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NX 3 for Designers Chapter 1
Learning Objectives: • Understand the need for the Sketcher Task environment. • Understand the datum planes that can be selected to draw sketches. • Understand various drawing display tools. • Understand various sketching tools. • Use various selection methods. • Delete sketched entities.
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Starting NX 3 From the Start menu, choose All Programs (or Programs) > NX 3.0 to display the cascading menu with the NX 3 options. From the cascading menu, choose NX 3.0 to start NX 3, see the given figure.
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Starting a New document in NX 3
When you start a new file in NX 3, you first need to save it with a name. Only after saving the file, the new document will be started. To start a new file, choose the New button from the Standard toolbar or choose File > New from the menu bar; the New Part File dialog box will be displayed, as shown in the figure.
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Starting the Modeling Environment for Creating Models
You can start the Modeling application by choosing Application > Modeling from the menu bar or by choosing the Modeling button from the Application toolbar, as shown in the figure.
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Invoking the Sketcher Task Environment
To create the default planes, choose Insert > Datum/Point > Datum Plane from the menu bar; the Datum Plane dialog box will be displayed, as shown in the figure.
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Now, to start the Sketcher task environment, choose the Sketch button from the Form Features toolbar on the left of the drawing window and select a datum plane. The figure shows the default screen display in the Sketcher Task environment of NX.
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• Zoom The Zoom tool allows you to zoom on to a particular area by defining a box around it.
• Zoom In Out The Zoom In/Out tool enables you to dynamically zoom in or out of the drawing. When you invoke this tool, the default cursor is changed into a magnifying glass cursor with + and - sign at the center of the cursor.
• Panning Drawings The Pan tool is used to drag the current view in the geometry area.
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DRAWING SKETCHES USING THE SKETCHER TOOLS
• Drawing Lines There are two methods to draw a line. • By Profile tool • By Line tool
• Profile tool The option to draw straight lines is active by default when you invoke the Profile tool .This is because the Line button is chosen by default in the Profile Icon Options. NX allows you to draw lines using two methods.
• Drawing Lines by Entering Values
• Drawing Lines by Picking Points in the Drawing Window
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• Drawing Arcs There are two methods to draw an Arc. • By Profile tool • By Arc tool
Profile tool The option to draw arcs can be activated by choosing the Arc button in the Profile Icon Options. Arc tool NX allows you to draw arcs using two methods. These methods can be activated by choosing their respective buttons from the Arc Icon Options.
• Drawing Arcs Using Three Points
• Drawing Arc by Specifying the Center Point and the Endpoints
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• Drawing Circles In NX, you can draw circles using two methods. These methods can be activated by choosing their respective buttons from the Circle Icon Option.
There are two methods to draw a circle.
• Drawing a Circle by Specifying the Center Point and Diameter
• Drawing a Circle by Specifying Three Points
• Drawing a Circle by Specifying the Center Point and Diameter
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• Drawing Rectangles In NX, you can draw rectangles using three methods. These methods can be activated by choosing their respective buttons from the Rectangle Icon Options that are displayed when you invoke this tool.
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Drawing Ellipses or Elliptical Arcs
In the first step, you need to locate the center point of the ellipse using the Point Constructor dialog box. You locate the center point of the ellipse, the Create Ellipse dialog box will be displayed, as shown in the figure.
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• Drawing General Conics
When you invoke this tool, the Point Constructor dialog box will be displayed. Using this dialog box, you can locate the endpoints and the apex of the conic. As soon as you specify the third point, the General Conic dialog box will be displayed, as shown in the figure.
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Drawing Studio Splines
This tool allows you to create studio splines for creating free form features. When you invoke this tool, the Studio Spline dialog box will be displayed, as shown in the figure.
The Studio Spline dialog box
• The options available in this dialog box are • Method Area • Match Knot Position • Degree Spinner • Closed • Single Segment
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• Method Area There are two methods of drawing studio splines and the buttons to invoke these methods are available in the Method area. • Through Points • By Poles
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Filleting Sketched Entities
On invoking the Fillet tool, you will be prompted to select or drag over curves to create fillet and the Radius dynamic input box will be displayed below the cursor.
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Using Snap Points While Sketching
By default, some buttons are chosen in this toolbar. You can choose more buttons to turn on the snapping using these keypoints.The figure shows the Snap Point toolbar with all buttons chosen.
The Snap Point toolbar
Exiting the Sketcher Task Environment
After drawing the sketch, you need to exit the Sketcher Task environment to covert the sketch into a feature. To exit the Sketcher Task environment, choose the Finish Sketch button from the Sketcher toolbar.
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Tutorial 1 In this tutorial, you will draw the sketch for the model shown in Figure A. The sketch to be drawn is shown in Figure B. Do not dimension the sketch because the dimensions are just for your reference. (Expected time: 30 min)
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Tutorial 2 In this tutorial, you will draw the profile of the model shown in Figure A. The profile to be drawn is shown in Figure B. Do not dimension the profile because the dimensions are just for your reference. (Expected time: 30 min)
Figure A Solid Model for Figure B Sketch of the model
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Tutorial 3 In this tutorial, you will draw the profile for the base feature of the model shown in Figure A .The profile to be drawn is shown in Figure B. Do not dimension the profile because the dimensions are just for your reference. (Expected time: 30 min)
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1. Start a new NX3 part file.
2 For Invoking the Sketcher Task Environment choose the XC-ZC Plane button from. the Sketch Icon Option. 3 Draw the sketch of the model using the Profile and Rectangle, as shown in Figure C .
Figure C Final sketch
4 Save the file in \My Documents\NX3\c01 folder and then close it.
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Exercise 1 Draw the sketch of the base feature of the model shown in Figure A. The sketch to be drawn is shown in Figure B. Do not dimension the profile because the dimensions are just for your reference. (Expected time: 30 min)
Figure A Solid model for Figure B Sketch of the model
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Exercise 2 Draw the sketch of the base feature of the model shown in Figure B. The sketch to be drawn is shown in Figure A. Do not dimension the profile because the dimensions are just for your reference. (Expected time: 30 min)
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Exercise 3 Draw the sketch of the base feature of the model shown in Figure A. The sketch to be drawn is shown in Figure B. Do not dimension the profile because the dimensions are just for your reference. (Expected time: 30 min)
