Intermediate NX Design and Assemblies

Intermediate NX Design and Assemblies
Student Guide October 2011 MT10056-S NX 8
2011. Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc. All rights reserved
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Siemens PLM Software
Course overview
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Course overview
Intended audience This course is for designers, engineers, and CAD/CAM managers who need to create parametric solid models that capture design intent.
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Course objectives
Pattern sketch curves Offset sketch curves Create a basic free form shape Create expressions with measurements Copy/paste a feature Create reference sets Create draft Use Synchronous Modeling Create a variable blend Create component arrays Apply top down assembly modeling Design in context Use the WAVE geometry linker Create interpart references Define remembered assembly constraints Define a revision identifier Manage assembly arrangements
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Prerequisites
Essentials for NX Designers Working knowledge of the following: NX interface Sketching and constraining techniques.
Adding and constraining assembly components.

Swept features with optional Offset WCS & Absolute coordinate systems Simple blends
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How to use this manual
The following guidelines describe how you can get the most benefit from your use of the course guide and the accompanying HTML activities.
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Lesson format
The general format for lesson content is:
Instructor presentation
One or more activities Project Summary
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Learning tips
Ask questions. Confirm important facts by restating them in your own words.
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Common symbols
Design Intent Information about the task and what must be accomplished. Tip Useful information or advice. Note Contains useful information that supplements or emphasizes the main points.
Example Shows a possible way that the current topic of discussion could be used.
Caution Contains important reminders or information about a task. Warning Contains information essential to your success.
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Classroom system information
Your instructor will provide the following items for working in the classroom:
Student login: User name: Password: Work directory:
Parts directory:
Instructor:
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Layer standards
Parts used in this course were created using layer categories the same as or very similar to those found in the Model template parts. Layer categories in the Model template parts Layers 110 1120 2140 4160 6180 Category Solids Sheets Sketches Curves Datums No category assigned Description Solid bodies Sheet bodies All external sketches Non-sketch curves Planes, axes, coordinate systems
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Roles, toolbars, and menus
This course was designed to use the Essentials with full menus role. Roles The role you choose affects the number of buttons that appear on toolbars, and the number of shortcut menu items you will see.
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Procedure Choosing a role
To activate a role:
1.
2. 3.
Open the Roles palette on the Resource bar.

Click the role you want. Acknowledge the warning message.
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Customize the interface
NX provides customization tools to fine tune your interface. Toolbars You can choose which buttons are displayed using Add and Remove buttons under Toolbar Options on any toolbar.
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Activities: Set the role for this course
In the Course Overview lesson, do the activity:
Set the role for this course
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Lesson 1 Constrain sketches
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Constrain sketches
Purpose This lesson describes creating and modifying sketch constraints.
Objectives
Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to: Auto create and display constraints. Use constraints to create relationships.
Constrain the perimeter of a sketch.

Animate your sketch for movement visualization. Position your sketch with positioning dimensions.
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Auto Constrain
The Auto Constrain command creates specific multiple geometric constraint types to selected sketch objects.
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Auto Constrain options
Curves to Constrain Constraints to Apply Set All and Clear All Apply Remote Constraints
Distance Tolerance
Angle Tolerance
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Perimeter Dimension
The Perimeter Dimension command constrains the collective lengths of selected curves of a sketch profile to a desired value. The curves allowed for selection with Perimeter Dimension are lines and arcs.
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Activities: Auto and Perimeter constraints
In the Constrain sketches section, do the activity:
Create auto constraints
Constrain the perimeter of a sketch
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Control expressions in a cooling pipe.
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Sketch Animate Dimension
The Animate Dimension command dynamically displays the effects of varying a given dimension over a specified range.
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Animate Dimension options
Value Lower Limit Upper Limit Steps/Cycle Display Dimensions
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Activity: Animate dimension
Experiment with sketch dimensions
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Sketch positioning techniques
You can locate your sketch in their plane using datum axes, datum planes, objects belonging to other sketches, non-sketch curves, or solid edges. There are two methods you can use to position your sketch. Sketch constraints or dimensions. Positioning dimensions.
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Sketch positioning techniques
If you try create a positioning dimension on a sketch that is constrained to outside objects, you will receive the following error message
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Activities: Locating a sketch
Locating a sketch
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Review: Constraining Sketches
1.
What sketch tool can be used to automatically create geometric constraints for existing sketch curves? Auto Constrain
2.
What Dimensional Constraint option creates an expression used to control the collective lengths of the selected curves of a sketch profile?
Perimeter
3.
Sketches may be located using geometric and dimensional __________. Constraints
4.
What sketch tool dynamically displays the effect of varying a given dimension over a specified range?
Animate Dimension
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Summary: Sketch constraints
Sketch constraints allow you to capture and maintain design intent even after design changes occur. Through dimensions and constraints, you can adapt your solid models to the design intent of the final product. In this lesson you:
Auto created and displayed constraints.

Constrained the perimeter of a sketch. Used constraints to create relationships. Animated your sketch for movement visualization. Positioned your sketch with positioning dimensions and constraints.
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Lesson 2 Additional Sketch techniques
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Additional Sketch techniques
Purpose This lesson will introduce you to additional techniques you can use to manipulate and evaluate your sketch. Objectives Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to: Project curves to a sketch. Add existing curves to a sketch. Create and edit offset sketch curves. Create linear and circular patterns in a sketch. Edit sketch curves using Edit Defining Section.
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Offset Curve
The Offset Curve command creates curves at a constant distance from existing curves and edges.
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Offset Curve options
Curves to Offset Distance Reverse Direction Create Dimension Symmetric Offset Number of Copies Cap Options
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Activities: Project and Offset
In the Additional Sketch techniques section, do the activities:
Project curves to a sketch
Offset edges
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Pattern Curve
Use the Pattern Curve command to pattern edges, curves, and points that are parallel to the sketch plane. The available types are: Linear Pattern Circular Pattern General Pattern that can be modified when you
This command also creates a pattern constraint double-click one of the patterned curves.
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Pattern Curve linear associative options
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Selected curve for pattern. Direction 1 Pitch Distance Span Distance Direction 2
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Pattern Curve circular associative options
1. 2. 3. 4.
Selected curve for pattern Pitch Angle Span Angle Create Pitch Expressions .
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Activities: Pattern curves
In the Additional Sketch techniques section, do the activities:
Create a linear pattern in two directions
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Create a general pattern in a sketch
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Edit Defining Section
Use the Edit Defining Section command, as necessary, to edit and map sections that affect downstream features.
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Edit Defining Section dialog box
Specify Origin Curve Replacement Assistant List
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Activity: Edit defining section
In the Additional Sketch techniques section, do the activity:
Edit Defining Section
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Add Existing Curves to a Sketch
The Add Existing Curves command adds existing curves and points, as well as conic curves such as ellipses, parabolas and hyperbolas, to your active sketch. An example of when you would use this command could be that you have a general idea of what a cross sectional profile looks like, but do not quite understand how form, fit, and function of the part will drive the design intent. As the design matures and you recognize the intent, you may then create a sketch and add already swept curve geometry to it.
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Activities: Add existing curves to a sketch
In the Additional Sketch techniques section, do the activity:
Convert a 2D dwg to a sketch-based model
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Review: Additional Sketch techniques
1.
What option allows the addition or removal of objects from a sketch profile that has already been swept into a solid body? Edit Defining Section
2.
What sketcher option lets you create extracted curves of external objects onto the sketch plane?
Project Curves
3.
Which sketch option lets you create associative curves that are offset from existing sketch curves. Offset Curve
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Summary: Additional sketch techniques
In this lesson you:
Projected edge curves to a sketch.

