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cadlabsreview Not all PDF and DWF Files are Created Equal of which has two wheel parts. In this example, we have four wheel instances and two axle Figure 2. NX 5 embeds Teamcenter engineering process management subassemto support faster searching of managed data and to promote reuse. bly instances The integration also delivers efficiency gains for typical design tasks. but only two component parts (one wheel and one axle). Digital Prototyping There are several approaches to and Visualization assembly modeling, and with NX The digital mockup (DMU) capabilidesigners aren’t limited to any one ties embedded in NX 5 are inherited style. They can create individual part from Teamcenter Visualization and models and then later add them to are useful for design and review proassemblies (bottom-up), or they can cesses (figure 2). The big advantage create parts directly at the assembly is that overhead for data managelevel (top-down assembly creation). ment is eliminated because only one Additionally, users can start by using file is required for this process, not the a top-down method and then switch typical two — one for design and one back and forth between bottom-up for mockup purposes. DMU is a techand top-down modeling, depending nology also frequently called digital, on their specific needs. This versatile or virtual, prototyping. This technolapproach helps NX fit into a wide ogy allows users to design and convariety of workflows. figure complex products and validate To expedite assembly design, their designs, theoretically eliminating multiple parts can be loaded simulthe need to build a physical model. taneously. Load options in the NX NX 5 has a capability called Assembly Navigator load implicitly or Active Mockup, an active technolexplicitly as a result of being used by ogy that unites the ability to visualsome other loaded subassembly. The ize an assembly mockup with the Assembly Navigator also lets users dis- ability to measure, analyze, simuplay information and manipulate the late, design, and redesign it (figure 3, assembly for selecting, hiding, or supp. 30). Active Mockup lets users crepressing assembly components. Addiate a multi-CAD digital mockup and tionally, loaded parts don’t have to then visualize and modify it. This belong to the same assembly. The capability gives immediate feedback part currently displayed in the graphin the context of the assembly. Lightics window is called the displayed weight 3D models with multiple levpart. You can make edits in parallel els of detail using lightweight data to several parts by switching the disstructures, such as JT, let you visualplayed part back and forth between ize, analyze, and interact directly with those parts. product design data. higher quality and smaller size PDF files. AutoCAD 2000 - 2008 Compatible Batch Creation of PDF, DWF, or Images Automatic Bookmark Creation Custom File Naming Options Create a PDF from any Windows Application Try it free for 30 days. http://www.cadzation.com http://www.cadzation.com

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Cadalyst - December 2007 Contents Editor's Window Cad Central Autodesk Gets Digital Top Honors - Saluting Outstanding CAD Products NX 5, Part 2 — CAD/CAM/CAE Software Autodesk 3ds Max 2008 —3D Modeling, Animation, and Rendering Software Document Management: Is It Still Valid? Standardizing 3D Modeling Nomenclature Share and Share Alike Cad Cartoon Issue Indexes Cad Fidential

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