NX10Tutorial
OnlineInstructor
©Copyright2015OnlineInstructor
Thisbookmaynotbeduplicatedinanywaywithouttheexpresswrittenconsentofthepublisher,exceptintheformofbriefexcerptsorquotationsforthepurposeofreview.Theinformationcontainedhereinisforthepersonaluseofthereaderandmaynotbeincorporatedinanycommercialprograms,otherbooks,database,oranykindofsoftwarewithoutwrittenconsentofthepublisher.Makingcopiesofthisbookoranyportionforpurposeotherthanyourownisaviolationofcopyrightlaws.
LimitofLiability/DisclaimerofWarranty:
The author and publisher make no representations or warranties with respect to theaccuracy or completeness of the contents of this work and specifically disclaim allwarranties,includingwithoutlimitationwarrantiesoffitnessforaparticularpurpose.Theadviceandstrategiescontainedhereinmaynotbesuitableforeverysituation.Neitherthepublishernortheauthorshallbeliablefordamagesarisingherefrom.
Trademarks:
All brand names and product names used in this book are trademarks, registeredtrademarks,or tradenamesof their respectiveholders.Theauthorandpublisherarenotassociatedwithanyproductorvendormentionedinthisbook.
ContentsIntroduction
ScopeofthisBook
Chapter1:GettingStartedStartingNX
UserInterface
QuickAccessToolbar
FileMenu
Ribbon
RibbonGroupsandMoreGalleries
TopBorderBar
Menu
Statusbar
ResourceBar
PartNavigator
RolesNavigator
TouchPanel
TouchTablet
Dialogs
MouseFunctions
LeftMousebutton(MB1)
MiddleMousebutton(MB2)
RightMousebutton(MB3)
ColorSettings
ShortcutKeys
Chapter2:ModelingBasicsTUTORIAL1
StartingaNewPartFile
StartingaSketch
AddingDimensions
ConstructingtheBaseFeature
AddinganExtrudedFeature
AddingConstraintsandDimensionstotheSketch
AddingDimensions
TrimmingSketchEntities
ExtrudingtheSketch
AddinganotherExtrudedFeature
SavingthePart
TUTORIAL2
OpenaNewPartFile
SketchingaRevolveProfile
ConstructingtheRevolvedFeature
ConstructingtheCutfeature
AddinganotherCutout
AddingEdgeblend
SavingthePart
TUTORIAL3
OpeningaNewPartFile
ConstructingtheRevolvedFeature
CreatingCutfeature
SavingthePart
TUTORIAL4
ConstructingExtrudedfeature
ApplyingDraft
SavingthePart
Chapter3:ConstructingAssemblyTUTORIAL1
CopyingthePartfilesintoanewfolder
OpeningaNewAssemblyFile
InsertingtheBaseComponent
Addingthesecondcomponent
CheckingtheDegreesoftheFreedom
FixingtheFlange
HidingtheFlange
AddingtheThirdComponent
ShowingtheHiddenFlange
HidingtheReferencePlanes,sketches,andConstraintsymbols
SavingtheAssembly
StartingtheMainassembly
AddingDisctotheAssembly
FixingtheDisctotheOrigin
PlacingtheSub-assembly
PlacingsecondinstanceoftheSub-assembly
SavingtheAssembly
TUTORIAL2
ProducingtheExplodedview
CreatingTracelines
Chapter4:GeneratingDrawingsTUTORIAL1
OpeningaNewDrawingFile
EditingtheDrawingSheet
GeneratingtheBaseView
GeneratingtheSectionView
GeneratingtheDetailedView
SettingtheAnnotationPreferences
DimensioningtheDrawingViews
TUTORIAL2
Creatingacustomtemplate
AddingBordersandTitleBlock
Openinganewdrawingfileusingthecustomtemplate
GeneratingDrawingViews
AddingDimensions
TUTORIAL3
Creatingtheassemblydrawing
GeneratingtheExplodedView
GeneratingthePartlist
GeneratingBalloons
Chapter5:SketchingTUTORIAL1(CreatingRectangles)
Multi-SelectionGestureDrop-down
TUTORIAL2(CreatingPolygons)
TUTORIAL3(StudioSplines)
TUTORIAL4(GeometricConstraints)
AddingConstraints
AddingDimensions
TUTORIAL5(ResolvingOver-ConstrainedSketch)
TUTORIAL6(Ellipses)
TUTORIAL7(Conics)
TUTORIAL8(QuickExtend,QuickTrim,MakeCorner,andOffsetCurve)
MakeCorner
QuickTrim
OffsetCurve
TUTORIAL9
Fillet
Chamfer
MirrorCurve
AddingDimensions
Chapter6:AdditionalModelingToolsTUTORIAL1
ConstructingtheHelix
AddingtheDatumPlane
ConstructingtheSweepfeature
TUTORIAL2
ConstructingtheGroovefeature
TUTORIAL3
CreatingSectionsandGuidecurves
Creatinganothersection
Constructingthesweptfeature
ConstructingtheExtrudedfeature
AddingtheEmbossfeature
AddingEdgeBlend
ShellingtheModel
AddingThreads
TUTORIAL4
Constructingacylindricalshell
Addingslots
ConstructingtheLinearpattern
ConstructingtheCircularpattern
TUTORIAL5
ConstructingtheTubefeature
PatterningtheTubegeometry
BooleanOperations
TUTORIAL6
Constructingthefirstfeature
ConstructingtheSecondFeature
Constructingthethirdfeature
DrillingHoles
AddingChamfers
EditParameters
ShowDimensions
EditingFeaturesbyDouble-clicking
SupressFeatures
TUTORIAL7
Constructingthefirstfeature
ConstructingtheExtrudedcut
ConstructingtheExtrudedcut
MakingtheAlongPattern
MeasuringtheMassProperties
TUTORIAL8
CreatingtheFirstFeature
CreatingtheExtrudedsurface
TrimBody
VariableRadiusBlend
CornerSetbacks
CreatingaBoss
SplitBody
ShellwithanAlternateThickness
OffsetFace
DeleteBody
ScaleBody
ExtractGeometry
TUTORIAL9
ReplaceFeatures
TUTORIAL10
ApplyingDraftusingtheToPartingEdgesoption
TUTORIAL11
TUTORIAL12
TUTORIAL13
Chapter7:ExpressionsTUTORIAL1
TUTORIAL2
CreatingFamilyofParts
TUTORIAL3
TUTORIAL4
Chapter8:SheetMetalModelingTUTORIAL1
OpeningaNewSheetmetalFile
SettingtheParametersoftheSheetMetalpart
ConstructingtheTabFeature
Addingaflange
ConstructingtheContourFlange
AddingtheClosedCorner
AddingtheLouver
MakingthePatternAlongcurve
AddingtheBead
AddingtheDrawnCutout
AddingGussets
ConstructingtheMirrorFeature
Chapter9:Top-DownAssemblyTUTORIAL1
CreatingaNewAssemblyFile
CreatingacomponentintheAssembly
CreatingtheSecondComponentoftheAssembly
CreatingthethirdComponentoftheAssembly
EditingtheLinkedParts
CreatingHoleSeries
AddingFastenerstotheassembly
TUTORIAL2
TUTORIAL3
CreatingtheDeformablePart
AddingtheDeformableparttoanAssembly
Chapter10:DimensionsandAnnotationsTUTORIAL1
CreatingaViewwithCenterMarks
CreatingCenterlinesandCenterMarks
EditingtheHatchPattern
ApplyingDimensions
AttachTexttoDimensions
PlacingtheDatumFeatureSymbol
PlacingtheFeatureControlFrame
PlacingtheSurfaceTextureSymbols
Chapter11:SimulationHandsonTutorial
TUTORIAL1
PreparingtheIdealizedPart
MeshingtheFEMfile
ApplyingLoadsandConstraintstotheSimulationfile
SimulatingtheModel
Introduction
NXasatopicoflearningisvast,andhavingawidescope.Itisoneoftheworld’smostadvanced and highly integratedCAD/CAM/CAEproduct.NX delivers a great value toenterprisesofallsizesbycoveringtheentirerangeofproductdevelopment.Itspeedsupthedesignprocessbysimplifyingcomplexproductdesigns.
ThistutorialbookprovidesasystematicapproachforuserstolearnNX10.ItisaimedforthosewithnopreviousexperiencewithNX.However,usersofpreviousversionsofNXmayalsofindthisbookusefulforthemtolearnthenewenhancements.Theuserwillbeguided from starting a NX 10 session to constructing parts, assemblies, and drawings.Each chapter has components explained with the help of various dialogs and screenimages.
ScopeofthisBook
ThisbookiswrittenforstudentsandengineerswhoareinterestedtolearnNX10fordesigningmechanicalcomponentsandassemblies,andthengeneratedrawings.
ThisbookprovidesasystematicapproachforlearningNX10.ThetopicsincludeGettingStartedwithNX10,BasicPartModeling,ConstructingAssemblies,ConstructingDrawings,AdditionalModelingTools,andSheetMetalModeling.
Chapter1introducesNX10.Theuserinterface,terminology,mousefunctions,andshortcutkeysarediscussedinthischapter.
Chapter2takesyouthroughthecreationofyourfirstNXmodel.Youconstructsimpleparts.
Chapter3teachesyoutoconstructassemblies.ItexplainstheTop-downandBottom-upapproachesfordesigninganassembly.YouconstructanassemblyusingtheBottom-upapproach.
Chapter4teachesyoutogeneratedrawingsofthemodelsconstructedintheearlierchapters.Youwillalsolearntogenerateexplodedviews,andpartlistofanassembly.
Chapter5:Inthischapter,youwilllearnthetoolsneededtocreate2Dsketches.
Chapter6:Inthischapter,youwilllearnadditionalmodelingtoolstoconstructcomplexmodels.
Chapter7:Thischapterhelpsyoutocreate,edit,anduseexpressionsinyourdesigns.
Chapter8:introducesyoutoNXSheetMetaldesign.YouwillconstructasheetmetalpartusingthetoolsavailableintheNXSheetMetalenvironment.
Chapter9:teachesyoutocreateanassemblyusingTop-downdesignapproach.
Chapter10:teachesyoutoadddimensionsandannotationstoyourdrawings.
Chapter11:introducesyoutoFiniteElementAnalysis.
Chapter1:GettingStarted
Inthischapter,youwilllearnsomeofthemostcommonlyusedfeaturesofNX.Also,youwilllearnabouttheuserinterface.
InNX,youconstruct3Dpartsandusethemtogenerate2Ddrawingsand3Dassemblies.
NXisFeatureBased.Featuresareshapesthatarecombinedtobuildapart.Youcanmodifytheseshapesindividually.
Mostofthefeaturesaresketch-based.Asketchisa2Dprofileandcanbeextruded,revolved,orsweptalongapathtoconstructfeatures.
NXisparametricinnature.Youcanspecifystandardparametersbetweentheelementsofapart.Changingtheseparameterschangesthesizeandshapeofthepart.Forexample,seethedesignofthebodyofaflangebeforeandaftermodifyingtheparametersofitsfeatures
StartingNX1. ClicktheStartbuttonontheWindowstaskbar.2. Clickthearrowpointingdownward.3. ClickSiemensNX10.0>NX10.0.4. ClicktheNewbutton.5. OntheNewdialog,clickTemplates>Model.6. ClicktheOKbutton
NoticetheseimportantfeaturesoftheNXwindow.
UserInterfaceVariouscomponentsoftheuserinterfacearediscussednext.
QuickAccessToolbarThis is located at the top left corner of thewindow. It consists of the commonly usedcommandssuchasSave,Undo,Redo,Copy,andsoon.
FileMenuTheFileMenuappearswhenyouclickontheFile iconlocatedat thetopleftcornerofthewindow.TheFileMenuconsistsofalistofself-explanatorymenus.Youcanseealistof recently openeddocuments under theRecentlyOpenedParts section.You can alsoswitchtodifferentapplicationsofNX.
RibbonAribbonisasetoftools,whichareusedtoperformvariousoperations.Itisdividedintotabsandgroups.Varioustabsoftheribbonarediscussednext.
HometabThisribbontabcontainsthetoolssuchasNew,Open,andHelp,andsoon.
HometabintheModeltemplateThisribbontabcontainsthetoolstoconstruct3Dfeatures.
ViewtabThisribbontabcontainsthetoolstomodifythedisplayofthemodelanduserinterface.
AnalysistabThisribbontabhasthetoolstomeasuretheobjects.Italsohastoolstoanalyzethedraft,curvature,andsurface.
HometabinSketchTaskenvironmentThis ribbon tab contains all the sketch tools. It is available in a separate environmentcalled Sketch Task environment. The Sketch Task environment is activated when youactivateaFeaturemodelingtoolandclickonaplanarfaceorDatumplane.
ToolstabThisribbontabcontainsthetoolstocreateexpressions,partfamilies,movies,fasteners.
RendertabThisribbontabcontainsthetoolstogeneratephotorealisticimages.
ApplicationtabThisribbontabcontainsthetoolstostartdifferentapplicationssuchasAssemblies,SheetMetal,Drafting,andsoon.
AssembliestabThis tab contains the tools to construct an assembly. It is available in the Assemblytemplate.
DraftingenvironmentribbonIntheDraftingEnvironment,youcangenerateorthographicviewsofthe3Dmodel.Theribbontabsinthisenvironmentcontaintoolstogenerate2Ddrawings.
SheetMetalribbonThetoolsinthisribbonareusedtoconstructsheetmetalcomponents.
Sometabsarenotvisiblebydefault.Todisplayaparticulartab,right-clickontheribbonandselectitfromthelistdisplayed.
YoucanalsoaddaribbontabbyopeningtheCustomizedialog.Clickthedownarrowlocatedatthebottomrightcorneroftheribbon,andselectCustomize.OntheCustomizedialog,clickondifferenttabandselect/deselecttheoptions.
RibbonGroupsandMoreGalleriesThetoolsonaribbonarearrangedinvariousgroupsdependingupontheiruse.EachgrouphasaMoreGallery,whichcontainadditionaltools.
Youcanaddmoretoolstoaribbongroupbyclickingthearrowlocatedatthebottomrightcornerofagroup.
TopBorderBarThisisavailablebelowtheribbon.Itconsistsofalltheoptionstofiltertheobjectsthatcanbeselectedfromthegraphicswindow.
MenuMenuislocatedontheTopBorderBar.Itconsistsofvariousoptions(menutitles).Whenyouclickonamenutitle,adrop-downappears.Youcanselecttherequiredoptionfromthisdrop-down.
StatusbarThisisavailablebelowthegraphicswindow.Itdisplaysthepromptsandtheactiontakenwhileusingthetools.
ResourceBarThisislocatedattheleftsideofthewindow.ItcontainsallthenavigatorwindowssuchasAssemblyNavigator,ConstraintNavigator,PartNavigator,andsoon.
PartNavigatorContainsthelistofoperationscarriedwhileconstructingapart.
RolesNavigatorTheRolesNavigator(clicktheRolestabontheResourceBar)containsalistofsystemdefaultandindustryspecificroles.Aroleisasetoftoolsandribbontabscustomizedforaspecificapplication.Forexample,theCAMExpressrolecanbeusedforperformingmanufacturingoperations.ThistextbookusestheDefaultrole.
TheTouchPanelandTouchTabletroleshelpyoutoworkwithaMulti-touchscreen.
TouchPanel
TouchTablet
DialogsWhen you execute any command in NX, the dialog related to it appears. The dialogconsistsofvariousoptions.Thefollowingfigureshowsvariouscomponentsofthedialog.
Thistextbookusesthedefaultoptionsinthedialog.Ifyouhavemadeanychangesonthedialog,clicktheResetbuttontodisplaythedefaultoptions.
MouseFunctionsVariousfunctionsofthemousebuttonsarediscussednext.
LeftMousebutton(MB1)Whenyoudouble-clicktheleftmousebutton(MB1)onanobject,thedialogrelatedtotheobjectappears.Usingthisdialog,youcanedittheparametersoftheobjects.
MiddleMousebutton(MB2)ClickthisbuttontoexecutetheOKcommand.
RightMousebutton(MB3)Clickthisbuttontodisplaytheshortcutmenu.
Theotherfunctionswithcombinationofthethreemousebuttonsaregivennext.
ColorSettingsTochangethebackgroundcolorofthewindow,clickView>Visualization>More>EditBackground;theEditBackgrounddialogappears.ClickthePlainoptiontochangethebackgroundtoplain.Clickonthecolorswatches;theColordialogappears.ChangethebackgroundcolorandclickOKtwice.
ShortcutKeys
CTRL+Z (Undo)
CTRL+Y (Repeat)
CTRL+S (Save)
F5 (Refresh)
F1 (NXHelp)
F6 (Zoom)
F7 (Rotate)
CTRL+M (StartstheModelingenvironment)
CTRL+SHIFT+D (StartstheDraftingenvironment)
CTRL+SHIFT+M (StartstheNXSheetMetalenvironment)
CTRL+ALT+M (StartstheManufacturingenvironment)
X (Extrude)
CTRL+1 (Customize)
CTRL+D (Delete)
CTRL+N (NewFile)
CTRL+O (OpenFile)
CTRL+P (Plot)
Chapter2:ModelingBasics
ThischaptertakesyouthroughthecreationofyourfirstNXmodel.Youconstructsimpleparts:
Inthischapter,youwill:
ConstructSketchesConstructabasefeatureAddanotherfeaturetoitConstructrevolvedfeaturesApplydraft
TUTORIAL1ThistutorialtakesyouthroughthecreationofyourfirstNXmodel.YouconstructtheDiscofanOldhamcoupling:
StartingaNewPartFile
1. Tostartanewpart,clicktheNew buttononribbon;theNewdialogappears.2. TheModeltemplateisthedefaultselection,soclickOK;anewmodelwindow
appears.
StartingaSketch1. Tostartanewsketch,clicktheSketchbuttonontheDirectSketchgroup;theCreate
Sketchdialogappears.
2. SelecttheXZplane.
3. ClicktheOKbuttonontheCreateSketchdialog;thesketchstarts.
Thefirstfeatureisanextrudedfromasketchedcircularprofile.Youwillbeginbysketchingthecircle.
4. ClickCircle ontheDirectSketchgroup.5. Movethepointertothesketchorigin,andthenclick.6. Dragthepointerandclicktodrawacircle.
