Creating Points in NX

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Creating Points in NX

Users can create Points in NX and then use them to create Points in 3DCS. To create a point in NX, the user will need to switch to the Modeling or Curve Tab.

 

 

Procedure:

1.Switch to the Applications tab and select Modeling Application Modeling.

2.Under the Datum Plane command, selectPoint ButtonPoint.

NX_Point 

3.For best use, select the Point on Face option and select a surface. The Point will be created at the mouse pointer. The other options can be utilized in NX and 3DCS.

NX_Point Command

4.Click [OK] to close the dialog box.

 

Notes:

NX points can be utilized by several methods:

•Under Dynamic Point Cont Dynamic Point, click DVTI_dcsConvertCATPoint Convert CAD Points. The same function can be accessed from the DVTI_featurepoint Feature Point dialog.

•To convert the NX points into Feature points, the Feature Point button must be checked in the Convert CAD Points dialog.

•These feature points will automatically update location if the NX point is modified upon Update Model.  The associated vector of these feature points may not be normal to the surface based on the type of NX point created.

•If the Coordinate Point button is checked, the NX point will convert into a Coordinate point.