datum points too small
datum points too small
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Is there a way to make datum points larger in NX6 Modeling? They're pretty small and they don't scale up when you zoom in. I have them set already to an obnoxiously bright color to try to stand out from everything else, but it would be better if they were bigger. I've looked through the Customer Defaults once before and didn't see anything obvious.
Mike





RE: datum points too small
Is that what you are speaking of?
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I can't imagine it moving since.
"Good to know you got shoes to wear when you find the floor." - Robert Hunter
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Mike
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Mike
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Mike
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"Good to know you got shoes to wear when you find the floor." - Robert Hunter
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Mike
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So if you're ready, go to...
Preferences -> Visualization -> View/Screen
With me so far?
Now select that BIG 'Calibrate' button in the middle of the section of the dialog titled 'Session Settings' and when the dialog comes up you will see a circle inscribed in a box inside a 'field' with sliders to the right and at the bottom. Now the purpose of this item, as you might start to suspect from the name of the dialog, is to 'calibrate' the screen resolution and aspect ratio (hence the independent controls for width and height) of your screen's display. Now nominally the idea is to set the appearance of the circle/box so that it's either 2 inches or 5 Cenitmeters in size which would establish the proper dimensional calibration of the display, BUT you can LIE to it and move the sliders so that the circle/box is much larger than 2 Inches/5 Centimeters, which will cause the relative size of the display to be enlarged as well. Granted, this will mean that if you set the display scale to 1:1, that it won't be, but most people don't usually care all that much anyways. Note that this will also cause the size of all temporary and/or 'primitive' based screen objects to increase in size as well (such as cone-heads, planes, handles, etc.).
Anyway, give it a try and see what you think.
John R. Baker, P.E.
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Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
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Cypress, CA
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To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
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Mike
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I just a got a new laptop with a 15.4 Inch display, but with a native resolution of 1920 x 1200, things are now so small I can barely see anything
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.
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Mike
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