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How to find UG Standard toolbar button bit maps

How to find UG Standard toolbar button bit maps

How to find UG Standard toolbar button bit maps

(OP)
Does anyone know where I can find the standard toolbar button bit maps used on the menus?

I am trying would like to see all the unigraphics bit map images.

RE: How to find UG Standard toolbar button bit maps

Do you have access to the GTAC 'scratch' area?  If so, what version of NX are you interested in?

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
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: How to find UG Standard toolbar button bit maps

(OP)
Yes I have GTAC access, NX 6.0.4.3.

RE: How to find UG Standard toolbar button bit maps

OK, I just uploaded 5 files to the GTAC 'Scratch' area:

NX_6_Bitmaps_16x16.zip
NX_6_Bitmaps_24x24.zip
NX_6_Bitmaps_32x32.zip
NX_6_Bitmaps_48x48.zip
NX_6_Bitmaps_misc.zip


Have fun.
 

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
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: How to find UG Standard toolbar button bit maps

(OP)
Thanks John.  Why aren't these under one of the UGII folders?
The new button image browser only has a few to choose from.
 

RE: How to find UG Standard toolbar button bit maps

The bitmaps are NOT used individually within the NX code but rather are encapsulated into .dll's for performance reasons, therefore there is no value, from a software installation and execution point of view, for including the libraries of individual bitmap files with the install kits.  As for why we don't just include them anyway, the biggest reason is the extra space that it would require, nearly 100mb, for each downloaded copy of NX.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
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: How to find UG Standard toolbar button bit maps

Just tp clarify - if you want to use the NX bitmaps in your own toolbars, you don't need to install the files, you just need to know the names, like "fileopen" or "extrude".

Mark Rief
Product Manager
Siemens PLM

RE: How to find UG Standard toolbar button bit maps

Yes, what Mark stated is true, NX does NOT really care whether our code or your customization is calling the bitmap, as long as you get the name right, so if nothing else you can use the 'libraries' as a glorified reference-table, albeit it's like killing a fly with a sledgehammer winky smile

However, the real value in having the actual bitmap files is that they can be opened in whatever graphics editor that supports bitmap editing and you can customize them to meet your own unique needs.  After all, why start from scratch if there's already something out there that is close or contains something which you could simply 'cut & paste' into a new icon bitmap.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
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: How to find UG Standard toolbar button bit maps

(OP)
The only way I was able to find the names were by the default menus.  It's a lot easier to look at the bit maps if a folder.

RE: How to find UG Standard toolbar button bit maps

In addition to the above question, we are using NX 6.0.2.8 and I was wondering is it possible to create a custom button in NX that could launch a pdf file located on our network?

RE: How to find UG Standard toolbar button bit maps

Yes, just enter the Customize mode, select the Commands tab, select the 'New Button' Category, then drag the 'New User Command' item to where you wish to place it in a toolbar.  Now select this new button, press MB3 and select 'Edit Action', select the 'System Command' as the type and then enter the complete path name to the .pdf file.

Now you can go back and select the 'New Button', press MB3 and select 'Change Button Image' and either select one of the standard buttons images or browse to where you've saved a custom icon or whatever.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
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: How to find UG Standard toolbar button bit maps

Thanks so much John!  Hope the grandkids are doing well!

RE: How to find UG Standard toolbar button bit maps

They are growing like weeds, the oldest just turned 11 and is now in Junior High.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
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: How to find UG Standard toolbar button bit maps

I can only imagine!  Now that I have this toolbar and custom button created is there a way to export the toolbar to share with my co-workers?

RE: How to find UG Standard toolbar button bit maps

You can save a User-Defined Role, which can then be shared.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
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: How to find UG Standard toolbar button bit maps

Hello,

would you be so kind to upload the bitmaps again to the GTAC "scratch" area?
It looks they are erased from that Folder...

With many thanks!
 

RE: How to find UG Standard toolbar button bit maps

OK, I once more uploaded the 5 NX 6.0 bitmap files to the GTAC 'Scratch' area:

NX_6_Bitmaps_16x16.zip
NX_6_Bitmaps_24x24.zip
NX_6_Bitmaps_32x32.zip
NX_6_Bitmaps_48x48.zip
NX_6_Bitmaps_misc.zip

 

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
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: How to find UG Standard toolbar button bit maps

Thank you very much John!!!


 

RE: How to find UG Standard toolbar button bit maps

The custom buttons and bitmaps can make for a bit of fun... I had one a couple years ago that was a toilet bitmap. It had no function but looked great up there with all the other "serious" buttons around it.

The other one was the Make Part button. When you focused on it the comment "Machines part complete, then gives a back massage." would show. But of coarse, it did nothing as well. Great one for the new guys NX setup though! :)

--
Bill

RE: How to find UG Standard toolbar button bit maps

The toilet button should have had a 'flush' sound effect play and close the current part without saving.

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