7. PressESCtoquitthetool.
AddingDimensionsInthissection,youwillspecifythesizeofthesketchedcirclebyaddingdimensions.
Note:Youmaynoticethatdimensionsareappliedautomatically.However,theydonotconstraintthesketch.
Asyouadddimensions,thesketchcanattainanyoneofthefollowingthreestates:
FullyConstrainedsketch:Inafullyconstrainedsketch,thepositionsofalltheentities
arefullydescribedbydimensionsorconstraintsorboth.Inafullyconstrainedsketch,alltheentitiesaredarkgreencolor.
UnderConstrainedsketch:Additionaldimensionsorconstraintsorbothareneededtocompletelydefinethegeometry.Inthisstate,youcandragthesketchelementstomodifythesketch.Anunderconstrainedsketchelementisinmarooncolor.
OverConstrainedsketch:Inthisstate,anobjecthasconflictingdimensionsorrelationsorboth.Anoverconstrainedsketchentityisgrey.Theoverconstrainingdimensionsareinredcolor.
1. Double-clickonthedimensiondisplayedonthesketch;theDimensioneditboxappears.
2. Tochangethedimensionto100mm,typeanewvalue,andthenpressEnter.3. PressEsctoquittheDimensiontool.
Todisplaytheentirecircleatafullsizeandtocenteritinthegraphicsarea,useoneofthefollowingmethods:
ClickFit onTopBorderBar.Ontheribbon,clickView>Orientation>Fit.
4. Ontheribbon,clickHome>DirectSketch>FinishSketch .5. Tochangetheviewtoisometric,clickOrientViewDrop-down>Isometriconthe
TopBorderBar.
YoucanusethebuttonsontheOrientViewDrop-downontheTopBorderBartosetthevieworientationofthesketch,part,orassembly.
ConstructingtheBaseFeatureThefirstfeatureinanypartiscalledthebasefeature.Youconstructthisfeaturebyextrudingthesketchedcircle.
1. Ontheribbon,Home>Feature>Extrude ;theExtrudedialogappears.2. Clickonthesketch.
3. Type-in10intheEndboxattachedtothepreview.4. Toseehowthemodelwouldlookifyouhaveextrudedthesketchintheopposite
direction,clickReverseDirection buttonintheDirectionsection.Again,clickonittoextrudethesketchinthefrontdirection.
5. EnsurethatBodyTypeinSettingsgroupissettoSolid.
6. ClickOKtoconstructtheextrusion.
Noticethenewfeature,Extrude,inthePartNavigator.
Tomagnifyamodelorchangeitsorientationinthegraphicsarea,youcanusetheOrientationtoolsontheViewtab.
ClickFittodisplaythepartfullsizeinthecurrentwindow.
ClickZoom ,andthendragthepointertodrawarectangle;theareaintherectanglezoomstofillthewindow.
ClickZoomIn/Out ,andthendragthepointer.Draggingupzoomsout;draggingdownzoomsin.NotethatthiscommandisavailableontheMoregallery.
Clickavertex,anedge,orafeature,andthenclickFitViewtoSelection ;theselecteditemzoomstofillthewindow.
Todisplaythepartindifferentmodes,clickthebuttonsintheStylegroupontheViewtab.
ThedefaultdisplaymodeforpartsandassembliesisShadedwithEdges.Youmaychangethedisplaymodewheneveryouwant.
AddinganExtrudedFeatureToconstructadditionalfeaturesonthepart,youneedtosketchonthemodelfacesorplanes,andthenconvertthemintofeatures.
1. ClickStaticWireframe ontheViewtab.2. ClickSketchontheDirectSketchgroup.3. Clickonthefrontfaceoftheparttoselectit,andthenclickOK.
4. ClickDirectsketch>MoreCurve>ProjectCurve ontheribbon;theProjectCurvedialogappears.
5. Clickonthecircularedge.
6. ClickOKontheProjectCurvedialog;thecircularedgeprojectsontothesketchplane.
7. ClickLine ontheDirectSketchgroup.8. Clickonthecircletospecifythefirstpointoftheline.
9. Movethepointertowardsright.10. Clickonthecircle;alineisdrawn.
11. Drawanotherlineabovethepreviousline.
AddingConstraintsandDimensionstotheSketchToestablishthelocationandsizeofthesketch,youhavetoaddthenecessaryconstraintsanddimensions.
1. Selectthelowerhorizontalline.2. OntheShortcutstoolbar,clickHorizontal .3. Ontheribbon,clickDirectSketch>Moregallery>SketchConstrains>Make
Symmetric .4. Selectthefirstandsecondlines.5. SelecttheX-axisasthecenterline;thetwolinesbecomesymmetricabouttheX-axis.
6. ClickCloseontheMakeSymmetricdialog.
AddingDimensions7. Double-clickonthedimensiondisplayedinthesketch.8. Type-in12intheboxdisplayed.9. ClickCloseonthedialog.
TrimmingSketchEntities
1. ClickTrimRecipeCurve ontheDirectSketchgroup.2. Clickontheprojectedelement.3. Clickonthetwohorizontallines.4. OntheTrimRecipeCurvedialog,clickDiscardundertheRegionsection.5. ClickOKtotrimtheprojectedelements.
6. ClickFinishSketchontheDirectSketchgroup.7. Tochangetheviewtoisometric,clickView>Orientation>Isometric.
ExtrudingtheSketch1. Clickonthesketch,andthenclickExtrudeontheShortcutstoolbar;theExtrude
dialogappears.
2. Type-in10intheEndboxattachedtothepreview.
3. ClickOKtoconstructtheextrusion.4. Tohidethesketch,clickView>ShowandHide .5. OntheShowandHidedialog,clickHideintheSketchesrow;thesketchesare
hidden.
AddinganotherExtrudedFeature1. Drawasketchonthebackfaceofthebasefeature(UsetheProfilecommandtocreate
thelines,andthenprojecttheoutercircularedge.UsetheTrimRecipeCurvecommandtotrimtheprojectedcurve).
YoucanusetheRotate buttonfromtheViewtabtorotatethemodel.
2. Extrudethesketchupto10mmthickness.
Tomovethepartview,clickView>Orientation>Pan,thendragtheparttomoveitaroundinthegraphicsarea.
3. ClickView>Style>ShadedwithEdgesontheribbon.
SavingthePart1. ClickSave ontheQuickAccessToolbar;theNamePartsdialogappears.2. Type-inDiscintheNameboxandclicktheFolderbutton.3. BrowsetotheNX10/C2folderandthenclicktheOKbuttontwice.
Note:
*.prtisthefileextensionforallthefilesconstructedintheModeling,Assembly,andDraftingenvironmentsofNX.
TUTORIAL2Inthistutorial,youconstructaflangebyperformingthefollowing:
ConstructingarevolvedfeatureConstructingacutfeaturesAddingfillets
OpenaNewPartFile1. Toopenanewpart,clickFile>Newontheribbon;theNewdialogappears.2. TheModelisthedefaultselection,soclickOK;anewmodelwindowappears.
SketchingaRevolveProfileYouconstructthebasefeatureoftheflangebyrevolvingaprofilearoundacenterline.
1. ClicktheSketchbuttonontheDirectSketchgroup.2. SelecttheYZplane.3. ClicktheOKbutton;thesketchstarts.
4. ClickProfile ontheDirectSketchgroup.5. Drawasketchsimilartothatshowninfigure.PressEsc.
6. Ontheribbon,clickDirectSketch>Moregallery>SketchConstraints>GeometricConstraints .
7. ClickOKonthemessagebox.8. OntheGeometricConstraintsdialog,clickCollinear .9. UndertheGeometrytoConstrainsection,checkAutomaticSelectionProgression.10. Clickontheline1andtheY-axistomakethemcollinear.
11. ClickRapidDimension ontheDirectSketchgroup.12. SelecttheX-axisandLine6;adimensionappears.13. Placethedimensionandtype-in15inthedimensionbox.14. PressEnterkey.
15. SelecttheX-axisandLine4;adimensionappears.16. Setthedimensionto30.17. SelecttheX-axisandLine2;adimensionappears.18. Setthedimensionto50mm.19. CreateadimensionbetweentheY-axisandLine3.20. Setthedimensionto20mm.21. Createadimensionof50mmbetweenY-axisandLine5.22. ClosetheRapidDimensiondialog.
23. ClickFinishSketchontheDirectSketchgroup.24. Tochangetheviewtoisometric,clickIsometricontheViewtab.
ConstructingtheRevolvedFeature1. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Feature>Extrude>Revolve;theRevolvedialog
appears.
2. Clickonthesketch.3. ClickonSpecifyVectorintheAxisgroup;avectortriadappears.4. ClickontheY-axisofthetriad.
5. Clickontheoriginpoint;thepreviewoftherevolvedfeatureappears.
6. Type-in360intheEndboxattachedtothepreview.7. ClickOKtoconstructtherevolvedfeature.
ConstructingtheCutfeature1. ClickExtrudeontheFeaturegroup.2. Rotatethemodelgeometryandclickthebackfaceofthepart;thesketchstarts.3. Constructasketch,asshowninfigure(UsetheProfilecommandtocreatethelines,
andthenprojecttheoutercircularedge.UsetheTrimRecipeCurvecommandtotrimtheprojectedcurve).
4. ClickFinishontheSketchgroup.5. Enter10intheEndboxattachedtothepreview.6. ClickReverseDirection intheDirectionsection.7. SelectSubtractintheBooleansection.
8. ClickOKtoconstructthecutfeature.
AddinganotherCut-out1. Drawasketchonthefrontfaceofthemodelgeometry(UsetheProfilecommandto
createthelines,andthenprojecttheinnercircularedge.UsetheTrimRecipeCurvecommandtotrimtheprojectedcurve.Also,adddimensions).
2. Finishthesketch.3. ClickExtrudeontheFeaturegroup.4. Clickonthesketch.5. OntheExtrudedialog,selectEnd>ThroughAllundertheLimitssection.6. ClickReverseDirectionintheDirectionsection.7. SelectSubtractintheBooleangroup.8. ClickOKtoconstructthecut-outfeature.9. Tochangetheviewtoisometric,clickIsometricontheViewtab.
AddingEdgeblend
1. ClickHome>Feature>EdgeBlend ;theEdgeBlenddialogappears.2. ClickontheinnercircularedgeandsetRadius1to5.
3. ClickOKtoaddtheblend.
SavingthePart1. ClickFile>Save>Save;theNamePartsdialogappears.2. TypeFlangeandclicktheFolderbutton.3. BrowsetoNX10/C2folderandthenclickOKbuttontwice.4. ClickFile>Close>AllParts.
TUTORIAL3Inthistutorial,youconstructaShaftbyperformingthefollowing:
ConstructingarevolvedfeatureConstructingacutfeature
OpeningaNewPartFile1. Toopenanewpart,clicktheNewbuttonontheStandardgroup.
2. SelecttheModeltemplateandclickOK;anewmodelwindowappears.
ConstructingtheRevolvedFeature1. ClickExtrude>RevolveontheFeaturegroup.2. ClicktheSketchSelection iconundertheSectionsectionoftheRevolvedialog.3. ClickontheYZplanetoselectit,andthenclickOK;thesketchstarts.4. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Curve>Rectangle .5. Selecttheoriginpointofthesketch.6. Movethepointertowardtopleftcornerandclick.7. Adddimensionstothesketch,asshowninfigure.
8. ClickFinishontheSketchgroup.9. ClickontheY-axisofthetriad.10. Clickontheoriginpoint;thepreviewappears.11. ClickOKtoconstructtherevolvedfeature.
CreatingCutfeature1. Constructasketchonthefrontfaceofthemodelgeometry(UsetheProfilecommand
tocreatethelines,andthenprojectthecircularedge.UsetheTrimRecipeCurvecommandtotrimtheprojectedcurve.Also,adddimensions).
2. Finishthesketch.3. ClickExtrudeontheFeaturegroup.4. Clickonthesketch.5. Type-in55intheEndbox.6. ClickReverseDirectionintheDirectionsection.7. SelectSubtractintheBooleangroup.
8. ClickOKtoconstructthecutfeature.
SavingthePart1. ClickFile>Save>Save;theNamePartsdialogappears.2. TypeShaftintheNameboxandclickFolderbutton.3. BrowsetoNX10/C2folderandthenclickOKbuttontwice.4. ClickFile>Close>AllParts.
TUTORIAL4Inthistutorial,youconstructaKeybyperformingthefollowing:
ConstructingaBlockApplyingdraft
ConstructingExtrudedfeature1. Openanewpartfile.2. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Feature>More>DesignFeature>Block .3. OntheBlockdialog,selectType>OriginandEdgeLengths.4. Type-in6,50,and6intheLength(XC),Width(YC),andHeight(ZC)boxes,
respectively.5. Clickontheoriginpointofthedatumcoordinatesystem.
6. ClickOKtoconstructtheblock.
ApplyingDraft1. ClickDraft ontheFeaturegroup.2. OntheDraftdialog,selectType>FromPlaneorSurface.3. ClickonY-axistospecifyvector.
4. Selectfrontfaceasthestationaryface.
5. ClickSelectFaceintheFacestoDraftsection.6. Selectthetopface.
7. Type-in1intheAngle1box.8. ClickOKtoaddthedraft.
SavingthePart1. ClickFile>Save>Save;theNamePartsdialogappears.2. TypeKeyintheNameboxandclickFolderbutton.3. BrowsetoNX10/C2folderandthenclickOKbuttontwice.4. ClickFile>Close>AllParts.
Chapter3:ConstructingAssembly
Inthischapter,youwill:
AddComponentstoanassemblyApplyconstraintsbetweencomponentsProduceexplodedviewoftheassembly
TUTORIAL1Thistutorialtakesyouthroughthecreationofyourfirstassembly.YouconstructtheOldhamcouplingassembly:
CopyingthePartfilesintoanewfolder1. CreateafoldernamedOldham_CouplingatthelocationNX10/C3.2. Copyallthepartfilesconstructedinthepreviouschaptertothisfolder.
OpeningaNewAssemblyFile1. Toopenanewassembly,clickFile>New;theNewdialogappears.
2. ClickAssemblyintheTemplategroup.
3. ClickOK;anewassemblywindowappears.Inaddition,theAddComponentdialogappears.
InsertingtheBaseComponent
1. Toinsertthebasecomponent,clickOpen buttoninthePartsectionoftheAddComponentdialog.
2. BrowsetothelocationNX10/C3/Oldham_Couplinganddouble-clickonFlange.prt.3. OntheAddComponentdialog,selectPositioning>AbsoluteOrigininthe
Placementsection.4. UndertheSettingssection,selectReferenceSet>EntirePart.5. ClickOKtoplacetheFlangeattheorigin.
Therearetwowaysofconstructinganyassemblymodel.
Top-DownApproachBottom-UpApproach
Top-DownApproach
Youopentheassemblyfile,andthenconstructcomponentsfilesinit.
Bottom-UpApproach
Youconstructthecomponentsfirst,andthenaddthemtotheassemblyfile.Inthistutorial,youconstructtheassemblyusingthisapproach.
Addingthesecondcomponent
1. Toinsertthesecondcomponent,clickAssemblies>Component>Add ontheribbon;theAddComponentdialogappears.
2. OntheAddComponentdialog,clickOpenbuttoninthePartsection.3. BrowsetothelocationNX10/C3/Oldham_Couplinganddouble-clickonShaft.prt.4. UnderthePlacementsection,selectPositioning>ByConstraints.5. UndertheSettingssection,selectReferenceSet>EntirePart.6. ClickOKontheAddComponentdialog;theAssemblyConstraintsdialogappears.
Afteraddingthecomponentstotheassemblyenvironment,youhavetoapplyconstraintsbetweenthem.Byapplyingconstraints,youestablishrelationshipsbetweencomponents.Youcanapplythefollowingtypesofconstraintsbetweencomponents.
TouchAlign:Usingthisconstraint,youcanmaketwofacescoplanartoeachother.NotethatifyousettheOrientationtoAlign,thefaceswillpointinthesamedirection.Youcanalsoalignthecenterlinesofthecylindricalfaces.
Concentric:Thisconstraintmakesthecentersofcircularedgescoincident.Inaddition,thecircularedgeswillbeonthesameplane.
Distance:Thisconstraintprovidesanoffsetdistancebetweentwoobjects.
Fix:Thisconstraintfixesacomponentatitscurrentposition.
Parallel:Thisconstraintmakestwoobjectsparalleltoeachother.
Perpendicular:Thisconstraintmakestwoobjectsperpendiculartoeachother.
Fit:Thisconstraintbringstwocylindricalfacestogether.Notethattheyshouldhavethesameradius.
Bond:Thisconstraintmakestheselectedcomponentsrigidsothattheymovetogether.
Center:Thisconstraintpositionstheselectedcomponentatacenterplanebetweentwocomponents.
Angle:Appliesanglebetweentwocomponents.
Align/Lock:Alignstheaxesoftwocylindricalfacesandlockstherotation.
7. OntheAssemblyConstraintsdialog,selectType>TouchAlign.8. UndertheGeometrytoConstrainsection,selectOrientation>InferCenter/Axis.9. OntheAssemblyConstraintsdialog,uncheckthePreviewComponentinMain
Windowoption.10. ClickonthecylindricalfaceoftheShaft.
11. ClickonanycylindricalfaceoftheFlange.12. UndertheGeometrytoConstrainsection,selectOrientation>Align.13. Clickonthefrontfaceoftheshaft.
14. Rotatetheflangeandclickontheslotfaceasshowninfigure.
15. ClickontheYZplaneoftheShaft.
16. ClickontheXYplaneoftheFlange.
17. ClickOKtoassemblethecomponents.
CheckingtheDegreesoftheFreedom1. Tocheckthedegreesoffreedomofacomponent,clickAssemblies>Component
Position>ShowDegreesofFreedom .2. ClickontheFlangetodisplaythedegreesoffreedom.
YouwillnoticethattheFlangehassixdegreesoffreedom.
FixingtheFlange1. Tofixtheflange,clickAssemblies>ComponentPosition>AssemblyConstraints
ontheribbon.2. OntheAssemblyConstraintsdialog,clickType>Fix.3. ClickontheFlange,andthenclickOK.4. Ontheribbon,clickView>Orientation>More>Refresh .
5. Toviewthedegreesoffreedom,clickShowDegreesofFreedomontheComponentPositiongroupandselecttheFlangeandShaft.
Youwillnoticethattherearefullyconstrained.
