New to NX 5 and forum...where is simplify body?
New to NX 5 and forum...where is simplify body?
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Hi all! I just switched over from NX 3 to NX 5. It appears as though the simplify body command is gone. Also, whenever I make changes in the customer defaults (background color for instance), it does not affect anything when I close UG and log back in. Also, I had created my own moldbase and standard parts in NX3. However copying those directories over to the Moldwizard directory under NX 5 does not work. There must be some line of text I need to change, but I cannot find it. Any ideas? Thanks!





RE: New to NX 5 and forum...where is simplify body?
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Before you do so don't give up on delete face too quickly there are a great many additional selection methods available using the new function which in most cases make up for what you may have lost with the previous method.
Older files will still carry the simplify body features in the tree rather than the newer delete face in order to faithfully support that legacy data so for a time at least you may still be able to gain back door access to the old method if you insist.
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Hudson
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RE: New to NX 5 and forum...where is simplify body?
To get an idea of which items are 'part' and which are 'session' specific, go to Customer Defaults, select the 'Find Default' option (the binocular icon) and enter the word 'all'. When the list comes up scroll to the right to the last column titled 'Scope'. Select the title and it will sort the listing so that you can now review, as you scroll down, all of the items which are 'part' specific and which are 'session' specific.
As you will discover, virtually all of the items which effects the colors of objects and items inside of a part file will be listed with the 'Part' specific group of items. If you wish to permanently edit those aspects of the file, you will need to open the file of interest and make those changes using the appropriate dialog found on one of the menu items under Preferences.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
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RE: New to NX 5 and forum...where is simplify body?
John, I can see what you are saying about the binocular icon. However, are you saying that after I change the setting in customer defaults (lets say to turn off the grid in drafting and change the background to black in modeling and drafting), when I open a new session of nx5 and create a new part, it should recognize those changes I made? If so, that is not happening.
RE: New to NX 5 and forum...where is simplify body?
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: New to NX 5 and forum...where is simplify body?
RE: New to NX 5 and forum...where is simplify body?
RE: New to NX 5 and forum...where is simplify body?
RE: New to NX 5 and forum...where is simplify body?
I would copy and paste the "moldbase" and "standard" directories from your NX3 folder to your NX5,overwriting whatever is there. Where does the "Moldwizard kit not found"
message appear?In NX when you start moldwizard?
RE: New to NX 5 and forum...where is simplify body?
RE: New to NX 5 and forum...where is simplify body?
RE: New to NX 5 and forum...where is simplify body?
I to could not find simplify body, so I called GTAC and Here are the steps to set the environment variables to allow the simplify body command to appear on the Feature Operation menu. I spoke with UG support and this fixed my problem of no simplify body command in the Feature Operation menu.
1. Control panel
2. system
3. advanced tab
4. environment variables
5. new
6. variable name: ug11_dmx_nx502
7. variable value: 1
8. restart Unigraphics
I hope this helps you.
RE: New to NX 5 and forum...where is simplify body?
Best Regards
Hudson
www.jamb.com.au
Nil Desperandum illegitimi non carborundum
RE: New to NX 5 and forum...where is simplify body?
If you continue to use old outdated functions you will not be able to leverage the newest capabilities of the system. For example, if you go back to using the old 'Simplify Body' function, you will NEVER be able to create a Journal file which utilizes that command nor will you ever be able to perform a Redo after Undoing a Simplify Body command, both of which you can do if you learn to use 'Delete Face' instead.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: New to NX 5 and forum...where is simplify body?
RE: New to NX 5 and forum...where is simplify body?
Note that I was always a big fan of 'Simplify Body' myself and was able to solve some very tricky modeling problems with it. I also had 'fun' impressing people who were using other CAD tools which did not always have anything similar, however it was one of those functions which was not as obvious as to how it was intended to be used as it could be since you had to stop and think about what you wanted to KEEP rather than what you wanted to REMOVE, a concept which was not always that easy for some people to pick-up on at first. In fact, I learned that some people had to watch someone else use it first before they really understood what the intended workflow needed to be. However, since we made the improvements which we have to 'Delete Face', I find that it is now much easier for new users to understand how to use the function by just following the dialog steps and applying what they've already learned about using 'Selection Intent' to define the desired faces quickly and easily.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.