Viewing structure arrangements

You can view the structure arrangements in Teamcenter, which are created in NX to define alternative positions, orientations, and suppression states for components within an assembly, such as open or closed positions for a car door or shock absorber.

In NX, you can define arrangements to specify alternative positions for one or more components in the assembly and store those alternatives with the assembly. Alternate arrangements are created by moving or suppressing components. For example, a car door assembly may have different arrangements when the door is open or closed, and the position of certain components may be overridden accordingly. Similarly, you can suppress components in a particular arrangement, for example, to hide the hinges.

If arrangements are defined for an assembly in NX, you can set and view the arrangements in Teamcenter.

An assembly arrangement determines:

• The position and orientation of the immediate child components.
• The variable component positioning of any subcomponents.
• The used assembly arrangement for each immediate child component.
• The arrangement-specific suppression of components and subassemblies.
• The arrangement-specific assembly constraints.

The following example displays two arrangements of a shock absorber assembly. The arrangement on the left displays the shock absorber in the open position, while the arrangement on the right displays the shock absorber in the closed position.