NX Tip of the Week – March 20, 2015

Today I will explain how to create ordinate dimensions within NX Modeling. I will also show how to reuse the dimensions in Drafting.

Ordinate Dimensioning in Modeling Application –

Result in Drafting Environment –

• To get started, make sure the PMI option is turned ON. By default, it is turned OFF

• Set the Model View to Work:

• Under the PMI Ordinate Dimension command, pick Single or Multiple Dimension.
• With Single Dimension, use Select Origin where you pick any point. This is going to be the origin of the ordinate dimension.
• I have selected the single dimension option to help pick one hole at a time:

• Start by picking the center of the holes and place them one at a time:

• Now let’s look at the Multiple Selection option. With Multiple Dimension, I can pick all the holes at once.
• Change the option to Multiple Dimension and pick the origin:

• Set the Baseline option:

• Before I start selecting the holes, the margins need to be defined. Click on the Define Margins command:

• Here are the options I selected for this example:

• Select the bottom left corner point as the origin:

• Follow the same procedure to get a horizontal margin:

• Baseline option step:

• Select all the holes by clicking on the center point of the circular edge.
  Result:

• Save the Model file.
• Switch to the Drafting application and place the top model view on the sheet:

• After placing the view, go to View Settings:

• Make sure to change the settings to From Model View, click Apply:

Final Result:

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