Machinary Lib / Reuse Library - Problems with Lengths of Profiles
Machinary Lib / Reuse Library - Problems with Lengths of Profiles
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Hello all,
we use some parts of the Siemens Machinary Library and own part families within Reuse Lib (NX8) - everything's OK so far.
Now we have the problem to create different lengths of some (Siemen
profiles (Hot Rolled Beam steel..., IPA, DIN1025 ...).
It's nearly impossible to create every length of the profile within a part family, this would be a excel sheet with more then 10.000 variants or even more.
Of course we can change the variable "Length" after the reuse placing dialog within the profile, but when saving the assembly the parent profile will be overwritten with the new length and a child part wasn't created.
Any ideas how to solve the problem with the numerous numbers of length ?
Best regards
Wolfgang
we use some parts of the Siemens Machinary Library and own part families within Reuse Lib (NX8) - everything's OK so far.
Now we have the problem to create different lengths of some (Siemen
It's nearly impossible to create every length of the profile within a part family, this would be a excel sheet with more then 10.000 variants or even more.
Of course we can change the variable "Length" after the reuse placing dialog within the profile, but when saving the assembly the parent profile will be overwritten with the new length and a child part wasn't created.
Any ideas how to solve the problem with the numerous numbers of length ?
Best regards
Wolfgang





RE: Machinary Lib / Reuse Library - Problems with Lengths of Profiles
BTW, this 'Clone' option is only provided in cases where it's anticipated that one will need to change the parameters of the item being created. In other words, this option is NOT going to be seen for things like Nuts and Bolts, which are created to a certain specification when added from the Reuse Library. In that case if you need to change its size, like needing a longer Bolt, it would have to be REPLACED with a different Bolt from the Reuse Library. But of course, as you've already mentioned, rolled-shapes are cut-to-length, something which would be virtually impossible to deal with using the Part Family spreadsheet.
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RE: Machinary Lib / Reuse Library - Problems with Lengths of Profiles
as far as I can see that's the perfect solution for our problem
Just one more question: inside the "Reuse Clone context" there's an option Part Name Management. How can I set a desired
Output Directory as default ?
RE: Machinary Lib / Reuse Library - Problems with Lengths of Profiles
The option to specify the output directory[/b should be set in the [b]Customer Defaults
File -> Utilities -> Customer Defaults
Click the "binoculars" and search for Directory
You should set Windows Part File Directory to what you want.
Kind regards,
RE: Machinary Lib / Reuse Library - Problems with Lengths of Profiles
The same path for "Part File Directory" and "Part Family Save Directory" (Reuse) will work of course, but all the parts will be saved then to Part Family Save Dir - that's not our intention.
Regards,
Wolfgang
RE: Machinary Lib / Reuse Library - Problems with Lengths of Profiles
read this thread Link - seems it's not possible to define a dedicate "Clone Directory" in the "ADD Reusable Component" Dialog. [sad]