(NX5) Easy way to save part display defaults? (for existing parts)
(NX5) Easy way to save part display defaults? (for existing parts)
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Hello, we just switched over to NX5 from NX3 and still getting adjusted to the changes in the interface. With that said, I was curious to see if there was an easy way to save and load a configuration for the display properties of an existing part.
For example, I'd like to load a part and have the ability to change things like:
Use default/UG color palette
Turn off "show line widths"
Turn off "Edge emphasis"
Custom "object colors" (line, solid body, points, spline, Datums, etc)
Change Background color to black, from shaded
Change Pre-selection colors
Change Default Font and sizes (and dimension/leader properties)
...and so on.
As far as I know, the only way to do this is by setting every last option manually which gets very repetitive and wastes a lot of valuable time.
For the rare occasions when we start a part from scratch, I have a template file setup that will already have all these options setup, but recently more and more of our files are being sent to us from various companies who all have thier own system of doing things and setting their parts up.
Does anyone have any suggestions for this? It's very frustrating when you're on a time constraint and need to do this on 50+ parts
thanks in advance
For example, I'd like to load a part and have the ability to change things like:
Use default/UG color palette
Turn off "show line widths"
Turn off "Edge emphasis"
Custom "object colors" (line, solid body, points, spline, Datums, etc)
Change Background color to black, from shaded
Change Pre-selection colors
Change Default Font and sizes (and dimension/leader properties)
...and so on.
As far as I know, the only way to do this is by setting every last option manually which gets very repetitive and wastes a lot of valuable time.
For the rare occasions when we start a part from scratch, I have a template file setup that will already have all these options setup, but recently more and more of our files are being sent to us from various companies who all have thier own system of doing things and setting their parts up.
Does anyone have any suggestions for this? It's very frustrating when you're on a time constraint and need to do this on 50+ parts
thanks in advance





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RE: (NX5) Easy way to save part display defaults? (for existing parts)
So I can assume that there is no easy way to do this from inside UG yet?
RE: (NX5) Easy way to save part display defaults? (for existing parts)
To use them go to Tools -> Macro (or journal) -> record... Enter a filename for your macro and then simply perform the actions you want to record. Go back into the tools menu and press 'stop recording' when you are done. You will now have a macro file that you can play back in another file of your choosing.
RE: (NX5) Easy way to save part display defaults? (for existing parts)
have a beer on me. Thanks again
RE: (NX5) Easy way to save part display defaults? (for existing parts)
Start a session of NX 5.0 and create a new part file where all of your display settings are what you would like them to be. Now if you don't already have at least one User-Defined Resource Bar tab already defined, go to...
Preferences -> Palettes...
...create a new palette. Now open that new Palette and place your cursor over some 'white space' and press MB3 and select...
New Entry -> Visualization Template
...and when the dialog comes up give it some appropriate name and if you want to cover ALL possible items, just hit the OK button.
Now open the old NX 3 part file and go to this Resource Bar tab and drag this new item out onto the display and the part file will be updated to whatever display settings were saved in the Visualization Template. Now just repeat for each part file.
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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To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: (NX5) Easy way to save part display defaults? (for existing parts)
I have one dumb question though and figured it would be better to ask here than start a new thread.
what happened to [right click > update display]? Is there a hotkey that I could use for this? It was great for working in areas with a lot of detail.
RE: (NX5) Easy way to save part display defaults? (for existing parts)
"Good to know you got shoes to wear when you find the floor." - Robert Hunter
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RE: (NX5) Easy way to save part display defaults? (for existing parts)
View -> Layout -> Update Display
...or you could do what I did and that was add an Icon to my Visualization Toolbar and assign that action to it. Of course, the best approach would be to just go to Customize and drag a copy of that Menu item back onto the MB3 View Pop-Up dialog, or if you don't want to do that, also in Customize you could simply assign it a 'hot-key', perhaps something like 'Alt+U' as that one is currently not being used anywhere.
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: (NX5) Easy way to save part display defaults? (for existing parts)
RE: (NX5) Easy way to save part display defaults? (for existing parts)
"Good to know you got shoes to wear when you find the floor." - Robert Hunter
RE: (NX5) Easy way to save part display defaults? (for existing parts)
thanks again
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