Converting English to Metric (Sound like a "DURRR" question... maybe?)
Converting English to Metric (Sound like a "DURRR" question... maybe?)
(OP)
If this were Solidworks, all I would do is click Document Properties, "Metric" & OK
But NX doesn't want to make things that easy.
What is the best way to convert English Models over to metric without disassociating from every assembly we have and keeping all the relations intact?
Thanks,
Keegan
But NX doesn't want to make things that easy.
What is the best way to convert English Models over to metric without disassociating from every assembly we have and keeping all the relations intact?
Thanks,
Keegan





RE: Converting English to Metric (Sound like a "DURRR" question... maybe?)
Command Line Utilities -> Convert Part File Units
...document.
John R. Baker, P.E.
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RE: Converting English to Metric (Sound like a "DURRR" question... maybe?)
Try this program. I think someone from gtac sent it to me.
I prefer it to the standard method.
Ray S
NX 7.0
www.appliedprecisionproducts.com
RE: Converting English to Metric (Sound like a "DURRR" question... maybe?)
Would any of you mind walking me through this?
I'm not a huge fan of command prompt anything since the last time I used command prompts regularly I was 10 years old on my Dad's Tandy 1000 with a whopping 256 KB of RAM that had the ever so popular MS-DOS system... meaning I may be a little slow.
Take care all!
RE: Converting English to Metric (Sound like a "DURRR" question... maybe?)
Ray S
NX 7.0
www.appliedprecisionproducts.com
RE: Converting English to Metric (Sound like a "DURRR" question... maybe?)
I assumed the program operated on the same command prompt guide lines as the one included with UG so (I am sorry to say...) I didn't download or even try it.
Thanks for making my life easier!
OH Graphical User Interface
OH Graphical User Interface
How lovely are your visual cues and automated processes.
Keegan
RE: Converting English to Metric (Sound like a "DURRR" question... maybe?)
But for those of us who have been on CAD longer than 12 years, we still know how to use the command prompt. I do have some procedures that are faster and give better results with a command prompt than using a window. DIR versus a WINDOW SEARCH is so much faster, it doesn't even compare when I want to find a file on the 1TB disk share.
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RE: Converting English to Metric (Sound like a "DURRR" question... maybe?)
The batch file in this example converts parts individually; if you need to convert an entire assembly or directory you will need to change the options.
RE: Converting English to Metric (Sound like a "DURRR" question... maybe?)
I support DURRRR!
I'll admit, I am the idiot that is helpless without a calculator and spell check! ;)
But I too have seen it where Windows (especially Windows Search 4.0) is the slowest search known to man. I still don't get that.
Thanks for the batch file Ben and thanks to all for your help!
RE: Converting English to Metric (Sound like a "DURRR" question... maybe?)
Does the ug_convert program convert drawings as well. Each time I run it, the application fails to convert the drawings.
Thanks!
Keegan
RE: Converting English to Metric (Sound like a "DURRR" question... maybe?)
Let's say that you have an inch file, ANSI C size sheet with inch dimensions added. When you convert the file to metric, it will now internally be a metric file, but the sheet size and dimensions you have added will remain in the inch format that you originally specified.
RE: Converting English to Metric (Sound like a "DURRR" question... maybe?)
Thanks!!!
RE: Converting English to Metric (Sound like a "DURRR" question... maybe?)
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: Converting English to Metric (Sound like a "DURRR" question... maybe?)
Thanks!