user.mtx
user.mtx
(OP)
I've been trying to locate this file so I can set up a site customization scenario. I've done a search on my entire hard drive and can't find it anywhere. I've made changes to my toolbars already, and those changes continue to exist, so I don't understand why I can't find the file. Is this file saved to the registry? I thought I read something about that in another thread.
Any thoughts on this? Am I looking for the right file? This is in NX4.
Any thoughts on this? Am I looking for the right file? This is in NX4.
Mike





RE: user.mtx
Tim Flater
Senior Designer
Enkei America, Inc.
www.enkei.com
Some people are like slinkies....they don't really have a purpose, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs.
RE: user.mtx
C:\Documents and Settings\[user name]\Local Settings\Application Data\Unigraphics Solutions\NX4
Note that you may have problems finding this path if you're trying to navigate to there from the Explorer window unless you have the option to 'Show hidden files and folders' toggled ON as everything starting with '\Local Settings' is normally hidden unless you've changed the above Folder Option.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
NX Design
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/
RE: user.mtx
Thanks guys.
Mike
RE: user.mtx
This works no matter what the folder view settings are in Windows XP.
Tim Flater
Senior Designer
Enkei America, Inc.
www.enkei.com
Some people are like slinkies....they don't really have a purpose, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs.
RE: user.mtx
Mike
RE: user.mtx
Regardless, I believe the UGII_USER_DIR default is where the user.mtx file resides and the out of the box setting is where John pointed you.
Tim Flater
Senior Designer
Enkei America, Inc.
www.enkei.com
Some people are like slinkies....they don't really have a purpose, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs.
RE: user.mtx
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
NX Design
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/
RE: user.mtx
Tim Flater
Senior Designer
Enkei America, Inc.
www.enkei.com
Some people are like slinkies....they don't really have a purpose, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs.
RE: user.mtx
I suppose you want to customize the user.mtx file and save a copy so that it can be changed but generally stays locked. In other words most of the time you want to be able to get back the toolbars that you liked best.
What we do is to set up a user directory for each user where they can save their user.mtx file. Then by starting UG from a batch file we overwrite the one that UG uses with a copy of their saved favorite. When you close UG having changed your toolbars to something that you want to keep then just go copy the one that UG uses and paste it to replace your personal favorite. I imagine we could have written a batch job to do that too.
By "the one UG users I mean the copy of the file user.mtx that is saved in the directory path as shown below.
C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Local Settings\Application Data\Unigraphics Solutions\NX
Best Regards
Hudson
RE: user.mtx
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
NX Design
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/
RE: user.mtx
Agreed, still thinking NX-3 due to the way the question was framed and the answers were shaping up. From NX-4 on we have started to install with some limited use of roles mainly because we're not dropping NX-3 yet probably we're not putting the time and effort into using the newer versions.
Hudson
RE: user.mtx
At my previous employer everything was set up before I got there. At this employer, when I started using NX a bunch of things were missing. I assumed it was a license thing, since everything hasn't been ironed out here yet. Things like Patterns and Pads and Emboss weren't anywhere to be found. I soon realized that the Roles was probably responsible. After selecting one that supposedly had 'everything', I still was missing things. I ended up going through the customize list to find all the other things I was looking for. I finally got it the way I want it and thought I would set it up so that everybody sees the configuration that I have.
I'm wondering if that's the best idea now. Everybody usually wants to customize something. But I don't want to have people searching for all the stuff they need on every machine. Maybe the thing to do is copy my file onto each machine so they at least start out 'right', and then they are free to customize from there.
Mike
RE: user.mtx
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
NX Design
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/