Siemens UG-NX 8.5 Training

• Intended Audience

• Course Objectives

• Prerequisites

• How to Use This Course

• Class Standards

• Part File Naming

• Seed Parts

• Colors

• Definitions of Terms

• Starting NX

• Gateway Application

• Cue/Status Line

• Windows File Dialogs

• Activity — Creating a New Part

• Opening Multiple Parts

• Activity — Opening an Existing Part

• Activity—Save Part As (Copying a Part)

• Activity—Closing Parts

• Exiting NX

• Toolbars

• Customizing Toolbars

• Roles

• Activity — Working with Toolbars

• Activity — Working with Roles

• Mouse Navigation

• Mouse Pop-up Menu

• Graphics Window View Manipulation

• Selecting Objects

• Preview Selection and Quick Pick

• Activity — Manipulating Views

• Overview of Coordinate Systems

• Manipulating the WCS

• Move WCS (Dynamics)

• Origin Handle

• Axis Handles

• Rotation Handles

• Activity — Manipulating the WCS

• Primitives

• Block

• Activity — Creating a Block

• Cylinder

• Defining Vectors

• Activity — Creating a Cylinder

• Creating Form Features

• Hole

• Boss

• Positioning Terminology

• Positioning Methods

• Activity—Positioning Holes and Bosses

• Slot

• Pocket

• Pad

• Additional Positioning Methods

• Parameter Entry Options

• Activity — Creating Pockets and Slots

• Groove

• Activity — Positioning a Groove

• Editing the Size and Location of Form Features

• Edit Positioning

• Error Messages

• Editing Features with the Part Navigator

• Activity—Editing Positional Form Features

• Additional Positioning Techniques

• Creating and Editing Expressions

• Activity — Getting Familiar with Expressions

• Shell Feature Overview

• Creating a Shell Feature

• Activity — Creating a Shell Feature

• Activity — Creating a Shell and Removing Multiple Faces

• Activity — Creating a Shell with an Alternate Thickness

• Edge Blend

• Activity — Creating Edge Blends

• Chamfer

• Activity — Creating Chamfers

• Visually Inspect the Part

• Layers

• Layer Categories

• Moving Objects Between Layers

• Part Navigator

• Information

• Distance

• Mass Properties

• Activity — Model Construction Query

• Definitions and Descriptions

• Introduction to Load Options

• Load Method

• Load States

• Load Failure

• Activity — Setting Load Options

• The Assembly Navigator

• Node Display

• Activity—Working with the Assembly Navigator

• Selecting Components in the Assembly Navigator

• Selecting Components in the Graphics Window

• Designing in Context

• Assembly Navigator Pop-Up Menu Options

• Activity—working with the Assembly Navigator (continued)

• Saving the Work Part

• General Assembly Concepts.

• Assemblies Application

• Assemblies Pull-down Menu

• Assemblies Toolbar

• Adding Components to an Assembly

• Activity—Creating an Assembly

• Mating Conditions

• Mate Constraint

• Align Constraint

• Angle Constraint

• Parallel Constraint

• Perpendicular Constraint

• Center Constraint

• Distance Constraint

• Tangent Constraint

• The Mating Conditions Dialog

• Tree Listing

• Repositioning Components

• Activity—Mating the Nut Cracker Components

• Datum Feature Overview

• Datum Planes

• Creating Relative Datum Planes

• Common Datum Plane Types

• Activity—Creating Relative Datum Planes

• Selecting and Using Datum Planes

• Activity—Cylindrical Faces and Datum Planes

• Activity — Creating a Feature on a Relative Datum Plane

• Activity—Creating a Hole Corner to Corner

• Datum Axis

• Datum Axis Types

• Editing Datum Axes

• Activity—Constraining Locations using Datums

• Datum CSYS

• Sketching Overview

• Sketches and the Part Navigator

• Sketch Visibility

• Creating a New Sketch

• The Active Sketch

• Sketch Creation Steps

• Activity — Sketch Creation

• Sketch Curves

• Activity — Using the Sketch Profile Tool

• Creating Fillets

• Trimming and Extending Curves

• Activity — Creating Fillets

• Activity—Using Quick Trimand Quick Extend

• Sketch Points

• Dimensional Constraints

• Activity—Adding Dimensional Constraints

• Editing Dimensions

• Activity — Editing Sketch Dimensions

• Geometric Constraints

• Show/Remove Constraints

• Constraint Conditions

• Activity — Adding Constraints

• Activity — Constraining a Profile

• Activity — Sketching and Constraining a Gasket

• Convert To/From Reference

• Activity—Constraint Conditions

• Types of Swept Features

• Extrude

• Activity — Starting the Draglink

• Boolean Operations

• Start and End Limit Options

• Extrude with Offset

• Extrude with Draft

• Activity—Extruding with Offsets

• Selection Intent

• Activity — Extruding Using Selection Intent

• Sweep Along Guide

• Activity—Sweeping Along an Open Guide String

• Activity — Sweeping Along a Closed Guide String

• Revolve

• Activity—Creating Revolved Features

• Activity — Adding a Revolved Feature to the Draglink

• Activity — Extruding to a Face

• Accessing the Options to Edit Features

• Part Navigator

• Deleting Features

• Update Failures

• Activity — Edit and Delete Features

• Activity — Using the Update Tool

• Activity—Reordering Features with the Part Navigator

• Delaying Model Updates

• Move Feature

• Reattaching a Feature

• Activity—Re-attaching and Moving Features

• Instance Feature

• Rectangular Instance Array

• Circular Instance Array

• Activity — Rectangular Instance Array

• Activity — Circular Instance Array

• Activity (Optional) — Associativity of the Rotation Axis

• The Assembly Modeler

• Master Model Example

• Activity—Exploring a Master Model Assembly

• Activity — Creating a Non-Master Part

• Working with Drawings

• Creating New Drawing Sheets

• Opening a Drawing

• Editing a Drawing

• Deleting a Drawing

• Activity — Creating New Drawing Sheets

• Activity—Opening and Editing Drawing Sheets

• Drawing Monochrome Display

• View Preferences

• Hidden Lines

• Smooth Edges

• Virtual Intersections

• Adding a Base View

• View Creation Options Bar

• Adding Projected Views

• Editing Existing Views

• Removing Views From a Drawing

• Activity—Adding Views to a Drawing

• Utility Symbols

• Creating a Linear Centerline

• Activity—Creating a Linear Centerline

• Manually Creating a Cylindrical Centerline

• Activity—Creating a Cylindrical Centerline

• Dimensions

• Annotation Preferences

• Dimension Preferences and Placement

• Appended Text

• Tolerances

• Text Orientation and Text Arrow Placement

• Editing an Existing Dimension

• Activity — Creating Dimensions

• Text Creation

• Creating Notes

• Activity — Creating Notes and Labels

• The Annotation Editor

• Editing Notes

• Activity — Creating More Notes

• Master Model Drawing Guidelines

• Operators

• Precedence and Associativity

• Legacy Unit Conversion

• Built-in Functions

• Methods to Specify a Point

• WCS and Absolute Coordinates

• Offset

• Customer Defaults

• Customer Defaults Levels

• Setting Customer Defaults

• USER, GROUP, and SITE directories

• Managing Your Changes

• Updating to a New Release of NX