Siemens NX 1899 - Advanced Assembly Training

Learn bottom-up and top-down design methods in Siemens NX 1899 advanced assembly training, building an assembly by adding components one by one with absolute placement while comparing updates between methods.

Create an assembly using the top-down design method by adding a new component with a model template and placing it directly into the assembly.

Explore how to control component suppression in large assemblies with suppress and unsuppress tools, filters, and expression-based rules in the assemblies tab.

Promote a body from a loaded assembly component to the assembly level to enable hole creation. Position holes with the hole tool to align them for welded components.

Explore assembly load options in NX to control how parts load from folders and search locations. Configure scope, as-saved rules, and reference sets for efficient memory use.

Learn how to clone assemblies and components in NX, using the Clone tool to copy entire assemblies or selected components, with options for retain, exceptions, naming rules, and dry runs.

Navigate NX assembly and constraint navigators, show constraints, group by components and status, use the preview window, and manage large assemblies across assembly and part navigators.

Explore how the assembly navigator contextual menu changes when you right-click a sub-assembly versus main assembly, showing options like open, close, update structure, change reference set, and multi-select with Ctrl.

Learn to access the Assembly Navigator tools by right-clicking in the blank area, hide or unhide folders like include constraints and sections, filter components, and export to browser or spreadsheet.

freeze the first column, align the position, reference set, arrangement, and description columns in assembly navigator. add attributes and populate the description to identify parts.

Learn how to create an align lock constraint in Siemens NX 1899, adding rotational lock for fasteners, and compare it with touch and align constraints to fully define components.

Learn to create and apply the fit constraint in Siemens NX 1899, including add component workflow, preview window, and 0.1 mm cylindrical and 1 degree conical tolerances.

Learn to use the bond constraint in NX to weld multiple components into a single rigid body. Apply fixed constraints, bond across supplier components, and move assemblies for efficient automation.

Learn to apply the center type constraint within the assembly constraint tool in Siemens NX, centering components by selecting 3 or 4 objects and verifying alignment through movement.

Learn to create and apply angle constraints in Siemens NX 1899, using 3d angle and orient angle to fix or range hinge movement between two objects.

Learn to create a hinge joint using the hinge joint constraint in the assembly constraint tool, defining vectors and points and setting angle limits for controlled motion.

Learn how to create a slider joint in assembly constraints, enabling translational freedom along a vector with no rotation between bodies, distance and limits, and verify movement.

Create a cylindrical joint between two bodies using the assembly constraint tool, set distance and angle values, and apply limits to control translations and rotations.

Create a ball joint between two bodies using assembly constraints, enabling three rotational degrees of freedom with an optional angle and no angle limit; verify movement with the move tool.

Create a gear joint by pairing two cylindrical joints with an angular gear relation using the assembly constraint tool; the gear joint depends on the cylindrical joints.

Create a rack and pinion joint by pairing a linear slider with an angular cylindrical joint in Siemens NX 1899, then build a coupler and verify rotation.

Learn to create multiple arrangements in an assembly using the arrangements tool, set angle constraints, and assign arrangement-specific values to drive open, middle, and close positions.

Learn to use the arrangement window in Siemens NX to activate, set default, create and copy arrangements, edit ranges, rename or delete, and ignore constraints for large assemblies.

Learn to use the override position command to control a fixture assembly, switching four arrangements: close, middle, open, range, and move a clamp from 0 to 100 degrees.

Learn to use the show and hide constraint tool to locate and view constraints between components in large assemblies, filter by visibility and connected components to investigate links.

Learn how to use the remember constraint tool in Siemens NX to quickly replicate constraints for multiple components, including selecting references, filtering, and managing remembered constraints.

Explore constraint navigator options in Siemens NX: group by components or constraints, redefine and reverse constraints, convert between touch align and align/lock, and view arrangements and limits with added columns.

Create a linear pattern of components by loading pattern members fully, selecting linear pattern, setting direction and spacing, and managing instances with delete, undelete, and dynamic positioning.

Learn to create a circular pattern of components in assemblies by selecting pattern components, choosing circular type, and configuring rotation axis, count, pitch, span, radiate, and associative options.

Use the Pattern Components tool from the assemblies tab to create a reference pattern and define the base instance handle, using exact pattern information from other components.

Learn to create a spiral type pattern in Siemens NX 1899 using the pattern component tool from the assemblies tab, setting plane normal, reference vector, turns, pitch, and rotation angle.

Create an along type pattern with the pattern component tool in the assemblies tab, load the component, and set path method, curve tangency, and spacing options like count and pitch.

Learn to create a general type pattern in Siemens NX 1899 using the Pattern Components tool to pattern a base from a point to multiple target points with random positions.

Activate HelixType pattern, enable pattern components, select a component, define a HelixType with a rotation axis and center point; choose right or left hand and adjust count, angle, and distance.

Activate the mirror assembly tool from the assemblies tab to create mirrored components using reuse and reposition, with associative or non associative mirrors and naming rules for prefixes and directories.

Create a unique component from a reference pattern using the pattern component tool, then use make unique to assign a center pin named pin_new and adjust Linear.prt parameters.

Learn to replace components in an assembly using the replace component tool, select a replacement part, enable maintain relationships, and adjust properties to create three new components.

Create a product outline with the define product outline tool in assemblies tab to preview shape without loading components, and adjust display options such as color, line style, and transparency.

Learn to use the open by proximity tool in nx to load an assembly by selecting a base component, adjust the range and size, and preview the loaded components.

Learn to show and hide components in Siemens NX 1899 via the Assemblies tab, using Show Only, Class Selection, Find Components, and Isolate in New Window to focus on parts.

Use the wave geometry linker to extract geometry from the machine cover and reuse it in the base cover, enabling parametric updates across the assembly.

Extract a solid body with the wave geometry linker inside an assembly, copy the machine cover into the mold, and subtract from the mold while keeping the baseplate intact.

Edit WAVE geometry linker features by adjusting parent parts and sketches in the assembly, resolve broken statuses with rollback, and use information and browse tools to manage parent-child relations.

Explore WAVE geometry linker settings to extract a machine cover body as a work part, manage associativity and visibility, and enable position-independent extracted geometry for flexible assemblies.

Explore clearance analysis in Siemens NX 1899 by creating a clearance set, selecting between components or bodies, and reviewing interferences in the clearance browser.

Use the Clearance Browser to analyze interferences, manage clearance sets, and inspect hard, soft, and touching interferences, with distance, clearance, and status updates.

Choose objects before starting clearance analysis using the clearance browser, create clearance sets, and compare interferences across all objects, all visible objects, and selected objects.

Learn to use the clearance analysis tool in NX to manage interferences by configuring exceptions, subassembly handling, and selective pair exclusion.

Define clearance zones in clearance analysis with the new set tool, set default and specific zones to 2 mm, rerun the analysis, and resolve interferences by updating constraints.