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First release of NX9
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First release of NX9

First release of NX9

(OP)
Hi John,

I have just downloaded and installed NX9. It works well on a PC without any previous NX version but I encountered the following problem on my laptop with NX5, NX6, NX7.5, NX8 and NX8.5 when creating a new part

An attempt was made to set a constrained attribute to a value outside its limits (580048)

Failed to load and update part "C:\softs\ugnx9\ugii\templates\model-plain-1-mm-template.prt"

Thanks in advance


Regards
Didier Psaltopoulos
http://www.psi-cad.com

RE: First release of NX9

(OP)
I found the solution by deleting the folder C:\Users\Didier\AppData\Local\Siemens\NX90 created during the beta test

I never encountered this problem and the message was not clear


Regards
Didier Psaltopoulos
http://www.psi-cad.com

RE: First release of NX9

Dear Didier,...
You wrote the first post on this 05.02 ( plus-minus an hour in time difference)
- You have been sitting up all night waiting for the download to become available. ! ?
- And then installed it before 05.00 !
True Spirit ! ( and maybe insanity smile

Regards,
Tomas

RE: First release of NX9

(OP)
Hi Tomas,

It is exactly 12:40 in France and I got up at 6am this morning


Regards
Didier Psaltopoulos
http://www.psi-cad.com

RE: First release of NX9

Didier, my post was meant as a friendly joke.
My mistake. i now see that the times noted in the posts are non-local..
( It's 12.40 in Sweden also.)

Btw, I see in your post that you have had the beta installed. ( i have the beta still installed.)
I assume that you uninstalled the beta before installing the customer release.
But, did you re-install the FlexLm also ?

Regards,
Tomas



RE: First release of NX9

(OP)
Hi Tomas,

No pb, I have understood the joke.

I have uninstalled the beta but not the flexlm


Regards
Didier Psaltopoulos
http://www.psi-cad.com

RE: First release of NX9

Should we understand that NX9 has been released?

MZ7DYJ

RE: First release of NX9

Thanks a lot, Didier!

MZ7DYJ

RE: First release of NX9

(OP)
Hi Tomas

I have a NX MACH2 Prod Design and the Subd Modeling is not available even with the variable. And You ?


Regards
Didier Psaltopoulos
http://www.psi-cad.com

RE: First release of NX9

Yes, the problem that DidierPSICAD encountered will only be seen by people who had installed one or more of the early beta test versions of the software (I got hit by it myself a few weeks ago). And doing an uninstall of NX 9.0 will NOT remove the problem. The solution was as Didier stated, he had to remove the local NX90 folder which is created automatically the first time you launch a new version of NX, but which is not removed when you uninstall NX. So for all of you non-beta testers, this will NEVER be an issue, period!

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: First release of NX9

I looked yesterday for the sub divisional modeling stuff but cannot find it, I assume that it is delayed to a later release. ( the release notes mentions the "sub d" but i think the What's new guide don't.)
I also played around with the new "rapid dimension" in Drafting.
- I don't understand what's "rapid" compared to the previous. ?
The thing i did notice is that when this new dialog is on screen, you cannot move or edit an existing dimension. ( non-rapid compared to before.)

Regards,
Tomas

RE: First release of NX9

I'm not aware about the variable, the beta i ran did not need the variable, or it was already set in some file in the install.
I run a "distributor bundle" due to my partnership w Siemens.


Regards, Tomas

RE: First release of NX9

Toost,

In regards to the "Rapid" dimensioning, I think it's just a name change from Inferred. Other dims seems to have been grouped, but basically still reside under the new groupings.

Tim Flater
NX Designer
NX 8.0.3.4
Win7 Pro x64 SP1
Intel Xeon 2.53 GHz 6GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro 4000 2GB

RE: First release of NX9

Officially 'Realize Shape' (the final name for the what's been previously referred to as Subdivision Modeling) is an NX 9.0.1 product and always has been. Granted, we've been demoing it and beta testers have been evaluating it and providing us feedback, but it will not part of the production package until the first maintenance release planned for right after the first of the year. Note that there will be at least one other significant modeling enhancement included in NX 9.0.1 which we have NOT been able to yet demo or beta test so, and again, this was always part of the original plan when we defined what projects were going into NX 9.0.0 versus the NX 9.0.x releases.

