Purging Empty Groups in NX7
Purging Empty Groups in NX7
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Dealing with a file inherited from another user, and do not have the option to "start it over from the groundup". Need to purge empty groups on a layer, but cannot use the File, Group, Ungroup - because there are no objects in the group available select (as evidenced with I do a Information, Other, Group):
Name TOL3
Number of Members 1
Number of Levels 1
Number of Geometric Objects 0
Number of Subgroups on First Level 1
Help!
Name TOL3
Number of Members 1
Number of Levels 1
Number of Geometric Objects 0
Number of Subgroups on First Level 1
Help!





RE: Purging Empty Groups in NX7
File -> Utilities -> Part Cleanup...
...and you will find, in the 'Moderate Delete Actions' section of the dialog, an option to 'Delete All' Empty Groups.
John R. Baker, P.E.
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RE: Purging Empty Groups in NX7
Total Hidden Categories this
Layer Status Objects Objects Layer is Included in
------------------------------------------------------------
1 1 ALL
1 Group
8 Work 1 ALL
1 Tabular Note
9 Visible 55 ALL
48 Spline 2 Group 3 Drafting Entity 2 Tabular Note
Do an Information, Other, Group, and...
Name (Unnamed)
Number of Members 48
Number of Levels 1
Number of Geometric Objects 48
Number of Subgroups on First Level 0
Name TITLE BLOCK AND BORDER
Number of Members 2
Number of Levels 1
Number of Geometric Objects 2
Number of Subgroups on First Level 0
Name TITLEBLOCK AND BORDER
Number of Members 2
Number of Levels 2
Number of Geometric Objects 3
Number of Subgroups on First Level 1
The (Unnamed) appears to be some 3D Text I used - but the other two appear to be some 'inherited' items that may need to be moved to the correct layer and/or purged (if either one of them are on layer one). But... how to check if a 'named' group is on layer one, if the data for it is on another layer?
RE: Purging Empty Groups in NX7
Expand the Unused Items folder to see what you can clean out of your file. Don't delete things willy-nilly here; just because it is unused (not referenced) does not mean it is not useful. Your titleblock geometry will probably show up in the Unused Items folder since it is not a parent of a feature (such as an extrude, revolve, etc).
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RE: Purging Empty Groups in NX7
RE: Purging Empty Groups in NX7
Information -> Object...
...set the 'Type' filter to 'Group', hit OK, then do a 'Select All'. In the listing it should show the selected groups and what layer they are on.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: Purging Empty Groups in NX7