NX 7.5 Sketcher has some issues
NX 7.5 Sketcher has some issues
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This is probably going to be more of a rant than a useful post but in NX 7.5 sketcher has several bugs that are extremely annoying. First, its possible for you to have a fully constrained sketch and for NX to display "Sketch needs -2 constraints", not a big deal because it doesn't stop you in your tracks but just a silly bug. Second, its very frustrating that I can have a fully constrained sketch and add a line, not associated to anything, holding down "alt" not allowing it to make any inferred constraints then when I add a constraint to it, say make it horizontal, the sketch says its over constrained and I'm stopped dead in my tracks. This causes hours of hassle and wasted money. I've been using Unigraphics for 7 years and have NEVER come across these issues so it really irks me to have to deal with this. I don't even know how many thousands of dollars a month we spend on NX with our 10 or so stations but its enough to expect not having these kinds of issues.





RE: NX 7.5 Sketcher has some issues
Best regards,
Michaël.
NX7.5.4.4 + TC Unified 8.3
Win 7 64 bit
RE: NX 7.5 Sketcher has some issues
RE: NX 7.5 Sketcher has some issues
The latest version of NX7.5 is (correct me if i'm wrong) 7.5.5, which includes all the bug fixes and Mp's.
You could download it from the GTAC site.
And yes a video could come in handy to understand your problem. Or you could create a test file, or is it part dependent?
Best regards,
Michaël.
NX7.5.4.4 + TC Unified 8.3
Win 7 64 bit
RE: NX 7.5 Sketcher has some issues
If they are as irritating and apparently as easy to reproduce as you describe them, then it would seem that it would not take the people at GTAC much time at all to either suggest how you can avoid these issues or if it proves to actually be a problem with the code, get development to verify that and get some idea as to when they will be able to fix it.
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RE: NX 7.5 Sketcher has some issues
Sorry for the poor quality, my phone was having issues dealing with the contrast. Anyway, you see that the sketch is fully constrained. I add a line that is coincident with another and vertical but do not allow it to be associated to anything in any other way. It causes the sketch to become inexplicably over constrained. Deleting the line leaves the sketch over constrained. I get the same result if I remove all auto constraints and create the line, then add constraints manually. Its especially annoying since you can see that I already created the same feature on the other side of my sketch.
RE: NX 7.5 Sketcher has some issues
RE: NX 7.5 Sketcher has some issues
Are you aware that there's a built-in video capture feature in NX 7.5? Why not use that to capture a visual record of the problems that you say you're having?
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.
RE: NX 7.5 Sketcher has some issues
I ended up leaving the often helpful autoconstraint features off for more complicated sketches to ensure I have full control and am not surprised.
RE: NX 7.5 Sketcher has some issues
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.
RE: NX 7.5 Sketcher has some issues
RE: NX 7.5 Sketcher has some issues