Offset the edges of a part in a sketch. Created linear and circular patterns in a sketch. Edited a sketch section that has down-stream features associated with it. Converted 2D data into a parametric 3D part.
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Lesson 3 Basic freeform
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Basic freeform
Purpose Most designers need more control than they can achieve while only using analytic shapes. Spline Curves and sheet bodies take design beyond analytic geometry so you can freely construct any form you require, thus the term freeform. Objectives In this introductory lesson you will learn how to:
Create splines through points.

Create a sketch on path normal to edges. Create a freeform body, by variational sweep. Create a tongue and groove profile using a variational sweep.
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Studio Spline overview
A splines flexible nature and variety of data interpretation methods make splines the foundation of freeform modeling. Studio Splines interactively create associative or non associative splines.
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Studio Spline overview
Spline creation methods These are the basic methods you can use to create splines: By Poles Through Points
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Activities: Create a spline
In the Basic Freeform section, do the activity:
Create a spline
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Sketch On Path
1. 2. 3.
Path Sketch Variational Sweep
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Sketch on Path dialog box
The following is an overview of the unique Sketch on Path creation options.
Path
Plane Location Plane Orientation
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Sketch Orientation
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Variational Sweep
Use the Variational Sweep command to create a body by sweeping a cross section along a path where the shape of the section varies along the path.
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Variational Sweep dialog box
The following is an overview of the unique Variational Sweep creation options. Limits o % Arc Length starts the sweep at a specified percentage.
o
o
Arc Length starts or ends the sweep at a specified length.

Through Points starts or ends the sweep at a specified point on the guide curve.
Secondary Sections Settings
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Activities: Create a multi-rail Variational Sweep feature
In the Basic Freeform section, do the following activities:
Create a multi-rail Variational Sweep feature
Create tongue and groove type parts
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Review: Basic Freeform
1.
True/False Before you start a swept feature such as Extrude or Variational Sweep, you must first create the sketch profile. False (Internal sketches can be created on-the-fly)
2.
What spline type passes exactly along a set of data points?

Through Points
3.
True/False Studio splines are used when you want to watch a curve dynamically develop as the definition progresses. True
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Summary: Basic freeform
In this lesson you:
Created a studio spline through a set of specified points.

Created a Sketch on Path designed to define a three dimensional shape. Created a freeform body, by variational sweep. Created a tongue and groove profile using a variational sweep. Discovered embedded sketches.
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Lesson 4 Expressions
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Expressions
Purpose You can easily create many types of intelligent expressions based on measurements and inter-part references. This lesson describes various aspects of the expression functionality. Objectives Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to: Create comments in Expressions
Create Conditional Expressions

Reference Measurements of geometric properties via expressions
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The Expressions dialog box
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Listed Expressions Expression list Filter box Unit Dimensionality specifies the physical property for the Number type, i.e. constant, length, area, etc.. Additional functions
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Expression comments
You can enter comments for an expression using either of the following methods:
Comment column
Formula box
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Expression operators
Operators may be classified into arithmetic, conditional, and relational/Boolean. Functions Use Functions to locate any standard or user defined function to insert into a formula. Built-in functions include the following examples: Name abs arcsin sin pi
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Activities: Expressions
In the Expressions section, do the activities:
Work with expressions
Dimensionality in expressions
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Conditional expressions
Expressions can be used to define a variable based on specific conditions. This kind of expression is created by using the if-else statement. Consider the following: Example Name Lgth Wdth Formula 12.5 if ( Lgth > 10 ) ( 5 ) else ( 3 )
Expressions can also use Boolean operations such as AND or OR. Consider the following: Example Name Lgth Wdth Formula 12.5 if ( Lgth > 0 && Lgth < 10 ) ( 3 ) else ( 5 )
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Activities: Create conditional expressions
In the Expressions section, do the activity:
Create conditional expressions
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Measurements and Expressions
Use the measurement options, in the Expressions dialog box, to capture values for use in expression formulas.
Measure Distance
Measure Length Measure Angle Measure Bodies
Measure Area
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Stand-alone measurements and Measure features
Measurements created with measurement options in the Expressions dialog box are stand alone measurements.
Measure features also appear in the Part Navigator under the Measures node.
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Measurements and DesignLogic
During the feature creation, when you use the Measure option on the DesignLogic list, the measurement is attached to the feature or model.
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Activities: Apply measurements
In the Expressions section, do the activity:
Apply measurements
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Review: Expressions
1.
To add a description to an expression you can insert a _________.
2.
Comment
What general action allows the creation of a feature that captures distance, length, angle, bodies, or area? Measure
3.
True/False Conditional Expressions or if-else statements should only be used when capturing design intent that can be reused in additional or future projects. True
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Summary: Expressions
You can create comments when entering a formula by using double forward slashes "//" after the formula and before the comment. Conditional Expressions allow you to develop design rule relationships between certain elements of your model. You may use Measurements to create a feature parameter based on some geometric property. In this lesson you: Created and edited expressions.
Created comments in expressions.

Created conditional expressions. Created measurement expressions.
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Lesson 5 Duplicating features
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Duplicating features
Purpose This lesson describes various methods to create duplicate features.
Objectives
Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to: Mirror selected features Copy and Paste Features
Create Instance Geometry Along Path

Pattern history-free geometry
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Mirror Feature overview
Use the Mirror Feature command to mirror one or more features within a body. Use this to build symmetrical geometry.
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Extrude and hole array selected and mirrored across a datum plane
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Activities: Create and edit mirror features
In the Duplicate features section, do the activity:
Create and edit mirror features
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Copy, Copy Feature, and Paste
Use the Copy, Copy Feature and Paste commands to copy features, faces, points, and curves and paste them within your model or to another part file. You can select objects to copy from either the graphics window or the Part Navigator.
Copy
Copy Feature Paste
Copies selected features, faces, points, curves, and assembly components to the clipboard.
Copies selected features to the clipboard. If no features are selected, the Copy Feature dialog box opens with a list of features from which you can select.
Pastes a copy of the objects on the clipboard to your model or to another part file. Copy and Copy Feature both replace whatever was previously copied to the clipboard.
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Activities: Copy and paste a sketch
Copy and paste a sketch
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Instance Geometry overview
Use the Instance Geometry command to create associative and non-associative copies of objects.
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Instance Geometry types
The available instance methods from the Type option list are: From/To Mirror Translate Rotate Along Path
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Instance Geometry Along Path type
Select Path Distance Option Fill Path Length Distance Option Arc Length Location
Angle
Number of Copies
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Activities: Geometry Instance Along Path
Instance Geometry - Along Path
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Pattern Face
Use the Pattern Face command to copy a set of faces in a rectangular pattern, circular pattern, or mirror them, and add them to a body.
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Pattern Face types
Rectangular Pattern
Circular Pattern
Mirror
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Activities: Create a pattern using faces
Create a pattern using faces
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Review: Duplicating features
1.
True/False Mirror Feature lets you mirror about datum planes or planar faces. True
2.
True/False The Instance Geometry type Along Path, allows you to associatively copy geometry only in a linear direction.
False (Geometry can be associatively copied along any path; linear, radial, or an irregular path.)
3.
True/False The Copy Feature and Paste functions let you copy features and paste them only within the same part. False (Features can be copied from one part file to another.)
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Summary: Duplicating features
Duplicating features reduces the time you use to create multiple occurrences of features. Mirror Feature allows you to mirror selected features about a datum plane or planar face. The copy/paste feature allows the duplication of features within or across part files. Instance Geometry Along Path allows features to be duplicated in non-linear or non-circular patterns.
In this lesson you:

Created a Mirror Feature. Copied and Pasted Features. Created Instance Geometry Along Path.
Patterned history-free geometry.

