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Linking parts in NX

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Jashe

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I'm creating a few bodies within a part in NX. Each part is a separate component of a part which has to have it's own print. Whenever I have to make a change to a body, I have to recreate an stp which is linked to the print and it adds to the work load.
I was wondering if there is a way to link the separate component part files to the original part file so I can update parts & prints on the fly. Kind of like "Paste with Link" in Catia.
 
Why are you linking drawings to STP files???

Create drawings linked to your components then export STP files as necessary when you are done with your design. The drawings will update along with changes to the components.

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If we were working with the Assembly application it would be alot easier. But the customer only wants one part file for each job. The parts we make have multiple components. So we have been making each component of our assy a seperate body within one part file. When I make a change to one of the bodies, which is within the rest of the bodies, I have been creating an stp of the revised component, copying and pasting it into a seperate part file which is linked to the drawing, then I can update it.
So when we make a change, it's within the "assy" part file which is not linked to the individual component part file.
Confusing enough. Let me know if you have any ideas.
 
Put each body in its own reference set, create drawing files with each one using one of the reference sets. Still not as clean as doing it properly, but no STP files necessary.

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You can make a drawing file an assembly of components without following the master model concept.

“Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.”
-Dalai Lama XIV
 
Misunderstood... that would still involve multiple files.
I don't know of any way you can do what is requested while keeping the models linked without having multiple files, unless you wave-linked the bodies into the drawing file and broke the links before delivering the file to the customer. To edit, you just re-link the bodies.

“Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.”
-Dalai Lama XIV
 
Ewh, does the wave-link tool only work with Assembly. I tried picking bodies in the part but nothing would highlight.
 
WAVE is for creating INTER-part links, so by definition, you must be working in the context of an Assemby where you can have multiple parts open at one time and be able to select objects in them.

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Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
 
Or 'Extract Geometry'...

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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