NX Measurements

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NX Measurements

Create Measures in NX under the Analysis tab and using the Simple Distance Measure or PMI.

 

Use the Simple Distance Measure to create Feature Distance Measure in 3DCS.

Create a Linear Dimension Cont Linear Size Tolerance in the Assembly level to create a Dimensioning Distance Measure.

 

Procedure:

1.Switch to the Analysis tab and clickMeasure Cont Simple Distance Measure.

2.[Select Object] or objects between which a measure is desired.

3.Expand the Measures dialog by clicking the black arrow just above the Apply button.

4.To have the measure saved in the tree for future modifications, click the check box for associative under the Settings Tab.

5.Press [OK].

6.The finished measures can be found under the Part Navigator Cont Part Navigator tree.

7.To extract the measures to 3DCS, navigate to the 3DCS tab, next toUpdate ModelUpdate Model under Update GD&TExtract GD&T, clickExtract Measures Extract Measures.

8.In the Extract Measures dialog, the user can extract measures from the Assembly, Part, or both. Select the Part or Root to extract measures from and the 3DCS Model Navigator Tree will populate with measures.

(Images/icons are taken from NX Continuous Release 1953)