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Lesson 6 Assembly functions
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Assembly functions
Purpose This lesson introduces Assembly Navigator, attributes, and clearance functionality. Objectives Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to: Use the Assembly Navigator to manipulate an assembly. Rearrange components in the Assembly Navigator. Work with component properties and attributes. Perform a Simple Clearance Check.
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Assembly Navigator shortcut menu
The Assembly Navigator gives you a graphical display of the assembly structure of the displayed part, and provides a quick and easy method of manipulating components in an assembly.
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Drag and drop components
You can edit your assembly structure by dragging one or more components to a target location in the Assembly Navigator hierarchal tree. You cannot drag a component if: The target is not loaded. An occurrence of the dragged component already has the target as its parent. A cyclic assembly structure would result, for example, if you try to drop a parent onto one of its children.
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Activities: Use the Assembly Navigator
In the Assembly functions section, do the activity:
Edit the assembly structure
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Attributes
Attributes are used to associate non-graphical information to a CAD design and display them in the following: Part Navigator Assembly Navigator Automated title box notes
Drawing notes and labels

Parts List Graphics window
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Component Properties overview
Use the Component Properties command to acquire status information about, and make changes to, selected components. The Component Properties dialog has multiple tabs: Assembly Attributes Weight Part File Parameters
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Assembly Navigator Properties
Use the Properties command to: Control the display of bounding boxes for invisible components. Specify the predefined columns to display. Define custom columns based on part attributes. Specify the order of columns.
Select filtering options for components and constraints.
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Assembly Navigator columns
Some of the more common columns that can appear in the Assembly Navigator are described in the following table. Column Descriptive Part Name Component Name Part Name Read Only Modified Position Count Out of Date
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Simple Clearance Check
Use the Simple Clearance Check command to check for possible interferences between selected components and other components in the assembly. If interferences are found, a report appears. For each interference, the report lists the following: Interference Check Selected Component caster_2_fork caster_2_axle caster_2_axle Interfering Component caster_2_spacer caster_2_fork caster_2_wheel
Status
Text
New (Hard) New (Touching) New (Touching)
Isolate Interference
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Activities: Assembly user interface
In the Assembly functions section, do the activity:
Assembly user interface
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Review: Assembly functions
1.
What operation can be done on any node in the Assembly Navigator to quickly make it the work part? Double-click the node
2.
True/False. When selecting components for an operation, you can select them using the Assembly Navigator by selecting the appropriate node. True
3.
What kind of Attribute may be applied to anything that is not a part file such as lines, splines, edges, datums, faces or bodies, and features? Object Attribute
4.
True/False. The Check Clearances command can only find hard interferences between components.
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False
Summary: Assembly functions
The Assembly Navigator provides a graphical display of an assembly which allows you to quickly and easily select components and manipulate the assembly. Attributes may be assigned to objects or parts to associate non-graphical information to a CAD design. In this lesson you: Used the shortcut menu and menu bar to perform operations on components in the assembly. Created Object and Part Attributes. Checked clearances between components within an assembly.
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Lesson 7 Reference Sets
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Reference Sets
Purpose Reference sets allow you to limit the amount of component part information displayed in an assembly. Reference sets will also allow you to show alternate representations or simplified versions of the model. Objectives Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to:
Create user-defined reference sets

Simplify the displayed assembly by replacing reference sets Manage reference sets with assembly load options
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Reference sets overview
Use Reference Set commands and options to control the display of a component or subassembly part in higher level assemblies. There are two types of reference sets: Automatic reference sets that are managed by NX. User-defined reference sets.
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Default reference sets
Every component or subassembly owns two reference set display conditions that exist in every part file: Empty
Entire Part
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Automatic default reference sets
The following reference sets can be created as you work in your component and subassembly part files: Model
Simplified
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Model reference set
The model reference set contains the actual model geometry, which can include: Solids
Sheets
Lightweight representations, which can be generated automatically depending on the setting of your Automatic Lightweight Generation customer default
Model reference sets are used to accurately calculate or generate the following: Teamcenter Visualization translation files. jt.files Weight or mass analysis. Assembly clearance analysis. Bounding box size used with the Open By Proximity command.
True shape used with detailed spatial filtering.

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Model reference set
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User-defined reference sets
The default reference sets generated by NX do not always suit your design criteria. You can define your own reference sets to make sure your assembly display meets your needs.
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Reference Set information
When you request information on a reference set using the InformationAssembliesReference Set method, the system will: Select the members of the set in the graphics window. Display the origin and orientation in the graphics window. Provide a listing of relevant data in the Information window.
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Activities: Create and examine reference sets
In the Reference Sets section, do the activity:
Create reference sets
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Replace Reference Set
Use the Replace Reference Set command to switch the component display and manage your assembly graphics window.
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Activities: Replace Reference Sets in an assembly
Replace reference sets in an assembly
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Reference Sets and assembly load options
You can use the options in Reference Sets group in the Assembly Load Options dialog box to control which reference sets are loaded and displayed when you open an assembly.
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Setting search folders for loading components
You can add or remove search folders from the Load list in the Assembly Load Options dialog box. You can change the order of the list to assign priority.
1 List of current search directories (three dots includes subdirectories). 2 Type new directory to add to list. 3 Adds entered directory to list. 4 Removes selected directory from list. 5 Moves selected directory up in list. 2011. Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc. All rights reserved 6 Moves selected directory downin list.
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Activities: Load Options and Reference Sets
Reference sets and assembly load options
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Review: Reference Sets
1.
True/False Reference sets have many purposes, including excluding unwanted objects, and showing simplified versions of a part. True
2.
What dialog box determines how and from where the system loads the reference sets for components? Assembly Load Options
3.
If a reference set is deleted from a component part that is used in multiple assemblies, what reference set will be used in its place the next time one of the assemblies is opened? The default reference set (The default is initially set to Entire Part)
4.
True/False The default Reference Sets of Entire Part and Empty can be deleted if they are not going to be used.
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False
Summary
Reference Sets are used to limit the amount of information referenced by the component object in an assembly or subassembly. They allow you to create different displays of the same assembly or component to simplify the assembly or provide alternate configurations. In this lesson you: Added user-defined reference sets. Simplified the assembly display by replacing reference sets. Observed the automatic creation of the model reference set during file save.
Defined a hierarchy of reference sets to be loaded using Assembly Load Options.
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Lesson 8 Top-down assemblies
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Top-down assemblies
Purpose Creating data at the assembly level is a common practice and typically referred to as top-down assembly modeling. Objectives In this introductory lesson you will learn how to: Apply top-down assembly creation methods. Model and sketch in the context of an assembly.
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Top-down assembly modeling
With top-down assembly modeling, you can create geometry at the assembly level, and move or copy the geometry to one or more components. Use the Create New Component command to create new part files.
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Create New Component
Use the Create New Component command to create a component part file and reference it in the assembly work part. When you create a component, feature parameters are maintained. With the top-down method, you can design a: Copy or move existing geometry into a new component. Create an empty component and add geometry to it later.
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Verify the creation of a new component
When you create a new component, it may not be obvious that the component was created. There are a few ways to verify the creation of a new component: Assembly Navigator InformationAssembliesList Components AssembliesContext ControlSet Work Part Status line
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Data selection during component creation
Adding data to a new component can be thought of in terms of moving or copying the data into the new part. If Delete Original Objects is selected, data is moved; otherwise it is copied.
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Design in context of an assembly
Design in context is the ability to create or edit component geometry while the rest of the geometry is available. You can change the work part while an assembly is displayed. There are a group of modeling and expression commands that you can use only when an assembly is displayed, to design in context.
You can directly edit component geometry while the rest of the assembly is visible. The part you are editing is always the work part. The work part can be:
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Model in context
Many Modeling commands let you select geometry directly from other components. When you use these commands, you can automatically copy selected geometry into your work part as WAVE-linked associative geometry, or as nonassociative geometry, depending on your Selection bar settings. Objects you can copy with the WAVE Geometry Linker include: Edges Points Faces Bodies
Datums
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Sketching in context
Some Sketch commands allow you to select geometry from any component in the assembly, but do not create associative interpart links. Examples of such commands are: Profile Line Arc Circle Derived Lines
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Design in context selection scope
The Selection Scope option on the Selection bar helps you design in the context of an assembly.
Use the Selection Scope option to indicate the selection range you want. You can select objects from the: Entire assembly Current work part only
Work part and its components
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Activities: Top-down assembly modeling
In the Top-down assembly modeling section, do the activity:
Top-down assembly modeling
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Review: Top-down assembly modeling
1.
True/False The Top Down method of assembly modeling is accomplished by adding a new component to the assembly through Assemblies ComponentsAdd Component. False
2.
True/False Geometry can be referenced from one part to another when designing in context of the assembly. True
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Summary: Top-down assembly modeling
Top-down assembly modeling allows you to build new components in relation to other components within the same assembly. In this lesson you: Created new components using the top-down assembly modeling method. Designed a part in the context of an assembly.
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Lesson 9 Interpart geometry
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Interpart geometry
Purpose Creating associative links to data in the context of an assembly is a common practice and typically referred to as Interpart modeling. Objectives In this lesson you will learn how to: Build associativity across component parts in an assembly using Geometry Linker.
Edit the timestamp for a link.

