WHAT IS NEW IN NX6 ?

MATHI KRISHNAN

FULL SCREEN DISPLAY

Selection MiniBar

       — Selection MiniBar

       — View shortcut menu

View Section

Dynamic Sectioning in 3D and 2D Viewer

Allow multi-select of hidden faces

Selection with Multi-select turned off

Selection with Multi-select turned on

Hide objects immediately

De-emphasis settings

No objects de-emphasized

Objects not on workplane de-emphasized

Layer Settings

Decal

Movie capture in NX

True Shading

Vector Constructor

Vector normal to a non-planar face through a point

Vector tangent to a curve at a point

Planes and datum planes using the view plane

Planes and datum planes using On Curve

Datum plane grid

Work Plane and Grid

Rectangular Non-Uniform grid with major and minor lines, on top of model

Block, Cylinder, Sphere, and Cone associativity

Deviation Check

Geometric transform commands

Make Coaxial

        

Makes one face coaxial to another face.

Make Coplanar

        

Makes one face coplanar to another face.

Make Parallel

        

Makes one face parallel to another face.

Make Perpendicular

        

Makes one face perpendicular to another face.

Make Tangent

        

Makes one face tangent to another face.

Make Symmetric

        

Makes one face symmetric to another face about a plane of symmetry.

Move Face

Adaptive Shell

Cross Section Edit

A solid body is edited in a sketch by moving its cross section curves

Pull Face

Synchronous Modeling Dimensions

Linear Dimension

Angular Dimension

Radial Dimension

Reuse commands

Cut Face

        

Copies a face set, deletes that face set from the body, and heals the open area left in the model.

Copy Face

        

Copies a face set from a body, keeping the original face set intact.

Paste Face

        

Pastes a cut face set into a target body.

Mirror Face

        

Copies a face set, mirrors it about a plane, and pastes it into the part.

Pattern Face

        

Copies a set of faces in a circular or rectangular pattern, or mirrors them and adds them to a body.

Unite, Subtract, Intersect

Subtract command using a Group feature as the tool body

Curve Mesh and Swept Surfaces

Law Extension surfaces

Patch Openings

       Selected edges of openings to patch

       Patch Openings feature

N-Sided Surface

Section Surface

Sweep along a Guide

Datum Coordinate Systems

Global Shaping by Function

Overbend by angle input (A) with tangent continuity at bend line (B)

Overbend by distance (D) input

Point Set

Holes

The Hole dialog box has been completely redesigned, with new options and capabilities.

You can:

Create holes on non-planar facesUse new depth optionsCreate tapered holes

Create screw clearance holesCreate an associative series of holes in multiple bodies and components

Hole Series

Blend enhancements

Edge Blend:

Optionally capping (trimming) an edge blend has the following enhancements:

•You can now select a plane as well as faces to cap an edge blend.

•If you cap an edge blend with a plane, you can specify the trim location plane as also being the capping plane.

•If the capping trim plane intersects the blend face in more than one location, you can specify which intersection to use to trim the blend.

•If you cap the blend with one or more connected faces, they can be from the body being blended or from another body.

Face Blend:

•The Multi-transition law type (Dynamic Law) is now available with Face Blend when the Radius Method is set to Law Controlled.

Face Blend using Multi-Transitional

Edge Blend Caps

Move Object

This command provides the traditional translation and rotation capabilities currently available with the Transform command, but also provides additional repositioning functions.

You can:

Dynamically move objects using handles.

Move objects a specific distance along a given vector, towards a given vector, or between two points.

Move and rotate objects along and about a specified vector.

Combined Curve Projection

Mirror Curve

Sketch Style, Parameters, and Preferences Changes

The Sketch task environment has the following new and modified dialog boxes:

Sketch→Sketch Style

Edit→Sketch Parameters

Edit→Style

Preferences→Sketch

Trim Recipe Curve

Orient Sketch on Path axes to a face or a curve

Sketch on Path with axes relative to face on the right

NX Relations Browser

Geometry selection for designing in an assembly context

(1) Select Scope and (2) Create Interpart Link.

Deform Components

Move Component

Replace Component

The multiple Substitute Component dialog boxes are now combined into a single Replace Component dialog box.

The Open As and Open Assembly As functions that were available in the Assembly Navigator are also now consolidated into Replace Component, as follows:

If the Maintain Relations check box is not selected, the selected components are removed, and the replacement part is added as a new component.

If the Maintain Relations check box is selected, NX maintains as many relationsas possible using the open-as capabilities.

You may need to save modified parts, because the selected components are closed and then reopened as the replacement part.

Wireframe color from face

Modeling View

Drawing member view

Crosshatch

Centerline handles

You can use centerline handles to modify associativity objects and lengths of centerline segments. Centerline handles provide on-screen interaction to lengthen or shorten centerlines. The handles appear when you create or edit a centerline symbol. Handles are not supported for the Automatic Centerline command.

— Drag handle to size centerlines — Associativity Handle

Interference curves

Interference curves

Infer diameter dimension for full circles

Diameter dimension Hole dimension

View dialog box enhancements

The following view dialog boxes have been enhanced to meet the new look and feel of the Drafting NX 6 user interface:

DrawingBaseProjectedDetail

Sketch in Drafting

Annotation Leader and Origin dialog box enhancements

The following are a few examples of dialog boxes that have embedded origin and leader blocks that enable you to add, remove, or edit leaders from annotations in Drafting and PMI:

NoteWeld SymbolIdentification SymbolDatum Feature SymbolDatum TargetFeature Control FramePMI Notes dialogs

Leader on screen interaction

Leader handle

2D and 3D Centerlines

Tube with centerline

Smash Custom Symbol

Associativity for ordinate dimensions

Feature Control Frame

When you create Feature Control Frame (FCF) symbol annotations, the following additional tolerance modifiers are available:

Free State modifier Projected modifier and Projected valueCircle U modifier and Circle U valueStatistical Tolerance modifier

For each FCF symbol annotation, you can create:

A unit basis valueA square zone tolerance modifierAn FCF with a maximum toleranceAn FCF with a datum reference with a Free State modifierCompound datum references. Each datum reference in a compound datum reference can have its own Material Modifier Conditions and Free State modifier.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

                  

FCF with Unit Basis Value, compound datum references, and Free State symbols

Datum terminator

Filled datum terminator Unfilled datum terminator

Sectioned/Non-sectioned solid bodies

Sectioned Non-sectioned using solid selection

Oriented Section View

                                                                                                            

3D oriented section cut

Offset Section Line Symbols

Before offset section lineAfter offset section line (Offset corridors only display during creation)

Store custom symbol in part

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