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: First release of NX9

(OP)
Ok John, It's clear now. I thought it was possible to continue the test for SubDiv until 9.0.1


Regards
Didier Psaltopoulos
http://www.psi-cad.com

RE: First release of NX9

Just an FYI; NX 9.0.1 is now available for download from the GTAC support site.

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: First release of NX9

Yes, we're ttechnically a few days ahead of schedule. And now it's on to whatever's next, as I just the got notice that the first installable pre-beta phase of NX 10.0 is ready for me to download and start testing (pretty good timing if you ask me).

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: First release of NX9

I looked on gtac and could not find the what is new/fixed in this release. Is this availble yet? Or does anyone have this information they could share? Thanks

RE: First release of NX9

(OP)
Hi,

Realize Shape should be available if you have a MACH3 license

Regards
Didier Psaltopoulos
http://www.psi-cad.com

RE: First release of NX9

If you have a 'MACH 3 Industrial Design' license.

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: First release of NX9

While we've gotten the software out a few days early, it appears that the 'paperwork' isn't quite finished winky smile I'm sure that that 'Release Letter' will be available shortly.

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: First release of NX9

John, not to annoy you
nx 9.013 still have dimensioning issues, the mini editor is not working with keybord inputs only the texteditor works for text before/after dimension
even inherit doesn't work to another dimension.
Btw, the hotspot click event is very annoying- the shortcuts, taken from the relaese note ctrl+ keybord cursor button only in the mini editor
nominal place input from the num bock still doesn't work as in previous versions, shortcut keybord button S doesn't start the dimension style dialog, the spline.
inherit with I or direct jumping into the editor with E while dimensioning.
Please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please give us back the pre nx9 dimensioning workflow.
So many clicks, event waiting - I don't want to play just do rapid dimensioning work.

RE: First release of NX9

If you were expecting a redesign of dialogs and menus or even a change in a functions behavior, maintenance releases are NOT the place to be looking for them. Only if a serious error was discovered do we change what a function does during a maintenance release, and since your comments are about your 'disappointment' with the way a function was designed to work, you really need to open either PR's (if development will accept them for changes in design or behavior) or more likely ER's, which will be considered for future releases of NX. Unless you can demonstrate an actual LOSS of the ability to do some task or operation, or that something is documented to work one way but actually works in a different manner, then your comments can only be taken as suggestions, i.e. ER's, for when we either tweak the functionality of a dialog or we make major changes based on a new approach or concept, which is only done when we release a NEW version of NX.

That being said, since the changes made to the Drafting functions have come only after a long and detailed review of competitive systems, ideas proposed by our own people, ideas that we've collected over the years from customers in the form of mostly ER's and some PR's which were not classified as actual 'bugs' but merely clumsy functionality, feedback during BETA, etc., until we have a chance to get more specific feedback from a broader segment of our user base, we'll just have to wait to see how this evolves. But as I said up-front, don't expect wholesale changes, unless it's a true dialog replacement of something old or adding something totally new, in a maintenance release. That's just not how things are done.

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: First release of NX9

hey John,
I agree to get better, redesign of dialogs and workflows - and there's still a lot to do
a little comparison: nx8.5 /nx9
Place a dimension in drafting, while placing hit the keyboard cursor left for example my hands are on the keyboard type in the text, put the dimension in place. Next dimension
My company standard has 2 nominal places, in this case I want to cut the nominal place and hit on the keyboard the 0 (null), even the RMB context give me this option
in nx9.01 finding your way around:
place a dimension, locks in a grid very nice improvement, let the clickery begin, place the dimension LMB wait / event pre edit mini toolbar click LMB on the hot spot close to the dimension text (screen gets full of contexts ) the mini editor display, place the cursor in the text field (LMB) switch to keyboard type some inputs, or control the nominal places. The SW guy will like it...
More traditional second way nx is to use the RMB context, but in nx 9 nominal places, additional text, inherit reset was removed from the context
btw. I'm frustrated doing call on this. I reported this regression in the early betas last year in April, attached the nx 8.5 documentation for dimensioning key accelerators, was closed in Septembers as can't dublicate.
There are a lot of nice really nice enhancements in nx 9, for drafting 2d documentation users don't like must be high productive.

RE: First release of NX9

Quote (DidierPSICAD)


Blend Corner should also be available in NX9.0.1

Yes, that's true, the 'Blend Corner' function has been enabled in NX 9.0.1.

For a short demo of how this function can be used to 'clean-up' a situation where 4 different blends come together at a corner, replacing the multiple transition patches with a single smooth face, please see the attached video.

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.

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