Bone INTRODUCTION TO NX %&%,, NX is, a product of SIEMENS Corp., is one of the world’s leading CAD/CAMICAE packages. Being a solid modeling tool, it not only unites 3D parametric features with 2D tools, but also addresses every design-through-manufacturing process. ineered, next-generation family of NX is a product of SIEMENS Corp., is a completely re-en; CADICAMICAE software solutions for Product Life Cycle Management. The basi Drafting environment, Assembly environment, Sheet metal environment and the Manufacturing environments in NX are the Modeling environment, Shape Studio environment, environment. J models and assemblies, the 2D drawing views can also be generated In addition to creating sol casily in the Drafting environment of NX Modeling Environment The Modeling environment is a parametric and feature-based environment in which you can create solid models. The basic requirement for creating solid models in this environment is a sketch. “+ Shape Studio Environment The Shape Studio environment is also a parametric and feature-based environment in which you can create surface models. The tools in this environment are similar to those in the Modeling environment. This environment is useful for conceptual and industrial design. Assembly Environment used to assemble the components using the assembly constraints ‘The Assembly environment available in this environment, There are two types of assembly design approaches in NX, Bottom-up and Top-down () the bouiom-up approach of the assembly, the previously ered components are assembled Together to maintain their design intent, In the top-down approach, components are created in the Assembly environment. Drafting Environment mblies created earlier ‘The Drafting environment is used for the documentation of the parts or a © are two types of drafting techniques. in the form of drawing views and their detailing. Th ‘generative drafting and interactive dratti © @| a | automatically generate the drawing Views OF he pas yg The generative drafting technique is used t Pep assemblies. Grafting, you need to create the drawing views by sketching them using the pony ‘ive drafting, sketching tools and then adding the dimensions: “> Sheet Metal Environment “The Sheet Metal environment is used for the designing the sheet metal components. Generally, the 1¢ Shes eet metal components are created to generate the flat pattern of a sheet, study the design of the dies sheet n g and punches, study the process plan for designing, and the tools needed for manufacturing the shet metal components. “+ IMPORTANT TERMS AND DEFINITIONS 1, Feature-based Modeling A feature is defined as the smallest building block that can be modified individually. A model created in NX is a combination of a number of i dividual features and each feature is related to the other directly or indirectly. Ia proper design intent is maintained while creating the model, then these features automatically adjust their values to any change in their surroundings. This provides a great flexibility to the desi ign. 2. Parametric Modeling The parametric nature ofa software package is defined as its ability to use the standard properties or parameters in defining the shape and size of a metry. The main function of this property is 10 derive the selected geometry to a new size oF shape without considering its ori the shape and size of any feature iginal dimensions. You can change or modify at any stage of the designing process. This property makes the designing process an easy task. 3. Bidirectional Asso ivity AS mentioned earlier. NX has different env; ironments such as the Modeling environment: g environment. The bidirecti ronments ensures that any cavironments of NX is automa Assembly environment, and the Draft that exists al asso between all these envi modific of the on made in the model in any ically reflected in the | uly reflected in the other environments immediately x For example, if you mo he dimensi ¢ Modeling e1 ets " dimension of a part in the Mo viro ne change wi flected in the Assembly and the Drawing environments as well C1 wI 4b Eile format prt “prt is a file extension associated with all files that are created in the Modeling, Shape Studio, Assembly, Sheet Metal, and Drafting environments of NX. * Constraints Constraints are the logical operations that are performed on the selected clement to define its size and location with respect to the other elements or reference geometries. There are three types of Constraints in NX: Geometric, Dimensional, and Assembly. The constraints in the sketch are called geometric and dimension s and these are used to precisely define the size and position of , the sketched clements with respect to the surroundings. ‘The assembly constraints are available in the Assembly envi onment and are used to define the precise position of the components in the assembly. Geometric Constraints C$ hoy ttt c lz “hh i (0 define their size and position ‘These are the logical operations performed on the sketched elements with respect to the other elements. Geometrie constraints are applied using two methods, automatic - constraining and man | constraining. While drawing the sketch, some constraints are automatically _ applied to it 2. Dimensional Constraints After creating the sketch, you need to apply different types of dimensional constraints to it. Various types of dimensions in NX are: 1. Linear Dimensions 2, Radial Dimensions 3. Angular Dimensions \ 4, Perimeter Dimensions sembly Constraints ‘The constraints in the Assembly environment are the logical operations performed to restrict the degrees of freedom of the component and to define its precise location and position with respect to @ the other components of the assemblyFeatures 4. the basie building block of a solid model. The combination of various A feature is define nent of NX, the features are of two types: features results in a solid body. In the Modeling environm L. Sketch-based features 2. Placed-features Ee ‘The sketch-based features are the ones that require a sketch for their creation. The placedfeatures do not require a sketch for their creation. “ WCS (Work Coordinate System) “The WCS is 2 local coordinate system and can be repositioned to a convenient location while making a model. The XC-YC plane of the WCS is used to perform many operations. When you create a new file, by default the WCS is positioned at origin of the Datum Coordinate System, which is (0,0,0). By default, the display of WCS is turned on, ~ ———* 4 Gredeway 2 Ohis pwe-requisie fo all ofhey ceppli?, + U0 i = User _defined feature - wed do create the ob/ects of Attferent sizts ina sTogie file | womote Body hen 4, * Lremer => 00! 6 U have an assembly ted is wore perv ‘ ‘ fon ‘ ins ophon jet you promote « body vd ° Suded assembly component fo tae os on ree The promote bod 1 Ola he do a Ss 9 Y vebermed do nn penal body why) 0 ri Once Yo wu ave opera Hons Pwmort © bod balean you can perform ely adding featyrtS C9 Th sack Pera |we | : ** STARTING NX 10 . Gade Start > All Programs (or Programs) > Siemens NX 10 > NX 10 Grows You can start NX 10 by double-clicking on its shortcut icon on the desktop of your computer. 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