configurations

[wall87]

Good evening.
Coming from solidworks know that by inserting a part into a set you can create configurations by suppressing functions this is also possible in nx11?
I try to explain better: I suppose we have a simple parallelepiped that I have to insert several times in a set, only, that among them, I will have to have a beveled in a corner; is it possible to achieve this without having to create another identical part only for the bevel?
Thank you.

 

[Vittorio]

It seems to me that the example you made using solidworks is quite different from the example you did after.
Maybe I'm wrong or maybe I don't understand
I don't know solidworks, though. I think if you insert 10 cubes... and one of these is beveled. He can't have the same name as the other nine.

 

[MassiVonWeizen]

by victorious:
in solidworks within a file you can create different variants, defined configurations, of the same object. each configuration has its own precise name, which can never be repeated, that identifies it in every context is used as file-nameconfiguration.therefore it is possible to create a parallelepiped that has ten different sizes, which has bevels or rays or holes or protusions. absurdly you can create a file that has two completely different geometries not related to each other (of course it would not make sense) simply by activating or deactivating certain modeling operations.
then what writes wall87 is possible in solidworks.

 

[wall87]

in solidworks are called "configurations" because you can create a part where you will insert all the functions you need and then these functions you can suppress them or even change parameters by creating these configurations.
within the axieme the part always has the same name, changes the configuration name.

edit:
Massivonweizen preceded me

 

[Vittorio]

then the part that is inserted in a set.. Can it be different having the same name?

 

[wall87]

it is exact victorious, as written by massivonweizen could be completely different (but it would not make sense).
the name part is equal, change the configuration name.

 

[Vittorio]

But it's interesting.
and in the distinct base is managed as if they were 9 equal and 1 different pieces?

 

[wall87]

you can decide whether to enter the name of the part, the name of the configuration or a name that wants to give the user.

 

[alexfunk]

I hope I understand. you can use many reference sets within the part, many are the changes (features) made to the parallelepipedo. when you are in the axieme "active" the reference you want to see. alessandro

 

[wall87]

I don't want to say a cable, but as you say, I should end up doing a multibody part as many as the changes to be made to choose them with the reference set on the axieme.
I would like to keep only one body in the part, of course if possible

 

[alexfunk]

the part you load together is one, only the "block" in the various points you want to see. (is like "configurations" in sw)

 

[ceschi1959]

the part you load together is one, only the "block" in the various points you want to see. (is like "configurations" in sw)

So you find a part that depending on where you uploaded it last has more or less features, and if this is validated and blocked?
in one of the last versions of nx, 1899 did something like sw with this: I find it a bitch though...
tables of parametersthe command tables of parameters allows you to manage the template configuration tables and store them in the same part file. configurations consist of a series of model expressions with unique values, which can be used to quickly change the part.

parameter label​	expression​	current value​	base line​	configuration 1​	configuration 2​
distance	p5	2	2	3	2
radius	p29	2	2	3	4
internal diameter	p30	26	26	20	22
external diameter	p33	48	48	50	48

you can use this command to:

• create, edit and delete parameters tables and configurations in the part.
• import a configuration table from a properly configured external source file.
• apply one or more configurations to the part.
  Note:
  for the part there can be multiple configuration tables, and you can apply only one configuration per table at a time.
• export a configuration parameter table.

suggestion:
if you need a specific part file for each part configuration, use families of parts.activation and deactivation of configurationswhen you activate a configuration, the model is updated using the specified values for the expression.

Basic configuration

configuration 3

when a configuration is active, associated expressions are blocked and cannot be changed. when deactivating a configuration, the associated expressions are unlocked but retain the current value.
only the applicable model expressions are available for editing. For example, you cannot use blocked or guided expressions from a formula, or reuse an expression included in a different table.
in simcenter 3d motion you can associate a configuration solution (or a combination of configurations) in a parameter table by changing the active solution. when changing the active solution, the associated configuration is automatically activated and applied to the model.
Note:
when using parameters tables in motion, it is necessary to solve or export the model to verify the impact of an expression stored in a table of parameters on the results.

 

[wall87]

ok ceschi1959 thanks to the answer.
but this applies to the latest versions; Are you telling me that for version 11 it is not possible to do what I ask? No other way?

 

[ceschi1959]

ok ceschi1959 thanks to the answer.
but this applies to the latest versions; Are you telling me that for version 11 it is not possible to do what I ask? No other way?

the 'cosiddette configurations of nx 1899' are a hybrid, even bad, between sw configurations and nx arrangement. are unusable for your needs.
If I had to create what you ask with nx, I would do like this: individual a 'grezzo', in your example a parallelepipedo, I create another empty part, load together the parallelepipedo, I wave and all the processes of the case.
if from that parallelepiped I have to make one with a ray, I repeat the procedure: I create part, I load the parallelepipedo, wave ray.
advantages of this procedure: in fact you have the correct bom, if the piece with the radius, for example, it is no longer in production you do not have to 'delete' any configuration, if you go to change the piece with the bevel, revision alerts only that, lighter files... etc. etc.
sw I know very little, I saw using the configurations on a bit complex pieces and I came white hair for the complexity and heaviness of the whole.

 

[wall87]

I understood your method, even if so, if I had so many ways I would also have so many files; However I understand the situation.
Thank you for the answers.
to the next

 

[ciciu]

If you want only one part, the road is definitely the reference set: a part with extracts the body of the various versions along the features tree and then assigned to specific reference sets

 

[wall87]

Yeah, that's exactly how I finally did it.
Thank you.