Unigraphics NX mt10050 student manual

PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF UNIGRAPHICS STUDENT MANUAL September 2002 MT10050 - Unigraphics NX EDS Inc. UNIGRAPHICS Proprietary & Restricted Rights Notices Copyright Proprietary right of Unigraphics Solutions Inc., its subcontractors, or its suppliers are included in this software, in the data, documentation, or firmware related thereto, and in information disclosed therein. Neither this software, regardless of the form in which it exists, nor such data, information, or firmware may be used or disclosed to others for any purpose except as specifically authorized in writing by Unigraphics Solutions Inc. Recipient by accepting this document or utilizing this software agrees that neither this document nor the information disclosed herein nor any part thereof shall be reproduced or transferred to other documents or used or disclosed to others for manufacturing or any other purpose except as specifically authorized in writing by Unigraphics Solutions Inc. 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The information and the software that are the subject of this document are subject to change without notice and should not be considered commitments by Unigraphics Solutions Inc Unigraphics Solutions Inc. assumes no responsibility for any errors that may be contained within this document. The software discussed within this document is furnished under separate license agreement and is subject to use only in accordance with the licensing terms and conditions contained therein. Trademarks EDS, the EDS logo, UNIGRAPHICS SOLUTIONSR, UNIGRAPHICSR, GRIPR, PARASOLIDR, UGR, UG/ R, UG SOLUTIONSR, iMANR are trademarks or registered trademarks of Electronic Data Systems Corporation or its subsidiaries. All other logos or trademarks used herein are the property of their respective owners. Practical Application of Unigraphics Student Manual Publication History: Version 15.0 February 1999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Version 16.0 January 2000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Version 17.0 December 2000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Version 18.0 September 2001. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unigraphics NX September 2002. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table of Contents i Practical Applications of Unigraphics Student Manual EDS All Rights Reserved Table of Contents Course Overview -1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intended Audience -1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Course Objectives -1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prerequisites -1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . How to Use This Manual -2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Classroom System Information -2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Class Standards -3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . About Part File Naming -3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Class Part File Naming -4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Expressions -4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Colors -5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seed Part -5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Definition of Terms -6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Getting Started 1-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Starting Unigraphics 1-2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unigraphics Site Specific Startup 1-2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unigraphics Windows 1-3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Gateway Application 1-4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cue/Status line 1-5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Menu bar pull down menus 1-5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Platform Specific Dialog Box Variance 1-6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shared Features of Windows File Dialog Boxes 1-7. . . . . . . . Activity 1 - Creating a New Part file 1-9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Toolbars 1-11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Opening Multiple Parts 1-15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . To Change The Displayed Part 1-15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Activity 2 - Open an Existing Part File 1-16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mouse Navigation 1-24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mouse PopĆup Menu 1-25. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Selection Toolbar 1-27. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preselection 1-30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Multiple Selection Candidates 1-30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Layer Control 1-32. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Layers and Categories 1-34. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Model Geometry 1-34. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table of Contents Practical Applications of Unigraphics Student Manual Unigraphics NX EDS All Rights Reserved ii Drafting Objects 1-34. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Engineering Disciplines 1-34. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moving Layers 1-35. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Class Selection 1-36. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Class Selection Filter Types 1-37. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Activity 3 - Save Part As (Copying a Part File) 1-39. . . . . . . . Activity 4 - Closing Part Files and Exiting Unigraphics 1-41. Activity 5 - Establish Toolbar Environment in Modeling 1-43 Introduction to Solid Modeling 2-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coordinate Systems in Unigraphics 2-2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Absolute Coordinate System 2-3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Work Coordinate System 2-3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manipulating the WCS 2-4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dynamic WCS Handles 2-5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defining Points for Location 2-6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Utility Toolbar 2-8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Activity 1 - Manipulating the WCS 2-10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Primitives 2-17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Block 2-18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Origin, Edge Lengths Method 2-19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Activity 2 - Additional Toolbars in Modeling Application 2-20 Activity 3 - Creating a Primitive Block 2-23. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defining Vectors 2-26. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cylinder 2-27. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diameter, Height Method 2-27. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Activity 1 - Creating a Primitive Cylinder 2-28. . . . . . . . . . . . Form Features 3-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Form Features 3-2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Placement Face 3-2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Horizontal and Vertical Reference 3-3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Feature Coordinate System 3-3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Positioning Form Features 3-4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Positioning Terminology 3-5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Positioning Methods 3-6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Examples of Horizontal, Vertical and Angular Positioning Dimensions 3-8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hole 3-14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hole Creation Method 3-14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Activity 1 - Creating Hole Form Features 3-16. . . . . . . . . . . . . Slot 3-21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table of Contents iii Practical Applications of Unigraphics Student Manual EDS All Rights Reserved Rectangular 3-22. