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colour of wave linked body

colour of wave linked body

colour of wave linked body

(OP)
I sometimes add wave linked bodies into my assemblies, to help with creating parts etc.
When i do this, i change their colour to pink, so it's obvious to everyone they're not part of the assembly.
I also move them to another layer, so i can exclude them if i have to export the assembly.
My question is... Can i set it so that it will retain this colour even after an update, as at the moment, it re-inherits the parent colour2thumbsup (NX8)

RE: colour of wave linked body

Try going to...

Preferences -> Modeling -> General

...and about 3/4 of the way down the dialog, change the option 'Display Properties for New Geometry' -> 'Extracted and Linked Geometry from' to 'Part Default' from 'Parent Object'.

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: colour of wave linked body

(OP)
bigglassesThanks John, that's looks to be exactly what I'm after, if i change that option in my template part, can you think of any disadvantages?

RE: colour of wave linked body

If you're happy with the scheme that you've developed to identify which are WAVE linked bodies and you're satisfied with how helps you, go for it. After all, if this has caused a lot of people problems why would we have left this option in place all these years?

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: colour of wave linked body

(OP)
ok,thanks, just wanted to check to see if you could envisage any side effects

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