NX2 PAU Review. PAU Review Lesson 1 Getting Started

NX2 PAU Review

PAU Review

Lesson 1Getting Started

PAU Review - Lesson 1

What is the most important line in the Unigraphics User Interface?

Cue Line


True/False?When creating a New part in Unigraphics, you must enter the “.prt” extension.

False


To increase productivity, what can be used to OK your menu selections?

The Middle Mouse Button (MB2)

The First Mouse Button (MB1)


To increase productivity, what can be used to select the “Next Object”?


What Pull-Down option is used to change from one loaded part to another?

Window...


Most of the common view manipulation functions, e.g. Zoom, Pan, Rotate, can be accessed by using?

The Mouse Buttons

• MB2 = Rotate• MB2 + MB3 = Pan• MB2 + MB1 = Zoom In/Out


How do you make a copy of a file from within Unigraphics?

File Save As


Questions?

PAU Review

Lesson 2Introduction to Solid

Modeling


Which Coordinate System is manipulated by the user?

The Work Coordinate System (WCS)


How may the WCS be manipulated?

Select the appropriate Handle to:• Rotate• Change the Origin• Re-orient

By double-clicking on it

Or by choosing the WCS Dynamics icon


What dialog box allows you to define points for locations?

The Point Constructor


When creating Primitives, what is referenced when defining the location and orientation of the feature?

The WCS


One way to begin your model is to use a primitive as your ____ feature.base


As a best practice how many primitives should be used in a single part file?

One


What are the four Primitives used in Unigraphics?

BlockCylinderConeSphere


What dialog box defines the direction of a cylinder?

Vector Constructor


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Lesson 3Positional

Form Features


In Unigraphics, what makes up a solid model?

Features


Which Coordinate System is created by the system when adding features?

The Feature Coordinate System (FCS)


All Form Features require what type of face?

Placement


What option defines the direction of the

X-axis for the feature you are creating?

_________ _________Horizontal Reference


What is used to locate a Form Feature relative to its parent solid?

____________ _____________Positioning Dimensions


Until enough Positioning Dimensions to fully locate a feature are added, what message appears in the Status field?

Feature position is underspecified


True/False ?

Form Features must have their position fully specified by positioning dimensions.

False

However, we do recommend fully

specifying the location


True/False?

The thru faces of a Hole and a Slot are defined in the same manner.

False


What two things must be selected to create a Rectangular Pad?

Planar Placement FaceHorizontal Reference

PAU Review - Lesson 3What option allows you to change the size of a

positional form feature?

Edit Feature Parameters

You can also use the Edit Feature

toolbar

____________________

Edit Feature Positioning____________________

PAU Review - Lesson 3What option allows you to change the location

of a positional form feature?


toolbar

PAU Review - Lesson 3When editing the position of a positional form

feature and you have to select a target edge but nothing will highlight for selection, what option must you use?

Identify Solid Face


Questions?

PAU Review

Lesson 4Expressions


The most important line in the Unigraphics User Interface is the ____ ____ .Cue Line


When does UG automatically create Expressions?

• A Feature is positioned• A Sketch is dimensioned

• A Feature is created


Which of the following cannot be used in expression names?

A. Letters C. Numbers

B. Underscores D. Dashes


True/False?

To create an expression, there must be a variable and an equal sign at the beginning of the expression.

True


True/False?

Any expression can be deleted by using the delete key in the Expression Dialog Box.

FalseExpressions that are still in use cannot be

deleted


Questions?

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Lesson 5Face Operations


What three parameters can you specify when creating a Hollow Feature?

Pierce Face

Wall Thickness

Offset Face

Optional


True/False? A Positive Wall Thickness value results in a shell of the specified value around the original solid.

False


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Lesson 6Edge Operations

PAU Review - Lesson 6Which option allows you create a cylindrical

face in place of an edge on a solid body?

Edge Blend

PAU Review - Lesson 6During a Blend operation, what option allows

you to select any one edge of a tangent string of edges such that the system will select the rest?

Add Tangent Chain in the Selection Intent Toolbar

Look for this cursor icon to let you know

that “Selection Intent” is available


Which option allows you to bevel one edge or several edges of a solid body?

Chamfer


Which option allows you to reverse the direction of a newly created chamfer? ___ ____ _______Flip Last Chamfer


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PAU Review

Lesson 7Model Construction

Query

PAU Review - Lesson 7When examining a part, how do you make

sure you can see all the objects contained in the part?