Edit linked geometry. Mirror an assembly.
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WAVE
Use the WAVE commands to:
Link geometry between any two part files.

Get information about the linked geometry and parts.
Links are typically associative; however, there are options to create non-associative links.
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Localized interpart modeling
Localized interpart modeling is the ability to relate the geometry of interacting parts in an assembly. This has two distinct advantages in assembly modeling: Reduces the cost of design changes. Maintains design integrity.
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Localized interpart modeling
A gasket (1) is derived from a parent face (2) in a housing. If the size or shape of the parent face changes in the housing, the gasket will change accordingly (3) in the assembly (4).
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Mold/die applications
Interpart modeling can be applied to create an associative mold or die from a finished piece part. A solid body (1) can be linked from one part into another (2) where features can be applied to define the cavity in the mold or die (3).
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WAVE Geometry Linker
Use the WAVE Geometry Linker to copy geometry from other parts in the assembly into the work part. Attributes that do not update include display and material property attributes. You can:
Link geometry from one component part in an assembly into the same assembly work part.
Link geometry from one subassembly into another subassembly.
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WAVE geometry selection
You can create WAVE links with the following types of geometry : Composite Curves Points Datums Sketches Faces Regions of faces Bodies Mirror bodies
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Routing objects
WAVE Geometry Linker Setting options
The following common options are found in the Settings group of the WAVE Geometry Linker dialog box. Associative Hide Original Fix at Current Timestamp
Delete Holes
Use Display Properties of Parent Part Copy Threads
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Activities: Design in context of an assembly
In the Interpart geometry section, do the activity:
Design in context of an assembly
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Create Interpart Link
Use the Create Interpart Link command to create WAVE-linked objects while you define features. Some of the feature creation commands that include the Create Interpart Link option:
Sketch
Extrude Revolve Variational Sweep
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Design in context WAVE selection scope
The Selection Scope (1) and Create Interpart Link (2) options on the Selection bar help you design in the context of an assembly.
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Activities: Automatic creation of WAVE links
Automatic creation of WAVE links
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Create a WAVE-linked mirror body with timestamp
1.
In the Assembly Navigator, right-click the component you want to have own the linked geometry and choose Make Work Part. On the Assemblies toolbar, click WAVE Geometry Linker InsertAssociative CopyWAVE Geometry Linker. , or choose
2. 3.
In the WAVE Geometry Linker dialog box, from the Type list, select Mirror Body .
4. 5.
6. 7.
In the graphics window, from the parent part, select the body to be mirrored. Click Select Mirror Plane .
In the graphics window, from the parent part, select the datum plane. In the Settings group, ensure that the Fix at Current Timestamp check box is selected.
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Edit WAVE geometry links
When you edit most features, the feature creation dialog box appears. Additional options are available when you edit a WAVE-linked feature: Add, remove, or replace linked geometry.
Edit source geometry from the parent part.

