Automate NX5 plotting
Automate NX5 plotting
(OP)
Hi all, my company uses NX5 and I have been asked if I can help get an electronic copy of our drawings (currently we only have hard-copy drawings) our options are:
1) scan all the drawings - a huge job!
2) manually open and print the drawings (to pdf) - another huge job!
3) automate the opening, printing and closing of each assembly - sounds simple when written like this...
I read a few bits on this site about Macros and NX and also the API but can anyone give me a pointer as to the best way? Has anyone already done this? (I don't want to reinvent the wheel...)
Any advice / guidance would be appreciated.
1) scan all the drawings - a huge job!
2) manually open and print the drawings (to pdf) - another huge job!
3) automate the opening, printing and closing of each assembly - sounds simple when written like this...
I read a few bits on this site about Macros and NX and also the API but can anyone give me a pointer as to the best way? Has anyone already done this? (I don't want to reinvent the wheel...)
Any advice / guidance would be appreciated.





RE: Automate NX5 plotting
If there is a really good way to do what you are doing I would love to hear about it.
RE: Automate NX5 plotting
Might I suggest that unless the numbers of drawings run to say more than a thousand that you'd probably be able to set up some macros and sit a work experience kid in front of a tube more cheaply than the time it might take to automate such a process.
On the other hand if you or any other person does or has developed a program by way of automation that will do this EVERYONE who uses NX wants a copy! I'm sure that after the number of times it has come up here that we'd be extremely annoyed if you didn't share something like that with us.
Best Regards
Hudson
www.jamb.com.au
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RE: Automate NX5 plotting
There should be a cgm file imbedded in your NX5 files. There may be a way to access that and create a pdf from it.
RE: Automate NX5 plotting
If you get stuck, record a journal and see what the code looks like. Once you are happy you can compile the journal into a executable program if you have the author license.
Regards,
Suresh
RE: Automate NX5 plotting
Any time you can get it to batch process a bunch of files then you'll have jumped that hurdle that we're all struggling with.
Best Regards
Hudson
www.jamb.com.au
Nil Desperandum illegitimi non carborundum