Add view changes in NX8 and 8.5
Add view changes in NX8 and 8.5
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Hi all,
From NX8 onwards I've noticed that when I add a view in drafting it defaults to selecting the actual model for views rather than the drawing file. Is it possible to change this default behaviour?
From NX8 onwards I've noticed that when I add a view in drafting it defaults to selecting the actual model for views rather than the drawing file. Is it possible to change this default behaviour?





RE: Add view changes in NX8 and 8.5
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RE: Add view changes in NX8 and 8.5
RE: Add view changes in NX8 and 8.5
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: Add view changes in NX8 and 8.5
RE: Add view changes in NX8 and 8.5
“Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.”
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RE: Add view changes in NX8 and 8.5
In other words, nothing has changed in terms of what can be done, just the presentation and workflow scheme, with respect to the 'Add Base View' dialog, has changed.
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: Add view changes in NX8 and 8.5
For example, if I have a part called MYPART.prt and I create a drawing the part which is selected by default is MYPART.prt, in previous versions it would have defaulted to MYPART_DWG1.prt
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RE: Add view changes in NX8 and 8.5
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: Add view changes in NX8 and 8.5
“Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.”
-Dalai Lama XIV
RE: Add view changes in NX8 and 8.5
Also, if you default to the model views, won't that cause more confusion with exploded views since those must be created in the drawing file? Or has there been an enhancement regarding exploded views?
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RE: Add view changes in NX8 and 8.5
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: Add view changes in NX8 and 8.5
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: Add view changes in NX8 and 8.5
Proud Member of the Reality-Based Community..
To the Toolmaker, your nice little cartoon drawing of your glass looks cool, but your solid model sucks. Do you want me to fix it, or are you going to take all week to get it back to me so I can get some work done?
RE: Add view changes in NX8 and 8.5
WHY would possibly make a statement like that? Except for the idea that as PMI becomes more extensively used that the need for formal multi-view 'drawings' may be reduced, I see NOTHING which would suggest that 'Drawings' will soon move back to residing inside the same file where the part model exists. Nothing in this thread alludes to that in any way. Even the issue of the Exploded Views is an anomaly which will be addressed some day so that it too fully supports the Master Model concept, that is that the model and any resulting Drawings will reside in different part files.
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: Add view changes in NX8 and 8.5
So goes the "master model".
Proud Member of the Reality-Based Community..
To the Toolmaker, your nice little cartoon drawing of your glass looks cool, but your solid model sucks. Do you want me to fix it, or are you going to take all week to get it back to me so I can get some work done?
RE: Add view changes in NX8 and 8.5
RE: Add view changes in NX8 and 8.5
BTW, you can also use PMI in a 'Master Model' mode in that you don't have to be in the same part file as the geometry to assign PMI dimensions and annotation including GD&T. Master Model is also supported with CAM and CAE operations. In fact, CAE enforces the Master Model approach even when used in native mode without Teamcenter being in the picture.
And while I agree that over time the expanded use of PMI, applied to the actual model geometry and/or its features, will reduce the need for, and eventually the actual creation of, traditional fully dimensioned, annotated, multi-orthographic-view based Drawings, it will be years before this is the norm and so until then, the most effective use of Drawings will still be as separate documents which reference, but does not actually contain, the part model's geometry.
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.