NX9 manual placement (non-centered) dimension
NX9 manual placement (non-centered) dimension
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Hello,
I'm having a go with NX9 drafting today, having trouble with finding the manual placement option for dimensions.
i.e. in linear dimension, all dim values are in the centre of the leaderlines, and I can't move them.
Could anyone tell me where the option to switch from automatic placement to manual is?
Thanks in advance, Carl
I'm having a go with NX9 drafting today, having trouble with finding the manual placement option for dimensions.
i.e. in linear dimension, all dim values are in the centre of the leaderlines, and I can't move them.
Could anyone tell me where the option to switch from automatic placement to manual is?
Thanks in advance, Carl
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NX 7.5 with TC 8.3





RE: NX9 manual placement (non-centered) dimension
Any help would be much appreciated!
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NX 7.5 with TC 8.3
RE: NX9 manual placement (non-centered) dimension
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NX 7.5 with TC 8.3
RE: NX9 manual placement (non-centered) dimension
Dimension settings -> Line/arrow -> arrowhead -> workflow -> uncheck the "automatic orientation" option.
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RE: NX9 manual placement (non-centered) dimension
Regards,
Tomas
RE: NX9 manual placement (non-centered) dimension
With NX 9.0 we're using the 'inferred' modes to a much greater degree and once you learn their behavior we think you will find it to be very productive while making it easier to get exactly what you want without having to be constantly changing settings or modes of operation.
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: NX9 manual placement (non-centered) dimension
Completely agree with you John, I've just recommended that's switched OFF in the defaults.
So far the only difficulty I've found is creating a radius to centre as in the second picture I posted, which seems to only be possible using radial dimension, with radial selected in the options - inferred won't do it, neither will rapid dimension (with any setting).
But I will have a good practise with drafting today and see how I go.
Thanks, Carl
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NX 7.5 with TC 8.3
RE: NX9 manual placement (non-centered) dimension
Has anyone found a better way to do this?
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RE: NX9 manual placement (non-centered) dimension
So, I've had a go with drafting, am struggling a bit with the "automatic orientation" setting.
In NX7.5 we had 3 options for placing dimensions:
Automatic Placement
Manual Placement (Arrows Out)
Manual Placement (Arrows In)
As I understand it, NX9 can only have "automatic orientation" ON or OFF.
This means in some situations when arrowheads are wrong, you need to turn automatic ON, but then lose the ability to position the dimension manually.
Is there any way to de-couple these two effects, or another setting I'm missing?
I've uploaded a PDF to illustrate.
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RE: NX9 manual placement (non-centered) dimension
Note that this can also be accessed while creating and placing a dimension by simply waiting a bit and then selecting the 'Edit' icon (shown as a 'wrench') which will appear near your cursor.
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: NX9 manual placement (non-centered) dimension
Lot's to learn on drafting I think but it's looking good so far.
A couple of further questions:
1. creating a radius to centre dimension from outside the radius - as per previous pics
I still can't find any way in rapid dims to do this, it only works with radial dim, and radial (not inferred) selected
and then the dimension has to be placed between arc and centrepoint, and then dragged outside the arc afterwards
Is there something I'm missing here, or is radius to center no longer really an option?
2. I'm having a bit of trouble with rapid dimension to multiple-hole centrelines, from an edge thats' parallel to the centreline
It seems to default to an angle of zero, rather than a distance dimension. I've tested with a very basic part - screenshot attached.
Again, is there something I'm doing wrong, or does anyone see the same result.
Thanks in advance for your help.
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NX 7.5 with TC 8.3
RE: NX9 manual placement (non-centered) dimension
I've run up against something else this morning, can't figure out how to turn off the scale part of a view label in NX9.
All the settings seem to be there except "off", for scale and also view label as whole - 7.5 vs 9 picture attached.
Think I need a lot more practise with drafting!
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NX 7.5 with TC 8.3
RE: NX9 manual placement (non-centered) dimension
Don't forget we have Siemens on site next Wednesday for and NX9 show and tell, so we'll get Mark Barrow to answer these questions then.
Cheers
Si
Best regards
Simon NX 7.5.4.4 MP8 and NX 8.5 (native) - TC 8 www.jcb.com
RE: NX9 manual placement (non-centered) dimension
I had in fact forgotten, excellent will see if Mark can re-educate me!
See you next week, Carl
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NX 7.5 with TC 8.3
RE: NX9 manual placement (non-centered) dimension
RE: NX9 manual placement (non-centered) dimension
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: NX9 manual placement (non-centered) dimension
www.jcb.com
NX 7.5 with TC 8.3
RE: NX9 manual placement (non-centered) dimension
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: NX9 manual placement (non-centered) dimension
That is the setting I'm looking for, I found out today that apparently 9.0.1.3 isn't released yet. Not a problem though, at least the option will return.
Thanks again, Carl
www.jcb.com
NX 7.5 with TC 8.3
RE: NX9 manual placement (non-centered) dimension
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: NX9 manual placement (non-centered) dimension
Do you want the scale label for a non-detail view?
If so, look at view settings -> Base/Drawing -> Label -> Scale, show view scale option (when checked, more options will appear to control the appearance).
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RE: NX9 manual placement (non-centered) dimension
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: NX9 manual placement (non-centered) dimension
That's interesting.
John is correct I am only trying to turn off the scale label on an existing detail view, which doesn't seem to be possible (in current version).
However, the general prefereces you've mentioned cowski do include a check box for detail view scale label, so I can switch it off for newly created detail views!
Thank you both for your help.
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NX 7.5 with TC 8.3