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AnAccompanimenttotheTutorial"NX5forEngineeringDesign
Daniel Prescott Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Victoria Feburary23, 2009

HowToUseThisDocument:
Thisdocumentismeantasanaccompanimenttothetutorial"NX5forEngineeringDesign"byMignC. LeuandAkulJoshi.Itisnotmeantasastandalonereference. ImportantandsignificantversionchangesbetweenUnigraphicsNXrelease5.0and6.0thatmaycause frustrationtousersattemptingtocompletethetutorialforNX6aredetailedinthisdocument.Updates arenotexhaustiveinthatsomediscrepanciesarenotnotedformultipletoolsinwhichdiscrepanciesare identical.Updatesnotedbelowcontainonlyinformationthatisnotcontainedintheoriginaltutorial. Anystillrelevanttutorialmaterialwillnotbereproducedintheseupdates.

Acknowledgements
WegratefullyacknowledgetheeffortsthatProfessorMignC.LeuandMr.AkulJoshihaveputintothe originaldocument"NX5forEngineeringDesign"andtheirgenerositytosharetheirexcellenttutorial withus. 1

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2.1.1
FromtheWindowsdesktopscreen,clickonStart>programs>UGSNX6.0>NX6.0.

2.3.2
ImageofGatewayincorrectlylabelledresourcebarlabelpointstomanufacturingwizard.Theresource baristheentirecollectionofmenusonthelefthandsideofNX.Theentireresourcebarmaybe undockedwiththepiniconasshowninthetutorial.Undockingtheresourcebarcausesittohideuntil iconsarerolledover:

2.3.3 GENERALOBJECTSELECTION(pg24)
Clicktheleftmousebuttontogeta'QuickPick'dialogboxasshowninthefollowingfigure.Thisdialog boxconsistsofthelistofentitiescapturedwithintheballofthecursor.Theentitiesarelistedinthe dialogwithdescriptionsoftheselectionsinquestion.Movingthecursorovertheoptions,highlightthe correspondingentityinred.

2.3.4 VISUAlIZATION(pg26)
TheColourPaletteToolisnotinthevisualizationpreferencesdialogueanymorebutratherisaseparate entityunderthepreferencesmenu.

Thecolorpalettedialoguewindowhasbeenupdatedinpresentation:

2.5.1LayerControl(pg31)
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2.5.1LayerControl(pg31)
TheLayerSettingshasthesamefunctionalityasinNX5buthasbeenchangedinpresentation.Selection optionsallowtogglingoflayerfunctionality.

2.6.2TransformFunctions(pg38)
ThetransformfunctionscanbefoundunderEDIT>MOVEOBJECT

Here we choose an entity to transform. Transformations allow either moving an object, or copying an object with the new locations parameters. We can: Dynamically move objects using handles. Move objects a specific distance along a given vector, towards a given vector, or between two points.. Move and rotate objects along and about a specified vector.

Note:TheScale,Mirror,ArrayandIncrementalDynamicsrepositioningfunctionsareonlyavailablewith theTransformcommandontheEditmenu.ThiscommandisavailablewiththeEssentialswithfull menusandtheAdvancedwithfullmenusroles. 7

3.3.1ModelaBlock(pg44)
ChooseINSERT>DESIGNFEATURE>BLOCK. Theblockwindowwillthenappear.

Thereare3waystocreateblockprimitives: OriginandEdgeLengths TwoPointsandHeights TwoDiagonalPoints

TheseoptionsareundertheTypesectionoftheBlockwindowinapulldownmenu. MakesuretheOrigin,EdgeLengthsmethodisselected.

ClickonthePOINTCONSTRUCTORiconintheBlockWindowtocreatetheorigin. ThedropdownmenunexttothePOINTCONSTRUCTORcontainssomecommonlyusedpresets. Thedefaultshouldbesettozeroforallaxis.Selectokay. Selectfitandorientviewtotrimetrictoviewthenewlycreatedfeature. 9

3.3.2ModelaCylinder(pg45)
Notechangesininterfacestylesasshownin3.3.1.Allinformationisaccurateintutorial,excepticons andpulldownmenusareusedasillustratedintheabovesection. Notethatallparametersmustbeselectedwithineachprimitivecreationwindowinordertoproduce thedesiredresult.Individualconstructionwindowsdonotpopupasindicatedinthetutorial automaticallybutmustbeselectedinthedifferentsectionsoftheobjectcreationwindows.See followingfigure.

