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customer defaults problem

customer defaults problem

customer defaults problem

(OP)
i'm using NX3 at a new place, and they've only just started using it, so its not set up too good...
  I've gone into the customer defaults and changed a few things, but, although it change them, in the defaults window, and stays that way, in the session, i came back today, and they're back to how they were.
  At the other place, we had "site" and "user" defaults, but here they only have "user".
  Any ideas?

RE: customer defaults problem

Do you have write access to the location specified by the "user" default ?

You could always create a "site" default.

Paul Phillips
Specialty Engineered Automation
http://www.sea4ug.com

RE: customer defaults problem

(OP)
I logged in as administrator to do it, so i reckon that should have done it ?
I've looked for the actual location of the
"user-defaults file" but i can't find it.
Reading the help makes it even more confusing, as it tells me there isn't an actual default file, and that it's a mixture of settings from "metric.dat" etc.

I have a copy of 2 "site- default" files from the other place,(one's .dpv , the other's .xsl ) but if i put those in i can't keep these setting's that we have here.
I'd like to be able to create a site default with what we have, then start changing things.

RE: customer defaults problem

I use Rob Cohon's "customer defaults" file setup, which locates all of the defaults files away from the 'out-of-the-box' installation files (no worries about having them over written during updates).  You can get his files, and instructions off the UGS newsgroups (you'll need a webkey ID).

Also, you can locate these files on a server, which is what I do, so that no matter what computer you are on, you can acces the same set of defaults.  You can also control read/write privleges too.

-Dave
Everything should be designed as simple as possible, but not simpler.

RE: customer defaults problem

If the user variable is not set, it should use ... C:\Documents and Settings\'userid'\Local Settings\Application Data\Unigraphics Solutions\NX\nx3_user.dpv

Paul Phillips
Specialty Engineered Automation
http://www.sea4ug.com

RE: customer defaults problem

Define one or more of these settings to enable Group and/or site settings. The first one sets where the user settings are set. Preferably on a shared drive with a user_id to keep them separate.

UGII_LOCAL_USER_DEFAULTS=<path>\nx3_user.dpv
UGII_GROUP_DIR=<path>
UGII_SITE_DIR=<path>

-Dave
PLM Exchange
http://plmexchange.net
http://groups.google.com/group/NX_CAX/

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