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NX8 pattern field population

NX8 pattern field population

NX8 pattern field population

(OP)
All. I have noticed in NX8 the pattern feature seems to remember your previous variables you may have typed into the fields for count or pitch distance for example. I would prefer it to be ready for me to enter data without having to change it back to a constant at times. Any way to turn off this "remembering" feature?

Thanks

RE: NX8 pattern field population

This is what's known as 'Dialog Memory' and has been a part of the User Interface behavior since NX 5.0 when the new 'block-based' dialogs were first introduced. And while there IS an option to disable this feature, it's an all-or-nothing sort of thing.

If you wish to completely disable 'Dialog Memory', FOR ALL DIALOGS IN NX, go to...

Customer Defaults -> Gateway -> User Interface -> General

...and toggle OFF the 'Save Dialog Box Settings between Sessions' option and restart NX.

Now this will have no effect during a normal session, dialogs will retain their last options/choices/settings for that current sessions, but will revert back to the out-of-the-box defaults for your next session. If you wish to 'reset' the settings during your CURRENT session you have two choices. If you wish to reset ALL dialog settings, go to...

Preferences -> User Interface -> General

...and select the button at the bottom of the dialog labeled 'Reset Dialog Box Settings'.

Or if you wish to ONLY reset the dialog that you have open, select the 'Reset' button found in the header of the dialog, as shown below:



This will ONLY reset the current dialog back to its default settings.

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RE: NX8 pattern field population

(OP)
Interesting. We must have had this disabled in NX6. Thanks so much for the info! Luving NX8 so far....

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