Reusing physical assets through reverse engineering in NX Tod Parrella Product Manager – NX

Reverse engineering Powerful capabilities for integrating & reusing physical assets in NX

Reverse engineering – Workflow Evaluation Surface/Solid Model Creation Alignment Analysis/Compare Cleanup & Repair Downstream Reuse Import

Reverse Engineering – Efficiency Benefits Robust handling of large facet data sets Essential tools for geometry preparation & cleanup Support for multiple R.E. methods High quality Class A Rapid surfacing Vital evaluation & analysis capabilities 12% Faster 50% Faster NX 4 Section Curve – Multi body support, Output samples points Fit spline Refit Face Subdivide Facet Body Deviation Gauge enhancements NX 5 Facet Body Curvature Analysis Extract Facet Body Curvature Features Rapid Surfacing 1.0 Deviation Gauge Color Map NX 6 Facet body infrastructure – 20-30 million facets Fill Hole in Facet Body Best Fit Geometric Alignment Rapid Surfacing 2.0 (T-junctions, Subdivide loops, Edit curve point and mesh nodes) Deviation Gauge enhancements – Trimmed Sheets, Performance Improvements 4

Facet body infrastructure – NX 6 Capability in NX 6 JT used as underlying facet body architecture Import STL data as JT Handling of millions of polygons 20-30 million – 64 bit Improved selection and feature performance Customer Value Removes limitations of data size Increases workflow speed and performance

Hole filling – NX 6 Capability in NX 6 Closes holes/gaps in facet bodies Provides different smoothness modes Automatic or user selected fill methods Customer Value Essential capability for cleaning up imported mesh geometry Enables greater use of NX as a reverse engineering tool

Best fit alignment – NX 6 Capability in NX 6 Alignment of any geometry Curves, Faces, Sheets, Solids, Facets as source and destination objects Full control over Degrees of Freedom via constraints Reapply transformation Customer Value Essential capability for alignment of mesh data to 3D CAD geometry Enables greater use of NX as a reverse engineering tool

Rapid Surfacing – NX 6 Capability in NX 6 T-Junction surface connectivity Fit boundary curves to facet body extents Dynamic curve point and mesh node editing Subdivide loops Customer Value Greater than 50% improvement in the Rapid Surfacing workflow Enables rapid duplication of very complex shapes that are not easily created using traditional CAD techniques

Deviation Gauge – NX 6 Capability in NX 6 75 % improvement in feature performance Support for trimmed surfaces Facet to Facet analysis Select multiple faces in one analysis object Improved sampling methods based on distance and angle Customer Value Provides real-time feedback of shape quality and accuracy More useful for analysis and inspection of CAD to mesh

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