Map a linked feature to new source geometry. Change the timestamp of a linked feature to control the appearance. Select a new parent part.
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WAVE Geometry Linker edit options
The following is an overview of common WAVE editing options.
Part
Mapping WAVE Information Settings Fix at Current Timestamp
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WAVE broken links
After you associatively copy geometry across parts, you can reference the linked data with modeling operations even when the part containing the defining geometry is not loaded. Occasionally links are broken, usually for one of the following reasons: The link is deliberately broken. The source geometry is deleted. The location of the parent part has been moved or broken.
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Replace with Independent Sketch
Use the Replace with Independent Sketch command to replace a linked curve feature with an independent sketch. This command will replace a WAVE linked sketch or a two-dimensional linked composite curve with an identical sketch that is completely independent of the parent. Use this command when you no longer want a design to be controlled by its master layout.
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Activities: Edit links
In the Interpart geometry section, do the activities:
Edit a linked composite curve
Edit the timestamp of a link
Replace a WAVE sketch with an independent sketch
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Mirror Assemblies
Use the Mirror Assemblies command to: Create associative or nonassociative mirrored components in an assembly. Position new instances of the same parts at mirror locations. Create new parts that contain linked mirror geometry.
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Activities: Mirror Assembly
Mirror Assembly
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Review: Interpart geometry
1.
For any linked geometry to update when the parent geometry is edited, what loaded condition must the component part be in? Fully loaded
2.
When linking geometry, what option allows you to limit the features from the parent part that are carried over to the linked body?
Fix at Current Timestamp
3.
True/False Wave Geometry Linking adds a level of complexity to an assembly. True
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Summary: Interpart geometry
Interpart modeling can be utilized to create associative links to data in the context of an assembly. In this lesson you: Built associativity across component parts in an assembly using Geometry Linker. Edited the timestamp for a link. Edited linked geometry. Mirrored an assembly.
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Lesson 10 Assembly level modeling
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Assembly level modeling
Purpose Assembly level interpart modeling methods allow you to relate geometry in an assembly with or without associativity. Objectives Create and edit linked holes in an assembly Promote solid bodies to allow assembly level boolean operations Cut assembly components
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Hole Series
Use the Hole Series type to create a set of related holes. You can create holes through: Multiple bodies in the work part. Multiple bodies in an assembly.
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Editing a Hole Series feature
You can edit a Hole Series feature from the assembly or one of the components. When you edit from the assembly, all links are associative. When you edit from the component you can choose between these options: o o Break Link from Hole Series Edit Hole Series
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Activities: Create and edit a hole series
In the Assembly level modeling section, do the activity:
Create and edit a hole series
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Promote Body overview
Use the Promote Body command to promote a body from a loaded assembly component to the level of the assembly. After you promote a body: You can perform operations on it, such as adding features, performing Boolean operations between it and other bodies, and so on. You cannot access the features that make up the base body at the assembly level. Any subsequent changes to the base body are reflected in the promoted body as the promoted body is associative to the base body.
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Promotions should be used for changes that are to be viewed only at the assembly level. The weldment shown below is an example of where promotions would be used.
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Activities: Promotions
Promotions
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Assembly Cut
Use the Assembly Cut command to associatively subtract one or more tools from one or more bodies at any assembly level part.
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Activities: Assembly Cut
Assembly Cut
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Review: Assembly level modeling
1.
What command lets you modify a component body at the level of the assembly without changing the Master Model? Promote Body
2.
What command automatically promotes and subtracts a component bodies at the level of the assembly without changing the Master Model?
Assembly Cut
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Summary: Assembly level modeling
Assembly level interpart modeling methods allow you to relate geometry in an assembly. In this lesson you: Created and edited linked holes in an assembly. Promoted component bodies to allow assembly level boolean operations. Used Assembly Cut to remove interferences between components.
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Lesson 11 Interpart references
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Interpart references
Purpose Interpart References enable components to share parameters.
Objectives
Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to: Create and apply referencing interpart references. Delay and update interpart references.
Understand and recognize overriding interpart references.
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Interpart expressions overview
Interpart expressions create non-geometric interpart references so you can link expressions from one part to another. You can create two types of interpart expression references: Overriding interpart expressions Referencing expressions
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Interpart expressions overview
Syntax The syntax for an overriding interpart expression is as follows: Name plate::hole_dia diameter The syntax for a referencing expression is as follows: Name hole_dia Formula bracket::diameter+tolerance Formula
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General concepts
Interpart references (IPRs) allow the user to establish relationships between expressions of separate part files. A change to an expression in one part file may change an expression in a different part file, thus altering the geometry of that part. IPRs may be created between any two part files, not necessarily between components of an assembly.
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Overriding expressions
Overriding expressions are interpart references that are created in an assembly to override the value of an expression in one of its components. In the example below, the hole_dia expression in the block part is being overridden by the expression in the assembly which sets it equal to the pin diameter.
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Interpart reference options
Interpart references are best created and edited in the Expressions dialog box.
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Edit Interpart References options
In the Expressions dialog box, click Edit Interpart References and select the part containing the referenced expression.
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Activities: Create Interpart References
In the Interpart References section, do the activity:
Create referencing expressions
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Interpart Update
Use the Interpart Update commands to help you control whether the interpart relations in your model are up-to-date. Interpart relations include linked geometry, assembly constraints, interpart expressions, and associative measurements. The Interpart Update menu includes: Commands that let you enter a mode where you can delay updating interpart relations until a time that you choose. Commands that let you bring interpart relations up-to-date without exiting the delay mode. Commands that let you enter a mode where data is automatically loaded as needed from currently-loaded parts in order to ensure that interpart relations are up-to-date.
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Interpart Update
The Interpart Update commands are: Delay Assembly Constraints Update Assembly Constraints Delay Geometry, Expressions, and PMI Update Geometry, Expressions, and PMI Update All
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Partial loading issues
Partially loading components in an assembly conserves system memory by not loading all data associated with the file. Resolving interpart expression references When a part containing an IPR is loaded, the system looks for the name of the expression in the referenced part. If the correct name is found, the system has resolved the link. dia=ipr_block_assm::ipr_dia Attempting to delete the expression "ipr_dia" within the assembly part file would result in an error message.
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Load Parts
When you load a component of a referenced assembly you can list and then open referenced parts from the Expressions dialog box with Open Referenced Parts.
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Activities: Interpart Update
In the Interpart References section, do the activity:
Apply interpart update options
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Tips and recommended practices
Before using interpart references, you should evaluate their downstream impacts. Do not use IPRs just because you can. IPRs should be used when the parts have a physical constraint and are used in the same assembly. Set up company-wide standards on how and when IPRs are to be used. Do not use overriding expression references on the same component from different assemblies. In general, it is a good practice to edit IPRs only when all of the referenced parts are fully loaded.
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Review: Interpart References
1.
What are the two types of interpart references?
2.
Referencing interpart expressions

Overriding interpart expressions
If an expression link cannot be resolved, what value does the expression revert to? The last known value
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Summary: Interpart references
Interpart references allow you to link the expressions between parts. Whenever a change occurs to an expression in one part file, the related expression in the other part file(s) will change accordingly. In this lesson you:
Created and applied interpart references.

Delayed and updated interpart references. Reviewed tips and recommended practices for using interpart references.
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Lesson 12 Face operations
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Face operations
Purpose This lesson describes various face options you may use to modify existing solid bodies and features. Objectives Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to: Offset a face to make a unique instance Use Offset Region to add clearance Apply Synchronous Modeling Move and Replace face operations Create Draft features
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Offset Face overview
Use the Offset Face command to offset one or more faces along the face normals. Face selected to offset Offset direction Resulting offset face feature
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Activities: Offset a face
In the Face operations section, do the activity:
Offset a face
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Synchronous modeling
You can use Synchronous Modeling commands to modify a model regardless of its origins, associativity, or feature history. You could apply Synchronous Modeling to: Edit a model that was imported from another CAD system and has no feature history or parameters. Edit a model due to a change in design intent that was not anticipated when it was created. Incorporating the change into the existing construction history would require a lot of rework and loss of associativity.
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Offset Region
Use the Offset Region command to offset a set of faces from the current location and adjust adjacent faces. You can: Offset a set of faces or a whole body in a single step. Regenerate adjacent blends.
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Activities: Offset Region
Offset region
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Replace Face
Use the Replace Face command to replace a set of faces with another set of faces. You can: Replace a set of faces with one or more faces. Replace solid faces or sheet faces. Automatically reblend adjacent blends when the replacement face is a single face. Extend the replacement face to form a complete intersection with the body. Offset the replacement face for the eventual replacement face.
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Activities: Face and synchronous modeling operations
Face and Synchronous Modeling operations
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Draft
Use the Draft command to apply a draft to faces or bodies relative to a specified vector. You can do the following: Specify multiple draft angles and assign an angle to a set of faces. Add a single Draft feature to multiple bodies.
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Draft
The Draft command is typically used to apply slope to faces for the use in molded, or die cast parts, so that when the mold or die separates, the faces move away from each other rather than sliding next to each other.
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Draft types
You can create the following four types of draft using the Draft command. From Plane From Edges Tangent to Faces To Parting Edges
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Draw Direction
Regardless of the draft type selected, you must always specify a draw direction. The draft angle is positive if the normal of the face to be drafted has a component vector along the draw direction. In following image positive draft is shown on the left and negative draft is shown on the right.
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Activities: Draft
In the Face operations section, do the activities:
Add draft from faces and edges
Add draft to parting edges
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Activities: Draft
Create a windshield fluid reservoir
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Review: Face operations
1.
When entering an offset distance value for an Offset Face feature, what determines the positive direction of the offset? The face normal
2.
What feature allows you to apply taper to faces, bodies, or from edges? Draft
What step defines the direction in which a draft will be created? Draw Direction
3.
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Summary: Face operations
Offset Face and Offset Region allows the user to move a face, multiple faces, or all faces in a body. The Draft functionality allows the user to change the orientation of one or more faces of a solid body. In this lesson you: Offset a face to make a unique instance. Used Offset Region to add clearance.
Moved and replaced existing faces.