HidingtheFlange1. TohidetheFlange,clickonitandselectHidefromthecontextualtoolbar.
AddingtheThirdComponent
1. ClickAdd ontheComponentgroup.2. OntheAddComponentdialog,clicktheOpenbutton.3. Double-clickontheKey.prt.4. ClickOK.5. OntheAssemblyConstraintsdialog,selectType>TouchAlign.6. UndertheGeometrytoConstraintssection,selectOrientation>Align.7. ClickonthefrontfaceoftheKeyandfrontfaceoftheShaft.
8. ClickontheXYplaneoftheKey.
9. Clickonthefaceontheshaftasshowninfigure.
10. UndertheGeometrytoConstrainsection,selectOrientation>Touch.11. ClickonthesidefaceoftheKeyandselectthefaceonshaftasshowninfigure.
6. ClickOK.
ShowingtheHiddenFlange
1. Toshowthehiddenflange,clickView>Visibility>ShowAll ontheribbon.
HidingtheReferencePlanes,sketches,andConstraintsymbols1. Tohidethereferenceplanes,sketches,andconstraintsymbols,clickView>Visibility
>ShowandHideontheribbon.2. OntheShowandHidedialog,clickthehideiconsintheSketches,Datums,and
AssemblyConstraintsrows.
3. ClickCloseonthedialog.
SavingtheAssembly1. ClickFile>Save>Save;theNamePartsdialogappears.2. Type-inFlange_subassemblyintheNameboxandclicktheFolderbutton.3. BrowsetoNX10/C3/Oldham_CouplingfolderandthenclickOKbuttontwice.4. ClickFile>Close>AllParts.
StartingtheMainassembly1. ClickFile>Newontheribbon.2. OntheNewdialog,clicktheAssemblytemplate.3. Type-inMain_assemblyintheNameboxandclickFolderbutton.4. BrowsetoNX10/C3/Oldham_CouplingfolderandthenclickOKbuttontwice;the
AddComponentdialogappears.
AddingDisctotheAssembly1. ClicktheOpenbutton.2. Double-clickonDisc.prt.3. UnderthePlacementsection,selectPositioning>AbsoluteOrigin.4. SetReferenceSettoModel.5. ClickOKtoplacetheDiscattheorigin.
FixingtheDisctotheOrigin1. ClickAssemblies>Component>AssemblyConstraintsontheribbon;the
AssemblyConstraintsdialogappears.2. OntheAssemblyConstraintsdialog,selectType>Fix.3. SelecttheDiscandclickOK.
PlacingtheSub-assembly
1. ClicktheAdd buttonontheComponentgroup.2. ClicktheOpenbutton.3. Double-clickonFlange_subassembly.prt.4. OntheAddComponentdialog,selectPositioning>ByConstraints.5. ClickOK;theAssemblyConstraintsdialogappears.6. SetTypetoTouchAlign7. SetOrientationtoTouch.8. ClickonthefaceoftheFlangeasshowninfigure.
9. ClickonthefaceoftheDiscasshowninfigure.
10. SetTypetoConcentric.11. ClickonthecircularoftheFlange.
12. ClickonthecircularedgeoftheDisc.
13. ClickOKtoassemblethesubassembly.
PlacingsecondinstanceoftheSub-assembly1. InsertanotherinstanceoftheFlangesubassembly.2. ApplytheTouchAlignandConcentricconstraints.Notethatyouhavetoclickthe
ReverseLastConstraintbuttonwhileapplyingtheConcentricconstraint.
SavingtheAssembly1. ClickSaveontheQuickAccessToolbar,orclickFile>Save.
TUTORIAL2Inthistutorial,youproducetheexplodedviewoftheassemblycreatedintheprevioustutorial.
ProducingtheExplodedview
1. Toproducetheexplodedview,clickExplodedViews>NewExplosion ;theNewExplosiondialogappears.
2. Type-inOldham_ExplosionintheNamebox.3. ClickOK.4. OntheAssemblyNavigator,clicktherightmousebuttononFlange_subassemblyx2.
5. SelectUnpack.6. DeselecttheFlange_subassemblyinstances.7. ClickExplodedViews>EditExplosion ontheribbon;theEditExplosiondialog
appears.8. SelectFlange_subassemblyfromtheAssemblyNavigator.
9. ClickMoveObjectsonthedialog;thedynamictriadappearsontheflangesubassembly.
10. ClicktheSnapHandlestoWCS buttonontheEditExplosiondialog;thedynamictriadsnapstoWCS.
11. ClicktheY-Handleonthedynamictriad.12. Enter-100intheDistancebox.13. ClickOKtoexplodetheflangesubassembly.
14. ClickEditExplosion buttonontheExplodedViewsgroup.15. ClickSelectObjectsontheEditExplosiondialog.16. RotatethemodelandselecttheKeyfromtheassembly.17. ClickMoveObjectsonthedialog.18. ClickSnapHandlestoWCS button.
19. ClicktheY-Handleonthedynamictriad.20. Enter80intheDistancebox.21. ClickOKtoexplodetheKey.
22. ActivatetheEditExplosiondialog.23. ExplodetheshaftinY-directionuptothedistanceof-80mm.
24. Likewise,explodetheotherflangesubassemblyanditspartsintheoppositedirection.Theexplosiondistancesaresame.
CreatingTracelines
1. Tocreatetracelines,clickExplodedViews>Tracelines ontheribbon;theTracelinesdialogappears.
2. ClickonthecenterpointoftheFlange.
3. OntheTracelinesdialog,selectEndObject>Point.4. Clickonthecenterpointofthecircularedgeoftheshaft.
5. ClickOKtocreatethetraceline.
6. ClicktheTracelines buttonontheExplodedViewsgroup.7. UndertheStartsection,selectInferred>EndPoint .8. Selecttheedgeonthekeywayoftheshaft.
9. Double-clickonthearrowdisplayedontheedgetoreversethedirection.10. UndertheEndsection,selectInferred>EndPoint.11. Clickontheedgeonthekey.
12. Double-clickonthearrowtoreversethedirection.
13. ClickOKtocreatethetraceline.14. Createtracelinesbetweentheotherparts.15. ChangetheviewtoWireframewithHiddenEdges.
16. ClickSaveontheQuickAccessToolbar,orclickFile>Save.
Chapter4:GeneratingDrawings
Inthischapter,yougeneratedrawingsofthepartsandassemblyfrompreviouschapters.
Inthischapter,youwill:
OpenandeditadrawingtemplateInsertstandardviewsofapartmodelAddmodelandreferenceannotationsAddanotherdrawingsheetInsertexplodedviewoftheassemblyInsertabillofmaterialsoftheassemblyApplyballoonstotheassembly
TUTORIAL1Inthistutorial,youwillgeneratedrawingsofpartsconstructedinpreviouschapters.
OpeningaNewDrawingFile
1. StartNX10.2. Toopenanewdrawing,clicktheNewbuttonontheStandardgroup,orclickFile>
New.3. OntheNewdialog,selecttheDrawingtab.4. ClickA3-SizeintheTemplatesection.5. ClickOK;anewdrawingwindowappears.Inaddition,thePopulateTitleBlock
dialogappears.6. Selecttheindividuallabelsandtype-intheirvalues.7. ClicktheClosebuttononthisdialog.
EditingtheDrawingSheet
1. Toeditthedrawingsheet,clickHome>NewSheet>EditSheet ontheribbon;theSheetdialogappears.
2. ExpandtheSettingssectionandsetUnitstoMillimeters.3. SettheProjectiontypeto3rdAngleProjection .4. ClickOKontheSheetdialog.
GeneratingtheBaseView
1. Togeneratethebaseview,clickBaseView ontheViewgroup;theBaseViewmessageboxappears.
2. ClickYesonthemessagebox;thePartNamedialogappears.3. BrowsetothelocationNX10/C3/Oldham_Couplinganddouble-clickonFlange.prt;
theBaseViewdialogappears.
Inaddition,theviewappearsalongwiththepointer.
4. UndertheModelViewsection,selectModelViewtoUse>Front.5. Placetheviewasshowninfigure;theProjectedViewdialogappears.6. ClickClosetoclosethedialog.
GeneratingtheSectionView1. Togenerateasectionview,clickHome>View>SectionView ontheribbon;the
SectionViewdialogappears.2. Clickonthebaseview;thesectionlineappears.3. Clickonthecenterpointofthebaseview.
4. Dragthepointertowardrightandclicktopositionthesectionview.
GeneratingtheDetailedViewNow,youneedtogeneratethedetailedviewofthekeywaythatappearsonthefrontview.
1. Togeneratethedetailedview,clickDetailView buttonontheViewgroup.2. OntheDetailViewdialog,selectType>Circular.3. Specifythecenterpointandboundarypointofthedetailviewasshown.
4. UndertheScalesection,selectScale>2:1.5. Positionthedetailviewbelowthebaseview.
SettingtheAnnotationPreferences1. Tosettheannotationpreferences,clickFile>Preferences>Drafting;theDrafting
Preferencesdialogappears.
2. Onthedialog,type-inOrientationandLocationintheFindboxandpressEnter.3. SettheOrientationvaluetoHorizontaltext.
4. Onthedialog,selectDimension>Text>Unitfromthetree.5. SettheDecimalDelimitervalueto.Period.
6. Onthedialog,selectDimension>Text>DimensionTextfromthetree.7. UndertheFormatsection,type-in3.5intheHeightbox.8. SelectCommon>Line/Arrow>Arrowheadfromthetree.9. UndertheWorkflowsection,checktheAutomaticOrientationoption.10. UndertheFormatsection,type-in3.5and30intheLengthandAngleboxes,
respectively.11. ClickCommon>Line/Arrow>ExtensionLine.
12. Type-in1intheGapboxes.13. Typein2intheExtensionLineOverhang.14. ClickCommon>Lettering.15. UndertheTextParameterssection,type-in3.5inHeightbox,16. ClickOK.
DimensioningtheDrawingViews
1. Toadddimensions,clickHome>Dimension>RapidDimension ontheribbon.2. Onthesectionview,clickthehorizontallinelocatedatthetop.
3. Dragthepointerupandclicktopositionthedimension.
4. Clickontheendsofthesectionview,asshown.
5. Dragthepointerupandclicktopositionthedimension.
6. Addanotherlineardimensiontothesectionview.
7. Onthesectionview,clickonthearclocateatthebottom.
8. Dragthepointerdownwardandclicktopositiontheradialdimension.
9. OntheRapidDimensiondialog,undertheMeasurementsection,selectMethod>Cylindrical.
10. Clickontheendsofthesectionview,asshown.
11. Dragthepointerrightwardsandclicktopositionthedimension.
12. Createtheotherdimensionsonthesectionview,asshown.
13. Createtheradialdimensiononthefrontview,asshown.
14. RightclickontheradialdimensionandselectEdit .15. Createthedimensionsonthedetailview,asshown.
SavingtheDrawing1. OntheQuickAccessToolbar,clickSave;theNamePartsdialogappears.2. Type-inFlangeDrawingintheNameboxandclickFolderbutton.3. BrowsetoNX10/C3folderandthenclickOKbuttontwice4. Closethedrawing.
TUTORIAL2Inthistutorial,yougeneratethedrawingoftheDiscconstructedinChapter1.
Creatingacustomtemplate1. ClosetheNX9applicationwindow.2. ClickStart>Apps>SiemensNX10.0.3. RightclickontheNX10.0iconandselectRunasadministrator.4. ClickOKonthemessagebox.5. Ontheribbon,clicktheNewbutton.6. OntheNewdialog,double-clickontheModeltemplate.
7. Ontheribbon,clickApplications>Design>Drafting .8. OntheSheetdialog,selectStandardSize.9. SetSizetoA3–297x420.10. SetScaleto1:1.11. UndertheSettingssection,setUnitstoMillimeters.12. Select3rdAngleProjectionanduncheckAlwaysStartDrawingViewCommand.13. ClickOKtoopenablanksheet.
AddingBordersandTitleBlock
1. Ontheribbon,clickDraftingTools>DrawingFormat>BordersandZones ontheribbon.
2. OntheBordersandZonesdialog,leavethedefaultsettingsandclickOK.
3. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Table>TabularNote .4. OntheTabularNotedialog,undertheOriginsection,expandtheAlignmentsection
andselectAnchor>BottomRight.5. UndertheTableSizesection,setNumberofColumnsto3andNumberofRowsto
2.6. Type-in50inColumnWidthbox.7. Clickonthebottomrightcornerofthesheetborder.
8. ClickCloseontheTabularNotedialog.9. Clickontheleftverticallineofthetabularnote.
10. Presstheleftmousebuttonanddragtowardright.11. Releasetheleftmousebuttonwhencolumnwidthischangedto35.
12. Likewise,changethewidthofthesecondandthirdcolumns.
13. Clickinsidethesecondcellofthetoprow.14. Presstheleftmousebuttonanddragtothethirdcell.
15. ClicktherightmousebuttonandselectMergeCells.
16. Changetheheightofthetoprow.
17. ClickYesonthemessagebox.18. Clicktherightmousebuttoninthesecondcellofthetoprow.SelectSettings.19. OntheSettingsdialog,selectPrefix/Suffixfromthetree.20. Type-inTitle:inthePrefixbox.21. ClickClose.
22. Likewise,addprefixestoothercells.
23. Clicktherightmousebuttoninthefirstcellofthetoprow.24. ClickImport>Image.25. SelectyourcompanylogoimageandclickOK.26. Ontheribbon,clickDraftingTools>DrawingFormat>DefineTitleBlock .27. Clickonthetable,andthenclickOK.
28. Ontheribbon,clickDraftingTools>DrawingFormat>MarkasTemplate .29. Onthedialog,selectMarkasTemplateandUpdatePAXFile.30. UnderthePAXFileSettingssection,type-inCustomTemplateinthePresentation
Namebox.31. SelectTemplateType>ReferenceExistingPart.32. ClicktheBrowse icon.33. Goto
C:\ProgramFiles\Siemens\NX10.0\LOCALIZATION\prc\english\startup
34. Clickugs_drawing_templates.35. ClickOK.36. OntheInputValidationbox,clickYes.37. ClickOKtwice.38. Ontheribbon,clickDraftingTools>TrackDrawingChanges>CreateSnapshot
Data .39. ClickOKonthemessagebox.40. Saveandclosethefile.
Openinganewdrawingfileusingthecustomtemplate1. Ontheribbon,clicktheNewbutton.2. OntheNewdialog,undertheDrawingtab,selectRelationship>ReferenceExisting
Part.
3. UndertheTemplatessection,selectCustomTemplate.4. UndertheParttocreateadrawingofsection,clicktheBrowse button.5. OntheSelectmasterpartdialog,clickOpen .6. GotothelocationofDisc.prtanddouble-clickonit.7. ClickOKtwice.8. OnthePopulateTitleBlockdialog,type-invalues,asshown.9. ClickClose.
GeneratingDrawingViews1. OntheViewCreationWizarddialog,selectLoadedParts>Disc.prt.2. ClickNext.3. OntheOptionspage,selectViewBoundary>Manual.4. UnchecktheAuto-ScaletoFitoption.5. SelectScale>1:1.6. SelectHiddenLines>Dashed.7. ClickNext.8. OntheOrientationpage,selectModelViews>Front.9. ClickNext.10. OntheLayoutpage,selecttheview,asshown.
11. SelectOption>Manual.
12. Clicktodefinethecenteroftheviews,asshown.
AddingDimensions1. Addcenterlinesanddimensionstothedrawing.2. Saveandclosethedrawingfile.
TUTORIAL3Inthistutorial,youwillgeneratethedrawingofOldhamcouplingassemblycreatedinthepreviouschapter.
Creatingtheassemblydrawing1. OpentheMain_assembly.prtfile.2. ClickApplications>Design>Drafting.3. OntheSheetdialog,selectStandardSize.4. SetSizetoA3-297x420.5. SetScaleto1:2.6. UndertheSettingssection,checkAlwaysStartViewCreation.7. SelectBaseViewcommand.8. ClickOK.9. OntheBaseViewdialog,undertheModelViewsection,selectModelViewtoUse>
Isometric.10. UndertheScalesection,selectScale>1:2.11. Clickontheleftsideofthedrawingsheet.12. ClickCloseontheProjectedViewdialog.
GeneratingtheExplodedView1. Ontheribbon,clickHome>View>BaseView.2. OntheBaseViewdialog,selectModelViewtoUse>Trimetric.3. Clickontherightsideofthedrawingsheet.4. ClickClose.
GeneratingthePartlist
1. Togenerateapartlist,clickHome>Table>PartList ontheribbon.2. Placethepartlistatthetop-rightcorner.
GeneratingBalloons
1. Togenerateballoons,clickHome>Table>AutoBalloon onribbon.2. Selectthepartlist.3. ClickOK.4. OnthePartListAuto-Balloondialog,selectTrimetric@2.
5. ClickOKtogenerateballoons.
6. Saveandclosethefile.
Chapter5:SketchingInthischapter,youwilllearnthesketchingtools.Youwilllearntocreate:
RectanglesPolygonsResolvingSketchGeometricConstraintsStudioSplinesEllipsesCirclesArcsTrimFilletsandChamfers
TUTORIAL1(CreatingRectangles)Arectangle is a four-sidedobject.Youcancreate a rectangleby just specifying its twodiagonalcorners.However,therearevariousmethodstocreatearectangle.Thesemethodsareexplainednext.
1. Ontheribbon,clickDirectSketch>SketchandselecttheFrontplane.2. Ontheribbon,clickDirectSketch>Rectangle .3. Selecttheoriginpointtodefinethefirstcorner.4. Movethepointerandclicktodefinethesecondcorner.
YoucanalsotypetheWidthandHeightvaluestocreatetherectangle.
5. OntheRectangletoolbar,clickthe3Points iconundertheRectangleMethodsection.Thisoptioncreatesaslantedrectangle.
6. Selecttwopointstodefinethewidthandinclinationangleoftherectangle.
7. Selectthethirdpointtodefineitsheight.
8. OntheRectangletoolbar,clicktheFromCenter iconundertheRectangleMethodsection.
9. Clicktodefinethecenterpointoftherectangle.10. Movethepointerandclicktodefinethemidpointofoneside.Also,theinclination
angleisdefined.
