for electronics (almost always flat) behind it. It's just frustrating that a function which was available in a CAD system that has been obsolete for 20 years does not seem to be available in a current "state of the art" system.
Maybe we should tell that to the Siemens product manager, i am pretty sure he/she isn't aware of that usage.
I wasn't, I have been supporting NX since 1990.