Created Draft features.
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Lesson 13 Variable Radius and Blend Overflow
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Variable Radius and Blend Overflow
Purpose The purpose of this lesson is to introduce you to the variable radius blend functionality and explore the overflow options. Objectives Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to: Create and edit a variable radius blend. Use the overflow options to control blend intersections.
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Variable radius blends
You can create a variable radius blend by specifying the radius at multiple points along the blends edge set.
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Variable blend tips and techniques
If you do not give enough information to create the blend, the system infers information for you depending on other selected geometry. If you do not provide a point and radius for a selected edge, the system uses the default radius to create the blend for that edge.
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Activities: Create a variable point blend
In the Variable Radius and Blend Overflow section, do the activity:
Create a variable point blend
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Resolve blended edge overflow
Blend overflow occurs when tangent edges of a blend encounter other edges on the solid. Resolution Roll Over Smooth Edges Roll on Edges (Smooth or Sharp) Maintain Blend and Move Sharp Edges Select Edge to Force Roll on Select Edge to Prohibit Roll on
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Allowed Overflow Resolution examples
Roll Over Smooth Edges
Roll on Edges (Smooth or Sharp)
Maintain Blend Over Sharp Edges
A blend that overflows the edge of an existing blend (1) produces a smooth, shared edge where the blends meet (2).
A blend that encounters an existing edge, foregoes tangency and leaves the existing edge unchanged (1).
A blend that encounters existing sharp edges, maintains tangency and moves the existing edges (1).
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Explicit Overflow Resolutions
For this edge blend, an encountered edge (1) is selected with Select Edge to Prohibit Roll on, to not have the Roll On Edges (Smooth or Sharp) option applied to it. The edge of the other cylinder is not prohibited and is processed by the Roll On Edges (Smooth or Sharp) option.
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Activities: Allowed Blend Overflow Resolutions
In the Variable Radius and Blend Overflow section, do the following activity:
Allowed Blend Overflow Resolutions
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Review: Variable Radius and Overflow Resolution
1.
To deselect an edge that has already been selected during the blending process, what key can you hold down and select the edge again? Shift
2.
True/False When creating an Edge Blend, variable radius points can only be specified at the end points and control points of edges.
False (variable radius points can be specified anywhere along the edge when using Arc Length.
3.
What group of blend options control how tangent edges of a blend overflow other edges on the solid? Overflow Resolutions
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Summary: Variable Radius and Blend Overflow
NX Variable radius blend options allow specific design solutions when you need to create unique edge shapes. You can create a variable radius blend by specifying radii at multiple points along selected edges. The overflow options allow further control of edge blend intersections with other blends and edges. In this lesson you: Created and edited a Variable Radius blend. Use the overflow options to control blend intersections.
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Lesson 14 Extract and Delete Face
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Extract and Delete Face
Purpose This lesson will show how design intent may be captured by associatively copying geometry within a part to help define a solid in an alternative shape. A method to remove selected features from a solid body for various purposes will also be discussed. Objectives Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to: Extract an associative copy. Create a simplified version of a solid body for use in an assembly. Delete faces of a solid body to remove internal detail. Define an in process part.
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Extract Body
Use the Extract Body command to create an associative body by extracting faces from another body. You can extract the following: Faces Region of faces The entire body
Original Body
Extracted Faces
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Extract Settings options
Fix at Current Timestamp Hide Original Delete Holes Use Display Properties of Parent Object
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Extracted geometry uses
Preserve geometry for other uses
Simplified solids
In-process modeling
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Activities: Extract
In the Extract and Delete Face section, do the activity:
Extract a region of faces
Extract a solid body
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Delete Face
Use the Delete Face command to delete faces. You can:
Automatically heal the open area left in the model by the deleted faces, by extending adjacent faces.
Preserve adjacent blends.
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Internal faces deleted
External faces deleted
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Delete Face uses
Assembly Performance Internal Volume Solid Core and Pattern Preparation In-Process Parts Remove Proprietary Data Finite Element Analysis
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Activities: Delete Face
In the Extract and Delete Face section, do the activities:
Delete faces of a solid
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Part in process modeling
Interpart modeling can be applied to different areas including tooling and manufacturing engineering. Part in process modeling allows you to validate and illustrate a manufacturing process plan.
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Part in process modeling
A cast part (1) is used to derive a machined part (2). A linked solid is created in the machining part from the casting. Then, features unique to the machining are added to it.
The finished machined part (1) is designed first and subsequently the cast part is defined by adding material using Synchronous Modeling techniques (2).
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Activities: In process interpart geometry
In the Extract and Delete Face section, do the activities:
Design a casting for a machined part
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Review: Extract and Delete Face
1.
What are some of the possible uses for Extract Geometry?
2.
Maintain internal volumes of parts for analysis.

Test change scenarios. Preservation of geometry for other uses
True/False You can use Delete Face to remove proprietary data before being exported to a secondary source. True
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Summary: Extract and Delete Face
Associatively copying geometry within the same part is useful to help define new features or show a solid in a different shape. In this lesson you: Extracted an associative copy of a solid body. Used Delete Face to simplify a solid to remove internal detail.
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Lesson 15 Remember assembly constraints
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Remember assembly constraints
Purpose Once a component is constrained in an assembly, assembly constraints can be saved with the component part. This ability to remember the assembly constraints reduces the interaction required to establish assembly constraints when the component is added again in the future. Objectives Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to: Save assembly constraints in a component part Place a component with learned assembly constraints in an assembly
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Remember Assembly Constraints overview
Use the Remember Assembly Constraints command to save selected Assembly Constraints that affect the position of a component. When you add that component to a different assembly, the remembered constraints are available to help you position the component. Remembered constraints can be deleted from a component in the Component Properties dialog box on the Part File page.
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Activities: Remember constraints
In the Remember Assembly Constraints section, do the activity:
Remember assembly constraints
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Review: Remember Assembly Constraints
1.
True/False Only assembly constraints which have one piece of geometry each on the first object and second objects can be remembered. False, but the more complex the constraint the more difficult it may be to constrain.
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Summary: Remember Assembly Constraints
The Remember Assembly Constraints command allows you to save assembly constraints with a component part. These constraints are recorded and can be used as the defaults when the same part is added to an assembly as a component in the future. In this lesson you: Saved constraints with a constrained component in an assembly. Placed a component in an assembly using the default remembered constraints.
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Lesson 16 Component Arrays
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Component Arrays
Purpose Time and effort can be saved by applying component arrays and feature based component arrays. The feature based arrays capitalize on the parametric and associative characteristics already present in assembly models. Objectives Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to:
Create a Circular Component array

Apply the From Instance Feature function Edit a circular array
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Create Component Array
Use the Create Component Array command to create named associative arrays of components in an assembly. Types of component arrays
Linear array
Circular array
Array from an instance feature
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Create Component Array options
Define the type and name of your array with the Create Component Array dialog box. From Instance Feature Linear Circular
Component Array Name
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Linear & Circular Arrays
Linear and circular arrays are very similar to feature instancing, except that a linear master component array is not defined by the WCS. Linear and Circular Array components create: New components that are offset from the original component. Expressions that control the number of components and the array offsets. Associativity to the master components position to provide updates from possible changes.
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Edit Component Array overview
Use the Edit Component Arrays command to modify a component array in the work part.
Any modifications to components are lost if the component is deleted.
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Edit a component array
Use the Edit Component Arrays command to:
Change the number of components.