11. Movethepointerandclicktodefinethecornerpoint.
12. ClickClose ontheRectangletoolbar.
Multi-SelectionGestureDrop-downThisdrop-downisavailableontheTopBorderBarandhasoptionstoselectmultipleobjects.TheRectangleoptionhelpsyoutoselectmultipleelementsbydraggingarectanglecoveringthem.
TheLassooptionhelpsyoutoselectmultipleelementsbydraggingthepointeraroundthem.
1. OntheTopBorderBar,selectLasso fromtheMulti-SelectionGestureDrop-down.2. OntheTopBorderBar,SelectionScopetoWithinActiveSketchOnly.
3. Pressandholdtheleftmousebuttonanddragthepointercoveringalltherectangles.
4. PressDeletetoerasetherectangles.5. ClickOK.
TUTORIAL2(CreatingPolygons)APolygonisashapehavingmanysidesrangingfrom3to513.InNX,youcancreateregularpolygonshavingsideswithequallength.Followthestepsgivennexttocreateapolygon.
1. ActivatetheDirectSketchmode.
2. Ontheribbon,clickDirectSketch>Polygon .3. OnthePolygondialog,type8intheNumberofSidesboxundertheSidessection.4. UndertheSizesection,selectSize>InscribedRadius.Thisoptioncreatesapolygon
withitssidestouchinganimaginarycircle.YoucanalsoselecttheCircumscribedRadiusoptiontocreateapolygonwithitsverticestouchinganimaginarycircle.
5. Clicktodefinethecenterofthepolygon.6. Type0intheRotationbox.7. Movethepointerandnoticethattherotationofthepolygonisconstrained.8. Type50intheRadiusboxandpressEnter.
9. ClickCloseonthedialogtodeactivatethetool.
Circleby3Points
1. Ontheribbon,clickHome>DirectSketch>Circle2. OntheCircletoolbar,clickCircleby3Points iconundertheCircleMethod
section.
3. Clickontheverticesofthepolygon.Acircleiscreatedpassingthroughthevertices.
TUTORIAL3(StudioSplines)StudioSplinesarenon-uniformcurves,whichareusedtocreateirregularshapes.InNX,youcancreatestudiosplinesbyusingtwomethods:ThroughPoints,andByPole.
1. DownloadtheStudio-splineexample.jpgfile.2. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Feature>Datum>RasterImage .3. OntheRasterImagedialog,clicktheBrowse icon.4. Gotothelocationofthedownloadedimagefileanddouble-clickonit.5. SelecttheXZPlanefromtheDatumCoordinateSystem.6. UndertheOrientationsection,selectBasepoint>BottomCenter.7. SettheReferenceDirectiontoVertical.8. ClickontheAnglehandle(SphericalDot)oftheDynamicCoordinateSystem,and
enter180intheAnglebox.
9. ExpandtheImageSettingssectionandsettheOverallTranslucencyto50.10. ClickOK.11. ActivatetheSketchmodeontheXZPlane.
12. OntheRibbon,clickDirectSketch>MoreCurve>StudioSpline .13. OntheStudioSplinedialog,selectType>ThroughPoints.14. Selectthefivepoints,asshown.
15. Selectthethreepoints,asshown.
16. Likewise,selectotherpoints,asshown.
17. UndertheParameterizationsection,settheDegreevalueto2,andchecktheClosedoption.
18. ClickOK.19. ClickYesontheContinuousAutoDimensioningmessagebox.Theautodimensions
arenotcreated.
20. Double-clickonthespline.21. OntheStudioSplinedialog,selectType>ByPoles.22. Dragthepole,asshown.
23. Likewise,modifytheotherpolelocations,asshown.
24. Selectapointonthespline,asshown.Anewpoleisadded.
25. Dragthenewpoletomodifythespline.
26. Likewise,addpoleswherevertheyarerequired,andmodifytheirposition.27. ClickOK.28. ClickontheimageandselectHide.
29. ClickFinishSketch.
TUTORIAL4(GeometricConstraints)
1. ActivatetheDirectSketchmode.
2. Ontheribbon,clickHome>DirectSketch>Profile .3. Selectthesketchorigin.4. Movethepointertowardsrighthorizontallyandclick.5. Movethepointerupverticallyandclick.6. Movethepointertowardleftandclick.NoticethattheHorizontalandVertical
constraintsarecreated,automatically.
7. Movethepointerupverticallyandclick.8. OntheProfiletoolbar,clicktheArc icon.9. Movethepointertotheendpointofthepreviousline,andthenmoveittowardleft.An
arcnormaltothelineappears.
10. Movethepointertotheendpointofthepreviousline,movetowardup,andleft.Noticethatanarctangenttothepreviousline.
11. Clicktocreateatangentarc.12. MovethepointerdownwardandnoticetheTangentconstraint.
13. Clickwhenadottedlineappearsfromthehorizontalline.14. Movethepointertowardleftandclickwhenadottedlineappearsfromthesketch
origin.
15. Movethepointerdownwardandclickthesketchorigin.
16. Ontheribbon,clickHome>DirectSketch>Circle.17. Selectthecenterofthetangentarc,movethepointeroutward,andclick.Aconcentric
constraintiscreatedbetweenthecircleandthearc.
18. Placethepointeronthemidpointoftheleftverticalline,andmovethepointer.19. Clickwhenahorizontaldottedlineappears.
20. Movethepointerandclicktocreateacircle.21. Likewise,createanothercircle.22. PressEsc.
AddingConstraintsGeometricConstraintsareusedtocontroltheshapeofasketchbyestablishingrelationshipsbetweenthesketchelements.YoucanaddrelationsusingtheGeometricConstraintstool.
1. Selectthelineconnectedtothetangentarc,andclickVerticalfromtheShortcutstoolbar.Theverticalconstraintisappliedtotheline.
2. Selectthelowerverticallines.3. ClicktheEqualLength iconontheShortcutstoolbartomakethelinesequal.4. PressEsc.5. Selectthetwohorizontallines,asshown.6. ClicktheEqualLength iconontheShortcutstoolbartomakethelinesequal.
7. PressEsc.8. SelecttheothertwoverticallinesandclicktheEqualLength icontomakethem
equal.
9. PressEsc.10. Selectthetwocircleslocatedatthebottom.11. ClicktheEqualRadius iconontheShortcutstoolbar.12. Selectthecenterpointofthecircleandthelefttheverticalline.13. ClicktheMidpoint icononthedialog.Themidpointoftheverticallineandthe
centerpointofthecirclebecomecollinear.
14. Likewise,maketheothercirclecollinearwiththemidpointoftherightverticalline.
AddingDimensions1. Double-clickonthedimensionofthelowerrightverticalline,type30andpressEnter.
2. Likewise,changethedimensionoftheupperverticallineto35.3. Ontheribbon,clickHome>DirectSketch>RapidDimension.4. Selectthelowerhorizontalline,movethepointer,andclicktopositionthedimension.5. Type40andpressEnter.6. Likewise,addotherdimensionstothesketchtoconstrainitfully.
TUTORIAL5(ResolvingOver-ConstrainedSketch)1. ActivatetheDirectSketchmodeandcreatethesketch,asshown.
2. Ontheribbon,clickHome>DirectSketch>RapidDimension.3. Selectthearcandpositionthedimension.TheUpdateSketchmessageboxappears
showingthatthesketchisoverconstrained.4. ClickOKandpressEsc.Theoverconstrainedsketchobjectsappearingreycolorand
theover-constrainingdimensionsandconstraintsappearsinred.
5. Selectthelineardimension,asshownandclickDelete.
6. ClickOKontheDeleteDimensionsmessagebox.Now,thesketchisfullyconstrained.
TUTORIAL6(Ellipses)Ellipsesarealsonon-uniformcurves,buttheyhavearegularshape.Theyareactuallysplinescreatedinregularclosedshapes.
1. ActivatetheDirectSketchmode.2. Ontheribbon,clickHome>DirectSketch>MoreCurves>Ellipse .3. Pickapointinthegraphicswindowtodefinethelocationoftheellipse.4. Type40and20intheMajorRadiusandMinorRadiusboxesontheEllipsedialog.
Youcanalsousethearrowhandlestochangethemajorandminorradiusvalues.
5. Type30intheAnglebox.YoucanalsousetheAnglehandletorotatetheellipse.ClickOK.
Notethattheellipseisnotconstrainedfully.Followthestepsgivennexttofully-constraintheellipse.
6. Ontheribbon,clickHome>DirectSketch>Line .7. Selectcenterpointoftheellipse.8. Selectapointontheellipse.9. Likewise,createanotherline.
10. Ontheribbon,clickHome>DirectSketch>More>GeometricConstraints .11. ClickOKonthemessagebox.12. OntheGeometricConstraintsdialog,clicktheParallel iconunderthe
Constraintssection.13. Selectthelineandellipse,asshown.
14. OntheGeometricConstraintsdialog,clickthePerpendicular iconundertheConstraintssection.
15. Selectthetwolinestomakethemperpendiculartoeachother.16. ClosetheGeometricConstraintsdialog.17. Ontheribbon,clickHome>DirectSketch>RapidDimension .18. Selectthemajoraxisline,movethepointerinthedirectionperpendiculartotheline,
andclicktopositionthedimension.19. Type40andpressEnter.20. Likewise,dimensiontheminoraxisline.
21. SelecttheMajoraxislineandtheX-axis.22. Movethepointerandclick.23. Type30andpressEnter.
24. ClosetheRapidDimensiondialog.
25. ClickonthemajoraxislineandselectConverttoReference.
26. Likewise,converttheotherlinetoreference.
27. Double-clickontheellipseandrotateitusingtheAnglehandle.28. ClickOKandnoticethattheellipsereturnstoitposition.
TUTORIAL7(Conics)1. ActivatetheDirectSketchmode.2. CreateatriangleusingthePolygontool.
3. Ontheribbon,clickHome>DirectSketch>MoreCurve>Conic .4. Selectthestartandendlimits,andcontrolpoint,asshown.
5. SettheRhoValueto0.25.6. ExpandthePreviewsectionandclickShowResult.
7. ClickUndoResultonthedialog.8. SettheRhoValueto0.75andclickShowResult.
9. ClickOK.
TUTORIAL8(QuickExtend,QuickTrim,MakeCorner,andOffsetCurve)TheQuickExtendtoolissimilartotheQuickTrimtoolbutitsuseisoppositeoftheQuickTrimtool.Thistoolisusedtoextendlines,arcsandotheropenentitiestoconnecttootherobjects.
1. Createasketchasshownbelow.
2. ClickHome>DirectSketch>QuickExtend ontheribbon.3. Selectthehorizontalopenline.Thiswillextendthelineuptoarc.
4. Likewise,extendtheotherelements,asshown.
5. ClosetheQuickExtenddialog.
MakeCorner
1. Ontheribbon,clickHome>DirectSketch>MakeCorner .2. Clickontheendingportionofthearc.3. Clickonthestartingportionofthehorizontalline.
4. ClosetheMakeCornerdialog.
QuickTrim
1. Ontheribbon,clickHome>DirectSketch>QuickTrim .2. Selectthehorizontalline.
3. ClosetheQuickTrimdialog.
OffsetCurveTheOffsetCurvetoolcreatesparallelcopiesoflines,circles,arcsandsoon.
1. Ontheribbon,clickHome>DirectSketch>MoreCurve>OffsetCurve .2. Selectanentityandnoticethatalltheconnectedentitiesareselected.3. Type-inavalueintheDistanceboxontheOffsetCurvedialog(or)dragthearrow
thatappearsontheoffsetcurve.4. ClickReverseDirection icontoreversetheoffsetside.5. ClickOK.
TUTORIAL9ThistutorialteachesyoutouseFillet,Chamfer,andMirrorCurvetools.
FilletTheFillettoolconvertsthesharpcornersintoroundcorners.
1. Drawthelinesasshownbelow.
2. ClickHome>DirectSketch>Fillet ontheribbon.3. Clickonthecorner,asshown.4. Movethepointerandclicktodefinetheradius.Youcanalsotypetheradiusvalue.
5. OntheFillettoolbar,clicktheDeleteThirdCurve icon.6. Selecttherightandleftverticallines.7. Movethepointerandselectthehorizontalconnectingthetwoverticallines.
ChamferTheChamfertoolreplacesthesharpcornerswithanangledline.ThistoolissimilartotheFillettool,exceptthatanangledlineisplacedatthecornersinsteadofaround.
1. ClickHome>DirectSketch>Chamfer ontheRibbon.2. OntheChamferdialog,selectChamfer>Symmetric.3. Clickonthecorner,asshown.
4. Type-inavalueintheDistanceboxandpressEnter.5. Closethedialog.
MirrorCurveTheMirrorCurvetoolcreatesamirrorimageofobjects.Youcancreatesymmetricalsketchesusingthistool.
1. Ontheribbon,clickHome>DirectSketch>MirrorCurve2. Dragaselectionlassocoveringallthesketchentities.
3. OntheMirrorCurvedialog,clickSelectCenterlineandselecttheX-axis.4. ClickOKtomirrortheselectedentities.
5. OntheRibbon,clickHome>DirectSketch>Arc .6. Selectthestartandendpointsofthearc,asshown.
7. MovethepointerrightwardsandclickwhentheTangentglyphappears.
8. ClosetheArctoolbar.
AddingDimensions1. Double-clickontheradialdimension,asshown.2. Type15andpressEnter.
3. OntheRibbon,clickHome>DirectSketch>RapidDimension .4. Selecttheleftmostverticallineandthecenterpointofthearc,asshown.5. Type125andpressEnter.
6. Selectthefillet,type5andpressEnter.7. Likewise,createotherdimensions,asshown.
8. Zoomtothetopportionofthesketch,selectthepoints,andpressDelete.
9. ClickFinishSketch.
Chapter6:AdditionalModelingTools
Inthischapter,youwill:
ConstructaSweepfeatureConstructaSweptfeaturealongguidecurvesCreateHolesAddGroovesandSlotsMakePatternFeaturesConstructTubefeaturesConstructInstanceGeometryApplyBooleanoperationsAddchamfers
TUTORIAL1Inthistutorial,youwillconstructahelicalspringusingtheHelixandSweepalongGuidetools.
ConstructingtheHelix1. OpenaNXfileusingtheModeltemplate.2. Toconstructahelix,clickCurve>Curve>Helix ontheribbon.3. OntheHelixdialog,selectType>AlongVector.
4. SpecifythesettingsintheSizesection,asgivennext.
5. SpecifythesettingsinthePitchsection,asgivennext.
6. SpecifythesettingsintheLengthsection,asgivennext.
7. ExpandthedialogandspecifythesettingsintheSettingssection,asgivennext.
8. ClickOKtoconstructthehelix.
AddingtheDatumPlane
1. Toaddadatumplane,clickHome>Feature>DatumPlane ontheribbon.2. OntheDatumPlanedialog,selectType>OnCurve.3. Selectthehelixfromthegraphicswindow.4. UndertheLocationonCurvesection,selectLocation>ThroughPoint.5. Selecttheendofthehelix.
6. UndertheOrientationonCurvesection,selectDirection>NormaltoPath.7. LeavethedefaultvaluesandclickOK.
ConstructingtheSweepfeature1. Ontheribbon,clickHome>DirectSketch>Sketch.2. Selecttheplanecreatednormaltothehelix.3. ExpandtheSketchOriginsectionandclickSpecifyPoint.4. Selecttheendpointofthehelixtodefinethesketchorigin.
5. ClickOK.6. Drawcircleof4mmdiameter.
7. Right-clickandselectFinishSketch .8. OnTopBorderBar,clicktheOrientView>Isometric.
9. Toconstructasweepfeature,clickSurface>More>SweepalongGuide ontheribbon.
10. Selectthecircletodefinethesectioncurve.11. UndertheGuidesection,clickSelectCurve.12. Selectthehelix.13. LeavethedefaultsettingsandclickOKtoconstructthesweepfeature.14. ClickontheplaneandselectHide.
Also,hidethesketch.
15. Saveandclosethefile.
TUTORIAL2Inthistutorial,youconstructapulleywheelusingtheRevolveandGroovetools.
1. OpenafileintheModelingEnvironment.2. ConstructthesketchontheYZplane,asshowninfigure.
3. Finishthesketch.4. Constructtherevolvedfeature.
ConstructingtheGroovefeature1. Toconstructagroovefeature,clickHome>Feature>More>DesignFeature>
Groove ontheribbon.
Note
Sometoolsdonotappearontheribbon.Todisplaytherequiredtools,selectthemfromthemenu,asshowninfigure.
2. OntheGroovedialog,clicktheUGroovebutton.3. Selecttheoutercylindricalfaceoftherevolvedfeature.
4. SpecifythevaluesontheUGroovedialog,asshowninfigure.
5. ClickOK;thePositionGroovedialogappears.6. Clickonthecylindricaledgesofthemodelandgroovepreview,asshown.
7. Enter7.5ontheCreateExpressiondialog.
8. ClickOKtoaddthegroove.
9. ClickCancel.10. Saveandclosethemodel.
TUTORIAL3Inthistutorial,youconstructashampoobottleusingtheSwept,Extrude,andThreadtools.
CreatingSectionsandGuidecurves
Toconstructasweptfeature,youneedtocreatesectionsandguidecurves.
1. OpenafileintheModelingEnvironment.2. Ontheribbon,clickHome>DirectSketch>Sketch.3. SelecttheXYplane.4. OntheCreateSketchdialog,clickOKtostartthesketch.5. Ontheribbon,clickHome>DirectSketch>Ellipse .6. Selecttheoriginpointofthecoordinatesystem.7. SpecifyMajorRadiusas50mm.8. SpecifyMinorRadiusas20mm.9. SpecifyAngleas0.10. LeavethedefaultsettingsandclickOK.
11. ClickFinishSketch.12. ChangetheorientationtoIsometric.13. Ontheribbon,clickHome>DirectSketch>Sketch.14. SelecttheXZplane.15. ClickOK.16. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Directsketch>StudioSpline .17. OntheStudioSplinedialog,selectType>ThroughPoints.18. Drawasplinesimilarlytotheoneshowninfigure.
Ensurethatthefirstpointofthesplinecoincideswiththeprevioussketch.
16. ClickOK.17. Applydimensiontothespline,asshowninfigure.
18. Ontheribbon,clickHome>DirectSketch>MirrorCurve .19. Selectthespline.20. OntheMirrorCurvedialog,clickSelectCenterlineandthenselecttheverticalaxis
ofthesketch.21. ClickOK.
