export together as one solid full (or empty) with nx

[The_Matrix]

effectively everything has a price

I saw the 3d evolution module well. .
Well, so much stuff. :
Obviously nx has many braggings once you have created the simplified because with st you can improve it great.
However the quality and speed of 3devol is another planet: can make you "easy" full even if the assembly is not "water tight" in really amazing times.
Obviously if you put in row nx + direct reader nx + simplifier + direct exporter nx makes a discreet soup... must be worth it

I would personally prefer the integrated product, even at the cost of having to work a little back

 

[Federico Targa]

Good evening to all,
I have been working with nx for a long time, but today I was made a request that I did not know how to answer. I was asked to export a blank assembly or rather a file that contains only the external surfaces of the whole assembly with the various components.
to understand: once dissected, this new entity should result in a shell (it would be fine even a full solid) in which internally the details of the individual components are not visible. Can someone help me? Thank you in advance!

Hi, Alessandra. we, with nx, to do what you ask, use a somewhat articulated procedure, but that always works. It's a little hard to explain here, but if you're interested, I can explain it in private. The basic operations are as follows: linked body of all external components, closing of all parts that can allow internal viewing (we use extrusions, delete face and sometimes revolutions). then we do one united, and through two sequential operations of extrude (none) and subtract, we get a sort of negative of the component. At that point with move face we move it so we have a body on the features tree. We delete all previous operations, check with the active show cap that the inside is full. at that point we delete the true model and export in step format.

 

[falonef]

hi federico

is a little what our users do even in catia v5

 

[The_Matrix]

Hi, Alessandra. we, with nx, to do what you ask, use a somewhat articulated procedure, but that always works. It's a little hard to explain here, but if you're interested, I can explain it in private. The basic operations are as follows: linked body of all external components, closing of all parts that can allow internal viewing (we use extrusions, delete face and sometimes revolutions). then we do one united, and through two sequential operations of extrude (none) and subtract, we get a sort of negative of the component. At that point with move face we move it so we have a body on the features tree. We delete all previous operations, check with the active show cap that the inside is full. at that point we delete the true model and export in step format.

interesting method, but very manual.
if you can, try the new simplify assembly.. .
works with mach 3, with advanced assembly module and tokens

 

[falonef]

Hello the_matrix

I'm glad to see you again.

 

[Federico Targa]

true, it is a little articulated and totally manual however, aside for some assemblies (e.g. tandem pumps) is a procedure that all in all takes you away 20 min maximum. ..say that, with regard to my case, as very often the parts to "close" are always the same, it would not be a bad idea to try to automate the whole process...maybe with a macro vba. I was talking to a colleague of my transmission department. Clearly it's not something you do from today to tomorrow. ..but also only think of automating all linking operations, subtracts etc. leaving manual only the part of "close" would not be bad.

 

[The_Matrix]

true, it is a little articulated and totally manual however, aside for some assemblies (e.g. tandem pumps) is a procedure that all in all takes you away 20 min maximum. ..say that, with regard to my case, as very often the parts to "close" are always the same, it would not be a bad idea to try to automate the whole process...maybe with a macro vba. I was talking to a colleague of my transmission department. Clearly it's not something you do from today to tomorrow. ..but also only think of automating all linking operations, subtracts etc. leaving manual only the part of "close" would not be bad.

for this they invented the simplify assembly.
Among other things, now they have inserted an automatism that allows you to choose whether to put the result in a separate file or in the top assembly with a special refset (configurable in the customer default).
if all the designers used it, you could set the open with the reference set simplify as first to speed even more the already amazing nx opening performance
here are a couple of links created by my colleague paul:

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[The_Matrix]

Hello the_matrix

I'm glad to see you again.

Every now and then I remember jumping here.
unfortunately my manual on nx is a little down lately and on the detail things I struggle

 

[Federico Targa]

for this they invented the simplify assembly.
Among other things, now they have inserted an automatism that allows you to choose whether to put the result in a separate file or in the top assembly with a special refset (configurable in the customer default).
if all the designers used it, you could set the open with the reference set simplify as first to speed even more the already amazing nx opening performance
here are a couple of links created by my colleague paul:

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Every now and then I remember jumping here.
unfortunately my manual on nx is a little down lately and on the detail things I struggle

Unfortunately we have not activated the license for the simplify assembly function, otherwise I would have already proposed such use. But come on. maybe it passes Christmas babbo and for 2024 music changes

 

[The_Matrix]

Unfortunately we have not activated the license for the simplify assembly function, otherwise I would have already proposed such use. But come on. maybe it passes Christmas babbo and for 2024 music changes

Remember that with tokens you can access practically all nx modules