Change the array offsets. Redefine the direction reference.
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Activities: Create a circular component array
In the Component Arrays section, do the activity:
Create arrays to complete a fixture assembly
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Feature-based component arrays
In many cases it is necessary to associate an array of components to a corresponding array of features in another component of the assembly, for example bolts associated to a hole pattern.
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Component Arrays and Assembly Constraints
When working with the assembly constraints for From Instance Feature arrays, you will: Apply at least one assembly constraint to an object belonging to an instanced feature. Create the assembly constraints to the template component before creating the array.
Define the assembly constraints to the original feature that was instanced in the component part, if possible.
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Feature-based array associativity
If the number of features in an instance set is changed, the components in the array associated to those features also changes. A modeling change causes a hole to be removed (3). If the deleted component was the "template" (1), the system assigns a new template (2) from the remaining components in the array.
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Activities: Create component arrays from feature instances
In the Component Arrays section, do the activity:
Create component arrays from a feature instance
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Review: Component Arrays
1.
What are the three types of Component Arrays?
2.
From Instance Feature

Linear Circular
True/False Edit->Feature->Parameters is the method used to edit the parameters of a component array. False
3.
True/False When using the From Instance Feature method for creating a component array, there must be Assembly Constraints assigned to the template component before creating the component array. True
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Summary: Component Arrays
Component arrays take advantage of existing parametric data and can save time in adding component part files to an assembly. In this lesson you: Created a circular component array. Applied the From Instance Feature function. Edited a circular array.
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Lesson 17 Reuse Library and Family of parts
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Reuse Library and Family of parts
Purpose Part Families and the Reuse Library provide methods to quickly define similar parts based on a single template part. In this lesson, you will learn how to define and add a reused sketch and a family of parts. Objectives Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to:
Create a 2D sketch template for reuse.

Create Family Member parts from a template part.
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Reuse Library overview
Use the Reuse Library navigator to access reusable objects and components and use them in your model or assembly. Reusable components are added to your assembly as components. Such components include: Examples of reusable components are provided in the Reuse Examples library with the out of the box version of NX. Reusable objects are added to your model as objects. Such objects include:
Examples of reusable objects are provided in the 2D Section Library, Reusable Object Library, UDF Library, and the Custom Symbol Library libraries with the out of the box version of NX.
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Reuse Library navigator overview
The Reuse Library navigator is an NX resource tool like the Assembly Navigator or Part Navigator that displays reusable objects in a hierarchal tree structure.
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Display the Reuse Library
To display the library containers in native NX or Teamcenter Integration, you must set the directory path in the Customer Defaults dialog box.
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Machinery Library overview
What is it? The NX Machinery Library includes an extensive set of industry standard parts. All parts in the NX Machinery Library are Knowledge Enabled parts and integrate with the Add Reusable Part dialog box for smart insertion of parts into assemblies.
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Define Reusable Object overview
Use the Define Reusable Object command to save a frequently used feature or object from your model as a reusable object template in the Reuse Library.
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Define reusable object options
1. 2. 3. 4.
Anchor Folder View Descriptive Name and Part File Preview Image
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Activities: Define and add a reusable 2D section
In the Reuse Library and Family of parts section, do the activity:
Define and add a reusable 2D section
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Part Families overview
Use the Part Families command to generate a family of similar parts.
The most common use for Part Families is the creation of a library of standard parts.
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Part family terminology
Part families use terminology not typically seen in other applications of NX.
Template part
Family table Family member Part Family
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Part Families dialog box
The Part Families dialog box has four main areas:
1.
2. 3. 4.
Available Columns
Chosen Columns Family Save Directory Part Family Spreadsheet
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Part family notes
There are some important concepts that need to be remembered when working with part families: Each family member part file is saved into its own part file as read only. Any modifications made to the template part file are reflected in the family members. When editing the family template part file all family members must be closed. Family members cannot be used to create a new family of parts. If you need to break the link between the template part and a specific family member, use FileSave As. If you want to add a family member to an assembly as a component that is not currently saved to disk, NX creates the family member automatically.
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Activities: Family of parts
In the Reuse Library and Family of parts section, do the activity:
Define part family members
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Review: Family of Parts
1.
True/False The Reuse Library stores objects for later use during product development, these objects can be save at varying stages of completion. True
2.
A ______ _______ is a read only part created from and associated to a template part and a family table.
Family Member
3.
True/False If you modify the template part the family members are also updated. True
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Summary: Reuse and Family of parts
Part families allow you to quickly generate a family of similar parts based on a single template part. In this lesson you: Created a 2D sketch template for reuse. Created family member parts from a template part.
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Lesson 18 Revise and replace components
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Revise and replace components
Purpose After creating an assembly, you may have to revise or replace an existing component or change the name of the component part. In this lesson you will investigate the different methods to revise components and the assemblies that use them. Objectives Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to: Revise a component and an assembly using Save As. Make unique parts from existing components. Replace components in an existing assembly. Use various assembly reports.
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File Versioning/Revisions
Track revisions by part number The most common method to track revisions to a component after it has been released is to reflect the revision in the part name. Advantages Disadvantages
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Revise a component and assembly using Save As
When you perform a FileSave As on a component part in a native operating system: A Session Where Used report is immediately displayed, listing any loaded assemblies that reference the component. A new name for the component is defined. A new name for each of the listed assemblies is defined, as desired. An information window is displayed with the new part names.
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Revise a component and assembly using Save As
If you click Cancel at any level of the assembly structure, you will get a message after input for the last file has been specified:
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Additional Assembly Reports
There are other reporting tools available to help you understand how a particular assembly has changed over time. List Components Update Report Where Used
Session Where Used

This report is automatically generated when you perform a FileSave As on a component part while the assembly is loaded.
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Activities: Revise component using Save As
In the Revise and replace component section, do the activity:
Revise components using Save As

