Design Reuse Design Change Derek England NX Product

Agenda Design Change § Best Practices § Replace Feature § Extract & Join Curve

Design Challenge § How can I change from one handle design to another handle

Design Change Productivity Benefits § Easy to replace parent geometry § Robust feature updates

DESIGN CHANGE © 2007. Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc. All rights reserved Page

REUSE AND CHANGE © 2007. Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc. All rights reserved

DESIGN REPLACE © 2007. Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc. All rights reserved Page

Summary NX offers a wealth of tools to reuse designs – Use Them! §

Thank You Derek England NX Product Manager – Design derek. england@siemens. com © 2007.

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Agenda Design Change § Best Practices § Replace Feature § Extract & Join Curve § Replacement Assistant Design Reuse § Reuse Library (UDF, Part Families, Std. Parts) § Process Template Studio © 2007. Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc. All rights reserved Page 2 Siemens PLM Software

Design Challenge § How can I change from one handle design to another handle design with so many downstream dependency? § Do I really have to edit each and every downstream feature? § How can I simplify this process of remapping down stream features? § How can I create robust models that enables me to easily accommodate dramatic design changes? Boolean & Trim Body Features © 2007. Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc. All rights reserved Page 3 Siemens PLM Software

Design Change Productivity Benefits § Easy to replace parent geometry § Robust feature updates § Better error handling § Better update performance § 2 to 10 x faster design change process Detailed Model Import New Shape Replace Shape Feature Alerts Model Updates © 2007. Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc. All rights reserved Page 4 Siemens PLM Software

Summary NX offers a wealth of tools to reuse designs – Use Them! § The Reuse Library makes it easy to reuse parts & UDFs § Product Template Studio makes it easy to share designs § Design for a wide range of modifications § Using Replace Feature and Extract enables design elements to easily be replaced § Limit dependencies - more robust updates § Reference datums - more persistent and easy to remap (compared with edges and faces) © 2007. Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc. All rights reserved Page 9 Siemens PLM Software