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Graduation marks in NX
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kapmnit123
Mechanical
Hi,
It is perhaps not exactly the thing you seek for but Using GRID you can get a similar sort of a display. (sorry i can check it in NX8 only and not NX7.5 as of now but hope this is there.)
I am attaching an image herewith.
Thanks and Best Regards
Kapil Sharma
It is perhaps not exactly the thing you seek for but Using GRID you can get a similar sort of a display. (sorry i can check it in NX8 only and not NX7.5 as of now but hope this is there.)
I am attaching an image herewith.
Thanks and Best Regards
Kapil Sharma
You will have to create the marks yourself. In NX 7.5, "instance geometry" is a good command to use for this; it can create a linear or circular array as desired.
www.nxjournaling.com
www.nxjournaling.com
JohnRBaker
Mechanical
There are three basic grid styles supported by NX (and these have been supported for many years including NX 7.5). The display is optional as well as snapping to grid points when making selection with your cursor when drawing curves and locating origins.
Of the basic styles, there are Uniform Rectangular, Non-Uniform Rectangular and Polar Grids, as seen below:
You can find the various Grid pattern options at...
Preferences -> Grid and Work Plane...
Also there are icons on the 'Utilities' toolbar to toggle ON/OFF both the display of the Grid as well as whether 'Snap Points' are enabled or not.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
Of the basic styles, there are Uniform Rectangular, Non-Uniform Rectangular and Polar Grids, as seen below:
You can find the various Grid pattern options at...
Preferences -> Grid and Work Plane...
Also there are icons on the 'Utilities' toolbar to toggle ON/OFF both the display of the Grid as well as whether 'Snap Points' are enabled or not.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
JohnRBaker
Mechanical
Note that all the grid patterns key off of the WCS. In the case of the Retangualr Grids, the WCS determines where 0,0 is and in the case of the Polar Grid, where the center is.
And yes, you can have them ON and if effect in both Modeling and Drafting, although since the actual drawing origin is used for the Grid origin, this makes perfect sense when dealing with either of the Rectangular Grid patterns but isn't really that useful when using a Polar Grid, but then using a Polar Grid on the face of Drawing is of little value anyway since I've never really seen Drawings organized for a Polar layout where as Rectangular layouts on Drawings is the natural way to do things.
And you can also use all three Grid styles while creating a Sketch, again providing a natural way to work and for cases where you're sketching radial type designs, here is where the use of a Polar Grid can be quite effective.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
And yes, you can have them ON and if effect in both Modeling and Drafting, although since the actual drawing origin is used for the Grid origin, this makes perfect sense when dealing with either of the Rectangular Grid patterns but isn't really that useful when using a Polar Grid, but then using a Polar Grid on the face of Drawing is of little value anyway since I've never really seen Drawings organized for a Polar layout where as Rectangular layouts on Drawings is the natural way to do things.
And you can also use all three Grid styles while creating a Sketch, again providing a natural way to work and for cases where you're sketching radial type designs, here is where the use of a Polar Grid can be quite effective.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
If these marks are only for reference while modeling, then ignore my post above. I assumed you were adding these marks to an object that you were modeling.
www.nxjournaling.com
www.nxjournaling.com
JohnRBaker
Mechanical
However cowski, if someone actually DID need to add 'graduation marks' to their model, be they linear or radial, the use of the appropriate Grid pattern and scale/settings could prove very useful in laying out curve objects representing those 'graduations'.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
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