22. ClickFinishSketch.23. ChangethevieworientationtoIsometric.
Creatinganothersection1. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Feature>DatumPlane.2. OntheDatumPlanedialog,selectType>AtDistance.3. SelecttheXYplanefromthecoordinatesystem.4. Type-in225intheDistancebox.
5. ClickOK.6. Startasketchonthenewdatumplane.7. Drawacircleof40mmdiameter.
8. ClickFinishSketch.9. ChangetheviewtoIsometric.
Constructingthesweptfeature
1. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Surface>Swept .2. Selectthecircleandclickthemiddlemousebutton.
3. Selecttheellipse.
Ensurethatthearrowsonthecircleandtheellipsepointtowardssamedirection.UsetheReverseDirectionbuttonintheSectionssectiontoreversethedirectionofarrows.
8. ClickSelectCurveintheGuides(3maximum)section.9. Selectthefirstguidecurveandclickthemiddlemousebutton.10. Selectthesecondguidecurve.11. ClickOKtoconstructthesweptfeature.
ConstructingtheExtrudedfeature1. Clickonthecircleonthetopofthesweepfeature.2. ClickExtrudeonthecontextualtoolbar.
3. OntheExtrudedialog,undertheBooleansection,selectBoolean>Unite.4. Extrudethecircleupto25mm.
AddingtheEmbossfeature1. OntheFeaturegroup,clicktheDatumPlanebutton.2. OntheDatumPlanedialog,selectType>AtDistance.3. SelecttheXZplanefromthecoordinatesystem.4. Enter50intheDistancebox.5. ClickReverseDirectiontocreatetheplane,asshown.ClickOK.
6. Createasketchontheplaneasshowninfigure.Themajorandminorradiusesoftheellipseare50and20,respectively.
6. ClickFinishSketch.7. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Feature>More>DesignFeature>Emboss .8. Selectthesketch.9. OntheEmbossdialog,underFacetoEmboss,clickSelectFace.10. Selectthesweptfeature.
11. UndertheEndCapsection,specifythesettings,asgiveninfigure.
12. LeavethedefaultsettingsandclickOKtoaddtheembossedfeature.
AddingEdgeBlend1. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Feature>EdgeBlend.2. Clickonthebottomandtopedgesofthesweptfeature.3. SetRadius1to5mm.
4. ClickApplytoaddtheblend.5. SetRadius1to1mm.6. SelecttheedgesoftheembossfeatureandclickOK.
ShellingtheModel1. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Feature>Shell .2. OntheShelldialog,selectType>RemoveFaces,thenShell.3. SetThicknessto2mm.4. Selectthetopfaceofthecylindricalfeature.
5. ClickOKtoshellthegeometry.
AddingThreads
1. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Feature>More>Thread .2. OntheThreaddialog,setThreadTypetoDetailed.3. Selectthecylindricalface.
4. SetPitchto8mm.5. LeavetheotherdefaultsettingsandclickOKtoaddthethread.
6. Savethemodelandcloseit.
TUTORIAL4Inthistutorial,youconstructapatternedcylindricalshell.
Constructingacylindricalshell1. StartanewfileusingtheModeltemplate.2. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Feature>More>DesignFeature>Cylinder .3. OntheCylinderdialog,selectType>Axis,Diameter,andHeight.4. SelecttheZ-axisfromthetriad.
5. SpecifyDiameterandHeightas50and100,respectively.6. LeavethedefaultsettingsandclickOK.
7. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Feature>Shell.8. SetThicknessto3mm.
9. Selectthetopandbottomfacesofthecylindricalfeature.10. ClickOKtoshellthegeometry.
Addingslots1. Ontheribbon,clickFeature>More>DesignFeature>Slot .2. OntheSlotdialog,selectRectanglethenclickOK.3. ClickontheYZplane.
4. ClickFlipDefaultSide.5. SelectZ-axisfromtheDatumCoordinateSystem.
6. OntheRectangularSlotdialog,type-in8,3,and30intheLength,WidthandDepthboxes,respectively.
7. ClickOK.
ThePositioningdialogappears.Inaddition,theslottoolappears.
8. OnthePositioningdialog,clicktheHorizontal button.9. Selectthecircularedgeofthecylindricalfeature.
10. OntheSetArcPositiondialog,clickArcCenteronthedialog.11. Selectthecircularedgeontheslottool.
12. OntheSetArcPositiondialog,clickArcCenter.13. Enter-8mminthedialog.14. ClickOKtwicetoaddtheslotfeature.
15. ClickCancel.
ConstructingtheLinearpattern
1. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Feature>PatternFeature .2. OnthePatternFeaturedialog,selectLayout>Linear .3. Selecttheslotfeature.4. UnderthePatternDefinitionsection,selectDirection1>SpecifyVector.5. SelecttheZ-axisvector.
6. SelectSpacing>CountandPitch.7. Type-in6intheCountbox.8. Enter16inthePitchDistancebox.9. ClickOKtomakethelinearpattern.
ConstructingtheCircularpattern
1. Ontheribbon,clickFeature>PatternFeature .2. OnthePatternFeaturedialog,selectLayout>Circular .3. PressCtrlkeyandthenselectthelinearpatternandtheslotfeaturefromthePart
Navigator.4. UnderthePatternDefinitionsection,selectRotationAxis>SpecifyVector.5. SelecttheZ-axisvector.
Now,youhavetospecifythepointthroughwhichtherotationaxispasses.
6. Clickonthecircularedgeofthecylindricalfeature(toselectthecenterpointofthecylinder).
7. SelectSpacing>CountandSpan.8. Type-in12intheCountbox.9. Type-in360intheSpanAnglebox.10. ClickOKtomakethecircularpattern.
11. Saveandclosethemodel.
TUTORIAL5Inthistutorial,youwillconstructachain.
ConstructingtheTubefeature1. OpenanewfileusingtheModeltemplate.2. Ontheribbon,clickHome>DirectSketch>Sketch.3. SelecttheXZplane.4. Ontheribbon,clickHome>DirectSketch>Profile.5. Clickonthescreentodefinethefirstpoint.6. Dragthepointerrightwardsandclicktodefinethesecondpoint.
7. OntheProfiledialog,clickArc.8. Dragthemousetowardright,andthendownwards.9. Clicktodrawthearc.
10. Dragthemousetowardleftandclicktodefineahorizontalline.
11. OntheProfiledialog,clickArc.12. Dragthemousetowardleft,andthenupwards.13. Clickonthestartpointofthesketchtodrawthearc
14. ClosetheProfiledialog.15. Ontheribbon,clickHome>DirectSketch>More>MakeSymmetric.16. Selectthetwoarcsandclickontheverticalaxis.
17. ClickReset ontheMakeSymmetricdialog.18. Selectthehorizontallines,andthenclickonthehorizontalaxis.19. Adddimensionstothesketch.
20. ClickFinishSketchontheDirectSketchgroup.
21. Toconstructatubefeature,clickHome>Surface>More>Tube ontheribbon.22. Selectthesketch.23. OntheTubedialog,type-in1.5and0intheOuterDiameterandInnerDiameter
boxes,respectively.24. ClickOKtoconstructthetubefeature.
PatterningtheTubegeometry1. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Feature>PatternFeature.2. OnthePatternFeaturedialog,selectLayout>Linearandclickonthetubefeature.3. UnderthePatternDefinitionsection,selectDirection1>SpecifyVector.4. SelecttheX-axisvector.
5. UnderDirection1,selectSpacing>CountandPitch.6. Type-in6and12intheCountandPitchboxes,respectively.7. ExpandtheOrientationsectionandselectOrientation>CSYStoCSYS.8. UnderOrientation,selectSpecifyFromVectorCSYS>CSYSDialog .9. OntheCSYSdialog,selectType>Dynamic.10. AcceptthedefaultpositionoftheDynamicCSYSandclickOK.
11. OnthePatternFeaturedialog,underOrientation,selectSpecifyToCSYS>CSYSDialog.
12. RotatetheDynamicCSYSabouttheX-axis.Therotationangleis-90degrees.
13. ClickOK.14. OnthePatternFeaturedialog,underOrientation,checktheRepeatTransformation
option.15. ClickOKtomakepatternofthetube.
16. Saveandclosethefile.
BooleanOperationsTypesofBooleanoperations.
Unite
Subtract
Intersect
Thesetoolscombine,subtract,orintersecttwobodies.ActivatethesetoolsfromtheCombinedrop-downontheFeaturegroup.
Unite:ThistoolcombinestheToolBodyandtheTargetBodyintoasinglebody.
Subtract:ThistoolsubtractstheToolbodyfromtheTargetbody.
Intersect:Thistoolkeepstheintersectingportionofthetoolandtargetbodies.
TUTORIAL6Inthistutorial,youwillconstructthemodelshowninfigure.
Constructingthefirstfeature1. Openanewpartfile.2. ConstructthefirstfeatureontheXYplane(extrudethesketchuptoadistanceof10
mm).
ConstructingtheSecondFeature1. Drawthesketchonthetopfaceofthefirstfeature.
2. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Feature>Extrude.3. Selectthesketch.4. Type-in45intheEndbox.
5. UndertheBooleansection,selectBoolean>Unite.6. ClickOK.
Constructingthethirdfeature1. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Feature>DatumPlane.2. OntheDatumPlanedialog,selectType>AtDistance.3. Clickontheright-sidefaceofthemodelgeometry.4. Type-in50intheDistanceboxandclicktheReverseDirectioniconontheDatum
Planedialog.
5. ClickOK.6. Drawthesketchonthenewdatumplane.
7. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Feature>More>Rib.8. Selectthesketch.9. OntheRibdialog,selectWalls>ParalleltoSectionPlane.10. UndertheWallssection,selectDistance>Symmetricandtype-in10inthe
Thicknessbox.11. CheckCombineRibwithTarget.12. ClickOK.
DrillingHoles
1. Todrillholes,clickHome>Feature>Hole ontheribbon.2. OntheHoledialog,selectType>DrillSizeHole.3. UndertheFormsandDimensionssection,selectSize>16.4. SelectDepthLimit>ThroughBody.5. Clickonthetopfaceofthemodel.
6. Clicktoplaceonemorepoint.7. ClickCloseontheSketchPointdialog.8. Adddimensionstodefinetheholelocation.
9. ClickFinishontheribbon.
10. ClickApplytocreatethehole.
11. Drillanotherholeonthefrontfaceofthesecondfeature.
AddingChamfers
1. Toaddachamfer,clickHome>Feature>Chamfer ontheribbon.2. OntheChamferdialog,selectCross-section>Asymmetric.
3. UndertheOffsetssection,type-in25and45intheDistance1andDistance2boxes.4. Clickonthecorneredgeofthefirstfeature.
5. ClickApplyaddthechamfer.
6. OntheChamferdialog,selectCrossSection>Symmetric.7. Type-in45intheDistancebox.8. Clickonthecorneredgeofthesecondfeature.
9. ClickOK.
10. Savethemodel.
EditParameters1. ClickontheDrilledholeandselectEditParametersfromtheShortcutstoolbar.
2. OntheHoledialog,selectType>GeneralHole.3. UndertheFormandDimensionssection,selectForm>Counterbored.4. SettheDimensionsofthecounterboredhole,asshown.
Youcanalsochangethelocationoftheholebydoubleclickingonthelocationdimensionsandchangingtheirvalues.
5. ClickOK.
ShowDimensions1. ClickonthebasefeatureandselectShowDimensionsfromtheShortcutstoolbar.
2. Doubleclickonthelineardimensionoftheextrudefeature.
3. OntheFeatureDimensiondialog,type-in20inthevalueboxandclickOK.4. RightclickandselectRefreshorpressF5.
EditingFeaturesbyDouble-clicking1. Double-clickonthechamfer.
5. OntheChamferdialog,type-in30intheDistance1boxandclickOK.
SupressFeatures1. ClickonthechamferfaceandselectSuppressontheShortcutstoolbar.
2. OnthePartNavigator,checktheChamferfeaturetounsuppressit.3. OnthePartNavigator,rightclickontheSketchonthebasefeatureandselectEdit
Parameters.4. OntheEditSketchDimensionsdialog,selectthe125dimensionandchangeitsname
toLength.
5. ClickApplyandOK.6. OntheTopBorderBar,clickMenu>Edit>Feature>SuppressbyExpression.7. SelectthepreviouslyunsuppressedchamferandclickApply.8. ClickShowExpressionsonthedialog.TheInformationwindowappearsshowingthe
chamferexpression.Thevalue1indicatesthatitiscurrentlyunsuppressed.9. ClosetheInformationwindow.10. Ontheribbon,clickTools>Utilities>Expression.11. OntheExpressionsdialog,selectListedExpressions>All.12. Scrolldownandselectp361(Chamfer(11)SuppressionStatus)fromthelisted
expressions.13. EnterChamfer_SuppressionintheNamebox.14. Enterif(Length=>125)(1)else(0)intheFormulabox.15. ClickOK.16. OnthePartNavigator,rightclickontheSketchonthebasefeatureandselectEdit
Parameters.17. OntheEditSketchDimensionsdialog,selectthe125dimensionandchangeitsvalue
to124.
18. ClickOK.Thechamferissuppressedasthelengthvalueislessthan125.
19. Closethefile.
TUTORIAL7Inthistutorial,youcreatethemodelshowninfigure.
Constructingthefirstfeature1. Openanewpartfile.2. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Features>Extrude.3. ClickontheXYplane.4. Constructtwocirclesandadddimensionstothem.
5. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Curve>QuickTrim andtrimtheintersectingentities.
6. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Curve>Fillet andsettheRadiusvalueto10.7. Selecttheintersectingcornersofthecircles.
8. ClickFinishSketch.9. Extrudethesketchupto5mmdistance.
ConstructingtheExtrudedcut1. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Feature>Extrude.2. Clickonthetopfaceofthemodel.3. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Curve>OffsetCurve .4. Clickonanyedgeofthetopface.5. OntheOffsetCurvedialog,settheDistancevalueto20.6. ClicktheReverseDirectionbutton.7. ClickOK.
8. ClickFinish.9. OntheExtrudedialog,clicktheReverseDirection buttonundertheDirection
section.10. ClickOK.
ConstructingtheExtrudedcut1. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Feature>Extrude.2. Clickonthetopfaceofthemodelgeometry.3. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Curve>Polygon .4. OnthePolygondialog,type-in6intheNumberofSidesbox.5. SelectSize>CircumscribedRadius.6. SettheRadiusto4.7. SettheRotationto0.8. Clicktodefinethecenterpointofthepolygon.
9. Drawahorizontallineconnectingthecenterpointofthepolygonandtheorigin.10. ClickonthehorizontallineandselectConverttoReference.
11. Adddimensionstothesketch.
12. ClickFinish.13. Createthecutthroughoutthebody.
MakingtheAlongPattern1. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Feature>PatternFeature .2. Selectthepolygonalcuttodefinethefeaturetopattern.3. SelectLayout>Along.4. SelectPathMethod>Offset.5. OntheTopBorderBar,selectCurverule>TangentCurves.
6. ClickSelectPathandselecttheouteredgeofthetopface.
7. SelectSpacing>CountandSpan.
8. Type-in10intheCountbox.9. Type-in100inthe%SpanBybox.10. UndertheOrientationsection,setOrientationtoNormaltoPath.11. ClickOK.
MeasuringtheMassProperties
1. Ontheribbon,clickAnalysis>Measure>More>MeasureBodies2. Selectthegeometry.Noticethevolumeofthegeometry.Youcanselectadifferent
propertyfromthedrop-downtoseeitsvalue.
YoucanalsochecktheShowInformationWindowoptionundertheResultsDisplaysectiontodisplaythemasspropertiesintheInformationwindow.
3. ClickCancelontheMeasureBodiesdialog.4. OntheTopBorderBar,clickMenu>Edit>Feature>SolidDensity .5. OntheAssignSolidDensitydialog,selectUnits>Lbs–Inches.6. Type0.45intheSolidDensitybox.7. SelectthegeometryandclickOK.8. Ontheribbon,clickAnalysis>Measure>More>MeasureBodies .9. Selectthegeometryandnoticetheupdatedmassproperties.10. ClickCancel.11. Ontheribbon,clickTools>Utilities>More>AssignMaterials .
12. Selectthegeometry.13. SelectIron_MalleablefromtheMaterialssection.14. ClickInspectMaterial fromtheMaterialssection.TheIsotropicMaterialdialog
appearsshowingvariouspropertiesofthematerial.YoucanviewtheMechanical,Strength,Durability,Formabilityandotherpropertiesbyclickingoneachofthem.
15. ClosetheIsotropicMaterialdialogandclickOK.16. UsetheMeasureBodiestooltoseetheMassPropertiesofthegeometry.17. Saveandclosethefile.
TUTORIAL8Inthistutorial,youcreateaplasticcasing.
CreatingtheFirstFeature1. Openanewpartfile.2. CreateasketchontheXYPlane,asshowninfigure.
3. ClickFinishSketch .4. ClicktheFeature>Extrudeontheribbon.5. SettheDistanceto30.6. ExpandtheDraftsectionandselectDraft>FromStartLimit.7. SettheAngleto2deg.8. ClickOK.
CreatingtheExtrudedsurface1. ClickFeature>ExtrudeontheribbonandselecttheYZPlane.2. Createasketch,asshown.NotethatthereshouldaTangentconstraintbetweenthearc
andtheinclinededgeofthegeometry.
3. ClickFinish.4. Onthedialog,undertheLimitssection,selectStart>SymmetricValue.5. Type-in50intheDistanceboxandclickOK.
TrimBody1. Ontheribbon,clickExtrude>TrimBody .
Now,youneedtoselectthetargetbody.
2. Selectthesolidbody.
Next,youneedtoselectthetoolbody.
3. SelectToolOption>FaceorPlane.4. ClickSelectFaceorPlaneandselecttheextrudedsurface.5. Makesurethatthearrowpointstowardsfront.Youcandouble-clickonittoreverseits
direction.6. ClickOKtotrimthesolid.
7. HidetheextrudedsurfacebyclickingonitandselectingHide.
VariableRadiusBlend
1. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Feature>EdgeBlend .2. Selecttheedgebetweenthetopandcurvedfaces.
3. ExpandtheVariableRadiusPointssectionandclickSpecifyNewLocation.4. Selectthethreepointsontheedge,asshown.
5. UndertheVariableRadiusPointssection,expandtheListsection.6. Selecttheradiuspointsone-by-oneandchangetheradiusvalues,asshown.