MOUNTING_BRACKET ROLLER_ASSM ROLLER ROLLER_PIN
ROLLER_ASSM-A ROLLER-A MOUNTING_BRACKET-A
ROLLER_PIN
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Close assembly component parts
The FileCloseSelected Parts option lets you selectively close (unload) components in an assembly.
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Close Part options
1 List all loaded component parts or top level only. 2 Close only parts selected or whole assembly tree.
3 If on, you will not be warned if a selected part has been modified.
4 Close all parts in the session.
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Unique part files from existing components
Use the Make Unique command to create a new part file for one or more selected occurrences of the same part. For example, the following figure shows four selected occurrences of a part named GKballjoint. You can use the Make Unique command to convert the two occurrences near the tires to use a new unique part file named GKballjoint_tire, which is created by this command as a copy of GKballjoint. The other two occurrences, which are attached to the steering column subassembly, continue to reference the GKballjoint part file.
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Replace Component
Use the Replace Component command to remove an existing component and replace it with another component that is a*.prt file type. You have the option to rename the new component.
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The Unique Identifier (UID)
There is an internal file identifier, referred to as a UID (Unique IDentifier), that ensures that the component that has been found is the genuine article, or at least a copy of it.
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Allow Replacement
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Maintain relationships while replacing a component
In the Replace Component dialog box, use the Maintain Relationships option to preserve relationships from the original component to the replacement component, to keep as much of the original behavior as possible.
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Replace components using Reopen
A loaded component can also be replaced with another part by choosing FileCloseClose and Reopen Selected Parts and selecting the Open As option.
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Reopen component parts
The FileCloseClose and Reopen Selected Parts option selectively updates fully loaded components with their counterparts on disk. It can be utilized in the following situation.
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Reopen component parts
Early in the morning, designer A starts working on an assembly that references comp3.
Later in the morning, while designer A is still working on the assembly, designer B revises comp3 and saves it using FileSave.
At lunchtime, designer A reopens comp3 while the assembly is still open using FileCloseReopen Selected Parts.
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Reopen Part options
1 List of loaded components that can be reopened. 2 Specifies whether reopen should affect part or whole assembly.
3 If on, you will not be warned if selected part has been modified before it is loaded from disk.
4 Reopens all parts in session that have been changed on disk.
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Activities: Replace components
In the Revise and replace components section, do the activity:
Replace components
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Activity: Make Unique
In the Revise and replace components section, do the following activity:
Make components unique
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Review: Revise and Replace components
1.
What load state is being used when the system only pulls into memory the component data required to display it? Partially loaded
2.
If your revision process entails moving parts to different directories, you will need to define ______ _________ in the Assembly Load Options so that NX will know where to find them when you open an assembly.
Search Folders
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Summary: Revise and replace components
After creating an assembly, you may have to revise or replace a component and change the name of the component part. In this lesson, you used different methods to revise components and the assemblies that use them. In this lesson you:
Revised a component and an assembly using Save Part As.

Created a unique part from an existing component. Replaced components in an existing assembly. Used various assembly reports. Closed and reopened part files.
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Lesson 19 Deform Part
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Deform Part
Purpose You can define a part that is capable of assuming more than one shape when it is added to an assembly. This functionality is especially useful for parts such as springs or hoses which often take on different shapes, sizes, and positions. Objectives Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to:
Define deformable parts.

Add deformable parts to an assembly. Edit deformable parts in the assembly.
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Deformable parts
You can define a part as capable of assuming more than one shape when it is added to an assembly. This is especially useful for parts such as springs or hoses, which often have different shapes in the same assembly.
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Deformable parts
There are three steps to use deformable components:
Define deformable parts.

Add deformable parts to an assembly. Edit deformable components in an assembly.
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Define Deformable Part
Use the Define Deformable Part command to designate a part as deformable and define the shapes into which it can be deformed. You can define a part as deformable either before or after adding it to an assembly.
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Define Deformable Parts dialog box
The Define Deformable Part dialog box is in the wizard format and consists of the following pages. Definition Features Expressions
References
Summary
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Expression Rules
Use the Expression Rules options to define what values are allowed for selected input expressions when you deform the component in an assembly. None By Whole Number Range By Number Range
By Options
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Deform Component
Use the Deform Component command to edit the input parameters of a deformable component in an assembly. A deformable component has the following characteristics: The shape is defined by the assembly. It can have different shapes in different assemblies. It can be used multiple times with different shapes in the same assembly.
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Deform component notes
Add deformable parts to assemblies Add a deformable part to an assembly as you would any other component, and position it in one of the following ways: If the deformation does not require outside references, you can position or constrain it in the assembly as you would any other component.
If the deformation requires outside references, the position is based on the location of its reference geometries in the assembly.
Creation Deformed parts that result in multiple bodies are allowed.
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Activities: Deform Part
In the Deform Part section, do the activities:
Create a deformable spring

Make a part deformable using a guide string Add Deformable Parts to an assembly
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Review: Deform Part
1.
True/False Deformable Parts can only be defined if there is an Expression that can be used to control the deformation. False
2.
True/False Deformable Parts allow for a component to take on different shapes in an assembly file.
True
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Summary
Components may assume more than one shape when they are added to an assembly through the use of Deformable Parts. This functionality is especially useful for parts such as springs or hoses which often take on different shapes and/or sizes. In this lesson you: Defined Deformable Parts. Added Deformable Parts to an Assembly.
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Lesson 20 Assembly Arrangements
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Assembly Arrangements
Purpose The lesson introduces the concepts of using assembly arrangements to specify alternative positions for one or more components in your part. Objectives On completion of this lesson you will be able to: Set the active and default arrangement. Suppress and unsuppress components within an arrangement. Use arrangement properties to ignore assembly constraints and properly reposition a variation of your assembly.
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Assembly Arrangements
Use the Assembly Arrangements command to define alternative positions for one or more components or subassemblies in your part.
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Assembly Arrangement status
Assembly arrangements are assigned to one of the following statuses:
Active arrangements:
Default arrangements: Used arrangements:
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Assembly Arrangements dialog box
Use Set as Default New Arrangement Copy Delete Rename Properties Information
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Position override overview
You can use the override commands to make a component have a different position in a higher-level assembly than in its immediate parent. The new position of the component appears in all parent assemblies of the assembly in which the override is created.
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Activities: Assembly Arrangements
In the Assembly Arrangements section, do the activity:
Assembly arrangements with positional override
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Arrangement component suppression overview
Components can be suppressed on an arrangement by arrangement basis. You can have arrangement specific assembly constraints within an assembly. This lets you control component positions and visibility in each arrangement.
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Activities: Assembly Arrangements
In the Assembly Arrangements section, do the activity:
Assembly arrangements in the vise assembly
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Review: Assembly Arrangements
1.
True/False Assembly Arrangements determine the position and orientation of the immediate child components. True
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Summary
Arrangements provide powerful tools to design and illustrate mechanisms that move by repositioning components either with basic positioning or within degrees of freedom. In this lesson you:
Created and displayed several arrangements.

Used arrangements to vary the structure of the vise assembly. Used arrangement properties to ignore assembly constraints and properly reposition a variation of your assembly.
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Adding and constraining assembly components.

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How to use this manual

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The general format for lesson content is:

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Classroom system information

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Roles, toolbars, and menus

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Procedure Choosing a role

Open the Roles palette on the Resource bar.

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Customize the interface

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Activities: Set the role for this course

In the Course Overview lesson, do the activity:

Set the role for this course

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Lesson 1 Constrain sketches

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Purpose This lesson describes creating and modifying sketch constraints.

Constrain the perimeter of a sketch.

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Auto Constrain options

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Activities: Auto and Perimeter constraints

In the Constrain sketches section, do the activity:

Create auto constraints

Constrain the perimeter of a sketch

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Control expressions in a cooling pipe.

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Sketch Animate Dimension

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Animate Dimension options

Value Lower Limit Upper Limit Steps/Cycle Display Dimensions

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Activity: Animate dimension

In the Constrain sketches section, do the activity:

Experiment with sketch dimensions

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Sketch positioning techniques

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Sketch positioning techniques

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Activities: Locating a sketch

In the Constrain sketches section, do the activity:

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Review: Constraining Sketches

Sketches may be located using geometric and dimensional __________. Constraints