Broken Views NX 8.5
Broken Views NX 8.5
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After creating a broken view on a drawing, I have added item balloons for the parts. This is a long tube with end plates to make a weldment. We have a grip program that runs the plot function and captures the output to send it to a custom viewer we have. When I run this grip program, the broken views are moving aorund on the drawing. It is like they are going to to an un-broken state and then end up looking fine on the drawing. The one problem I am having, the item balloon that is attached to the tube itself is changing postions on the drawing when the views move around. So it does not end up in the position it was placed at on the drawing. Is there something I need to set to make sure the item balloons will not move around? Each time I run the grip, that one item balloon ends up in a different position on the drawing every time.





RE: Broken Views NX 8.5
RE: Broken Views NX 8.5
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RE: Broken Views NX 8.5
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File -> Export -> PDF...
...to produce your PDF files?
You say that the plots and prints of the drawing "end up looking fine". If so, when exactly are you seeing the broken view "moving around on the drawing"?
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RE: Broken Views NX 8.5
We can look at using the export to pdf, we just would have to figure a way to get the pdf into the database for our viewer. Currently with the grip program, it places the file in a location that is used for the viewer. When you look go to our viewer, you see the updated drawing right away. Each user does not have to worry about where that file is going to to update the database. If we use the export to pdf, I am not sure we could get the files to that location and have them update the database.
RE: Broken Views NX 8.5
If you wanted to automate this, I would consider replacing your GRIP program with a Journal that does what you want.
As for you statement that "You see the views moving around on the screen as you are trying to plot.", I'm still not sure what you're saying. Could you capture a video, using the built-in NX Movie function, of your session showing this "moving around" behavior?
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RE: Broken Views NX 8.5
RE: Broken Views NX 8.5
John R. Baker, P.E.
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RE: Broken Views NX 8.5
I just tried the export to pdf, the same thing happens with the views as in the movie i made.
RE: Broken Views NX 8.5
BTW, if this is an Assembly, which it appears to be, it's possible that IT'S the Assembly which is out-of-date and when it updates it's what's forcing the Drawing to update. Could you zip-up the parts and the Drawing and upload them so that I can look at this on my system?
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RE: Broken Views NX 8.5
RE: Broken Views NX 8.5
Have you tried to create this drawing over again? Is this the ONLY Drawing where you've seen this behavior?
If you can't resolve this, by trying to create a new Drawing or if this in not the only example of this problem, I suspect that you'll need to contact GTAC and have them show this to someone in the development group and see if they can find out what might be causing this, however, since the problem appears to have been minimized in NX 9.0, to where it's barely noticeable, unless there's a very easy fix for NX 8.5, they may simply tell you to update to NX 9.0 and move on.
Anyway, that's about all that I can do for now. Sorry it wasn't more.
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RE: Broken Views NX 8.5
Steve
NX 7.5.5.4
RE: Broken Views NX 8.5
John R. Baker, P.E.
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RE: Broken Views NX 8.5
RE: Broken Views NX 8.5
John R. Baker, P.E.
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Product Engineering Software
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Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: Broken Views NX 8.5
RE: Broken Views NX 8.5
Steve
NX 8.5.3.3