7. ClickOKtocreatethevariableradiusblend.
CornerSetbacks
1. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Feature>EdgeBlend .2. SettheRadius1to53. Selecttheedgesofthegeometry,asshown.
4. ExpandtheCornerSetbacksectionandclickSpecifyEndPoint.5. Selectthevertexpoint,asshown.
6. UndertheCornerSetbacksection,expandtheListsection.7. Selectthesetbackpointsone-by-oneandchangethesetbackvalues,asshown.Youcan
alsochangethesetbackvaluesonthehandleattachedtothecorner.
8. UndertheEdgeBlendsection,clickSelectEdge.9. Selecttheedges,asshown.
10. UndertheCornerSetbacksection,clickSpecifyEndPoint.11. Selectthevertexpoint,asshown.
12. Changethesetbackvaluesonthehandleattachedtothecorner.
13. ClickOK.
CreatingaBoss
1. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Feature>More>DesignFeatures>Boss .2. OntheBossdialog,type-in20and30intheDiameterandHeightboxes,respectively.3. ClickonthetopfaceofthegeometryandclickOK.4. OnthePositioningdialog,clicktheHorizontal icon.5. Selecttheedge,asshown.
6. Selectthecircularedgeonthetopface,asshown.
7. SelecttheArcCenterbutton.8. Type-in30inthevalueboxandclickApply.9. ClickthePerpendicular iconandselecttheYZplane.10. Type-in20invalueboxandclickOK.
SplitBody1. Createashellfeaturebyremovingthebottomface.
NoticethattheBossfeatureisalsoshelled.Toavoidthis,youneedtoseparatethebossfeaturefromtheotherbody.
2. OnthePartNavigator,rightclickontheShellfeatureandselectDelete.3. Ontheribbon,clickFeature>More>Trim>SplitBody .4. Selectthemodeltodefinethetargetbody.5. SelectToolOption>NewPlane.6. UndertheToolsection,clickSpecifyPlane.7. SelectthetopfaceofthegeometryandclickOK.
ShellwithanAlternateThickness1. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Feature>Shell .2. Selectthebottomfaceofthegeometry.3. UndertheThicknesssection,type-in2intheThicknessbox.4. ExpandtheAlternateThicknesssectionandclickSelectFace.5. Selectthecylindricalface,asshown.6. UndertheAlternateThicknesssection,type-in4intheThicknessbox.
7. ClickOK.
OffsetFace1. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Feature>More>Offset/Scale>OffsetFace .2. Selectthefaceofthegeometry,asshown.
3. Dragthearrowhandledownward,andreleasewhentheoffsetvalueissetto20.
4. ClickOK.
DeleteBody
1. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Feature>More>Trim>DeleteBody .2. SelectthebossfeatureandclickOK.3. Savethefile.
ScaleBody
1. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Feature>More>Offset/Scale>ScaleBody .2. OntheScaleBodydialog,selectType>Uniform.3. Selectthegeometry.4. UndertheScalePointsection,clickSpecifyPoint.5. Selectthecenterpointofthecircularedge,asshown.
6. Type-in1.05intheUniformbox.8. ExpandthePreviewsectionandclickShowResult.
7. ClicktheUndoResult.8. SelectType>General.9. UndertheScaleFactorsection,type-in1.2,1.5,and0.8intheXDirection,Y
Direction,andZDirectionboxes,respectively.10. ClickShowResult.
11. ClickUndoResult.12. SelectType>Axisymmetric.13. UndertheScalePointsection,clickSpecifyVector.14. SelecttheZaxisfromthetriad.15. ClickSpecifyAxisThrough-pointandselectthecenterpointthecircularedge,as
shown.16. UndertheScaleFactorsection,type-in2intheAlongAxisbox.17. ClickShowResult.
18. ClickCancel.
ExtractGeometry1. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Feature>More>AssociateCopy>ExtractGeometry
.2. OntheExtractGeometrydialog,selectType>CompositeCurve.3. Selecttheedgesofthegeometry,asshown.
4. ClickOK.5. OnthePartNavigator,rightclickontheCompositeCurveandselectHideParents.
Thegeometryishidden.
6. RightclickontheCompositeCurveandselectShowParents.7. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Feature>More>AssociateCopy>ExtractGeometry
.8. OntheExtractGeometrydialog,selectType>Face.9. SelectthetopfaceofthegeometryandclickOK.10. RightclickontheextractedfaceandselectHideParents.
11. RightclickontheextractedfaceandselectShowParents.12. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Feature>More>AssociateCopy>ExtractGeometry
.13. SelectType>RegionofFaces.14. Selecttheinnerhorizontalfaceoftheshellfeature.
15. Selectthethinplanarfacetodefinetheboundary.
16. UndertheRegionOptionssection,checktheTraverseInteriorEdgesoption.17. ExpandthePreviewsectionandclickPreviewRegion.
18. ClickFinishedPreview.19. UnchecktheTraverseInteriorEdgesoption.20. ClickPreviewRegion.
21. ClickOK.22. Closethefile.
TUTORIAL9
Inthistutorial,youwilllearntheReorder
Feature,andReplaceFeaturetools.
1. DownloadandopentheTutorial9file.
Noticethattheedgeblendisappliedonlyontheoutsideedgesofthegeometry.
2. InthePartNavigator,clicktheEdgeBlend,dragit,andplaceabovetheShell.
Theedgeblendisappliedtotheinneredgesoftheshellfeature,automatically.
ReplaceFeatures1. InthePartNavigator,rightclickontheExtrudefeatureandselectMakeCurrent
Feature.2. DownloadtheTutorial9-Replacement.3. ClickFile>Import>Part.4. OntheImportPartdialog,unchecktheCreateNamedGroupoption,leavethe
defaultsettings,andclickOK.5. BrowsetothelocationoftheTutorial9-Replacementpartanddouble-clickonit.6. OnthePointdialog,leavetheX,Y,andZvaluesto0andclickOK.
7. ClickCancel.8. InthePartNavigator,rightclickontheShellfeatureandselectMakeCurrent
Feature.9. InthePartNavigator,rightclickonthefirstExtrudefeatureandselectReplace.10. OntheReplaceFeaturedialog,clickSelectFeatureundertheReplacementFeature
section.11. Selecttheimportedgeometry.12. ClicktheNext buttonintheMappingsection.Thebackedgeoftheextrudefeature
ishighlighted.
13. Selectthecorrespondingedgeonthereplacementfeature.
14. Likewise,selectthecorrespondingreferencesonthereplacementfeature,andthenclickOK.
15. Saveandclosethefile.
TUTORIAL10Inthistutorial,youwilllearntodividefaces,andapplydraftusingtheToPartingEdgesoption.
1. DownloadandopentheTutorial10fileandopenit.
2. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Feature>More>DivideFace .3. Selecttheoutercylindricalfaceofthegeometry.4. ClickSelectObjectundertheDividingObjectssection.5. Selectthedatumplane.6. LeavetheProjectionDirectiontoNormaltoFace.7. ClickOK.Thecylindricalfaceisdividedintotwoparts.
ApplyingDraftusingtheToPartingEdgesoption1. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Feature>Draft .2. OntheDraftdialog,selectType>ToPartingEdges.3. ClickSelectPlaneundertheStationaryPlanesection.4. Selectanypointonthepartingedge.
5. Selectthepartingedgeandenter10intheAngle1box.
6. ClickOK.7. Saveandclosethefile.
TUTORIAL11Inthistutorial,youwilllearntoapplydraftusingtheFromPlaneorSurfaceoption.
1. DownloadandopentheTutorial11fileandopenit.
2. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Feature>Draft .3. OntheDraftdialog,selectType>FromPlaneorSurface.4. SelecttheZ-axisfromtriadtodefinethedraftingdirection.5. UndertheDraftReferencessection,selectDraftMethod>PartingFace.6. ClickSelectStationaryPartingFaceundertheDraftReferencessection.7. Selectthepartingsurface.
8. ClickSelectFaceundertheFacestoDraftsection.9. OntheTopBorderBar,settheFaceRuletoTangentFaces.10. Selectanyoneofthetangentiallyconnectedfaces.
11. Type10intheAngle1box.12. ChecktheDraftBothSidesoptionundertheDraftReferencessection.13. UnchecktheSymmetricAngleoptionundertheFacestoDraftsection.14. Type15intheBelowAngle1box.
15. ClickOK.16. ClickonthepartingsurfaceandselectHide.
17. Saveandclosethefile.
TUTORIAL12Inthistutorial,youwilllearntoapplydraftusingtheTangenttoFacesoption.
1. DownloadandopentheTutorial12fileandopenit.
2. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Feature>Draft .3. OntheDraftdialog,selectType>TangenttoFaces.
4. SelecttheZ-axisfromtriadtodefinethedraftingdirection.5. Selectthecylindricalface.Thefacesconnectedtangentiallytothecylindricalfaceare
drafted
6. Type10intheAngle1boxandclickOK.
7. Saveandclosethefile.
TUTORIAL13Inthistutorial,youwilllearntocreateFeaturegroups.
1. DownloadandopentheTutorial13fileandopenit.
2. OntheTopBorderBar,clickMenu>Format>Group>FeatureGroup .3. TypeRib_with_blendsintheFeatureGroupName.4. PresstheCtrlkeyandselectRib(3)andEdgeBlend(4)fromtheFeaturesinPart
list.5. ClicktheAdd icontoaddthemtotheFeaturesinGrouplist.
6. ClickOK.ThefeaturegroupappearsinthePartNavigator.7. UnchecktheFeatureGroupoptioninthePartNavigator.TheFeaturegroupis
suppressed.8. ChecktheFeatureGroupoptiontounsuppressit.9. Saveandclosethefile.
Chapter7:Expressions
Inthischapter,youwill:
UseProgramGeneratedExpressionsCreateyourownExpressionsCreateFamilyofPartsCreateexpressionsbymeasuringelementsExportandImportExpressions
TUTORIAL1Inthistutorial,youwillmodifythebasicexpressionswhichareautomaticallycreatedbyNX.
1. StartanewfileintheModelingenvironment.2. ActivatetheDirectSketchmodeontheXYplane.3. Createthesketch,asshown.
Noticetheexpressionsthatareappliedtothedimensions.
4. ClickFinishSketchontheribbon.5. ClickOrientViewDrop-down>IsometricontheTopBorderBar(or)presstheEnd
key.6. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Feature>Extrude.7. OntheExtrudedialog,setthevaluesintheLimitssection,asgivenbelow:
Start:Value
Distance:0
End:Value
Distance:15
8. ExpandtheOffsetsectionandsetthevalues,asgivenbelow:
Offset:Symmetric
End:5
9. ClickOK.
10. Ontheribbon,clickTools>Utilities>Expression .11. OntheExpressionsdialog,selectListedExpressions>All.Alltheexpressionsinthe
filearedisplayed.12. SelecttheExtrudefeaturefromthegraphicswindowtoonlydisplayitsexpressions.13. Selectp6(Extrude(2)StartOffset)fromtheexpressionssheet.
14. Type3intheFormulaboxandclickAcceptEdit .15. ClickOKtoupdatethemodel.
16. SelecttheExtrudefeaturefromthePartNavigator.17. ExpandtheDetailssectiononthePartNavigator.18. Double-clickontheStartLimitvalueandtype10.Themodelisupdated,asshown.
19. Saveandclosethepartfile.
TUTORIAL2Inthistutorial,youwillcreateexpressionstodrivetheparametersofabolt.
1. Startanewpartfile.2. ActivatetheExtrudecommandandselecttheYZplane.3. Createacircleof20mmdiameter.
4. ClickFinish.5. Extrudethesketchupto80mmdistance.
6. ActivatetheExtrudecommandandselecttherightendfaceofthecylinder.7. Createahexagon,asshown.
8. ClickFinish.9. Extrudethesketchupto10mmdistance.
10. Ontheribbon,clickTools>Utilities>Expression .11. OntheExpressionsdialog,selectListedExpressions>All.12. Selectp7(Extrude(1)DiameterDimensiononArc1).13. TypeDiameterintheNameboxandclickAcceptEdit .14. Selectp18(Extrude(2)ParallelDimensionbetweenLine1andPoint2).15. TypeDiameterintheFormulaboxandclickAcceptEdit.16. Selectp9(Extrude(2)EndLimit).17. Type0.75*DiameterintheFormulaboxandclickAcceptEdit.18. ClickOKtoupdatethemodel.
19. SelecttheExtrude(1)featurefromthePartNavigator.20. ExpandtheDetailssectiononthePartNavigator.21. Double-clickontheDiametervalueandtype10.Themodelisupdated,asshown.
22. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Feature>More>DesignFeature>Thread .23. OntheThreaddialog,settheTypetoDetailed.24. Selectthecylindricalfaceofthegeometry.25. ClickOKtocreatethethread.
26. PressCtrl+EtoopentheExpressionsdialog.27. SelecttheThreadsfeaturefromthePartNavigatorandnoticealltheexpressions
relatedtoit.28. Selectp19(Threads(3)MajorDiameter).29. TypeDintheNamebox.30. TypeDiameterintheFormulaboxtomakethemajordiametervalueequaltothe
diameterofthecylinder.31. ClickAcceptEdit.32. Selectp22(Threads(3)Pitch).33. TypePitchintheNameboxandclickAcceptEdit .34. Selectp20(Threads(3)MinorDiameter).35. TypeD2andD-1.08*PitchintheNameandFormulaboxes,respectively.36. ClickAcceptEdit.37. Selectp23(Threads(3)Length).38. TypeLengthand2*DintheNameandFormulaboxes,respectively.39. ClickAcceptEditandOK.Themodelisupdated,asshown.
40. SelecttheExtrude(1)featurefromthePartNavigator.41. ExpandtheDetailssectiononthePartNavigator.42. Double-clickontheDiametervalueandtype20.Themodelisupdated,asshown.
43. SelecttheThreadsfeaturefromthePartNavigatorandchangethePitchvalueintheDetailssectionto2.5.Thepitchandminordiameterofthethreadsareupdated.
Insteadofupdatingthepitchanddiametervaluesmanually,youcanuseaspreadsheettochangeallthevalues.
CreatingFamilyofParts
1. Ontheribbon,clickTools>Utilities>Spreadsheet .TheWorksheetinModelingisopened.
2. IntheWorksheetenvironment,clickADD-INS>ExtractExprontheribbon.Theexpressionsareaddedtothespreadsheet.
3. CopythecontentsofcolumnBintocolumnCandD.
4. TypeM20x2.5,M10x1.25,andM6x0.75inthefirstrowsofcolumnsB,C,andD,respectively.
5. ClickinthesecondrowofthecolumnBandchangeitsexpressionto=EXPRVAL(“Diameter”)
6. Likewise,changetheexpressionsofDvaluesincolumnsCandDto=Diameter.7. Editthevaluesofthehighlightedrows,asshown.
8. DragthepointeracrosstheA2andD13cells.
9. ClickADD-INS>DefineExprRngontheribbon.10. ClickADD-INS>Options>NXPreferences.11. UnchecktheUseFixedUpdateRangeoptionandclickOK.12. SelectthecontentsofthecolumnD.
13. ClickADD-INS>UpdateNXPart.14. Saveandclosethespreadsheet.Thepartisupdated.
15. Ontheribbon,clickTools>Utilities>Spreadsheet .16. SelectthecontentsofthecolumnC.17. ClickADD-INS>UpdateNXPart.18. Saveandclosethespreadsheet.Thepartisupdated.
19. Likewise,selectthecontentsofthecolumnBandclickUpdateNXPart.20. Inthespreadsheet,enterthelocationandpartname(forexample:
C:\Users\Public\Documents\M20x2.5)atthebottomoftheB,C,andDcolumns.ThepartnamesshouldbeM20x2.5,M10x1.25,andM6x0.75.
21. DragthepointeracrosstheA2andD14cells.
22. ClickADD-INS>DefineFmlyRngontheribbon.Theselecteddatawillbeusedtocreatethepartfamily.
23. ClickADD-INS>BuildFamilyontheribbon.24. ClosethespreadsheetandclickDiscard.Thepartfamilyiscreatedinthespecified
folder.
25. Closethepartfile.
TUTORIAL31. DownloadtheTutorial3fileoftheExpressionschapterandopenit.
2. Ontheribbon,clickTools>Utilities>Expressions.3. OntheExpressionsdialog,selectListedExpressions>Named.4. TypeThicknessintheNamebox.5. ClicktheMeasureDistance icononthedialog.6. OntheMeasureDistancedialog,selectType>Length.7. Selecttheedgeofthegeometry,asshown.
8. ClickOK.9. ClickAcceptEdit.10. ClickOK.11. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Feature>Shell.12. Selectthehorizontalface,asshown.
13. Clickthedown-arrowonThicknesshandleandselectFormula.
14. OntheExpressionsdialog,typeThicknessintheFormulaboxandclickAcceptEdit.15. ClickOKontheExpressionsandShelldialogs.16. ClickonthesecondextrudedfeatureandselectShowDimensions.17. Double-clickonthelineardimensionandchangeitsvalueto10.
18. ClickOKontheFeatureDimensiondialog.19. PressF5onyourkeyboard.
TUTORIAL41. DownloadtheTutorial4fileoftheExpressionschapterandopenit.
2. Ontheribbon,clickTools>Utilities>Expressions.3. OntheExpressionsdialog,selectListedExpressions>All.4. OntheExpressiondialog,clicktheExportExpressionstoFile .5. Browsetoalocationtosavethefile.6. SettheExportOptionstoWorkPart.7. TypeTutorial_4intheFilenameboxandclickOK.Theexpressionsofthemodelare
exportedtoatextfile.8. OpentheTutorial_4.expfileinNotepadoranytexteditor.9. Modifytheexpressionsinthetextfileandsaveit.
10. SwitchtoNXapplicationwindow.11. OntheExpressionsdialog,clicktheImportExpressionsfromFile icon.12. GotothelocationofTutorial_4.expfileanddouble-clickonit.13. ClickOKontheExpressionsdialog.
14. Saveandclosethefile.
Chapter8:SheetMetalModeling
ThisChapterwillshowyouto:
ConstructTabfeatureConstructFlangeContourFlangeClosedcornersLouversBeadsDrawnCut-outsGussetsFlatPattern
TUTORIAL1Inthistutorial,youconstructthesheetmetalmodelshowninfigure.
