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Home » Siemens nx » nx modeling » Siemens nx how to use sweep along guide

Siemens nx how to use sweep along guide

October 4, 2018 by mechanicaleng blog Leave a Comment

 In siemens nx, Sweep along guide use to create a body by sweeping a section along a guide. Section and guide are sketches, curves, edges. You can create solid body or sheet body.

siemens nx sweep along guide command
siemens nx sweep along guide

Where do i find it?

From Menu: Insert -> Sweep -> Sweep along guide.

From home tab: Feature group -> More gallery -> Sweep gallery -> Sweep along guide.

How to use sweep along guide command.

1. Start this command.

2. Select section curves in the graphics window. You can select a curve, an edge or a chain of curves or edges.

siemens nx sweep along guide select section
select section

3. Then select guide curves. You can select a curve, an edge or a chain of curves or edges for the guide

siemens nx sweep along guide select guides
select guides

4. In the offset box, you can select specify a value.

+  First offset:  add thickness of sheet.

+ Second offset: Offsets the base of the Sweep feature away from the section string.

siemens nx sweep along guide offset comparation
offset comparative

5. Boolean: You can select: None, Unite, subtract, intersect.

6. In setting: You can select solid body or sheet body. In tolerance, you can select chaining tolerance , distance tolerance.

7. Preview: Click show result if you want to see result.

8. Click OK or apply to finish.

You can see this video below for more detail

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