Creating Form Features

Hole

Boss

Positioning Terminology

Positioning Methods

Activity—Positioning Holes and Bosses

Slot

Pocket

Pad

Additional Positioning Methods

Parameter Entry Options

Activity — Creating Pockets and Slots

Groove

Activity — Positioning a Groove

Editing the Size and Location of Form Features

Edit Positioning

Error Messages

Editing Features with the Part Navigator

Activity—Editing Positional Form Features

Additional Positioning Techniques

Overview

Creating and Editing Expressions

Activity — Getting Familiar with Expressions

Summary

Shell Feature Overview

Creating a Shell Feature

Activity — Creating a Shell Feature

Activity — Creating a Shell and

Activity — Creating a Shell with an

Summary

Overview

Edge Blend

Activity — Creating Edge Blends

Chamfer

Activity — Creating Chamfers

Summary

Visually Inspect the Part

Layers

Layer Categories

Moving Objects Between Layers

Part Navigator

Information

Distance

Mass Properties

Activity — Model Construction Query

Summary

Definitions and Descriptions

Introduction to Load Options

Load Method

Load States

Load Failure

Activity — Setting Load Options

The Assembly Navigator

Node Display

Activity—Working with the Assembly

Selecting Components in the

Selecting Components in the

Designing in Context

Assembly Navigator Pop-Up Menu Options

Activity—working with the Assembly

Saving the Work Part

Summary

General Assembly Concepts

Assemblies Application

Assemblies Pull-down Menu

Assemblies Toolbar

Adding Components to an Assembly

Activity—Creating an Assembly

Mating Conditions

Mate Constraint

Align Constraint

Angle Constraint

Parallel Constraint

Perpendicular Constraint

Centre Constraint

Distance Constraint

Tangent Constraint

The Mating Conditions Dialog

Tree Listing

Repositioning Components

Activity—Mating the Nut Cracker

Summary

Datum Feature Overview

Datum Planes

Creating Relative Datum Planes

Common Datum Plane Types

Activity—Creating Relative Datum Planes

Selecting and Using Datum Planes

Activity—Cylindrical Faces and Datum Planes

Activity — Creating a Feature on a Relative Datum Plane

Activity—Creating a Hole Corner to Corner

Datum Axis

Datum Axis Types

Editing Datum Axes

Activity—Constraining Locations using Datums

Datum CSYS

Summary

Sketching Overview

Sketches and the Part Navigator

Sketch Visibility

Creating a New Sketch

The Active Sketch

Sketch Creation Steps

Activity — Sketch Creation

Sketch Curves

Activity — Using the Sketch Profile Tool

Creating Fillets

Trimming and Extending Curves

Activity — Creating Fillets

Activity—Using Quick Trimand Quick Extend

Sketch Points

Dimensional Constraints

Activity—Adding Dimensional Constraints

Editing Dimensions

Activity — Editing Sketch Dimensions

Geometric Constraints

Show/Remove Constraints

Constraint Conditions

Activity — Adding Constraints

Activity — Constraining a Profile

Activity — Sketching and Constraining a Gasket

Convert To/From Reference

Activity—Constraint Conditions

Types of Swept Features

Extrude

Activity — Starting the Draglink

Boolean Operations

Start and End Limit Options

Extrude with Offset

Extrude with Draft

Activity—Extruding with Offsets

Selection Intent

Activity — Extruding Using Selection Intent

Sweep Along Guide

Activity—Sweeping Along an Open Guide String

Activity — Sweeping Along a Closed Guide String

Revolve

Activity—Creating Revolved Features

Activity — Adding a Revolved Feature to the Draglink

Activity — Extruding to a Face

Summary

Accessing the Options to Edit Features

Part Navigator

Deleting Features

Update Failures

Activity — Edit and Delete Features

Activity — Using the Update Tool

Activity—Reordering Features with the Part Navigator

Delaying Model Updates

Move Feature

Reattaching a Feature

Activity—Re-attaching and Moving Features

Summary

Instance Feature

Rectangular Instance Array

Circular Instance Array

Activity — Rectangular Instance Array

Activity — Circular Instance Array

Activity (Optional) — Associativity of the Rotation Axis

Summary

The Assembly Modeler

Master Model Example

Activity—Exploring a Master Model Assembly

Activity — Creating a Non-Master Part

Summary

Working with Drawings

Creating New Drawing Sheets

Opening a Drawing

Editing a Drawing

Deleting a Drawing

Activity — Creating New Drawing Sheets

Activity—Opening and Editing Drawing Sheets

Drawing Monochrome Display

View Preferences

Hidden Lines

Smooth Edges

Virtual Intersections

Adding a Base View

View Creation Options Bar

Adding Projected Views

Editing Existing Views

Removing Views from a Drawing

Activity—Adding Views to a Drawing

Utility Symbols

Creating a Linear Centerline

Activity—Creating a Linear Centerline

Manually Creating a Cylindrical Centerline

Activity—Creating a Cylindrical Centerline

Dimensions

Annotation Preferences

Dimension Preferences and Placement

Appended Text

Tolerances

Text Orientation and Text Arrow Placement

Editing an Existing Dimension

Activity — Creating Dimensions

Text Creation

Creating Notes

Activity — Creating Notes and Labels

The Annotation Editor

Editing Notes

Activity — Creating More Notes

Master Model Drawing Guidelines

Summary

Overview

Operators

Precedence and Associativity

Legacy Unit Conversion

Built-in Functions

Overview

Methods to Specify a Point

WCS and Absolute Coordinates

Offset

Overview

Customer Defaults

Customer Defaults Levels

Setting Customer Defaults

USER, GROUP, and SITE directories

Managing Your Changes

Updating to a New Release of NX