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Activity 2 - Creating Slot Form Features 3-24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pocket 3-30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rectangular Pocket 3-30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Activity 3 - Creating Pocket Form Features 3-31. . . . . . . . . . . Boss 3-33. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Activity 4 - Creating Boss Form Features 3-34. . . . . . . . . . . . . Pad 3-38. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rectangular Pad 3-38. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Activity 5 - Creating and Positioning a Pad 3-39. . . . . . . . . . . Expressions 4-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Expressions 4-2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Understanding Expressions 4-2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating and Editing Expressions 4-3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating Expressions 4-4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editing Expressions 4-4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Information"Feature 4-4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Used by 4-4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Activity 1 - Getting Familiar with Expressions 4-5. . . . . . . . . Face Operations 5-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Face Operations 5-2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hollow 5-3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wall Thickness Value 5-3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Activity 1 - Performing a Hollow Operation 5-5. . . . . . . . . . . Activity 2 - Hollow and Selection Practice 5-7. . . . . . . . . . . . Activity 3 - Creating a Hollow Feature with an Offset 5-9. . . Edge Operations 6-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edge Operations 6-2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edge Blend 6-3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edge Blends Using Dynamic Input Field 6-4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Activity 1 - Creating Edge Blends with Dynamic Input Fields 6-6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chamfer 6-10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Single Offset 6-11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Double Offset 6-12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offset Angle 6-12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Activity 2 - Performing a Chamfer Operation 6-13. . . . . . . . . Model Construction Query 7-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Visually Inspect the Part 7-2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table of Contents Practical Applications of Unigraphics Student Manual Unigraphics NX EDS All Rights Reserved iv Inspect the Layers 7-2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Model Navigator 7-3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Information 7-4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Information"Feature 7-4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Information"Expression"List All 7-4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Information"Expression"List All by Reference 7-4. . . . . . . . . Playback & Suppress/Unsuppress 7-4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Expression Used by option 7-5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Analysis Distance 7-6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Start Points 7-7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Activity 1 - Model Construction Query 7-8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Introduction to Assemblies 8-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Definitions and Descriptions 8-2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assembly 8-2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SubĆAssembly 8-2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Component Objects 8-3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Component Parts 8-4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General Assembly Concepts 8-5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TopĆDown Modeling 8-5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BottomĆUp Modeling 8-5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Combining Both Approaches 8-5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Designing in Context 8-5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bottom Up Design 8-6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Introduction to Load Options 8-7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Load Method 8-8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Load States 8-8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fully Loaded 8-8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Partially Loaded 8-8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unloaded 8-9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Load Failure 8-9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Component Editing 8-10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Displayed Part 8-13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Selection Toolbar 8-13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Window 8-15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Work Part 8-16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Selection Toolbar 8-16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Make Work Part icon 8-17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repositioning Components 8-18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dragging Components Objects 8-20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LeftĆRight UpĆDown 8-20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table of Contents v Practical Applications of Unigraphics Student Manual EDS All Rights Reserved Dragging along an axis of the coordinate system 8-20. . . . . . . . Rotation about an axis of the coordinate system 8-21. . . . . . . . Point to Point 8-21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Translate 8-22. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rotate About a Point 8-22. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rotate About a Line 8-23. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saving the Work Part 8-24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Activity 1 - Adding and Repositioning a Component 8-25. . . . The Master Model 9-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Assembly Modeler 9-2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Master Model Concept 9-2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Model Example 9-4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Model Drawing Guidelines 9-5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Activity 1 - Exploring a Master Model Assembly 9-6. . . . . . . Activity 2 - Creating a Master Model Assembly 9-12. . . . . . . . Introduction to Drafting 10-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Uses of the Drafting Application 10-2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drawing Display 10-2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editing a Drawing 10-3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Activity 1 - Editing a Drawing 10-5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding a View to a Drawing 10-7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Create Centerline 10-10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Removing Views From a Drawing 10-10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Activity 2 - Adding a View to a Drawing 10-11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting the View Display Preferences 10-14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Button Specific Options 10-15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . View Option Buttons 10-15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Activity 3 - Setting View Display Preferences 10-18. . . . . . . . . . Creating Utility Symbols 10-19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Automatic Centerline 10-20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associativity of Utility Symbols 10-20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deleting a Utility Symbol 10-20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Cylindrical Centerline 10-21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Activity 4 - Creating a Cylindrical Centerline 10-22. . . . . . . . . Creating Dimensions 10-29. