- [Instructor] Now I need to talk a little bit
about data organization.
In NX world, we use tools called Layers.
Now we have a fixed amount of them, there are 256 of them.
Currently, everything that we create
goes onto what's called a Work Layer
and that Work Layer, once it's set,
everything goes to it, everything.
So we need to separate things out to make sure
that we're not overly filling a Layer.
Maybe we wanna separate our sketches.
Maybe we have additional geometry curves.
Maybe there's something in there, additional solids
you're using as background, whatever that may be,
you wanna make sure you separate the data out.
Now there's pretty much a golden rule
when it comes to Layers within NX.
I'm gonna go into View and right over here
you'll see I have a few things for Layers.
This is a Work Layer, that's currently set to 100.
We go from one to 256.
I just happened to have mine set to 100,
you may have a different standard where you work.
The Move to Layer function allows me to move data around
and then Layer Settings controls how I view those Layers.
The most important aspect of this,
and this has been something that I've seen
pretty much everywhere that I've been,
is you wanna put the final solid,
what you wanna see on layer one and nothing else.
You wanna verify that with your design standards catalog,
but in the 20 plus years I've been doing this,
I've never seen anything different
and there's a reason behind that and that is because in NX,
there's a script that creates a visualization filter
so when we go into an assembly, you just see that solid.
Okay so that visualization filter is called a reference set
and that gets made automatically.
So the solid goes on layer one and nothing else.
Depending upon what you have as far as data organization
at your corporation then follow those basic standards
but like I said, solid on Layer One
and use all the other Layers for all the other purposes
that you may have.
Now again, if I take a look at my Layer Settings here,
I've talked about, this is how you
view your settings for each Layer,
you can see currently the work Layer is set to Layer 100.
As you're working, you can manipulate that Work Layer,
so if you're gonna add something new
you can change the Work Layer right away
so it goes to that Work Layer
or you can move things afterward.
Now as I look at my Layer Settings,
you'll see here I have what are called Category Names.
These are the names of the Layers.
I have curves, datums, sheets.
You may have something set up a little different for where
you're at, this may look a little different name wise,
but for the most part everything operates exactly the same.
If I turn off Category Display,
it's just gonna show me, Layers with Objects.
So these filters allow me to take a look at what's there
and in this case, I just wanna see
what I have on my various Layers.
Currently Layer 61 has something on it.
I can turn that off and as soon as I turn that off,
remember the red check mark denotes visibility,
talked about that in the Hide Show video.
If you see a red check mark, that means it's visible.
If it's not there, then it's technically hidden,
or in this case, invisible.
You'll see I have Layer 100 set to work
and I can't make that invisible,
so what I wanna do is I wanna move that solid
from Layer 100 to Layer One, so I'm gonna close this.
I'm going to go to Move to Layer,
select my solid, select OK.
I know a lot of people have this temptation
that they wanna start typing something in here
or they see the Layer Filter they wanna start using.
This isn't the place where you wanna do that.
This is just the Class Selection,
this is just picking what you wanna move.
Select OK and then you get to the Layer Move window.
Here is where I specify I want the solid on Layer One,
so at the top I'll just type in one, hit Enter.
Now when I look at my Layer Settings,
you're gonna see an additional Layer with an object
so the solid is on Layer One.
If I turn that off, you'll see the solid goes along with it.
Now what I want to do is I wanna make Layer 100 invisible
so I hide all of those other sketches.
So for this all I'm gonna do is go to Layer One
and double-click on it.
So when I double-click on it,
it's going to make it the Work Layer so now,
let me just rotate my part, when I make Layer 100 invisible,
you'll see that all of those sketches
are now gone, not gonna see them.
So this allows you to clean up and organize your data.
Nice thing about invisible Layers,
I'm gonna go ahead and close this,
is that when I try to do something like Show Hide,
you'll notice here the sketches don't even show up.
It's because the sketches are technically invisible,
they're not hidden.
So anything that you move to Layer that is made invisible
can't be seen here under the Show Hide
because it's not just hidden, it is invisible.
Let me close this out.
If I look at my Part Navigator
you can still see those features there
and if I were to do something like right mouse-click
into a Show here, it'll automatically make that Layer
that they were on that was invisible,
it'll automatically make them selectable.
So now if I go back to Layer Settings,
you can see Layer 100 is selectable.
At this point if I decide maybe I wanted
to split the sketches out, put those on different Layers,
again I can go Move to Layer, pick my sketch, select OK,
maybe I want this on Layer 101, hit Apply.
I wanna Select New Objects, pick this sketch, hit OK.
What Layer do I want that on?
Maybe I want that on Layer 102 and this time I'll hit OK,
it applies it and then it puts it on that Layer.
So now when I go into my Layer Settings,
you'll notice I have additional Layers shown.
So these are the objects on the Layer,
you know, I have the sketch.
The sketch has multiple curves in it
that's why you see different object counts.
Now when I turn these off individually,
you'll see those are now invisible.
If I turn one on, for example, and close that out,
and then I go back to my Show Hide,
you'll see oh, I have sketches there available to me.
Alright so now I can make these hidden or shown.
So there's a difference between
the invisible, shown, and hidden.
Close that out, let me go back into Layer Settings,
make that Layer invisible, and close.
The next thing I do wanna talk about is part of
the file organization is you may have
specific attributes that you have for parts.
I know I've used specific colors for material types,
or part types, that type of thing,
and it's important you understand how you change the colors,
organizing your file in said fashion.
So when I want to change a color,
it's basically, you come over and,
change my Selection Filter, I can go to Solid Body.
I'm gonna pick that Solid Body.
Now you'll notice on this little strip I have Edit Display.
I can also use a control J.
Again, this is just from selecting that Solid Body.
I'm gonna go Edit Display,
and this takes me to the Edit Object Display tool.
Now I can change the color so if I want this to be,
let's say purple, select OK, and then another thing
that I can do is I can change the width of the edge display.
I can change the font of the edge display.
You can do translucency on parts here as well.
Just as a warning the translucency
may cause your video processing to really slow down a bit
because it can be a little heavy if you're not cautious.
So once I've applied the changes that I want,
I simply select OK and now my part is the appropriate color.
So that's the basics of data organization.
Again remember, very important,
the only thing that go on Layer One is your final solid.
Okay so there's script running behind the scenes
that will create a visualization filter,
that at the assembly level, will only show that final solid.
Everything else can go on different Layers,
and again refer to whatever design manuals you may have
to make sure that you move your data to the correct Layers.