setting monocrome display drafting using Siemes NX

monochrome display is important for presentation, and for picture when writing report or drawing picture for book,
default display is the drafting of Unigraphics colored according to the color line. for those of you who will make presentations, either for training or for the presentation of the work does not deny that sometimes requiring monochrome colors for drafting

default color drafting view

original color when drafting view is not monochrome
as well as making tutorials and books, monochrome display is often required. this is due to make the reader understand the book or tutorial images that have been made​​.
to convert to monochrome, click preference - visualization as shown picture below

 

next are, the dialog box appears select a set of monochrome, with a check mark, when activated will show width about providing a different effect according to the thickness of the thick-line setting

 

 results in the drafting of the monochrome setting, can be viewed at the following picture

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Measure Radius of Gyration of a Mass In Siemens NX

In Siemens NX is easy to calculate radius of gyration of mass in one part or assembly part, the definition of

 Radius Gyration are

The Radius of Gyration of a Mass about a given axis is a distance k from the axis. At this distance k an equivalent mass is thought of as a Point Mass. The moment of inertia of this Point Mass about the original axis is unchanged.
The radius of gyration (r) about a given axis can be computed in terms of the mass moment of inertia I around that axis, and the total mass m;

or

I is a scalar, and is not the moment of inertia tensor , (efunda and wiki)

Measure EG in Siemens NX

to begin measure bodies in Siemens NX choose Analysis in your toolbar, then select Measure Bodies, see picture below for detail

 after you select Measure Bodies a dialog box will appear, then you must select all solid body or part that you want to measure

 by default calculation of volume will be selected, but we can change to other calculation, like mass, surface area, weight and of course radius of gyration,  we will see new axis with symbol Zp,Xp and Yp, yest, there is position of radius of gyration, exact position also can see on box that appear, it's distance from the center

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