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Contents
Introduction
ScopeofthisBook

Chapter1:GettingStarted
StartingNX
UserInterface
QuickAccessToolbar
FileMenu
Ribbon
RibbonGroupsandMoreGalleries
TopBorderBar
Menu
Statusbar
ResourceBar
PartNavigator
RolesNavigator
TouchPanel
TouchTablet
Dialogs
MouseFunctions
LeftMousebutton(MB1)
MiddleMousebutton(MB2)
RightMousebutton(MB3)
ColorSettings

ShortcutKeys

Chapter2:ModelingBasics
TUTORIAL1
StartingaNewPartFile
StartingaSketch
AddingDimensions

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ConstructingtheBaseFeature

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AddingConstraintsandDimensionstotheSketch
AddingDimensions
TrimmingSketchEntities
ExtrudingtheSketch
AddinganotherExtrudedFeature
SavingthePart
TUTORIAL2
OpenaNewPartFile
SketchingaRevolveProfile
ConstructingtheRevolvedFeature
ConstructingtheCutfeature
AddinganotherCutout

AddingEdgeblend
SavingthePart
TUTORIAL3
OpeningaNewPartFile
ConstructingtheRevolvedFeature
CreatingCutfeature
SavingthePart
TUTORIAL4
ConstructingExtrudedfeature
ApplyingDraft
SavingthePart

Chapter3:ConstructingAssembly
TUTORIAL1
CopyingthePartfilesintoanewfolder
OpeningaNewAssemblyFile
InsertingtheBaseComponent
Addingthesecondcomponent
CheckingtheDegreesoftheFreedom


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FixingtheFlange
HidingtheFlange
AddingtheThirdComponent
ShowingtheHiddenFlange
HidingtheReferencePlanes,sketches,andConstraintsymbols
SavingtheAssembly
StartingtheMainassembly
AddingDisctotheAssembly

FixingtheDisctotheOrigin
PlacingtheSub-assembly
PlacingsecondinstanceoftheSub-assembly
SavingtheAssembly
TUTORIAL2
ProducingtheExplodedview
CreatingTracelines

Chapter4:GeneratingDrawings
TUTORIAL1
OpeningaNewDrawingFile
EditingtheDrawingSheet
GeneratingtheBaseView
GeneratingtheSectionView
GeneratingtheDetailedView
SettingtheAnnotationPreferences
DimensioningtheDrawingViews
TUTORIAL2
Creatingacustomtemplate
AddingBordersandTitleBlock
Openinganewdrawingfileusingthecustomtemplate
GeneratingDrawingViews
AddingDimensions
TUTORIAL3
Creatingtheassemblydrawing

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GeneratingtheExplodedView


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GeneratingBalloons

Chapter5:Sketching
TUTORIAL1(CreatingRectangles)
Multi-SelectionGestureDrop-down
TUTORIAL2(CreatingPolygons)
TUTORIAL3(StudioSplines)
TUTORIAL4(GeometricConstraints)
AddingConstraints
AddingDimensions
TUTORIAL5(ResolvingOver-ConstrainedSketch)
TUTORIAL6(Ellipses)
TUTORIAL7(Conics)
TUTORIAL8(QuickExtend,QuickTrim,MakeCorner,andOffsetCurve)
MakeCorner
QuickTrim
OffsetCurve
TUTORIAL9
Fillet
Chamfer
MirrorCurve
AddingDimensions

Chapter6:AdditionalModelingTools

TUTORIAL1
ConstructingtheHelix
AddingtheDatumPlane
ConstructingtheSweepfeature
TUTORIAL2
ConstructingtheGroovefeature
TUTORIAL3
CreatingSectionsandGuidecurves


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Creatinganothersection
Constructingthesweptfeature
ConstructingtheExtrudedfeature
AddingtheEmbossfeature
AddingEdgeBlend
ShellingtheModel
AddingThreads
TUTORIAL4
Constructingacylindricalshell
Addingslots
ConstructingtheLinearpattern
ConstructingtheCircularpattern
TUTORIAL5
ConstructingtheTubefeature
PatterningtheTubegeometry
BooleanOperations
TUTORIAL6
Constructingthefirstfeature
ConstructingtheSecondFeature

