ME2601 2011/2012

ME2601 Lab Sessions: Siemens NX Tutorials

1. Running NX Tutorials
Recommended order for tutorial sessions:

Basic Concepts in NX (Week 2)

Design & Drafting (Weeks 3 and 4) Assembly & Simulation (Week 5 and 6)

A list of NX tutorial content has been put together for you from the next page onward. The recommended content is highlighted, because it represents a comprehensive introduction to the essential NX elements that you are most likely to use in your assignment. Since there is limited time for practical sessions, you might need to skip some items. Note that the lab is open outside the scheduled module sessions and you can come and practice more, or finish off a recommended section in order to be ready for the following week. From week 7 it will be understood that all recommended sections have been covered. When you find during your assignment that other sections are also useful or needed, you can revisit the tutorial through learning-bydoing at that time.

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2. Recommended Content for the NX Tutorials

Basic Concepts in NX (Week 2) Getting Started with NX Getting started in NX Customer defaults (optional) Selecting Objects and Manipulating the WCS Selecting objects Change views Manipulate the WCS The Work Plane Organizing and Displaying Parts Organizing parts Displaying parts Basic Visualization Tools Artistic Image Basic Lights Cameras Sectioning Decal High Quality Image shading Raster Image True Shading Visualization Scenes Online Documentation and Common Tools Common NX tools Online Documentation Design (Week 3 and Week 4) Sketcher Sketch Basics Sketcher overview Basics of sketching Sketcher Geometric Constraints Edit sketcher techniques Dimensional constraints Working with Sketches Conflicting constraints Reattach sketch Create points in sketcher Project curves onto a sketch Drag sketch geometry Alternate Solution Sketch On Path

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Constraining Sketches Activity: Constrain a U-shape sketch Activity: Constrain an angled sketch Activity: Constrain a hex shape sketch Activity: Create sketch fillets Activity: Mirror sketch objects Activity: Constrain to edges Expressions Creating Expressions Overview of expressions Creating expressions Using Expressions Exporting and importing expressions Miscellaneous expression topics Expressions in Spreadsheets and the Visual Editor Using the spreadsheets The Visual Editor Expressions Projects Activity: Reposition a hole in a cover plate Activity: Edit features of a slider bar Feature Modeling Overview of Modeling, Datum Coordinate Systems Overview of Modeling Datum Coordinate Systems Combine Bodies, Detail Features, Shell Extrude Combine bodies: Unite, Subtract, and Intersect Chamfer options Add edge blends Shell Datum Planes, Expressions, Groove Using extrude, revolve and intersect to create a hex nut Creating a hex bolt from a sketch Expressions Adding holes and grooves Datums, Trim Body, Hole, Shell Datum Plane and Datum Axis Trim Body Edge Blend Extrude Hole and Shell Extrude, Slot

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Activity: Extrude to define a basic shape for a model Slot Activity: Extrude and blend edges Extrude face edges to create pockets Revolve, Slot, Circular Array Revolve, Slot, Circular Array Editing Features Edit feature parameters Edit multiple parameters Edit Positioning Activity: Edit a chamfer Density Suppress and unsuppress Reordering features Feature Playback Instance Arrays, Threads Feature Instances Threads Draft, Face/Surface Operations Draft Draft Body Offset Face Spherical corners Sew Sweep along Guide Extract/Wrap Geometry Composite curve and extract geometry Wrap geometry Body Operations Patch body Scale body Split body Feature Operations Copy and paste features Feature sets Replace features Knowledge Fusion Overview Feature Modeling Projects Create a vessel Create a stapler housing Create a piston Create a pivot plate Create a cover plate

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Free Form Modeling Curves User Defined Features Product and Manufacturing Information Die Engineering Projects Model a Collet Model a Rocker Device Model a Clamp Model a Hinge Bracket Drafting (Week 3 and Week 4) Drafting Introduction to Drafting Preparation tasks Drawings and Views Creating drawing sheets Editing drawing sheets The drafting customer defaults The Drafting Standards Adding views to a drawing sheet View labels Detail views Editing the display of a view Small features Identifying parent views Deleting drawing views Moving views Copying drawing views Aligning views Updating drawings and views Editing view boundaries Editing layer visibility Creating a master model drawing Linear Dimensions Inferred dimensions Horizontal and Vertical dimensions Chamfer dimensions Parallel dimensions Perpendicular dimensions Angular dimensions Chain dimensions Narrow dimensions Baseline dimensions

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Thickness dimensions Retained annotations Radial Dimensions Diameter dimensions Radial dimensions Folded Radius dimensions Arc Length dimensions Cylindrical dimensions Dimension tolerances Appended Dimensions Dimensions with appended text Inheriting feature data Dimensioning 3D views Notes and Labels Notes and labels Editing text Creating labels Creating tabular notes Stepped Section Views Overview Simple section views Stepped section views Partial section views Associative hinge lines 3 dimensional section views Revolved Section Views Revolved section views Half section views Unfolded section views Editing section views Editing section line symbols Centerline Symbols Center Marks Automatic Centerlines Bolt Circle Centerlines Circular Centerlines 2D and 3D Centerlines Offset Center Points Additional Drafting Symbols Identification symbols Thread symbols Weld symbols GD&T Symbols Creating GDT symbols

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Appending GDT symbols The Feature Control Frame The Datum Feature Symbol creator Ordinate Dimensions Ordinate Dimensions Plotting Drawings Drafting Projects Project 1: Create a drawing Project 2: Add dimensions to a drawing Assembly Modeling (Week 5 and Week 6) Basic Assembly Concepts Overview of Assembly Modeling The Assembly Navigator Creating Assemblies Bottom-up assemblies Reference Sets Top-down assemblies Positioning Assembly Components Assembly constraints Convert mating conditions to assembly constraints Edit assembly constraints Remembered assembly constraints Assembly Arrangements and Arrays Assembly Arrangements Component arrays Assembly Revisions and Component Replacements Revisions and substitutions Replacing components Assembly Sequencing and Motion Assembly Sequencing and Motion Extracting a sequence path Creating a sequence for a pump Assemblies - Clearance and Analysis Interactive clearance analysis Edit the model and reanalyze interferences Check clearances on sheets Simple interference solids Assembly Cloning and Interpart Expressions Assembly Cloning Interpart expressions Deformable Components Deformable Components Part Families Assembly Projects

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Activity: Create an assembly sequence for a valve Activity: Create a clamp assembly Activity: Examine an automotive drive assembly Activity: Examine a phone assembly Simulation (Week 5 and Week 6) Advanced Simulation Overview of the Advanced Simulation courses Introduction to Advanced Simulation General capabilities of Advanced Simulation Model preparation Basic meshing techniques Advanced meshing techniques Working with polygon geometry Boundary conditions Post-processing techniques Solutions and solution processes Advanced FE modeling techniques Thermal and Flow Analysis Motion Simulation Motion Simulation Machining (As Time Permits)

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