How ot add additional lines to a drawing 1

[asng]

Hi,
I am wondeing How ot add additional lines to a drawing,
in a case to add lines to a view and then to get dimensions from those lines.

 

[Xwheelguy]

You can either sketch them or expand the view and draw them using Basic Curves. About as basic as it gets.

Tim Flater
NX Designer
NX 9.0.2.5 Win7 Pro x64 SP1
Intel Xeon 2.53 GHz 6GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro 4000 2GB

 

[asng]

Thaanks
I can't fimd Basic curves in Drafting,only sketch curves
Where is a Basic Curves icaon located?

 

[cowski]

The location of "basic curves" depends on the version of NX you are running. Try using the command finder. Or use one of the various line/arc commands; turn off the "associative" option for a dumb curve (equivalent to using basic curves), or leave it on to create a curve feature.

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[JohnRBaker]

Note that our longterm direction is to only use the sketcher as a means of adding additional curve objects to the body of a Drawing or its views.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Digital Factory
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

 

[Xwheelguy]

John,

Are you implying that NO other curve type will be allowed in drafting other than a sketch curve? If so, you're probably going to have some really upset customers. As you can see by the OP's question - that leaves the customer with the burden of training their drafting people to use and manage sketches. One can only ask WHY.....

Tim Flater
NX Designer
NX 9.0.2.5 Win7 Pro x64 SP1
Intel Xeon 2.53 GHz 6GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro 4000 2GB

 

[cowski]

Given the UG/NX track record of supporting legacy workflows, I doubt the other approaches will be eliminated. Really hidden, maybe difficult to activate, but probably not gone forever.

But, this is just guessing on my part.

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[EngProgrammer]

The future of CAD is developing models that manufacturing can manufacture too. And not drawings that have cobbled lines/arcs added to drawing views and are not part of the solid model geometry. And additionally, dimensions that are not part of the actual models and they are edited dimensions. I don't completely understand why organization by an expensive 3D modeling CAD system and people are still developing static lines and arcs. It's probably a matter of time that everything will be done as a 3D model and there will be no editable view within the drawing. Matter of a fact, I see the drawing going away completely and we are manufacturing to a solid model.

 

[cowski]

Since starting with NX (~2001), I deal mostly with injection molded parts. Our usual workflow is to give the tool & die makers a copy of the solid; they can quickly generate toolpaths with this information. Like you, I also imagine the drawing will eventually go away. However, we are not there yet and there is some information on the drawing that is easier to "cobble in" with lines/arcs. A few examples I've seen:
[ul]
[li]placement of labels or other artwork for the finished part[/li]
[li]boundaries of texture or paint location when there is no convenient feature on the model to dimension to[/li]
[li]boundary callouts for the toolmakers such as "no ejectors allowed in this area"[/li]
[/ul]

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[jerry1423]

nobody really is saying the curves on this drawing are for the part itself as some has nsinuated here

 

[Xwheelguy]

cowski,

Given what happened with Linear Dimensions, I wouldn't be surprised by anything this day and age. Just wanted to hear any plans before we're painted into another corner. As for the rest, jerry1423 hit the nail on the head. Drawings aren't just about the part - a little more to it than that.

Tim Flater
NX Designer
NX 9.0.2.5 Win7 Pro x64 SP1
Intel Xeon 2.53 GHz 6GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro 4000 2GB