Constructingthethirdfeature
DrillingHoles
AddingChamfers
EditParameters
ShowDimensions
EditingFeaturesbyDouble-clicking
SupressFeatures
TUTORIAL7
Constructingthefirstfeature
ConstructingtheExtrudedcut
ConstructingtheExtrudedcut
MakingtheAlongPattern
MeasuringtheMassProperties

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TUTORIAL8

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CreatingtheExtrudedsurface
TrimBody
VariableRadiusBlend
CornerSetbacks
CreatingaBoss
SplitBody

ShellwithanAlternateThickness
OffsetFace
DeleteBody
ScaleBody
ExtractGeometry
TUTORIAL9
ReplaceFeatures
TUTORIAL10
ApplyingDraftusingtheToPartingEdgesoption
TUTORIAL11
TUTORIAL12
TUTORIAL13

Chapter7:Expressions
TUTORIAL1
TUTORIAL2
CreatingFamilyofParts
TUTORIAL3
TUTORIAL4

Chapter8:SheetMetalModeling
TUTORIAL1
OpeningaNewSheetmetalFile
SettingtheParametersoftheSheetMetalpart
ConstructingtheTabFeature
Addingaflange


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ConstructingtheContourFlange

AddingtheClosedCorner
AddingtheLouver
MakingthePatternAlongcurve
AddingtheBead
AddingtheDrawnCutout
AddingGussets
ConstructingtheMirrorFeature

Chapter9:Top-DownAssembly
TUTORIAL1
CreatingaNewAssemblyFile
CreatingacomponentintheAssembly
CreatingtheSecondComponentoftheAssembly
CreatingthethirdComponentoftheAssembly
EditingtheLinkedParts
CreatingHoleSeries
AddingFastenerstotheassembly
TUTORIAL2
TUTORIAL3
CreatingtheDeformablePart
AddingtheDeformableparttoanAssembly

Chapter10:DimensionsandAnnotations
TUTORIAL1
CreatingaViewwithCenterMarks
CreatingCenterlinesandCenterMarks
EditingtheHatchPattern
ApplyingDimensions
AttachTexttoDimensions
PlacingtheDatumFeatureSymbol

PlacingtheFeatureControlFrame
PlacingtheSurfaceTextureSymbols

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TUTORIAL1

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MeshingtheFEMfile
ApplyingLoadsandConstraintstotheSimulationfile
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Introduction


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NXasatopicoflearningisvast,andhavingawidescope.Itisoneoftheworld’smost
advanced and highly integrated CAD/CAM/CAE product. NX delivers a great value to
enterprisesofallsizesbycoveringtheentirerangeofproductdevelopment.Itspeedsup
thedesignprocessbysimplifyingcomplexproductdesigns.
ThistutorialbookprovidesasystematicapproachforuserstolearnNX10.Itisaimedfor
thosewithnopreviousexperiencewithNX.However,usersofpreviousversionsofNX
mayalsofindthisbookusefulforthemtolearnthenewenhancements.Theuserwillbe
guided from starting a NX 10 session to constructing parts, assemblies, and drawings.
Each chapter has components explained with the help of various dialogs and screen
images.



ScopeofthisBook
ThisbookiswrittenforstudentsandengineerswhoareinterestedtolearnNX10for
designingmechanicalcomponentsandassemblies,andthengeneratedrawings.
ThisbookprovidesasystematicapproachforlearningNX10.ThetopicsincludeGetting
StartedwithNX10,BasicPartModeling,ConstructingAssemblies,Constructing
Drawings,AdditionalModelingTools,andSheetMetalModeling.
Chapter1introducesNX10.Theuserinterface,terminology,mousefunctions,and
shortcutkeysarediscussedinthischapter.
Chapter2takesyouthroughthecreationofyourfirstNXmodel.Youconstructsimple
parts.
Chapter3teachesyoutoconstructassemblies.ItexplainstheTop-downandBottom-up
approachesfordesigninganassembly.YouconstructanassemblyusingtheBottom-up
approach.
Chapter4teachesyoutogeneratedrawingsofthemodelsconstructedintheearlier
chapters.Youwillalsolearntogenerateexplodedviews,andpartlistofanassembly.

