anyoldname
Automotive
- Oct 11, 2005
- 60
I need to generate a drawing entity that I can't find a standard symbol for in the symbols library.
Its nothing fancy, just some hatched circles of a prescribed diameter to indicate casting pick-up zones. I've used the standard X, Y & Z pickup symbols but need these hatched circles at the root/base of the leader.
Coming from a ProE background, the best practice I'm familiar with is to sketch these entities onto the model then show them in the drawing. I like this approach as I've always found it to be the most robust so I've been trying to do something similar with UG (NX5).
I have my drawing file set up as a separate file to the model (is this called a master model approach?) so to create the sketched curves I've been entering modelling mode from the drawing file. My reasoning is that as this is a drawing only entity its best to create it in the drawing file. Plus the model file is still being worked on by another designer so this makes it much easier for me to add draft entities.
I then create a sketch on the required plane (its actually one of the planes of the default co-ord system) but as soon as I enter the sketch the UG display trims the model through the sketch plane, only displaying what lies behind the plane and also cuts it at an angled plane running backwards through the sketch/part origin. Despite this I can see sufficent references to create the curves but when I exit the sketcher UG continues to only show part of the model. Updates, screen refreshes, leaving modelling mode and re-entering fail to cure this.
Therefore, I have several questions:
Is this the best method to create sketched entities for a drawing?
Is there a cure to the display issues I've encountered when sketching? I've checked every display configuration option I can find with no luck, this only happens when I sketch in the drawing file (in modelling mode), the model file itself is fine.
Is there a standard symbol available for this ( I need a typical X/Y/Z type casting pickup symbol on a leader with the leader root dimensioned and a hatched symbol at the root. Even if there is a suitable symbol that shows all of this I would still like to understand the best practice for sketching in additional draft entities as sooner or later I will have to do it.
I have also tried to add a plain circle symbol then cross-hatch/fill it without success, is it possible to to that?
Thanks
Its nothing fancy, just some hatched circles of a prescribed diameter to indicate casting pick-up zones. I've used the standard X, Y & Z pickup symbols but need these hatched circles at the root/base of the leader.
Coming from a ProE background, the best practice I'm familiar with is to sketch these entities onto the model then show them in the drawing. I like this approach as I've always found it to be the most robust so I've been trying to do something similar with UG (NX5).
I have my drawing file set up as a separate file to the model (is this called a master model approach?) so to create the sketched curves I've been entering modelling mode from the drawing file. My reasoning is that as this is a drawing only entity its best to create it in the drawing file. Plus the model file is still being worked on by another designer so this makes it much easier for me to add draft entities.
I then create a sketch on the required plane (its actually one of the planes of the default co-ord system) but as soon as I enter the sketch the UG display trims the model through the sketch plane, only displaying what lies behind the plane and also cuts it at an angled plane running backwards through the sketch/part origin. Despite this I can see sufficent references to create the curves but when I exit the sketcher UG continues to only show part of the model. Updates, screen refreshes, leaving modelling mode and re-entering fail to cure this.
Therefore, I have several questions:
Is this the best method to create sketched entities for a drawing?
Is there a cure to the display issues I've encountered when sketching? I've checked every display configuration option I can find with no luck, this only happens when I sketch in the drawing file (in modelling mode), the model file itself is fine.
Is there a standard symbol available for this ( I need a typical X/Y/Z type casting pickup symbol on a leader with the leader root dimensioned and a hatched symbol at the root. Even if there is a suitable symbol that shows all of this I would still like to understand the best practice for sketching in additional draft entities as sooner or later I will have to do it.
I have also tried to add a plain circle symbol then cross-hatch/fill it without success, is it possible to to that?
Thanks
