NX5, symbols added to dimensions are VERY tiny
NX5, symbols added to dimensions are VERY tiny
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Hello, a few months ago we finally upgraded to windows 7 workstations at our office. For the most part, it was a smooth transition, but we seem to be having a problem that never used to be an issue on our Windows XP machines.
If I need to revise a drawing, for example, and add a symbol to a dimension, it will come in extremely small (almost like a period). If I delete the dimension though, and put it back in from scratch (and include the symbol) it will display the proper size. If I try to add the symbol as an independant note by itself, it will also come in at the correct size.
It only seems to give us this headache when we want to add it to an existing dimension. Is this a known bug in NX5? Does anyone have any suggestions on how we can fix this? We've been dealing with it by just replacing the dimension all together with a new one and adding the symbol then... but the downside is that this usually takes 3-4X longer than it should.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks in advance
If I need to revise a drawing, for example, and add a symbol to a dimension, it will come in extremely small (almost like a period). If I delete the dimension though, and put it back in from scratch (and include the symbol) it will display the proper size. If I try to add the symbol as an independant note by itself, it will also come in at the correct size.
It only seems to give us this headache when we want to add it to an existing dimension. Is this a known bug in NX5? Does anyone have any suggestions on how we can fix this? We've been dealing with it by just replacing the dimension all together with a new one and adding the symbol then... but the downside is that this usually takes 3-4X longer than it should.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks in advance





RE: NX5, symbols added to dimensions are VERY tiny
I just wanted to clear that up as everything looks ok (size wise) in the style preferences for said drawings.
RE: NX5, symbols added to dimensions are VERY tiny
You may need to contact GTAC and have them look at your drawing files and see what they learn.
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RE: NX5, symbols added to dimensions are VERY tiny
-Steve
RE: NX5, symbols added to dimensions are VERY tiny
We're in touch with our IT dept and trying to get the information for our webkey account. Heopefully we can get this ironed out soon.
RE: NX5, symbols added to dimensions are VERY tiny
When I tried that, I got what you described, a very small symbol. To be exact, 25.4 times smaller than expected. And going the other way, Inches -> MM, the symbol was 25.4 times LARGER than expected.
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: NX5, symbols added to dimensions are VERY tiny
I wonder if theres something server side that is causing this. We have a few CAD groups here and they all have different customers and all use different versions of Ug/Nx... and some metric, some imperial... but we all use the same license server and licenses AFAIK.
Like I said, we didn't have this issue with our old machines. It's only started happening since going to windows 7 x64 (and just so happens to be around the time that they changed over to new licenses... we no longer use advanced designer/designer bundles). Our IT department doesn't know UG enough to trouble shoot this problem so it's very possible that something was/wasn't turned on that should of been.
thanks for the help John