Draw Cage

Use the Draw Cage command to create a subdivision body near reference geometry by selecting cage vertices on the reference geometry.

You can use this command to quickly create a rough subdivision body around a convergent body, and then modify and refine the surface using other NX Realize Shape commands.

You can:

• Select points to draw the cage face, usually points on reference geoemtry.

• Drag a point to reshape the cage while it's being created.

• Create four-sided quad cage faces and n-sided polygon cage faces.

**Example:

Original body

Specify points on the body as vertices for the quad cage faces

Finished cage

A cage face is created by specifying the points of the vertices.

Where do I find it?

Application

Modeling

Task environment

NX Realize Shape

Command

Draw Cage

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How do I

• Create a subdivision body around a convergent body

Look up more details

• Draw Cage dialog box

Draw Cage, NX 2212 Series © 2023 Siemens