NX Error creating base view in drafting and no view is created.

Have an assembly in NX, largely consisting of imported geometry. A drawing part file for the assembly drawing have been created. But when adding a standard drawing view, using Base View command, there is an error, "Internal error: invalid solid object tag" and the view creation fails.


Under certain other circumstances, with only some components of the assembly loaded, there might instead be a message like "Modeler Error" and again the view creation fails.



How to get a drawing view created in this situation?

Solution

The imported geometry in various components of the assembly have poor quality. Examine Geometry reveals a number of issues in the area of Data Structures, Consistency, Face Intersections and Self-Intersection.

To get a full quality drawing, the user would need to go back to modeling and address each issue identified by Examine Geometry in each of the components indicated in the assembly. However, this can be a very time consuming task.

In some case like this, there is a workaround that might help. Prior to placing the Base View, go to Settings in the Base View menu and turn off "Create with Centerlines"

Please note, if you manage to get some standard views created under these circumstances, using this workaround, it is highly unlikely it would be possible to create any section view(s) based on these views.

Hardware/Software Configuration

Platform: INTL64
OS: windows
OS Version: 1064
Product: NX
Application: DRAFTING
Version: V1899
Function: DRAWING/VIEW

Ref: 002-8017200