1. Reusing physical assets through reverse engineering in NX
Tod Parrella
Product Manager – NX

2. Reverse engineering
Powerful capabilities for integrating & reusing physical assets in NX

3. Reverse engineering – Workflow
Evaluation
Surface/Solid
Model Creation
Alignment
Analysis/Compare
Cleanup & Repair
Downstream Reuse
Import

4. Reverse Engineering – Efficiency
Benefits
Robust handling of large facet data sets
Essential tools for geometry preparation & cleanup
Support for multiple R.E. methods
High quality Class A
Rapid surfacing
Vital evaluation & analysis capabilities
12%
Faster
50%
Faster
NX 4
Section Curve – Multi body support, Output samples points
Fit spline
Refit Face
Subdivide Facet Body
Deviation Gauge enhancements
NX 5
Facet Body Curvature Analysis
Extract Facet Body Curvature Features
Rapid Surfacing 1.0
Deviation Gauge Color Map
NX 6
Facet body infrastructure – million facets
Fill Hole in Facet Body
Best Fit Geometric Alignment
Rapid Surfacing 2.0 (T-junctions, Subdivide loops, Edit curve point and mesh nodes)
Deviation Gauge enhancements – Trimmed Sheets, Performance Improvements 4

5. Facet body infrastructure – NX 6
Capability in NX 6
JT used as underlying facet body architecture
Import STL data as JT
Handling of millions of polygons
20-30 million – 64 bit
Improved selection and feature performance
Customer Value
Removes limitations of data size
Increases workflow speed and performance

6. Hole filling – NX 6 Capability in NX 6
Closes holes/gaps in facet bodies
Provides different smoothness modes
Automatic or user selected fill methods
Customer Value
Essential capability for cleaning up imported mesh geometry
Enables greater use of NX as a reverse engineering tool

7. Best fit alignment – NX 6 Capability in NX 6 Alignment of any geometry
Curves, Faces, Sheets, Solids, Facets as source and destination objects
Full control over Degrees of Freedom via constraints
Reapply transformation
Customer Value
Essential capability for alignment of mesh data to 3D CAD geometry
Enables greater use of NX as a reverse engineering tool

8. Rapid Surfacing – NX 6 Capability in NX 6
T-Junction surface connectivity
Fit boundary curves to facet body extents
Dynamic curve point and mesh node editing
Subdivide loops
Customer Value
Greater than 50% improvement in the Rapid Surfacing workflow
Enables rapid duplication of very complex shapes that are not easily created using traditional CAD techniques

9. Deviation Gauge – NX 6 Capability in NX 6
75 % improvement in feature performance
Support for trimmed surfaces
Facet to Facet analysis
Select multiple faces in one analysis object
Improved sampling methods based on distance and angle
Customer Value
Provides real-time feedback of shape quality and accuracy
More useful for analysis and inspection of CAD to mesh

10. Demonstration

11. Getting what you need to succeed!
Harness all of the power of the NX freeform modeling and reverse engineering capabilities by purchasing…
NX – NX Mach 3 Industrial Design
NX – NX Mach 3 Product Design Or
If you already have an advanced designer bundle, you can upgrade to NX Shape Studio by purchasing…
UG U1 – Adv. Designer Bundle Upgrade to NX Shape Studio
Gives you…
UG – NX Freeform Shape
UG – NX Visualize Shape
UG – NX Analyze Shape
Contact your local sales executive or reseller for various other upgrade paths, pricing and purchase!

12. Thank you!
Questions?