NX Create a Centerline on a Portion of a Cylinder that has no End Arc's.

Create a Centerline on a Portion of a Cylinder that has no End Arc's.

Solution

1. Create Datum Plane on the Centerline of the cylinder.

2. Create Datum Plane on angle, select first Datum Plane and centerline of
cylinder to rotate 90 degrees.

3. Create Intersection Curve between the two Datum Planes. Even though the Intersection Curve is set to associative, NX informs it is not, so be aware!
Selecting OK on the dialog will actually pop open this warning that requires your acceptance, stating that it is not associative and therefore will not update if the cylindrical or conic moves.

This works on cylinders and conics (cones).

4. Option: Change the line font to Centerline by using the Edit Object Display function.
5. Edit the lines length as required by hi-lighting the line and selecting "Edit Curve".


This Model geometry can be used in Modeling, Drafting and any other application that requires geometry. Since it is geometry, it can also be exported using a translator to any format supported by NX.

Notes and References

This function will work on all NX releases that have the Intersection Curve function. 

Hardware/Software Configuration

Platform: INTL64
OS: window
OS Version: 10_1507
Product: NX
Application: DESIGN
Version: V12.0.2
Function: CURVE

Ref: 001-8884519