Chapter5:Inthischapter,youwilllearnthetoolsneededtocreate2Dsketches.
Chapter6:Inthischapter,youwilllearnadditionalmodelingtoolstoconstructcomplex
models.

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Chapter7:Thischapterhelpsyoutocreate,edit,anduseexpressionsinyourdesigns.
Chapter8:introducesyoutoNXSheetMetaldesign.Youwillconstructasheetmetal
partusingthetoolsavailableintheNXSheetMetalenvironment.


Chapter9:teachesyoutocreateanassemblyusingTop-downdesignapproach.

Chapter10:teachesyoutoadddimensionsandannotationstoyourdrawings.

Chapter11:introducesyoutoFiniteElementAnalysis.




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Chapter1:GettingStarted
Inthischapter,youwilllearnsomeofthemostcommonlyusedfeaturesofNX.Also,you
willlearnabouttheuserinterface.
InNX,youconstruct3Dpartsandusethemtogenerate2Ddrawingsand3Dassemblies.
NXisFeatureBased.Featuresareshapesthatarecombinedtobuildapart.Youcan
modifytheseshapesindividually.

Mostofthefeaturesaresketch-based.Asketchisa2Dprofileandcanbeextruded,
revolved,orsweptalongapathtoconstructfeatures.

NXisparametricinnature.Youcanspecifystandardparametersbetweentheelements
ofapart.Changingtheseparameterschangesthesizeandshapeofthepart.Forexample,
seethedesignofthebodyofaflangebeforeandaftermodifyingtheparametersofits
features

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StartingNX
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

ClicktheStartbuttonontheWindowstaskbar.
Clickthearrowpointingdownward.
ClickSiemensNX10.0>NX10.0.
ClicktheNewbutton.
OntheNewdialog,clickTemplates>Model.
ClicktheOKbutton

NoticetheseimportantfeaturesoftheNXwindow.


UserInterface
Variouscomponentsoftheuserinterfacearediscussednext.



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QuickAccessToolbar
This is located at the top left corner of the window. It consists of the commonly used
commandssuchasSave,Undo,Redo,Copy,andsoon.



FileMenu
TheFileMenuappearswhenyouclickontheFileiconlocatedatthetopleftcornerof
thewindow.TheFileMenuconsistsofalistofself-explanatorymenus.Youcanseealist
of recently opened documents under the Recently Opened Parts section. You can also
switchtodifferentapplicationsofNX.

Ribbon
Aribbonisasetoftools,whichareusedtoperformvariousoperations.Itisdividedinto
tabsandgroups.Varioustabsoftheribbonarediscussednext.


Hometab
ThisribbontabcontainsthetoolssuchasNew,Open,andHelp,andsoon.

HometabintheModeltemplate
Thisribbontabcontainsthetoolstoconstruct3Dfeatures.


Viewtab
Thisribbontabcontainsthetoolstomodifythedisplayofthemodelanduserinterface.

Analysistab
Thisribbontabhasthetoolstomeasuretheobjects.Italsohastoolstoanalyzethedraft,
curvature,andsurface.

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HometabinSketchTaskenvironment

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This ribbon tab contains all the sketch tools. It is available in a separate environment
called Sketch Task environment. The Sketch Task environment is activated when you
activateaFeaturemodelingtoolandclickonaplanarfaceorDatumplane.

Toolstab
Thisribbontabcontainsthetoolstocreateexpressions,partfamilies,movies,fasteners.




Rendertab
Thisribbontabcontainsthetoolstogeneratephotorealisticimages.



Applicationtab
ThisribbontabcontainsthetoolstostartdifferentapplicationssuchasAssemblies,Sheet
Metal,Drafting,andsoon.



Assembliestab
This tab contains the tools to construct an assembly. It is available in the Assembly
template.



