FOREWORD....................................................................................................................

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CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION...................................................................................7
1.1 PRODUCT REALIZATION PROCESS........................................................................7
1.2 BRIEF HISTORY OF CAD/CAM DEVELOPMENT...................................................8
1.3 DEFINITION OF CAD/CAM/CAE.............................................................................10
1.3.1 Computer Aided Design CAD............................................................................10
1.3.2 Computer Aided Manufacturing CAM..............................................................10
1.3.3 Computer Aided Engineering CAE....................................................................10
1.4 SCOPE OF THIS TUTORIAL.....................................................................................11
CHAPTER 2 - GETTING STARTED IN UNIGRAPHICS.......................................13
2.1 OPENING UNIGRAPHICS AND FILES....................................................................13
2.1.1 Open Unigraphics..................................................................................................13
2.1.2 Open a New File....................................................................................................14
2.1.3 Open a Part File.....................................................................................................15
2.2 PRINTING, SAVING AND CLOSING PART FILES................................................16
2.2.1 Print a Unigraphics Image.....................................................................................16
2.2.2 Save Part Files.......................................................................................................17
2.2.3 Close Part Files......................................................................................................17
2.2.4 Exit an Unigraphics Session..................................................................................18
2.2.5 Simultaneously Saving All Parts and Exiting.......................................................18
2.3 UNIGRAPHICS-NX3 INTERFACE:...........................................................................18
2.3.1 Mouse Functionality..............................................................................................19
2.3.2 Unigraphics Gateway............................................................................................21
2.3.3 Geometry Selection...............................................................................................24
2.3.4 User Preferences....................................................................................................27
2.4 COORDINATE SYSTEMS..........................................................................................30
2.4.1 Absolute Coordinate System.................................................................................30
2.4.2 Work Coordinate System......................................................................................30
2.4.3 Existing Coordinate Systems.................................................................................30
2.4.4 Move the WCS......................................................................................................30
2.5 USING LAYERS..........................................................................................................31
2.5.1 Layer Control.........................................................................................................31
2.5.2 Commands in Layers.............................................................................................32
2.6 IMPORTANT COMMANDS/DIALOGS....................................................................36
2.6.1 Toolbars.................................................................................................................36
2.6.2 Transform Functions.............................................................................................37
CHAPTER 3 - FORM FEATURES..............................................................................39
3.1 OVERVIEW..................................................................................................................39
3.2 TYPES OF FEATURES...............................................................................................39
3.3 PRIMITIVES................................................................................................................43
3.3.1 Model a Block.......................................................................................................