I blame 7.5.5 (revision block)
I blame 7.5.5 (revision block)
(OP)
I know this may be old school, but it has worked well for me for a decade and it's quick and easy. I have used the same revision block since V16 and as soon as we went to 7.5.5 it doesn't work. It's just some basic curves and notes that I would drop into a drawing by using File-Import Part and placing it where it belongs in the upper right of the border. Since we installed 7.5.5, the notes don't appear (which are just dashes at this point). They are nowhere to be found, at first. I did finally find them after checking to see if they came in blanked, by doing a "show all". It wasn't till AFTER I cancelled the show all that they appeared. But they appeared down in the bottom left corner of the sheet. The curves are dropping in the correct location (based on the point specified), but the notes are located from the origin(0,0,0) of the sheet. And did I mention that they are not visible until I do a "show all" and exit the command? I tried recreating a new file for both the revision block and drawing in 7.5.5 and it behaves the same. What is going on? I have tried model/view dependancies and it makes no difference. Help please! I know there are a dozen ways of putting in a revision block, but we like this way.





RE: I blame 7.5.5 (revision block)
Tim Flater
NX Designer
RE: I blame 7.5.5 (revision block)
To create one of these, while in Drafting, go to...
Insert -> Table -> Tabular Note...
...and once created you can select the note and edit the number and size of the rows and columns as well as their content. Once created, you can save a master copy as a Symbol or as something which can added to the Reuse Library which you can then drag onto you drawing whenever needed. I think you will find this to be superior to trying to 'herd' a bunch of lines and notes around on the screen
John R. Baker, P.E.
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RE: I blame 7.5.5 (revision block)
Anthony Galante

Technical Resource Coordinator
NX4.0.4MP10, NX5.0.0->5.0.6, NX6.0.0->NX6.0.5, NX7.0.0->NX7.0.1 & NX7.5.0.32-> NX7.5.4.4, NX8.0.0.25
RE: I blame 7.5.5 (revision block)
RE: I blame 7.5.5 (revision block)
"Good to know you got shoes to wear when you find the floor." - Robert Hunter
RE: I blame 7.5.5 (revision block)
When you select a 'cell' and press MB3 you can also select the 'Style' option which will allow you to set the Font, text size, format rules and the various 'Fit Methods' that you would like to use if the text entry is longer than can fit in the original 'cell'. None of these require accessing Excel.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
UG/NX Museum: http://www.plmworld.org/p/cm/ld/fid=209
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.