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Student Guide October 2010 MT16035 — NX 7.5

Publication Number mt16035_s — NX 7.5 — Copyright 2010 Siemens PLM Software

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This software and related documentation are proprietary to Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc. © 2010 Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc. All Rights Reserved. All trademarksbelong to their respective holders.

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Proprietary and restricted rights notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Overview of Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 The Routing Mechanical application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 7 Linear paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Creating linear paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Create Linear Path dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Routing objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accessing Routing information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Selecting routing objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Activity: Create linear paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating linear paths with the Dynamic Axis . . . . . . . . . Assign a slope with Dynamic Axis mode . . . . . . . . . . Activity: Create a linear path with the Dynamic Axis Deleting paths or path segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Activity: Delete apath and path segment . . . . . . . . . Copying routing paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Duplicate paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Create parallel offset paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Activity: Create new routings by copying a routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 . 1-3 . 1-4 . 1-5 . 1-6 . 1-7 . 1-8 . 1-9 1-10 1-11 1-12 1-13 1-14 1-15 1-16

Routings with Heal Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 2-1 Overview of heal path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a path using heal path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Plan the routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Activity: Create a path using heal path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Finding intersections between connections .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Plan the routing path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Activity: Use Intersection to create a route between two objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 2-3 2-4 2-5 2-6 2-7 2-8

Routings with stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 CreatingRoutings with stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Routing Preferences — Define the discipline The Stock dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Specify Item dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . The display of stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 3-3 3-4 3-5 3-6 3-8
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Editing stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding stock to routing paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Activity: Add stock to...