NotethespecifyVectorcallandtheSpecifyPointcall. 10

3.3.2RemoveFeatures(pg57)
IntheHoleWindow,enterthedesiredholedimensionsincludingdiameter,depth,andtipangle.

SelectionCriteriamaybenarrowedbytheHoleDirectionpulldownmenu.Anexisting referenceorgeometricpointmaybeselectedunderPosition,orthepositionmaybedefinedby generatingasketch.clickontheSKETCHSECTIONbutton.

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 Selectingthedesiredfacetoplacetheholewillallowplacementofthesketchplane.PressOkay inthe"CreateSketch"window. Drawanappropriatesketchusingexistingpartgeometrytoconstructapoint.PressFINISH SKETCHinthetopleftcornerofthemenubar.(Seesketchingsegmentoftutorial)

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 Selectthegeneratedpoint.

PressOkay.Theholeshouldappearattheselectedpoint.

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NOTE:areferencepointcouldbecreatedfromexistinggeometryusingthereferencefeaturestoolsin NX.ThenthepointcouldbeselectedintheHolewindowprovidinganalternativemethodtoproducing thisfeature. ThenextlessonofpositioningofmultipleholescontainedintheNX5tutorialnolongerseemstobea validwayofplacingholesonapart.Instead,apatternofreferencepointswouldbegeneratedbyeither sketchorindividuallyandmanuallyandselectedtoinsertholes.Multipleholesmaybeinsertedatonce byselectingmorethanonepointforinsertion.

4.2TYPESOFFEATUREOPERATIONS(pg61)
EdgeblendandChamfermaybefoundunderINSERT>DETAILFEATUREratherthanDESIGNFEATURE.

6.2.1.1SKETCHCURVETOOLBAR(pg109)
PROFILE: TheprofiletoolhasanadditionforNX6whichallowsforamoreconvenientwayofspecifying interactionsbetweenlinesegmentsandarcs: startanewsketchinanewmodelfile selecttheprofiletoolanddrawalinesegment selectarcfromtheprofiledialogue Whenmousingoverthefreeendoftheprofilelinesegment,youwillnoticeasubdividedcircle appear.Thisallowsspecificationofalignmentbetweenthelinesegmentandthearcend. draggingthepointerthroughanyofthe4wedgeswillcreateanarcthatdefaultstobeing alignedtothatquadrantrelativetothelinesegment.Inthisway,tangentarcsand perpendiculararcsmaybeconvenientlyproduced.

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6.2.2MODELOFANIMPELLERLOWERCASING(pg121)
Asnotedabove,someofthetransformfunctionsarenowunderthe"moveobjects"toolintheedit menu: ChooseEDIT>MOVEOBJECTandselecttheCOPYORIGINALoption Selectthevertexatthecoordinatereferencesystemasthefirstpointandenter(0,00.5,0)into thepointconstructorforthesecondpoint. selectalltheobjectsinthecurveandpressokay.

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 Forcreatingtheedgeofthepart,adifferentsetofstepsisrequired.Thefunctionalityofthemove objectstoolsetseemstobelimitedinthatitwillnotallowcopyingofentitiesfromonesketchinto another.Toovercomethis,modelgeometrywillbeconvertedinstead. SelectINSERT>RECIPECURVE>PROJECTCURVE SelecttheinteriorsurfaceoftherevolvedshapeandpressOK Selectallshapesnottobeusedintheedgeextrusionandmakethemreferencegeometryby RIGHTCLICKINGandpressingMAKEREFERENCEGEOMETRY. Translate/copyoutercurveasdescribedinaboveprocesstoobtaindesiredresults.

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 Whencopyingtheedgetotheotherside,selecttheYCplanemanuallywhiletheinferred optionisselected,andpressOKAYandCOPY.

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