NX 8.5 Mirror Body Command Retired

[Cid1979]

Why is that they retired the Mirror Command in Modeling but yet its still in the NX sheet modeling wizard, under the feature toolbar. I know you can use mirror in instance geometry, I guess I am wonder two things is there a to port that command from NX Sheet Metal into modeling or have Siemens just bring it back, I like it better than going into instance geometry.

 

[JohnRBaker]

Starting with NX 8.5, when in Modeling, the 'Mirror Body' operation has been moved to the newly renamed (and updated) 'Extract Geometry' function. As for the 'Mirror Body' operation available within NX Sheet Metal, that is a specialized function for use specficially with Sheet Metal models, that is the Mirrored 'Body' will still behave as if it were created using actual Sheet Metal features. In other words, you can create a flat solid or a 2D flatpattern from them.

BTW, if you're running NX 8.5 and you enter 'Mirror Body' into the 'Command Finder' the first 'hit' will now be 'Extract Geometry'.

John R. Baker, P.E.
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[jerry1423]

Maybe go into:
Help -> Command Finder
and see if they buried it someplace, or made it part of a differnt command

 

[JohnRBaker]

I should have included this in my original response, but one of the reasons for moving 'Mirror Body' to 'Extract Geometry' in NX 8.5 even though, as you've mentioned, you could have used 'Instance Geometry' to Mirror a body, was in anticipation of the fact that 'Instance Geometry' is being replaced in NX 9.0 with a new pattern-based scheme. It will now be called 'Pattern Geometry' and it will use a similar dialog and sets of options that you now see in 'Pattern Feature' in NX 8.0 and NX 8.5 (in fact we're introducing several new 'Pattern-based' functions in NX 9.0, all using similar looking dialogs and sets of replication options). And now that we're using this new 'Pattern' scheme it does not lend itself to performing Mirror operations, but rather is intended to create multiple copies of an object. Therefore we moved 'Mirror Body' to what is in reality the more appropriate and logical 'Extract Geometry' function. We could have waited until NX 9.0 but decided to make this change now rather than later.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
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To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

 

[Cid1979]

John,

Thanks for that insight as to why it is being retired, when's the official release date for NX 9.0 do you know?

 

[JohnRBaker]

Officially, I'm not allowed say, but for planning purposes, assume around the end of September - the first part of October. And before anyone asks, NX 9.0.1.x is planned for early next year.

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.

 

[Cid1979]

Thanks John, I Like the Speak, Hear and See no Evil.