Saturday, March 7, 2015

UG NX Shortcut : File Create new, open, Save, Plot


Operation : Open New UG file
Shortcut: Press Ctrl + N or Go to File- New or Press the new file Icon in the tool bar

Operation: To open already existing file like prt, iges, step or fem,sim files
Shortcut: Press Ctrl + O or File - open or Press the open file icon in the tool bar

Operation : To save the work part and modified files
Shortcut: Press Ctrl+S to save the work part and modified files
Or If you press Ctrl+S+A it will save all parts that are currently opened. You can also select File - Save all to perform the operation

Operation: To Print or Plot
Shortcut: Press Ctrl+P to create plot data files and plots them and send the plot to the plotter machine or a file with specific format like tiff , jpeg image etc.
To Send the data to Printer , go to File - Print

Operation : To Run a Grip program or Debug GRIP Program
Shortcut : Press GRIP Ctrl+G Run a GRIP program and to debug GRIP Press Ctrl+Shift+G which in turn runs a GRIP program in debug mode.
You can also use Ctrl+U to run an NX Open program. 

UG NX Keyboard shortcut list : Pan,Zoom,Rotate,Refresh,Align, Center of Rotation


Operation : Pan / Move
Shortcut: To Move the display Press MB1 and MB2 at same time and move the mouse. or
Hold F1 key and move the mouse to move the display.

Operation :Zoom In or Zoom Out
Shortcut: Scroll mouse button upward to Zoom in and Scroll mouse Button downwards to Zoom out the display or
You can Press F2 and at the same time move the mouse to zoom in or zoom out the display.
or
Just draw a imaginary rectangle in specific area by holding F6 Key

Operation :Rotate
Shortcut: Press  MB2 and move the  mouse to rotate the display. Otherwise you can Press F3 and move the mouse to rotate the display.

Operation :Align nearest View
Shortcut: Press F4 will result the display to automatically orient to the nearest possible view like front,back, side or Isometric view etc.

Operation : To change or set the  center of rotation point
Shortcut: Just place the cursor a desired point and Press C and select any point on the CAD surface to change or set the rotation point.

Operation : Refresh
Shortcut: Press F5 to refresh the screen and erase the display of temporary appeared objects.

Operation : Orient Views
Shortcut:To orient specific views like Front, Back,Top, Left Press Ctrl + Alt+ (F or B or T or L) Respectively for desired view .

Operation : To Render High Quality Screenshot Image
Shortcut: Press Ctrl+Shift+H to render a realistic Picture of the model. 


Thursday, March 5, 2015

NX: Find Unsew Edges ,Free Edges | UG NX


Find Unsew Edges ,Free Edges | UG NX

If you convert,sew a sheet metal body into solid body, then you have to check whether the body has any free boundaries or not .
 

We can check the free edges using following procedure.
  1. Make sure that you are active in UG NX Modeling application
  2. In Menu bar , select Analysis - Examine Geometry 
  3. Now Examine Geometry dialog will appear
  4. Select sheet bodies you wish to check for objects to investigate. 
  5. Check (Enable tick mark) on Sheet Boundaries for Body Checks
  6. Now click Actions - Examine Geometry.
  7. If any free edges are present, a check box of Highlight Results appears.
  8. You can Check on Highlight Results to highlight the place of error in specific color.