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Draftingenvironmentribbon
IntheDraftingEnvironment,youcangenerateorthographicviewsofthe3Dmodel.The
ribbontabsinthisenvironmentcontaintoolstogenerate2Ddrawings.

SheetMetalribbon
Thetoolsinthisribbonareusedtoconstructsheetmetalcomponents.

Sometabsarenotvisiblebydefault.Todisplayaparticulartab,right-clickontheribbon
andselectitfromthelistdisplayed.


YoucanalsoaddaribbontabbyopeningtheCustomizedialog.Clickthedownarrow
locatedatthebottomrightcorneroftheribbon,andselectCustomize.OntheCustomize
dialog,clickondifferenttabandselect/deselecttheoptions.


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RibbonGroupsandMoreGalleries
Thetoolsonaribbonarearrangedinvariousgroupsdependingupontheiruse.Each
grouphasaMoreGallery,whichcontainadditionaltools.




Youcanaddmoretoolstoaribbongroupbyclickingthearrowlocatedatthebottomright
cornerofagroup.


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TopBorderBar
Thisisavailablebelowtheribbon.Itconsistsofalltheoptionstofiltertheobjectsthatcan
beselectedfromthegraphicswindow.



Menu
MenuislocatedontheTopBorderBar.Itconsistsofvariousoptions(menutitles).When
youclickonamenutitle,adrop-downappears.Youcanselecttherequiredoptionfrom
thisdrop-down.

Statusbar
Thisisavailablebelowthegraphicswindow.Itdisplaysthepromptsandtheactiontaken
whileusingthetools.



ResourceBar
Thisislocatedattheleftsideofthewindow.Itcontainsallthenavigatorwindowssuchas
AssemblyNavigator,ConstraintNavigator,PartNavigator,andsoon.

PartNavigator

Containsthelistofoperationscarriedwhileconstructingapart.


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RolesNavigator
TheRolesNavigator(clicktheRolestabontheResourceBar)containsalistofsystem
defaultandindustryspecificroles.Aroleisasetoftoolsandribbontabscustomizedfora
specificapplication.Forexample,theCAMExpressrolecanbeusedforperforming
manufacturingoperations.ThistextbookusestheDefaultrole.



TheTouchPanelandTouchTabletroleshelpyoutoworkwithaMulti-touchscreen.


TouchPanel



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TouchTablet





Dialogs
When you execute any command in NX, the dialog related to it appears. The dialog
consistsofvariousoptions.Thefollowingfigureshowsvariouscomponentsofthedialog.

Thistextbookusesthedefaultoptionsinthedialog.Ifyouhavemadeanychangesonthe
dialog,clicktheResetbuttontodisplaythedefaultoptions.

MouseFunctions
Variousfunctionsofthemousebuttonsarediscussednext.

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LeftMousebutton(MB1)
Whenyoudouble-clicktheleftmousebutton(MB1)onanobject,thedialogrelatedtothe
objectappears.Usingthisdialog,youcanedittheparametersoftheobjects.

MiddleMousebutton(MB2)
ClickthisbuttontoexecutetheOKcommand.

RightMousebutton(MB3)
Clickthisbuttontodisplaytheshortcutmenu.

Theotherfunctionswithcombinationofthethreemousebuttonsaregivennext.





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ColorSettings
Tochangethebackgroundcolorofthewindow,clickView>Visualization>More>
EditBackground;theEditBackgrounddialogappears.ClickthePlainoptiontochange
thebackgroundtoplain.Clickonthecolorswatches;theColordialogappears.Change
thebackgroundcolorandclickOKtwice.




ShortcutKeys

CTRL+Z

(Undo)

CTRL+Y

(Repeat)

CTRL+S

(Save)

F5


(Refresh)

F1

(NXHelp)

F6

(Zoom)

F7

(Rotate)

CTRL+M

(StartstheModeling
environment)

CTRL+SHIFT+D

(StartstheDrafting
environment)

CTRL+SHIFT+M (StartstheNXSheetMetal
environment)

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