Layers, which allow you to control the Visibility and Selectability of objects.


What are the four Classifications of Layers?

WorkSelectableVisible OnlyInvisible


Which layer are all new objects created on?

The Work Layer


What option allows an object to be moved from one layer to another?

FormatMove to Layer

PAU Review - Lesson 7What tool lists the features of the file and can be

used as a shortcut to various display and editing functions?

Part Navigator

PAU Review - Lesson 7What can be done to identify Parent/Child

relationships?

Pick a feature in the Model Navigator and view the highlighted Parents/Children

PAU Review - Lesson 7What option(s) allows the user to reconstruct the

model and watch the progress graphically?

Playback & Suppress/Unsuppress


The ____ _____ is your friend in Unigraphics?

Cue Line


Questions?

PAU Review

Lesson 8Introduction to

Assemblies


An assembly is a collection of pointers called __________ _______ .Component Objects

PAU Review - Lesson 8What dialog box determines how and from

where the system loads the component parts?

Load Options


Assembly Navigator

What tool shows a graphical display of an assembly structure in a separate window and provides a quick and easy method of manipulating components in an assembly?

PAU Review - Lesson 8True/False?

When selecting components for an operation, you can select them using the Assembly Navigator by choosing the appropriate node with MB1.

True


Work Part or Displayed Part?Working in the context of an assembly means that the assembly is the _________ part while a component of that assembly is the _____ part.Work

Displayed

PAU Review - Lesson 8What action can be done with MB1 on any

node in the Assembly Navigator to quickly make it the work part?

Double-Click

PAU Review - Lesson 8What function removes multiple occurrences

of a component from the Assembly Navigator and replaces the occurrences with a single node and a multiplier.

Pack Pick MB3 on anyof the multiples


True/False?

If a Save operation is done at the component level, the entire assembly and all the components are saved.

False


Questions?

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Lesson 9Adding Components

&Mating Conditions


What must be turned ON to gain access to many of the assembly functions?

The Assemblies Application


What are the two basic ways to define an assembly model?

• Top-Down Modeling

• Bottom-Up Modeling


Where are most of the component functions found?

The Assemblies Toolbar

AssembliesComponentsOR


What dialog box establishes how an existing part will be added to an assembly as a component object?

Add Existing Part


What option allows associative positioning of assembly components?

Mate Component


A mating condition is made up of one or more mating __________. constraints


When defining a mating constraint between two components, which component is chosen first, the stationary one or the one to be moved?

The component to be moved.

CUE Line

PAU Review - Lesson 9When applying a Mate constraint between two planar

faces, their face normals will be made parallel to one another and point in which directions, opposite or the same?

opposite


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Lesson 10Master Model


What is the main benefit of the Master Model Concept?

Concurrent Engineering


True/False?

To use Master Model Concept all you need is a simple assembly?

True


Questions?

PAU Review

Lesson 11Introduction to

Drafting

PAU Review - Lesson 11What menu option is used to modify an

existing drawing?

EditSheet


True/False?

When a view is removed, the drafting objects associated to that view remain.

False

PAU Review - Lesson 11What dialog box allows the display of objects

in a view to be edited?

EditStyle


A Cylindrical Centerline must be associated to ____ ______.Two points

PAU Review - Lesson 11What dimension option allows text to be

placed near a dimension?

Annotation EditorMB3or


What is a quick way to edit a previously created dimension?

Double click on the dimension.

PAU Review - Lesson 11Where are the Global Drafting Preferences

found?

From the Preferences Pull Down

PAU Review - Lesson 11What dialog box allows the creation of notes,

labels, and other drafting text and symbols?

Annotation Editor

Select the second

Annotation Editor icon to open the full dialog.


In the Drafting application, What is the most important line in the Unigraphics User Interface?

Cue Line


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PAU Review

Lesson 12Datum Plane

Reference Features


What type of Datum Planes are associative to other geometric objects?

Relative


True/False?

Selecting the object or objects you would like the datum plane to be associated with is the key to creating relative datum planes.

True

PAU Review - Lesson 12What is the method to create a relative datum

plane through the axis of a cylinder and at an angle to an existing plane?

A. Select the Cylindrical Axis and then the Datum PlaneB. Select the Datum Plane and then the Cylindrical AxisC. EitherD. Neither


When selecting Datum Planes, where must they be selected?

On the “edge”


Questions?