OpeningaNewSheetmetalFile1. Toopenanewsheetmetalfile,clickHome>Newontheribbon.2. OntheNewdialog,clickNXSheetMetal.3. ClickOK.
TheNXSheetMetalribbonappears,asshownbelow.
SettingtheParametersoftheSheetMetalpart1. Tosettheparameters,clickFile>Preferences>SheetMetal
OntheNXSheetMetalPreferencesdialog,,youcansetthepreferencesofthesheetmetalpartsuchasthickness,bendradius,reliefdepth,widthandsoon.Inthistutorial,youwillconstructthesheetmetalpartwiththedefaultpreferences.ClickOKonthedialog.
ConstructingtheTabFeature
1. Toconstructthebasefeature,clickHome>Basic>Tab ontheribbon.2. SelecttheXYplane.3. Constructthesketch,asshown.
4. ClickFinish.5. ClickOKtoconstructthetabfeature.
Addingaflange
1. Toaddtheflange,clickHome>Bend>Flange ontheribbon.2. Selecttheedgeonthetopface.
3. SetLengthto100.4. ClickOKtoaddtheflange.
ConstructingtheContourFlange
1. Toconstructthecontourflange,clickHome>Bend>ContourFlange ontheribbon.
2. OntheContourFlangedialog,clicktheSketchSection icon.3. OntheTopBorderBar,selectCurveRule>SingleCurve.4. Clicktheedgeontheleftsideofthetopface.
5. OntheCreateSketchdialog,underthePlaneLocationsection,type-in100inthe%ArcLengthbox.
6. UnderthePlaneOrientationsection,selectReversePlaneNormal.
7. ClickOK.8. Drawthesketch,asshown.
9. ClickFinish.10. OntheContourFlangedialog,undertheWidthsection,selectWidthOption>To
End.
11. Clickonthearrowattachedtothesketch.
12. ClickOKtoconstructthecontourflange.
AddingtheClosedCorner
1. Toaddtheclosedcorner,clickHome>Corner>ClosedCorner .2. Selectthetwobendsformingthecorner.
3. OntheClosedCornerdialog,undertheCornerPropertiessection,selectTreatment>Open.
4. ClickOKtoaddtheopencorner.
YoucanalsoapplycornertreatmentusingtheoptionsintheTreatmentsdrop-down.Thedifferenttypesofthecornertreatmentsaregivennext.
AddingtheLouver
1. Toaddthelouver,clickHome>Punch>Louver ontheribbon.2. Selectthefrontfaceoftheflange.
3. Constructthesketch,asshowninfigure.
4. ClickFinish.5. OntheLouverdialog,selectLouverShape>Formed.6. Type-in5intheDepthboxandclicktheReverseDirectioniconbelowit.7. Type-in10intheWidthboxandclicktheReverseDirectioniconbelowit.8. ClickOKtoaddthelouver.
MakingthePatternAlongcurve
1. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Feature>PatternFeature .2. Selectthelouverfeature.3. OntheLouverdialog,underPatternDefinitionsection,selectLayout>Along.4. UnderDirection1section,clickSelectPath.5. OntheTopBorderBar,selectCurveRule>SingleCurve.6. Selecttheverticaledgeoftheflangefeature.
7. UndertheDirection1section,selectSpacing>CountandSpan.8. SetCountto3.9. Set%SpanByas60.10. Makesurethatthearrowpointsdownwards.Youcandouble-clickonittoreverseits
direction.11. ClickOKtoconstructthepatternalongcurve.
AddingtheBead
1. Toaddthebead,clickHome>Punch>Bead ontheribbon.
2. Selectthetopfaceofthetabfeature.
3. Drawalineanddimensionit.
4. ClickFinishontheribbon.5. UndertheBeadPropertiessection,selectCrossSection>Circular.6. SetDepthto4andclicktheReverseDirectioniconbelowit7. SetRadiusto4.8. SelectEndCondition>Formed.9. ClickOKtoaddthebead.
AddingtheDrawnCutout
1. Toaddthedrawncutout,clickHome>Punch>DrawnCutout ontheribbon.2. Selectthefaceofthecontourflange.
3. Drawacircleanddimensionit.
4. ClickFinishontheribbon.5. SetDepthto10.6. SetSideAngleto5.7. SelectSideWalls>MaterialOutside.8. ExpandtheDrawnCutoutdialogandunchecktheRoundSectionCornersoption
undertheRoundingsection.9. SetDieRadiusto3.10. ClickOKtoaddthedrawncutout.
AddingGussets
1. Toaddgussets,clickHome>Punch>Gusset ontheribbon.2. Clickonthebendfaceofthecontourflange.3. OntheGussetdialog,selectType>AutomaticProfile.4. UndertheLocationsection,selectYC fromthedrop-down.5. UndertheShapesection,setDepthto12.6. SelectForm>Round.7. SetWidthto10.8. SetSideAngleto2.9. SetPunchRadiusandDieRadiusto2.10. ClickOKtoaddgussets.
ConstructingtheMirrorFeature
1. Toconstructthemirrorfeature,clickHome>Feature>More>MirrorFeatureontheribbon.
2. UnderthePartNavigator,presstheCtrlkey,andthenselectthecontourflange,closedcorner,beadfeature,andgusset.
3. UndertheMirrorPlanesection,clickSelectPlane.4. SelecttheYZplane.
5. ClickOKtoconstructthemirrorfeature.
MakingtheFlatPattern
1. Tomaketheflatpattern,clickHome>FlatPattern>FlatPattern ontheribbon.2. Clickonthetopfaceofthetabfeature.
3. UnchecktheMovetoAbsoluteCSYSoption.4. ClickOKtomaketheflatpattern.5. OntheSheetMetalmessage,clickOK.6. Toviewtheflatpattern,clickView>Orientation>More>ViewLayout>New
Layout ontheribbon.7. OntheNewLayoutdialog,selectFLAT-PATTERN#1andclickOK.
8. Toviewthe3Dmodel,clickView>Orientation>More>NewLayoutontheribbon.
9. OntheNewLayoutdialog,selectIsometricandclickOK.
10. Saveandclosethefile.
Chapter9:Top-DownAssembly
Inthischapter,youwilllearnto
Createatop-downassemblyInsertfastenersCreateSequencesCreateDeformablePartsandassemblethem
TUTORIAL1Inthistutorial,youwillcreatethemodelshowninfigure.Youusetop-downassemblyapproachtocreatethismodel.
CreatingaNewAssemblyFile1. ClicktheNewiconontheQuickAccessToolbar,selecttheAssemblytemplate,and
clicktheBrowseiconlocatednexttotheNamebox.2. Createanewfolderandopenit.3. TypeTutorial1intheFileNamebox.4. ClickOKtwice.5. ClickCancelontheAddComponentdialog.
CreatingacomponentintheAssemblyInatop-downassemblyapproach,youcreatecomponentsofanassemblydirectlyintheassemblybyusingtheCreateNewtool.
1. Ontheribbon,clickAssemblies>Component>CreateNew .2. SelecttheModeltemplate,typeBaseintheNamebox,andclickOK.3. ClickOKontheCreateNewComponentdialog.4. ClicktheAssemblyNavigatortabontheResourceBar.5. Double-clickontheBasecomponent.Thepartmodeisactivated.
6. ClickHome>SketchontheribbonandselecttheXYplanefromDatumCoordinateSystemandclickOK.
7. Createthesketchasshownbelow.
2. ClickFinishSketch.3. ClickHome>Feature>ExtrudeontheRibbonandextrudethesketchupto40mm.
4. Createacylinderof50mmdiameterand95mmlengthonthetopface.
5. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Features>Hole.6. OntheHoledialog,selectType>GeneralHole.7. IntheFormandDimensionssection,settheparameters,asshown.
Form:Counterbored
C-BoreDiameter:30
C-BoreDepth:12
Diameter:25
DepthLimit:ThroughBody
8. Selectthecenterpointofthetopcircularedge.9. ClickOK.
10. Ontheribbon,clicktheAssemblies>ContextControl>WorkonAssembly.
CreatingtheSecondComponentoftheAssembly
1.Ontheribbon,clickAssemblies>Component>CreateNew .
2.SelecttheModeltemplate,typeFlangeintheNamebox,andclickOK.
3.ClickOKontheCreateNewComponentdialog.
4.IntheAssemblyNavigator,double-clickontheFlangetoactivatetheWorkpartmode.
5.ClickHome>DirectSketch>SketchontheRibbon.
6.OntheTopBorderBar,settheSelectionScopetoEntireAssembly.
7.SelecttopfaceoftheBase.
8.ClickOK.
9.Ontheribbon,clickHome>DirectSketch>ProjectCurve .
10.OntheTopBorderBar,clicktheCreateInterpartLink icon.
11.SelectthecircularedgeoftheBase.
12.ClickOKtwice.
13.Drawacircleof120mmdiameter.
14.ClickFinishSketch.
15.ActivatetheExtrudetoolandextrudethesketchupto40.
16.ClickthePartNavigatortabontheResourceBarandnoticetheLinkedComponentCurve(1).
17.IntheAssemblyNavigator,double-clickonTutorial1toswitchtotheassemblymode.
CreatingthethirdComponentoftheAssembly
1. Ontheribbon,clickAssemblies>Component>CreateNew .2. SelecttheModeltemplate,typeHeadScrewintheNamebox,andclickOKtwice.3. IntheAssemblyNavigator,rightclickonHeadScrewandselectMakeWorkPart.4. StartasketchontheXZPlane.
5. Ontheribbon,clickHome>DirectSketch>MoreCurve>IntersectionCurve .6. OntheTopBorderBar,clicktheCreateInterpartLink icon.7. OntheTopBorderBar,settheSelectionScopetoEntireAssembly.8. Rotatetheviewandselectthefaces,asshown.
9. ClickOK.10. RightclickandselectOrientViewtoSketch.11. Drawtheotherlines,asshown.
12. ClickFinishSketch.13. ActivatetheRevolvetoolandrevolvethesketch.
14. ActivatetheChamfertoolandchamfertheedges,asshowninfigure.
15. ActivatetheEdgeBlendtoolandroundtheedges,asshowninfigure.
16. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Assemblies>WorkonAssembly.
EditingtheLinkedParts1.RightclickontheBaseandselecttheMakeWorkPart.
2.SelectthefaceoftheBase,asshown.
3.ClickShowDimensionsontheShortcutstoolbar.
4.ChangetheDiameterdimensionto60andLineardimensionto80.
5.ActivatetheAssemblymodeandnoticethatthelinkedpartsarealsomodified.
17. Ontheribbon,clickAssemblies>General>InterpartLinkBrowser .TheInterpartLinksBrowserdialoghastwosections:PartsandInterpartLinksinSelectedParts.
YoucaneditalinkbyselectingitandclickingtheEdit icon.YoucanalsousetheBreakLink icontoremovethelink.
18. ClosetheInterpartLinkBrowserdialog.
CreatingHoleSeriesAholeseriesiscreatedthroughdifferentpartsoftheassembly.
1.Ontheribbon,clickHome>Feature>Hole.
2.SelectthetopfaceoftheFlange.
3.SelectType>HoleSeries.
4.PositiontheholeusingtheReferenceline,asshown.
5.ClickFinish.
UndertheSpecificationsection,noticethethreetabs:Start,Middle,andEnd.Theyareusedtosettheholeparametersforthethreebodiesthroughwhichtheholepasses.Forthisexample,youarerequiredtoonlysettheStartandEndparameters.
6.UndertheSpecificationssection,clicktheStarttabandsettheparameters,asshown.
Form:Simple
ScrewType:GeneralScrewClearance
ScrewSize:M12
Fit:Normal(H13)
7.ClicktheEndtabandsettheparameters,asshown.
Form:Threaded
DepthType:Full
Handedness:RightHanded
DepthLimit:ThroughBody
8.ClickOK.
9.Likewise,createthreemoreseriesholes.
AddingFastenerstotheassembly
1. Ontheribbon,clickTools>ReuseLibrary>FastenerAssembly .2. OntheFastenerAssemblydialog,selectType>Hole.3. Selectanyoneoftheholes.4. ClicktheAddFastenerAssembly icon.5. SettheConfigurationNametoAM-HexBolt/Stacks.
6. UndertheFastenerConfigurationsection,clicktheRemoveiconnexttoPlainWasher,Regular,AMunderTopStacks.
7. ClickOK.8. OntheConfigurationsection,clicktheProperties iconnexttoHexBolt,AM.9. OntheEditReusableComponentdialog,setthe(L)Lengthvalueto100.Also,
noticetheparametersofthehexboltintheDetailssection.Theyarereadonly.10. ClickOK.11. ExpandtheSettingssectionandchecktheCreateConstraintsAutomaticallyoption.12. IntheConfigurationsection,rightclickonAM-HexBoltStacksandselectSave
Configuration.13. TypeFastener1intheNameboxandclickOK.14. ClickOKtoaddthefastenerassembly.
15. Likewise,createaddfastenerstootherholes.
16. Savetheassemblyandallitsparts.
TUTORIAL2
Inthistutorial,youcreateasequenceoftheassembly.
1. DownloadtheTutorial2filesofChapter9.2. OpentheTutorial_2assemblyfile.
3. Ontheribbon,clickAssemblies>General>Sequence .4. Ontheribbon,clickHome>AssemblySequence>New .5. OntheResourceBar,clicktheSequenceNavigator tabandselectSequence_1.6. ExpandtheDetailssectionoftheSequenceNavigatorandchangetheNametoHub
Puller.7. IntheDetailssection,double-clickintheValuecolumnoftheDisplaySplitScreen
row.Thegraphicswindowissplitintotwoparts.8. Dragaselectionboxaroundtheassemblydisplayedontherightside.9. Ontheribbon,clickHome>SequenceSteps>Disassemble .Thedisassemble
eventsaredisplayedunderthePreassembledfolderoftheSequenceNavigator.
10. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Playback>PlayBackwards .Noticethatthepartsareassembledbackinarandomsequence.
11. IntheSequenceNavigator,presstheCtrlkeyandselectalltheeventsunderthePreassembledfolder.
12. RightclickandselectDelete.13. SelectthetwoinstancesofPart_4andclicktheDisassembleTogether icononthe
ribbon.14. SelecttheSequenceGroup1fromtheSequenceNavigatorandchangeitsNameto
Pins.15. SelectthePart_3andclicktheDisassembleiconontheribbon.16. Likewise,disassembletheotherinstanceofPart_3,Part_2,andParte_1.17. Ontheribbon,clicktheRecordCameraPosition icon.18. IntheSequenceNavigator,selectthePinseventandchangetheTotalDurationvalue
intheDetailssectionto2.19. Likewise,changetheTotalDurationvaluesofothereventsto2.
20. OnthePlaybackgroupofribbon,changethePlaybackSpeedto10.21. OnthePlaybackgroup,clicktheExporttoMovie icon.22. TypeHuPullerassemblyintheFilenameboxandOK.Themovieoftheassembly
sequenceisrecorded.23. ClickOKontheExporttoMoviemessage.24. ClickFinish.25. Openandplaythevideo.26. Closealltheparts.
TUTORIAL3Inthistutorial,youcreateadeformablepartandaddittoanassembly.
CreatingtheDeformablePart1. DownloadtheTutorial3filesofChapter9.2. OpentheDeformable_part.prtfile.
3. OntheTopBorderBar,clickMenu>Tools>DefineDeformablePart.4. LeavethedefaultNamevalueandclickNext.5. SelectallfeaturesfromtheFeaturesinPartlistandclickAddFeature .6. ClickNext.7. SelectPitch=15fromtheAvailableExpressionslistandclickAddExpression .8. TypePitchintheboxbelowtheDeformableInputExpressionslist.9. SettheExpressionRulestoByNumberRange.10. Type8and15intheMinimumandMaximumboxes.11. ClickNextandFinish.12. Saveandclosethefile.
AddingtheDeformableparttoanAssembly1. OpentheTutorial3assemblyfile.
2. Ontheribbon,clickAssemblies>Component>Add.3. ClicktheOpeniconontheAddComponentdialog.4. GotothelocationoftheDeformable_part.prtfileanddouble-clickonit.5. SetPositioningtoByConstraints.6. SelectReferenceset>EntirePart.7. ClickOK.8. OntheAddConstraintsdialog,selectType>TouchAlign.9. SelectOrientation>Touch.10. Selectthebottomflatfaceofthedeformablepart.
11. Selecttheflatfaceoftheplate,asshown.
12. Selectthetopflatfaceofthedeformablepart.
13. Selecttheflatfaceoftheupperplate,asshown.
14. SelectOrientation>InferCenter/Axis.15. SelecttheZ-axisofthedeformablepart.
16. Selecttheselectcircularedgeoftheplate.
17. ClickOK.18. ChangethePitchvalueontheDeformable_partdialogto10bydraggingtheslider.19. ClickOK.
20. OntheResourceBar,clickthePartNavigatortab.21. RightclickontheDeformable_partfeatureandselectEditParameters.22. Dragtheslidertochangethepitchvalueto15.23. ClickOK.Theassemblyisupdated.
24. Saveandclosethefiles.
Chapter10:DimensionsandAnnotations
Inthischapter,youwilllearnto
CreateCenterlinesandCenterMarksEditHatchPatternApplyDimensionsPlaceDatumFeaturePlaceFeaturecontrolframePlaceSurfaceFinishsymbol
TUTORIAL1Inthistutorial,youcreatethedrawingshownbelow.
1. DownloadtheAdapterPlatefileofChapter10.
2. StartNX10andclicktheNewiconontheribbon.3. ClicktheDrawingtab,selectRelationship>ReferenceExistingPart.4. SelecttheA4template.5. ClicktheBrowseiconundertheParttocreateadrawingof.6. ClickOpenontheSelectmasterpart.7. GotothelocationoftheAdapterPlatefileanddouble-clickonit.8. ClickOKontheSelectmasterpartandNewdialogs.9. TypevaluesonthePopulateTitleBlockdialogandclickClose.
CreatingaViewwithCenterMarks
1. ClicktheResetbuttonontheViewCreationWizard.
2. ClicktheNextbuttonontheViewCreationWizard.3. OntheOptionspage,leavetheShowCenterlinesoptionselected.4. ClickNext.5. SelectFrontviewandclickFinish.
