NX design automation, variants

[loki3000]

does NX have anything to automate a design, perhaps similar to creo options modeler?
i know it has equations...m but are you able to turn a feature on or off like that (without a macro)? pro/program has something like that.

 

[loki3000]

the geometry itself is not complex, i might add.

 

[looslib]

You can turn features on and off with exoressions.

"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."

Ben Loosli

 

[cowski]

Edit -> feature -> suppress by expression.

www.nxjournaling.com

 

[TaylorAnderson]

Absolutely.

I'd suggest taking a look at NX Product Template Studio, which has a rich set of drag-and-drop (no code to write) tools for creating simple UI to drive options in NX models.

(Change model parameters in coordinated ways, suppress/unsuppress features, suppress/unsuppress components, add/remove/replace assembly components, assembly arrangements, part families, FEA, Motion, Drawings and PMI, and more.)

There are some great videos on YouTube, actually, showing some of the possibilities:

Ship Hull Configurator (This is a great one.)

End Loader Bucket Assembly (Shows optional components and features.)

PTS on YouTube (A few others, including some "getting started" videos.)

Does that help?

Taylor Anderson
NX Product Manager, Knowledge Reuse and NX Design
Product Engineering Software
Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc.
(Phoenix, Arizona)

 

[Toost]

Wow, that ship hull configurator is impressive!
I think we have found a new PTS champion!

Tomas

 

[TaylorAnderson]

Indeed.

It's always fascinating to see the amazing things our customers whip up with our tools -- and most particularly with the automation tools.

Taylor Anderson
NX Product Manager, Knowledge Reuse and NX Design
Product Engineering Software
Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc.
(Phoenix, Arizona)

 

[MagnusBS]

Hey Loki,

In case you haven't figured this out already: I've got a short video showing how you can suppress features by using suppression by expression. It is in Norwegian, but the process should be understandeable anyway.

Here's also a brief explanation on PTS and its functionality in NX10.