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Lesson 13Datum Axis Reference

Features


What are Datum Axis used for?

• Axis of Rotation for Revolved Features• Axis of Rotation for Circular Arrays• Pivot Axis for Datum Planes• Directional Reference• Dimensional Reference for Feature Position


What determines the vector direction of a Datum Axis thru an edge?

The location of the edge selection relative to the midpoint.


What determines the vector direction of a Datum Axis thru the axis of a cylindrical face?

The direction in which the cylindrical face was created.


Questions?

PAU Review

Lesson 14Sketching


When should a sketch be used?

Whenever there is a need to parametrically control a set of curves.


What two things should be considered when working with a Sketch?

• Design Consideration

• Potential Areas for Change


True/False?

A Sketch is a Feature.

True


What factor determines the layer on which a sketch is created?

The Work Layer at the time of creating the Sketch.


What options in the sketch environment allows orientation of the view to the sketch or to the model?

Orient View to Sketch

Orient View to Model


While using the Profile option in the sketcher, how do you change from the line creation mode to the arc creation mode?

Hold down MB1 and drag across the screen

How can a sketch be moved to a different layer?

• FormatMove to Layeror… Edit Object Display


Filter to the Type to Sketch

PAU Review - Lesson 14What must be established to create a sketch?

• Attachment Face• Reference Direction

PAU Review - Lesson 14True/False?

A sketch must be fully constrained before creating a swept feature.

False

PAU Review - Lesson 14What are the two types of constraints for a

sketch?

• Geometric: done using the Create Constraints icon

• Dimensional: done using one of the Dimension icons

PAU Review - Lesson 14What are two ways to show the geometric

constraints of a sketch?

The Show All Constraints icon

Show/Remove Constraints

or


What sketch symbols show the freedom of movement for sketch objects?

Degree of Freedom Arrows (DOF’s)


Dimensions and geometry that are highlighted yellow within a sketch represent what condition?

Over Constrained


Questions?

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Lesson 15Swept Features &

Booleans

PAU Review - Lesson 15What are the three types of Swept Features?

Sweep Along a Guide

Revolve

Extrude


What option under Extrude allows you to specify the extrusion Direction and Start and End Distances relative to the selected section string?

Direction_Distance


To associate the start and end of the extrusion to specific faces of a model, which option would be used?

Trim _______ ____ _____ / ______Between Two Faces Planes


Can a solid body be created from an open section string?

Yes

By using Offset Values


True/False?When creating an extruded body the direction of the Offset Vector can be changed by selecting Reverse Default Direction.

False


Once a Section String has been swept into a feature, can the curves be deleted to reduce the number of objects in the part file?

No


What are the three Boolean Operations?

Unite

Subtract

Intersect


When performing a Boolean Operation, what must be selected?

A Target Solid and Tool Solid(s)


When performing a Boolean Operation, the resultant solid takes on the attributes of which solid?

The Target Solid


What Error Message occurs when a Tool Solid is subtracted from a Target Solid and part of the resultant solid has a zero thickness?

Non-Manifold Solid


How can all the curves of a sketch be selected for a swept feature?

Selecting any one of the sketch curves will select the entire sketch.


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PAU Review

Lesson 16Editing the Model


What pulldown menu contains the options to alter and manipulate existing solid bodies and features?

____ _______Edit Feature


toolbar


What option lets you temporarily remove one or more features from the model?

Suppress Feature

The check boxes in the Model Navigator can also be used to

suppress/unsuppress


True/False?

A feature that has been located with positioning dimensions can be moved using the Move Feature option.

False

Use Edit Positioning

PAU Review - Lesson 16What option displays the features of your

model as nodes and allows you to perform many of the functions found under

Edit Feature?

The Model Navigator

PAU Review - Lesson 16What option allows you to change the creation

order of the features that make up a solid body?

Reorder

or

Remember you can also drag & drop

PAU Review - Lesson 16What option allows you to change the

placement face, reference direction, and thru faces of a specified feature?

Reattach


Questions?

PAU Review

Lesson 17Instance Arrays


When performing a Rectangular Array the direction of the offset is measured along what?

The WCS


True/False?

In a Rectangular Instance Array, the XC and YC Offset values must always be positive?

False


True/False? When entering the value for the number of instances, the original feature is included in the count.

True


True/False?Using a hole center as the rotation point of a Circular Array creates associativity between that hole center and the array origin.

False

Use a Datum Axis for associativity


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