How to make a sew sheet that has multiple faces to one face? NX 9

[missionjd]

I don't understand why you cant get all the faces to one face because if i can put a isoparametric Curve on each face and then join curve the cuvres then use the through curve mesh tool and get one face why or where is there a tool to go that for me?
any help
here is what i need to make one face.

 

[cowski]

You might try the "quilt" command.

However, the surface you are starting with looks very "messy" (lots of ripples and bumps). The quilt command will try to match what it is given. In this case, the quilt command will probably error out or get stuck in a processing loop so long you'll wish it had.

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[Xwheelguy]

It won't work for your situation since your body has so many ripples, but since you brought up Join Curve.....there is a Join Face command in addition to the Quilt command. Quilt will assist you better with that type of body, as cowski already pointed out.

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

 

[ewh]

cowski gets the credit

"Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively."
-Dalai Lama XIV

 

[missionjd]

How do i use that command on this

 

[Xwheelguy]

ewh,

Not sure what you're talking about.... Gotta love the new edit tool.

cowski,

Sorry - old age must be getting to me.

missionjd,

That's gonna take some time and processing power. I'd break it up into smaller slab pieces based upon the direction they generally face. Once the face count has been scaled down, then you can try Sewing them all together and creating one final Quilt for your single face.

You're not going to get that into a single sheet very easily or quickly.

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

 

[missionjd]

Thanks i see what you mean thing is taking for ever to quilt a fairly small area.

 

[Xwheelguy]

If you have the option to request a better set of data, I'd try that route - you're going to spend a long, long time Quilting that monstrosity.

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

 

[missionjd]

I wish this what they scan for the the part and they some how don't have the cad file.

 

[Xwheelguy]

There are commands within NX that are supposed to assist with reverse engineering - Rapid Surfacing being the primary one. I believe it requires a Shape Studio license. Take a look at the NX documentation under Home -> CAD -> Shape Studio -> Reverse Engineering to get an idea of the process involved in doing a task such as this. It also outlines some analysis tools to assist you in making more accurate calls on blending.

To me, it reads like this is going to take some time and patience as well as a talent for visualizing clean surface breaks. You should be able to develop some slab surfaces and then extend them out. I would expect 3-4 iterations of a slab to get it fairly close to the scan data, but then again I'm fairly picky. It will just depend on how many areas are planar versus curved - hard for me to judge by the image.

Do you have any 2D drawing data to support this scan data? If so, and you can align the 2D data to the proper scan locations, you can overlay the 2D onto the scan and start building your own surfaces using dimensions from the drawing to recreate a model that will be much cleaner and more than likely easier to manipulate.

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

 

[missionjd]

no license

 

[Xwheelguy]

Well, then you're either going to be Quilting or getting more data to support your scan, as I outlined in the last paragraph of my previous post. Either way, it's going to be time consuming.

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

 

[missionjd]

thanks for the help

 

[BubbaK]

Depending on how much they pay you, buying a Reverse Engineering license might be cheaper than buying your time.