Tip of the Week February 27

NX Tip of the Week February 27, 2015

NX - Chamfering Multiple Hole Sizes in NX CAM

Sometimes you may have parts that have holes with different diameters and also different chamfer sizes. There is a new operation in NX CAM that can simplify chamfer operations. The new Hole Chamfer Milling operation can easily chamfer a variety of diameters and chamfer sizes. The Hole Chamfer Milling operation is new in NX10 although it was actually released in a later Maintenance Release of NX9 (NX9.0.2). The example below illustrates how to use the new operation.       1)  In the part shown below you will notice holes that vary in diameter and chamfers with different depths:

2)  When defining the tool make sure the diameter is smaller that the smallest hole you will be chamfering and also be sure to define the tracking point:

3)  Select Hole Chamfer Milling operation:

4)  Specify Feature Geometry by selecting the holes to chamfer:

5)  Generate the operation and notice each of the holes have been chamfered:

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Tip of the Week February 20

Solid Edge Tip of the Week February 20, 2015

Solid Edge - Drafting and Construction Bodies

If you have parts in an assembly that are not appearing in your draft, it is possible this is because they are construction bodies which do not show up in draft by default. There are two ways to fix this, you can either make them design bodies or, if you want them as construction bodies, you can set the draft to show construction bodies.

1)  For the first method, double click on the part that isn't showing up and open up the Construction Bodies dropdown:

Then you can right click on each of those, and hit toggle design/construction. This will make them design bodies which will show up in the draft by default. They will then show up in the draft.

2)  For the second method, open the assembly in drafting, right click on it and select Properties: 

Then click the button shown in the screenshot below and select List All: 

From there you can find the Construction Bodies and then select Show: 

Either one of these methods will allow you to show construction bodies in drafting. Patrick Barton Application Engineer Ally PLM Solutions, Inc. Want more tips? Sign up HERE to receive our Tip of the Week. Register for upcoming free Solid Edge webinars or learn more about Ally PLM Solutions.