Symbolica How to access the individual components of a point expression?

You have an expression say aPoint = Point(1,2,3) defined in the expression editor. 

How do you access just one of the components of that Point, or perform operations on it?

Solution

You can get the individual coordinates of a Point expression using the nx_x(), nx_y and nx_z() convenience routines.

For example:

Expression | Value | Units
--------------------------+-------------------+-------------------------
myPoint=Point(1,2,3) | Point(1,2,3) | Point
myX=nx_x(myPoint) | 1 | mm
myY=nx_y(myPoint) | 2 | mm
myZ=nx_z(myPoint) | 3 | mm
--------------------------+-------------------+-------------------------

Here's an example of how it works.

Notes and References

Hardware/Software Configuration

Platform: INTL64
OS: windows
OS Version: 1064
Product: NX
Application: DESIGN
Version: V1899
Function: EXPRESSION

Ref: 001-9879901