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dimension Dialog 10-30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vector Definition for Angular Dimensions 10-31. . . . . . . . . . . . Line and Point Definition for Cylindrical Dimensions 10-32. . . Dimension Local Preferences 10-33. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appended Text Controls 10-34. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table of Contents Practical Applications of Unigraphics Student Manual Unigraphics NX EDS All Rights Reserved vi Precision Options 10-35. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tolerance Type and Tolerance Value Options 10-36. . . . . . . . . . Tolerance Value Options 10-37. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Placement Options 10-39. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arrow Line and Extension Line Options 10-40. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leader Direction Options 10-41. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Text Justification Options 10-42. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Activity 5 - Creating Dimensions 10-44. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Annotation Editor 10-48. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Tool Bar 10-49. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Placing the Text 10-50. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating text Without a Leader 10-50. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating Text with a Leader 10-51. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editing Text 10-52. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editing Existing Dimension Preferences 10-52. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Activity 6 - Using the Annotation Editor 10-53. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Datum Plane Reference Features 11-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference Features 11-2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Datum Plane 11-3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Relative Datum Planes 11-3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating Datum Planes by Inferred Selection 11-3. . . . . . . . . . Datum Plane User Interface 11-4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dual Constraints 11-5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Datum Plane Types 11-6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offset Datum Plane 11-6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Center Datum Plane 11-7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Datum Plane Through Cylindrical Axis 11-8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Datum Plane at an Angle Through a Cylindrical Axis 11-9. . . Datum Plane at an Angle to a Face or Datum Plane Through an Edge 11-10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Datum Plane Tangent to a Cylindrical Face 11-11. . . . . . . . . . . . Datum Plane Through Three Points 11-12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Datum Plane Defined by Point and Direction 11-13. . . . . . . . . . Activity 1 - Creating Relative Datum Planes 11-14. . . . . . . . . . Selecting and Using Datums 11-20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editing Datum Planes 11-20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deleting Datum Planes 11-20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Activity 2 - Cylindrical Faces and Datum Planes 11-21. . . . . . . Activity 3 - Feature on a Relative Datum Plane 11-27. . . . . . . . Activity 4 - Creating a Hole Corner to Corner 11-33. . . . . . . . . Datum Axis Reference Feature 12-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Datum Axis 12-2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table of Contents vii Practical Applications of Unigraphics Student Manual EDS All Rights Reserved User Interface 12-3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Relative Datum Axis 12-4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Datum Axis Through Two Points 12-5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Datum Axis Through an Edge or Curve 12-6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Datum Axis Through a Cylindrical face 12-7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Datum Axis Through the Intersection of two Faces 12-8. . . . . Editing Datum Axes 12-9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deleting Datum Axes 12-9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Activity 1 - Constraining Locations using Datums 12-10. . . . . Activity 2 - Relative Datum Axes 12-19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sketching 13-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . What is a sketch? 13-2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Why sketch? 13-3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . When should a sketch be used? 13-4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sketches and the Model Navigator 13-7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sketches and Layers 13-8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a New Sketch 13-9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Sketch Plane 13-9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sketch to Define the Base Feature 13-9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sketch Associative to Existing Base Feature 13-10. . . . . . . . . . . Defining the Reference Direction 13-11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Naming a Sketch 13-12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Active Sketch 13-13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sketch Creation Steps 13-14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sketch for a Base Feature 13-14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sketch on an Existing Face or Datum Plane 13-14. . . . . . . . . . . Activity 1 - Sketch Creation 13-15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sketch Curve Creation 13-22. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sketch Curve Tool Bar 13-22. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infer Constraints Setting Dialog 13-22. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Locking a Constraint 13-23. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Snap Angle 13-23. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Infer Point Tool Bar 13-23. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alignment Lines While Creating Curves 13-24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Profile Tool 13-24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating Lines 13-26. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating Arcs 13-27. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating Circles 13-28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Activity 2- Using the Sketch Profile Tool 13-30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating Fillets 13-39. