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Open Reuse Library in a default folder.

Open Reuse Library in a default folder.

Open Reuse Library in a default folder.

(OP)
Hi All,

Not a big problem but it is annoying me.
When i open the Reuse Library the first time in a drawing it opens the screen with all folders closed.
The folder that i use the most is 3 levels deep, so i have to click 4 times to select the symbol i want.
Is there a way to set a default folder to open when the Reuse Library is opened?

Thank in advance.
Tjeerd

Using NX 8.0 on Windows 7 (64)

RE: Open Reuse Library in a default folder.

OK, there is something that you can do to at least reduce the number of clicks to just one, but unless you do a little extra work it could have some undesirable consequences.

First a question, are you using Teamcenter to manage your Reuse Library files? If not, proceed...

The easy way out, but the one with those undesirable consequences, is to simply go to...

Customer Defaults -> Gateway -> Reuse Library -> General

...and in the section labeled 'NX Native' simply edit the path for the library that you're interested in, adding all of the levels down to that last folder in the path. That way, when you access the Reuse Library it will skip all of the levels down to the folder that you want, meaning that you only need to make a single click to get to the items that you're looking for. Now the problem with this scheme is that NONE of the folders on those other levels of the path, down to your folder, will be accessible to the user. I will be as if they never existed.

To avoid this problem, what you need to do is move your folder of interest to a totally different location and enter a duplicate path in the above Customer Default field adding in essence a dedicated entry point in the Reuse Library tab when it opens. Now if there are several folders that you're currently having to 'dumpster dive' to get to, you could give each one of them a unique entry in Customer Defaults.

Now if you are using Teamcenter to manage the Reuse Libraries, you should be able to do something similar but I don't really have all the details for that but the principle of making separate entries should still be valid.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
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RE: Open Reuse Library in a default folder.

In Teamcenter, it's more or less only the syntax in the customer defaults that are different.

Regards,
Tomas

RE: Open Reuse Library in a default folder.

(OP)
Thank you for the answers.

And yes, we use Teamcenter.
I hoped on a simple solution, and it looks like that is not the situation.
And changing settings in TC will also effect other users i think, and that is not what i want.

Using NX 8.0 on Windows 7 (64)

RE: Open Reuse Library in a default folder.

You can limit the effects of the settings in Customer Defaults to only a specific user or groups of users by setting up the 'Default Level' using the 'Site', 'Group' and 'User' options.

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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