Siemens NX 1847 - Essential Training

Explore how NX functions as a parametric, feature-based CAD system, using parameters to control sketches, 3D bodies, assemblies, and drawings, with features updating part, assembly, and drawing files.

Demonstrate design intent in a parametric sketch by keeping the circle centered as the rectangle changes, using geometric constraints.

Explore NX's continuous release model with monthly patches, updating via automatic updates, and understand the NX 1847 series, patch numbers like 1851–1867, and cross-series file compatibility.

Siemens NX uses one .prt file format across templates and applications to create 3d models and 2d drawings within the same part file.

Explore the NX user interface, including the ribbon bar, top border bar, resource bar, and navigators, and learn to launch NX and manage documents like model1.prt.

Discover the quick access toolbar customization in Siemens NX by adding tools such as New and Open, using toolbar options, drag-and-drop between windows, and managing recently used tools.

Learn to customize the NX ribbon bar by adding tools through the design feature drop-down, rearranging tabs and groups, and saving preferred layouts for frequent tools like hole.

Learn to create a custom tab and two groups in the Siemens NX ribbon, add tools like extrude and measure, customize icons and layout, and apply changes across applications.

Learn to customize the top and left border bars in Siemens NX 1847, configure the menu, selection, and view groups, and add tools like the measure tool.

Master the resource bar in Siemens NX 1847 essential training, mastering assembly navigator, constraint navigator, part navigator, and the reuse library, plus the integrated web browser for vendor information.

Customize NX roles by selecting predefined options such as role essentials or role advanced. Create new user roles and export or import them to apply specific tool configurations.

Explore local and global preference settings in Siemens NX 1847, including file preferences and customer defaults, with examples like mouse wheel scrolling and gateway view operations.

Examine how customer defaults differ from user preferences, where changes to user preferences apply, while customer defaults require reopening files to take effect, using edit with rollback and edit parameters.

Learn to locate tools in NX using the ribbon bar search, understand tool locations (menu, tab, ribbon), and enable tools with Show on Home Tab, illustrated by Extrude.

Switch NX between modeling, sheet metal, and drafting via the application tab, using the relevant templates to create parts or drawings. Remember NX uses a single .prt file format.

Explore the q status line in Siemens NX, which provides tool prompts and required selections, guiding you from selecting a planner face to creating arcs and applying the mirror feature.

Master rotate, pan, and zoom in Siemens NX 1847 essential training, using rotate tool, F7, Esc, middle mouse, and fit view to selection to center the model.

Orient models quickly using front, top, bottom, left, right, and isometric views with orient view tools in the view tab. Customize shortcuts and save roles for future sessions.

Learn to change the model rendering style in Siemens NX 1847 using the view group or top border bar, switching between shaded with edges and background options via preferences.

learn to create a new NX modeling file from the model template, set units, name the file, choose location, and save it with save or save as.

Create a sketch in Siemens NX 1847 using two tools: direct sketch from the home tab and sketch in task environment from the curve tab, define a plane and finish.

Examine the difference between direct sketch and sketch task environment modes in NX, learn how to switch contexts, edit sketches, and update the model accordingly.

Discover how to set and use sketch editing mode in NX, including edit with rollback, double-click behavior, and sketch task environment via preferences and right-click options.

Explore the NX sketch environment by using the sketch, curve, and constraints groups to create and modify sketch entities, then add constraints and dimensions for geometric constraints.

Create line entities in a sketch using coordinate or parameter mode, set length and angle, and use the profile tool to draw multiple lines with snapping.

Create circles in a sketch using center-diameter and three-point methods, control auto dimensions, deselect continuous auto dimension, and finish or deactivate the tool with ESC in Siemens NX.

Create rectangle entities inside a sketch using the rectangle tool, choosing between by two points, by three points, and from center, with optional angle, width, height, and input parameter mode.

Master arc creation in Siemens NX 1847 by using the arc tool in the curve group, choosing between three-point and center and endpoints methods, with radius and sweep angle control.

Explore what constraints mean in Siemens NX sketches, showing how to apply line and rectangle constraints to control lengths, angles, and overall sketch behavior.

This lesson covers two constraint types in Siemens NX 1847: geometric and dimensional, and demonstrates how combining them uniquely controls a sketch’s length, position, and orientation.

Apply and control automatic geometric constraints in sketches, enabling horizontal, parallel, perpendicular, and tangent relations, while configuring inferred constraints to apply or suppress automatically in NX.

Learn how to add geometric constraints manually in a sketch, including coincident, perpendicular, vertical, horizontal, co-linear, equal radius, concentric, tangent, point on curve, midpoint, parallel relationships, and automatic selection propagation.

Apply geometric relations quickly in the sketch task environment of Siemens NX using the shortcut pop-up toolbar; select entities, choose equal radius or tangent constraints.