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table of Contents Practical Applications of Unigraphics Student Manual Unigraphics NX EDS All Rights Reserved viii Quick Trim and Quick Extend 13-40. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Quick Trim 13-40. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Quick Extend 13-42. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Activity 3 - Creating Fillets 13-43. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Activity 4 - Sketching a Gasket 13-48. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Activity 5 - Using Quick Trim and Quick Extend 13-55. . . . . . Sketch Points 13-59. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DegreeĆofĆFreedom Arrows (DOF) 13-59. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Constraining Sketches 13-61. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Design Intent 13-61. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Sketch Constraints Tool Bar 13-61. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating Dimensional Constraints 13-61. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Text Height 13-64. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dimensional Constraint Types 13-64. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editing Dimensional Constraints` 13-67. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delay Evaluation 13-68. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Evaluate Sketch 13-68. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Update Model 13-68. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating Geometric Constraints 13-69. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Displaying Constraint Symbols 13-70. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Show/Remove Constraints 13-73. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Constraint Interrogation 13-74. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Constraint Categories 13-74. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Constraint Listing 13-75. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Listing Box 13-75. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Removing Constraints 13-75. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Undo 13-76. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dragging Geometry 13-76. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Selection 13-76. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Constraint Conditions 13-76. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Constraining Example 13-78. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Activity 6 - Constraining a Profile 13-80. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Activity 7 - Constraining the Gasket 13-89. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Convert To/From Reference 13-100. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Activity 8 - Constraint Conditions 13-101. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Swept Features and Boolean Operations 14-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Types of Swept Features 14-2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating Swept Features from Sketches 14-3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Extrude 14-4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rules for Extruding Section String Objects 14-4. . . . . . . . . . . . [...]... normal start dialog box at your site Unigraphics Site Specific Startup Unigraphics NX Activity Menu Version Select xwi" to enable the display of curve widths Select Starbase" to enable rotatable shaded images Select once to start Unigraphics 1-2 Practical Applications of Unigraphics Student Manual EDS All Rights Reserved Unigraphics NX Getting Started ÉÉÉ ÉÉÉ ÉÉÉ ÉÉÉ Unigraphics Windows 1 No Part The... Practical Applications of Unigraphics Student Manual 1-1 Getting Started Starting Unigraphics ÉÉÉ ÉÉÉ ÉÉÉ ÉÉÉ 1 The first step in working in Unigraphics is to log on to a workstation and start a Unigraphics process Because this procedure varies from company to company, and platform to platform, consult the system administrator for a site specific procedure to follow The Unigraphics NX Activity Menu shown... Index IN-1 EDS All Rights Reserved Practical Applications of Unigraphics Student Manual xiii Table of Contents (This Page Intentionally Left Blank) xiv Practical Applications of Unigraphics Student Manual EDS All Rights Reserved Unigraphics NX Course Overview Course Overview Intended Audience This course is suited for designers, engineers, manufacturing... the main menu Use the Third Mouse Button within the Unigraphics window, outside the Graphics window Practical Applications of Unigraphics Student Manual EDS All Rights Reserved Unigraphics NX Getting Started EDS All Rights Reserved Practical Applications of Unigraphics Student Manual 1-13 ÉÉÉ ÉÉÉ ÉÉÉ ÉÉÉ The display of each toolbar, as well as each element of each toolbar, is user customizable To turn... current Unigraphics session On Windows workstations the dialog box shown below will be displayed while the processing takes place The creator of a file has read and write access, which means they may modify the file and save the changes Step 4 Save the part - 1-10 Choose the Save icon Practical Applications of Unigraphics Student Manual EDS All Rights Reserved Unigraphics NX Getting Started The Unigraphics. .. Classroom System Information Your instructor will provide you with the following items for working in the classroom: Student Login: Username: Password: Home Directory: Parts Directory: Instructor: Date: -2 Practical Applications of Unigraphics Student Manual EDS All Rights Reserved Unigraphics NX Course Overview Class Standards The following standards will be used in this class Standardization allows users... designers have more flexibility in modeling techniques The Unigraphics hybrid modeler supports traditional explicit geometric modeling along with constraintĆbased sketching and parametric feature modeling All tools are integrated so they can be used in combination -6 Practical Applications of Unigraphics Student Manual EDS All Rights Reserved Unigraphics NX Getting Started Getting Started ÉÉÉ ÉÉÉ ÉÉÉ ÉÉÉ 1... simple drawings D Modify existing geometry Prerequisites There are no prerequisites for this class EDS All Rights Reserved Practical Applications of Unigraphics Student Manual -1 Course Overview How to Use This Manual It is important that you use the Student Manual in the sequence presented because later lessons assume you have learned concepts and techniques taught in an earlier lesson If necessary, you... Expression files that are valid for importing carry the file extension of exp The total number of characters allowed in an expression is 132 -4 Practical Applications of Unigraphics Student Manual EDS All Rights Reserved Unigraphics NX Course Overview Colors The following colors are preset to indicate different object types: Object Valid colors Bodies Solid Sheet Green Yellow Generating Curves (nonĆsketch)... names Graphics Window Restore Down Resource Bars Graphics area Status line: Displays informational messages Cue line: displays user prompts 1-4 Practical Applications of Unigraphics Student Manual EDS All Rights Reserved Unigraphics NX Getting Started The Cue/Status line appears at the bottom of the main application window The purpose of the Cue line is to prompt for user interaction The purpose of . APPLICATIONS OF UNIGRAPHICS STUDENT MANUAL September 2002 MT10050 - Unigraphics NX EDS Inc. UNIGRAPHICS Proprietary & Restricted Rights Notices Copyright Proprietary right of Unigraphics Solutions. Applications of Unigraphics Student Manual Unigraphics NX EDS All Rights Reserved xiv (This Page Intentionally Left Blank) Course Overview Practical Applications of Unigraphics Student Manual -1 EDS All. Overview Practical Applications of Unigraphics Student Manual -2 Unigraphics NX EDS All Rights Reserved How to Use This Manual It is important that you use the Student Manual in the sequence presented because