precise outline

[uwam2ie]

Can I extract a precise outline of a facet body?
Or any other way to get an outline of a facet body?
tia

 

[JohnRBaker]

From where did the'faceted' body come from? If it's a JT model then if it was properly defined, it will contain an exact b-rep record which can be extracted by NX. However, if it's a simple non-JT faceted body you'll have to use some other sort of scheme to convert it into an exact model or at least extract curves from the model which could be used as your 'outline'.

What version of NX are you running?

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[uwam2ie]

thx John on reply,
it from a stl file - mst I convert to exact body - btw presice is not important just becaouse what I used in simple cases

 

[JohnRBaker]

What version of NX are you running?

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

 

[uwam2ie]

nx 8.5

 

[JohnRBaker]

Have you tried to use...

Insert -> Surface -> Rapid Surfacing...

While this is intended to convert a Faceted Body into a Sheet Body, once you've accomplished that you can then extract the Sheet Body edges.

Note that for NX 9.0 we've enhanced the 'Rough Offset' function to support using a Faceted Body as a target body which will make the creation of a surface from a faceted body a very simple one-step operation.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.