Design Visionaries is showing at the Siemens Regional User Group in Chicago. Come see us at the DMDI facility on Goose Island. We specialize in custom CAD training, design and staffing. We take your part files and methods documentation you may have, and… Read More
The NX8 Constraint Navigator is a great and powerful tool that lets you control the assembly constraints that you have created for your assemblies. Within the constraint navigator all the constraints of an assembly are organized such that the user can much more… Read More
“As a mechanical engineer, you are an arranger,” he said. “You may be arranging for 300 degree air to be delivered to a certain place, or you may be arranging for 5 gallons per minute of cooling water to be deposited somewhere, but as an engineer you have to take care of all the details; all the components have to work together to get a task or series of tasks done.”
Capturing User Needs By Stephen M. Samuel From focus groups, to surveys, to hidden camera studies, good industrial designers stop at nothing to capture the needs of the users of the products that they are designing. User needs, also known as “the voice… Read More
By Stephen M. Samuel They say Archimedes invented calculus 1500 years before it was reinvented by Sir Issac Newton. Fortunately, enough of his original writings survived the years such that we modern folks could examine them and gain insight into his thinking. It’s… Read More
NX7.5 modeling technique called “Inferred Blend.” The new functionality in the Face Blend
NX 7.5 modeling technique called “Deformable Part.” This functionality is extremely useful when it is beneficial to represent the real world “flexibility” of a component. For this case study we are looking at a Medical Product known as a stent. Our goal is to… Read More
It’s All About the Process By Stephen M. Samuel For companies that truly want to take a leadership role in their chosen markets, there are millions of dollars to save and huge opportunities to take advantage of when Computer Aided Design (CAD) tools… Read More
NX7.5 modeling technique called “Extruding Self-Intersecting Curves.” A great new piece of functionality in the extrude tool allows the user to extrude self-intersecting curves. This is a great way to create ribs or similar features without having to extrude lines separately.
NX7.5 modeling technique called “Extract Virtual Curves.” When working with geometry of a
A guide to recording your own macro to capture drafting preferences. This great tool can be used in many applications not just for drafting and its as easy as – record then play.
NXTutorials brings you a helpful tutorial on the use of show/hide/select by attribute name. When you are modeling
A helpful tutorial on the use of plist_ignore_member in the context of master modeling. This is a great trick to gain more control over what is actually displayed in your parts list.
NXTutorials brings you a helpful tutorial on creating a great shape using N-sided surface using NX6.
Design Visionaries, www.designviz.com, offers training manuals for NX, Nastran and Teamcenter. We also offer training and design services.
A helpful tutorial on vacuum formed geometry using NX6.
