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Top Questions of I-deas users Learning NX
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I-deas Functionality in NX
I-deas Role
Toolbar buttons are organized into lists
similar to the I-deas icon stacks.
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I-deas Functionality in NX
Selection Intent, Stop at Intersection,Follow Fillet
Extrude with multiple draft angle sets
Edge Blend options
Sketch on Path
Variational Sweep
Assembly constraints
Assembly arrangements
Hide and Show similar to Display Filter
I-deas terms in Command Finder
Select from any assemblycomponent (NX 6)
Assembly Relations Browser (NX 6)
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Differences between I-deas and NX
PRT files
Model files
Workbench
Gateway application
Part history
Sketch constraints
Reference curves
Boolean operations
Object visibility
Top-down assembly design
Assembly constraints
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Question 1- What is a part file?
NX files use an extension PRT and are sometimes called part files.
They can contain:
Assembly components
Part geometry
Drawings
This is equivalent to mergingI-deas ASM, PRT, and DWGlibrary item types into
one consistent file type. This provides advantages for
top-down assembly modelingand other modeling techniques.
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Question 1- What is a part file?
How do I change the units of the part file?
Select default units when you create the file.
Enter numbers followed by units in entry boxes.
(mm, cm, km, in., ft, mi, etc.)
When creating expressions, choose a units type, then a
unit. Use the units conversion utility to convert the units of all
geometry, drawings, dimensions, parameters, and
expressions in the file.
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Question 2- Where is my model file?
There is no model file.
NX session:
Your can have multiple open files, similar
to other Windows applications. TheWindow menu shows open files.
Only one file is displayed at a time.
The displayed file can be a part or
assembly.
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Question 2- Where is my model file?
Where is Manage Bins?
There arent any bins.
Open files directly from Teamcenter.
Use Teamcenter folders
to organize current projects.
Use the Window menu to
select a file to display
from among open files.
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Question 2- Where is my model file?
How do I open a file for reference?
Default behavior in Teamcenter Integration for NX :
If multiple users have the same file open, the first user to modify
the file locks it.
Control file access using:
Personal and Group ownership Define who has access to
modify a file.
Baseline versionsCreate a frozen snapshot of versions for
different purposes.
Status Define a status value to baseline versions to identify
them.
Typical status values: Shared, In Review, Released.
NX Revision rules define the status of parts to open.
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Question 3- Why cant I edit a feature?
You must switch from the Gateway application to the Modeling application.You can view history, but not modify it in the Gateway application
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Question 4- What is the difference between
Edit and Edit with Rollback?
These are similar to the I-deas options Quick Wireframe and Wireframe.
Edit
Edit with Rollback
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Question 5- Why are there still 2 free DOF in my sketch?
The first sketch line is
not an inferred ground
as in I-deas.
To fully constrain a
sketch, you must fully
constrain it to an
external reference.
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Question 5- Why are there still 2 free DOF in my sketch?
Can NX work in polar coordinates? (Simulation users ask this.)
Preferences Grid and Workplane
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Question 6- How do I create reference curves?
The term reference curves is different in I-deas and NX.
Reference curves in I-deas are a way to convert a sketch to afeature to use in multiple features.
Reference curves in NX are construction lines in a sketch.
To use a sketch in multiple features in NX, keep the sketch externalto the feature.
Convert sketch curves to reference curves to identify them asconstruction lines that will not participate in an Extrude or otherfeature.
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Question 7- What does it mean to keep the Boolean
feature separate from the Extrude feature?
In I-deas, you perform Boolean operations on
two parts to create a bushy history tree.
In NX, you perform Boolean operations on
multiple solid bodies in the same file to use the
equivalent modeling technique.
1. Use the Extrude command with the
Boolean option None to create a separate
solid body in the same file.
2. Use other commands on the resulting solid
body.3. Use the Unite, Subtract, or Intersect
command to combine the bodies.
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Question 7- What does it mean to keep the Boolean
feature separate from the Extrude feature?
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Question 8- Where is the Display Filter?
The Hide and Show
command on the Utility
toolbar is similar to the I-deas
Display Filter.
Layers can also be used to
control visibility.
Reference sets can be used
to control part geometry
displayed in assemblies.
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Question 9- How can I work with multiple parts
at the same time?
NX does not have a workbench concept.
The I-deas workbench provided:
A clipboard to move geometry between parts
A context to design mating parts non-associatively
(Yellow non-associative sketch curves created using Focus)
To replace these functions in NX:
Use Copy and Paste
Work in an assembly context
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Question 9- How can I work with multiple parts
at the same time?
Designing parts in an assembly context
In NX 6, there are two additions to the Selection bar
Selection Scope
Select fromthe Work part orthe entire assembly
Create Interpart Link
Turn off to work non-associativelysimilar to yellow point Focusin I-deas.
Turn on to create associative links.
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Question 9- How can I work with multiple parts at
the same time?
Support Plate
Base
Extrude using
Until Extended,select face from
the Support Plate.
Create sketch points aligned
to the circle centers on the
Base. Use the Hole command
to create the holes.
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Question 10- Do I have to ground the first assembly component?
Assembly Mating Conditions (pre-NX 5) were directional, and the first
component in a from/to chain was assumed grounded.
NX assembly constraints are similar to I-deas assembly constraints.
Either component can move.
It is a good practice to use a Fix constraint
to ground components that should not move.
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Conclusion
I-deas users are finding thatlearning NX is not difficult,
once they learn the major
differences.
An I-deas to NX Transition
class is available.
Use the I-deas to NX
Transition material in NX Help
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