6. SelecttheviewandpressDelete.7. Ontheribbon,clickHome>View>BaseView.8. OntheBaseViewdialog,expandtheSettingssectionandclicktheSettings icon.9. OntheSettingsdialog,clickGeneralfromthetree.10. OntheGeneralpage,unchecktheCreatewithCenterlinesoptionandclickOK.11. SelectModelViewtoUse>Front.12. SettheScalevalueto2:1.13. Clickonthedrawingpage,asshown.
14. ClosetheProjectedViewdialog.15. ClickHome>View>SectionViewontheRibbon.16. Selectthecenterpointofthefrontview.17. Placethesectionviewontherightside.18. ClickClose.
CreatingCenterlinesandCenterMarks
1. ClickHome>Annotation>CenterMark>BoltCircleCenterline ontheRibbon.
2. OntheBoltCircleCenterlinedialog,selectType>Through3orMorePoints.3. LeavetheFullCircleoptionchecked.4. Selectthecounterboreholepattern.5. DragthearrowthatappearsonthecenterlinetochangeitsExtensionlength.
6. ClickOK.7. ClickHome>Annotation>Centerlinedrop-down>CircularCenterline onthe
Ribbon.8. OntheCircularCenterlinedialog,unchecktheFullCircleoption.9. Selectthecenterpointsofthearcs,asshown.
10. ClickOK.11. ClickHome>Annotation>Centerlinedrop-down>2DCenterline onthe
Ribbon.12. Onthe2DCenterlinedialog,selectType>ByPoints.13. OntheTopBorderBar,activatetheControlPointandIntersectionicons,and
deactivatetheArcCentericon.
14. Selectthepointsontheslot,asshown.
15. Dragthearrowtoreducethelengthofthecenterline.
16. ClickApply.17. Likewise,createcenterlinesonotherslots,asshown.
18. ClickHome>Annotation>Centerlinedrop-down>AutomaticCenterline ontheRibbon.
19. SelectthefrontviewandclickOK.
EditingtheHatchPattern1. Double-clickonthehatchpatternofthesectionview.TheCrosshatchdialogappears.2. OntheCrosshatchdialog,expandtheSettingssectionandnoticeoptionstomodify
thehatchpattern.
YoucanselecttherequiredhatchpatternfromthePatterndrop-down.Youcanadjustthedistance,angle,color,width,boundarycurvetolerance.
YoucanalsoselectadifferentsetofhatchpatternsfromtheCrosshatchDefinitiondrop-down.
3. ClickOK.
ApplyingDimensions1. OntheTopBorderBar,clickMenu>Tools>DraftingStandard.2. OntheLoadDraftingStandarddialog,selectStandard>ASME.3. ClickOK.4. ClickHome>Dimension>RapidDimensionontheRibbon.5. OntheRapidDimensiondialog,undertheMeasurementsection,selectMethod>
Vertical.6. Selectthehorizontaledgeandtheouterarcofthefrontview.7. Movethepointertowardleftandclick.
8. OntheRapidDimensiondialog,selectMethod>Radial.9. Createradialdimensionsbyselectingthecircularcenterlines,outerarc,andslotarc.
10. OntheRapidDimensiondialog,selectMethod>Diametral.11. Selectthecounterboreholeandpositionthediameterdimension,asshown.
12. OntheRapidDimensiondialog,selectMethod>Angular.13. Selectthe2Dcenterlinesoftheslotandpositiontheangulardimension,asshown.
14. Likewise,createanotherangulardimension,asshown.
15. OntheRapidDimensiondialog,undertheMeasurementsection,selectMethod>Cylindrical.
16. Zoomtothesectionviewandselecttheendpoints,asshown.17. Movethepointerrightandpositionthedimension.
18. Selectthehorizontaledgesoftheholeandpositionthedimension,asshown.
19. Createanothercylindricaldimensionforthecounterborehole.20. ClickHome>Dimension>LinearDimension ontheRibbon.21. Selecttheverticesofthesectionview,asshown.
22. Movethepointerupandplacethepointer.23. OntheLinearDimensiondialog,expandtheDimensionSetsectionandselect
Method>Chain.24. Selectthevertexofthesectionview,asshown.
25. ClickCloseonthedialog.26. Dragthedimension6towardleft.
AttachTexttoDimensions1. Zoomtothefrontviewanddouble-clickondiameter3.2. ClicktheArrowOutDiameter onthepalette.3. ClicktheEditAppendedText icon.4. OntheAppendedTextdialog,selectTextLocation>Above.5. Typethetextintheboxavailableonthedialog.Also,usethediametersymbol
availableintheSymbolsection.
6. SelectTextLocation>Before.7. ClicktheInsertCounterbore iconintheSymbolssection.8. SelectTextLocation>After.9. ClicktheInsertDepthiconintheSymbolssectionandtype1.10. ClickCloseonthedialog.11. Dragthedimension,asshown.
12. Likewise,attachtexttotheradiusdimensionoftheslot.
13. Double-clickontheradiusdimension.14. Clickonthesquaredotattachedtothearrow.15. SelecttheOutoptionfromthehandle.
16. Likewise,changethearrowdirectionoftheotherradialdimensions.
17. Doublethecounterboredimension.18. Onthepalette,selectBilateralTolerancefromtheTolerancedrop-down.19. Type+0.1and-0.1inthetolerancesboxes.
20. ClickClose.
PlacingtheDatumFeatureSymbol
1. ClickHome>Annotation>DatumFeatureSymbol ontheRibbon.2. OntheDatumFeatureSymboldialog,expandtheLeadersectionandclickSelect
TerminatingObject.3. Selecttheextensionlineofthedimension,asshownbelow.
4. Movethecursordownwardandclick.5. OntheDatumFeatureSymboldialog,typeBintheLetterboxundertheDatum
Identifiersection.6. ClickSelectTerminatingObjectandselecttheverticaledgeofthesectionview,as
shown.7. Movethepointertowardsrightandclick.8. ClickClose.
PlacingtheFeatureControlFrame1. ClickHome>Annotation>FeatureControlFrameontheRibbon.2. Onthedialog,selectCircularRunoutfromtheCharacteristicdrop-down.3. Type-in0.02intheTolerancebox.4. SelectAfromthePrimaryDatumReferencedrop-down.
5. Placethepointeronthecounterborediameterdimension.6. Clickwhenadashedrectangleappears.
7. Onthedialog,selectParallelismfromtheCharacteristicdrop-down.8. Type-in0.02intheTolerancebox.9. SelectBfromthePrimaryDatumReferencedrop-down.9. ExpandtheLeadersection,andclickSelectTerminatingObject.10. SelectanedgeparalleltotheDatumB.11. ClickSelectTerminatingObjectandselectanotheredgewhichisparalleltothe
DatumB.
10. ClickClose.
PlacingtheSurfaceTextureSymbols1. ClickHome>Annotation>SurfaceFinishSymbol ontheRibbon.2. SettheRoughness(a)valueto63onthedialog.3. Clickontheinnercylindricalfaceofthehole,asshownbelow.
4. ClickClose.5. Saveandclosethefile.
Chapter11:SimulationHandsonTutorial
TUTORIAL1Inthistutorial,youperformFiniteElementAnalysisonapart.
1. DownloadtheTutorial1partfileofChapter11,andopenit.
2. Ontheribbon,clickApplication>SimulationAdvanced .3. OntheSimulationNavigator,selectTutorial1.prt.
4. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Context>NewFEMandSimulation .5. LeavetheCreateIdealizedPartoptionchecked.Noticethethreefiletypes(FEM,
Simulation,andIdealized):Tutorial1_fem1.fem,Tutorial1_sim1.sim,Tutorial1_fem1_i.prtdisplayedonthedialog.Notethatthreefilesarecreatedinadditiontothemainpartfile.
6. UndertheSolverEnvironmentsectionselectSolver>NXNASTRAN.7. SelectAnalysisType>Structural.8. ClickOK.9. LeavethedefaultoptionsontheSolutiondialogandclickOK.
OntheSimulationNavigator,noticetheStatusoftheSimulationandFEMfiles.
10. ExpandtheSimulationFileViewsection,rightclickonTutorial1_sim1,andclickSave.Thesimulationtoolsaredisplayedontheribbon.
PreparingtheIdealizedPart1. HidetheSimulationFileViewsection.2. OntheSimulationNavigator,expandtheTutorial1_fem1.femnode,rightclickon
Tutorial1_fem1_i.prt,andclickMakeDisplayedPart(or)clickView>Window>Tutorial1_fem1_i.prtontheribbon.
3. ClickOKontheIdealizedPartWarningmessagebox.NoticetheStatusoftheidealizedpart.
4. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Start>Promote .5. SelectthegeometryfromthegraphicswindowandclickOK.Theprogramestablishes
anassociativelinkbetweentheidealizedpartandthemainpartfile.
Now,youneedtopreparetheidealizedpartbyremovingsomefeaturessuchasholesandblends.
6. Ontheribbon,clickHome>SynchronousModeling>DeleteFace .7. OntheDeleteFacedialog,selectType>Hole,andunchecktheSelectHolesbySize
option.8. Selectthecylindricalfaceofthecounterbore,asshown.
9. Selecttheothercounterboreholes,asshown.
10. ClickApplytodeletethecounterboreholes.11. OntheDeleteFacedialog,selectType>Blend.12. SelecttheedgeblendsofthegeometryandclickOK.
13. ClickSaveontheQuickAccessToolbar.Now,youneedtoswitchtoFEMfile.
MeshingtheFEMfile
1. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Context>ChangeDisplayedPart .2. SelectTutorial1_fem1.femandclickOK.TheInformationwindowappearsshowing
theCAEPolygonUpdateLog.3. ClosetheInformationwindow.Also,noticetheStatusoftheTutorial1_fem1.fem
fileontheSimulationNavigator.4. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Properties>MeshCollector .5. OntheMeshCollectordialog,selectElementFamily>3D.6. ClicktheCreatePhysicalProperties icon.7. OnthePSOLIDdialog,typeCantileverintheNamebox.8. ClicktheChooseMaterial icon.9. OntheMaterialListdialog,selectSteelfromtheMaterialsectionandclickOK.10. ClickOKonthePSOLIDandMeshCollectordialogs.11. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Mesh>3DTetrahedral .12. Selectthegeometryfromthegraphicswindow.13. Onthe3DTetrahedralMeshdialog,selectType>CETRA(10).Youcanalsosetthe
elementtypetoCETRA(4).14. SettheElementSizeto3.15. ExpandtheDestinationCollectorsection,unchecktheAutomaticCreationoption,
andmakesurethattheMeshCollectorissettoSolid(1).16. ClickOKtogeneratethemesh.
YoucaneditorremovethemeshfromtheSimulationNavigator.
17. Expandthe3DCollectornodeintheSimulationNavigatorandnoticethemeshproperties.
18. ClickSaveontheQuickAccessToolbar.
ApplyingLoadsandConstraintstotheSimulationfile
1. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Context>ChangeDisplayedPart .2. SelectTutorial1_sim1.simandclickOK.3. OntheSimulationNavigator,expandtheTutorial1_fem1nodeanduncheckthe3D
Collectorsnode.ThemeshisturnedOFF.4. Ontheribbon,clickHome>LoadsandConstraints>LoadType>Force .5. Selecttheholes,asshown.
6. UndertheMagnitudesection,type2000intheForcebox.7. UndertheDirectionsection,clickSpecifyVectorandselecttheZ-axisfromthetriad.8. ClicktheReverseDirection button.9. ClickOKtoapplytheForceload.10. OntheSimulationNavigator,expandtheLoadContainernode,rightclickonForce
1,andselectEditDisplay.11. OntheBoundaryConditionDisplaydialog,dragtheScaleslidertoreducethesize
oftheloadarrows.12. ClickOK.
13. Ontheribbon,clickHome>LoadsandConstraints>ConstraintType>Fixed .14. SelectthebackfaceofthegeometryandclickOK.
SimulatingtheModelNow,youneedtocheckwhetherthesimulationmodelissetupproperly.
1. Ontheribbon,clickHome>ChecksandInformation>More>ModelSetup .2. LeavealltheoptionschecksontheModelSetupdialogandclickOK.
TheprogramchecksforanyerrorsduringthemodelsetupanddisplaysthemintheInformationwindow.Also,theSolution-BasedErrorsSummarydisplaysthefollowinginformation.
Solution-BasedErrorsSummary
–––––––––—
IterativeSolverOption
Morethan80percentoftheelementsinthismodelare3Delements.
ItisthereforerecommendedthatyouturnONtheElementIterativeSolverinthe“Edit
Solution”dialog.
3. ClosetheInformationwindow.4. OntheSimulationNavigator,rightclickonSolution1nodeandselectEdit.5. OntheSolutiondialog,checktheElementIterativeSolveroption,andclickOK.6. ClickSaveontheQuickAccessToolbar.
7. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Solution>Solve .8. ClickOKontheSolvedialog.9. ClosetheInformationwindow,SolutionMonitor,andclickCancelontheAnalysis
JobMonitordialog.10. Ontheribbon,clickHome>Context>ChangeDisplayPart>OpenResults .11. OnthePostProcessingNavigator,gotoSolution1>Structural>Stress-Element-
Nodal.12. Double-clickonVon-Mises.Theresultwillappear.
13. Ontheribbon,clickResults>Animation>Play .Themodelissimulatedinthegraphicswindow.
14. ClickStop ontheAnimationgroup.15. OnthePostProcessingNavigator,expandSolution1>Structural>Displacement–
Nodal.16. Double-clickonZ.Theresultwillappear.
17. Ontheribbon,clickResults>Context>ReturntoHome .18. ClickFile>Close>AllParts.19. ClickYesSaveandClose.20. ClickYes.
Index
2DCenterline,114
3DTetrahedral,121
Add,25
AddComponent,110
AddFastenerAssembly,108
Align,26
Align/Lock,26
Angle,26
Arc,47
ArrowOutDiameter,117
Assembly,25
AssemblyConstraints,27
AssignMaterials,77
AutoBalloon,42
AutomaticCenterline,114
BaseView,36,42
Bead,100
Block,22
BoltCircleCenterline,113
Bond,26
Boolean,20,62
BordersandZones,40
Boss,80
Bottom-UpApproach,25
BreakLink,107
BuildFamily,92
Center,26
Chain,116
Chamfer,54,72
Circle,13,48
Circleby3Points,45
Circular,66
CircularCenterline,114
ClosedCorner,98
ComponentPosition,27
Concentric,26,30
Conic,52
ContourFlange,97
ConverttoReference,51
CreateInterpartLink,105
CreateNew,104
CreatePhysicalProperties,121
CreateSnapshotData,41
Customizedialog,5
Cylinder,64
Cylindrical,38
DatumFeatureSymbol,118
DatumPlane,58
DefineDeformablePart,109
DefineExprRng,91
DefineFmlyRng,92
DefineTitleBlock,41
DeleteBody,82
DeleteFace,120
DeleteThirdCurve,54
Detailssection,88
DisassembleTogether,109
DisplayedPart,121,122
Distance,26
DivideFace,85
Draft,22
Drafting,39
DraftingPreferences,37
DraftingStandard,115
DrawnCutout,100
EdgeBlend,20,63,78
EditAppendedText,117
EditBackground,11
EditExplosion,31
EditParameters,72
EditSheet,35
Ellipse,50,60
Emboss,63
EqualLength,49
EqualRadius,49
ExportExpressionstoFile,93
Expression,88
ExtractExpr,90
ExtractGeometry,82
Extrude,14
FastenerAssembly,108
FeatureBased,1
FeatureControlFrame,118
FeatureGroup,87
FEMandSimulation,120
FileMenu,3
Fillet,54
Fit,14,26
FitViewtoSelection,15
Fix,26,27
Flange,96
FlatPattern,102
Force,122
FromPlaneorSurface,86
FullyConstrained,14
GeometricConstraints,18,51
Groove,59
Gusset,101
Helix,57
Hole,70
HoleSeries,107
Import,84
ImportExpressionsfromFile,93
InferCenter/Axis,26
InsertCounterbore,117
InterpartLinkBrowser,107
Intersect,69
IntersectionCurve,106
Line,16,51
Linear,66
LinearDimension,116
Louver,99
MakeCorner,53
MakeCurrentFeature,84
MakeSymmetric,16
MarkasTemplate,41
MeasureBodies,76
MeasureDistance,92
Menu,7
MeshCollector,121
Midpoint,49
MirrorCurve,55,61
MirrorFeature,101
ModelSetup,122
MoreGallery,6
New,18
NewExplosion,31
NewLayout,102
OffsetCurve,53,75
OffsetFace,81
OpenResults,123
OrientViewDrop-down,14
OrientViewtoSketch,106
OverConstrained,14
Pan,18
Parallel,26,51
parametric,1
PartList,42
PartNavigator,7
PatternAlongcurve,99
PatternFeature,66
Perpendicular,26,51
Polygon,45,52,75
Profile,18,47
ProjectCurve,16,105
Projectiontype,36
Promote,120
QuickExtend,52,53
QuickTrim,52,53,74
RapidDimension,19
RasterImage,45
Rectangle,21,44
Refresh,27
ReplaceFeature,84
ResourceBar,7
ReturntoHome,123
Revolve,19,21
Rib,70
Ribbon,3
RolesNavigator,8
Rotate,18
Save,18
ScaleBody,82
SectionView,36
Sequence,108
ShadedwithEdges,18
SheetMetalPreferences,96
Shell,64
Shortcutstoolbar,17
ShowAll,28
ShowandHide,17
ShowCenterlines,113
ShowDegreesofFreedom,27
ShowDimensions,73
SimulationAdvanced,120
Sketch,13
Slot,65
SnapHandlestoWCS,31
SolidDensity,77
Solve,122
SplitBody,81
Spreadsheet,90
StaticWireframe,16
Statusbar,7
Structural,120
StudioSpline,46,60
Subtract,69
Suppress,73
SuppressbyExpression,74
SurfaceFinishSymbol,119
SweepalongGuide,58
Swept,61
Tab,96
TabularNote,40
Thread,64
ThroughPoint,58
ToPartingEdges,85
TopBorderBar,7
Top-DownApproach,25
TouchAlign,26
TouchPanel,8
TouchTablet,8
Tracelines,32
TrimBody,78
TrimRecipeCurve,17
Tube,68
UnderConstrained,14
Unite,69
UpdateNXPart,91
UseFixedUpdateRange,91
View,15
ViewCreationWizard,41
WireframewithHiddenEdges,33
WithinActiveSketchOnly,45
Zoom,15
ZoomIn/Out,15