Explore advanced geometric relations in sketching with the geometric constraint tool, including fixed and fully fixed constraints, and apply symmetry via the Make Symmetric feature using a symmetry center line.

Master the quick pick tool in Siemens NX to precisely select sketch geometry, reveal options by hovering, apply equal radius relations, and remove constraints in sketches and 3D assemblies.

Learn to delete sketch constraints and curves in nx 1847 using quick pick, type filters, and the relations browser to remove single or multiple constraints.

Apply dimensional constraints in NX using the rapid dimension tool to define driving and reference dimensions, specify references, and control orientation for diameters and radii.

Learn to fully define a sketch by applying geometric and dimensional constraints, using degree of freedom indicators, and ensuring colors turn green to avoid over defined.

Learn to fully define a sketch by applying geometric and dimensional constraints. Use rapid dimension, spot red entities, and combine constraints until the sketch turns green.

learn to apply and convert auto dimensions to driving dimensions in sketches, use rapid dimensioning for horizontal and vertical constraints, and manage per-file auto dimensioning settings.

Master the convert to/from reference tool to turn sketch entities into reference geometry, convert dimensions to driving or reference, and switch between reference and active curves.

Fix over constraint problems in a sketch by using edit with rollback, browsing constraints, and deleting conflicting dimensions, geometric constants, or constraints until conflicts disappear.

Create an ellipse in a sketch on the x,y plane with the ellipse tool; set center, major radius 2 in, minor radius 0.75 in, and rotation 30 degrees.

Create polygons in the NX polygon tool by selecting a center point and sides, then define radius with inscribed, circumscribed, or side length options while locking rotation.

Mirror curves with the mirror curve tool in the Siemens NX home tab, selecting connected curves and a center line as reference geometry, using preview and accept.

Learn to create a linear pattern from a curve in Siemens NX using the pattern curve tool, configuring two directions and spacing, then editing and deleting instances.

Create a circular pattern using the pattern curve tool, selecting the circle center as the rotation point and applying count‑and‑pitch, count‑and‑span, or pitch‑and‑span to place instances.

Create offset curves in Siemens NX using the offset curve tool, selecting single, connected, or tangent curves with the curve rule and setting the offset distance.

Create an intersection curve in nx with the intersection curve tool from the plane-face intersection, using face rules like single face or tangent faces to control selection.

Create a projected curve using the project curve tool in a new sketch. Select edges or interfaces to drive updates; the associative option controls the link.

Explore quick trim and quick extend to add or remove parts of a sketch entity, using boundary curve, drawing lines, and rollback editing in NX 1847 essential training.

Create fillets in the sketch environment of NX 1847 using trim or untrim methods, select corners or two sketch entities, set radii, and explore alternate and tangent fillets.

Learn to create a chamfer inside a sketch using the chamfer tool, including symmetric, asymmetric, and offset and angle options, and how to specify curves, locations, and trimming settings.

Use the Make corner tool from home tab to join curves, including arc and line, extending and trimming; red preview shows the output and top-edge selection yields the desired corner.

Draw a circle with a diameter of 5 in a part file, then create a 4.75 center-to-center slot. Apply construction lines, constraints, and dimensions to fully constrain the sketch.

Create a fully constrained Siemens NX sketch with a 10 by 8 rectangle, four equal circles, construction lines, and offset curves, then trim and convert to reference entities.

Create an NX sketch by drawing a 12-diameter circle, add reference lines, tangent constraints, concentric relation, and a four-copy pattern with tangent outer lines.

Learn to build a complex Siemens NX sketch by forming three circles, tangent arcs, and offset curves, applying equal radii, dimensions, and geometric constraints.

define the sketch origin, construct a 1 by 7 rectangle, add arcs, circles, and lines with tangency and symmetry, and apply constraints to fully define the sketch.

Explore sketch based vs non sketch based features in Siemens NX 1847 essential training. Learn to create sketches, extrude to 3D bodies, and apply edge blend without a sketch.

Create a sketch-based extrude in NX by selecting a closed sketch, enabling preview, and setting depth and start distance to form a 3d body.

Master switching between internal and external sketches in NX, including converting sketches for specific extrudes, creating internal sketches directly, and editing or reusing sketches across features.

Learn to apply limit options in the extrude tool, including start and end controls, until next, until selected, through all, and symmetry values, and use show shortcuts for quick selection.

Learn to use the boolean option in the extrude tool in Siemens NX to merge, subtract, or intersect a new extrusion with an existing body, including unity and non states.

Create a revolve feature by selecting a curve and axis, set start and end angles, and refine with region boundary curves and boolean options for subtracting material.

Learn to use the sweep along guide tool in Siemens NX to add or remove material using a section curve and a guide curve, including offset controls and boolean operations.