How do I get my custom .tbr to show up every time in NX 7.5?
How do I get my custom .tbr to show up every time in NX 7.5?
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I have created my own .tbr file, but I have to load it every time I start NX. Is there a way to have it remember to load it every time?
Also, why in the world would NX move to predominantly dropdown style picking on a lot of commands? The rest of the world found out dropdown menus make for SLOW PICKING back around 1998 or so. Way to go backwards NX!! It takes me twice as long to do most commands now, because they are so pick intensive. Selecting a point? Dropdown. Selecting a plane? Dropdown. Selection filter? Dropdown. It's ridiculous.
Also, why in the world would NX move to predominantly dropdown style picking on a lot of commands? The rest of the world found out dropdown menus make for SLOW PICKING back around 1998 or so. Way to go backwards NX!! It takes me twice as long to do most commands now, because they are so pick intensive. Selecting a point? Dropdown. Selecting a plane? Dropdown. Selection filter? Dropdown. It's ridiculous.





RE: How do I get my custom .tbr to show up every time in NX 7.5?
In order to load your toolbar each time, you will need to add the folder containing the toolbar in the custom_dirs.dat file.
Suppose your toolbar mytoolbar is in c:\temp\startup\mytoolbar.tbr.
In the custom_dirs.dat, you will need to add c:\temp, or if you have assigned an environment variable, you will need to add something like $MYTOOLBAR_DIR, where MYTOOLBAR_DIR points to c:\temp.
Marc
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RE: How do I get my custom .tbr to show up every time in NX 7.5?
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RE: How do I get my custom .tbr to show up every time in NX 7.5?
As for the dropdowns, I'm not asking for every command to be available in a button everywhere, but I think you had it right in NX3 where a series of buttons were always shown in the dialog box for whatever operation you were at. Take for example "transform point to point", I have to pick a dropdown every time i want to pick a specific point, where in NX3 they were all shown at the top of the dialog box. Or to split a body, I have to move through a series of dropdowns to pick "3 points" as my plane, where in NX3 it was on a button shown in the dialog box. I work in die design, and I hear MANY complaints about this same thing from peers! We actually have to quote the jobs for more money because we know it will take longer to do them.
RE: How do I get my custom .tbr to show up every time in NX 7.5?
RE: How do I get my custom .tbr to show up every time in NX 7.5?
When you select points and planes all day long, those extra picks really add up.
RE: How do I get my custom .tbr to show up every time in NX 7.5?
Marc
NX Software Developer
RE: How do I get my custom .tbr to show up every time in NX 7.5?
I tried that, but the dropdowns i would like to have on a toolbar are the plane selection buttons, like point & direction or three points. I can't go to customize while I'm in the middle of a command or it goes away so I can't select it to drag it.
RE: How do I get my custom .tbr to show up every time in NX 7.5?
UGII_USER_DIR=<path to the 'user folder' I told you to create above>
Now when you start NX the system will know about your new toolbar file. The first time to start NX after this you may still have to toggle it ON, but it will on list of available toolbars when you over the 'Customize' menu. Of course you will need to save your role is want this toolbar to always come-up displayed and ready to use.
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