Finding the main assembly file?
Finding the main assembly file?
(OP)
Hello.
When you open a folder containing 100 files related with an assembly...
How do you quickly find the main assembly file?
(The one that makes reference to all other).
For example wholecar.prt = chassis.prt + wheels.prt + steeringwheel.prt + engine.prt + seats.prt
When you open a folder containing 100 files related with an assembly...
How do you quickly find the main assembly file?
(The one that makes reference to all other).
For example wholecar.prt = chassis.prt + wheels.prt + steeringwheel.prt + engine.prt + seats.prt





RE: Finding the main assembly file?
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: Finding the main assembly file?
Isn't the import assembly tool able to determine the parent from a set of files in a folder?
Ronald van den Broek
Mechanical Engineer
Cad Environment Coordinator
Wärtsilä, Propulsion Services
NX8.5.3 / TC9.1.2
HPZ420 Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-1620 0 @ 3.60GHz, 32 Gb Win7 64B
Nvidea Quadro4000 2048MB DDR5
RE: Finding the main assembly file?
without change the name of the file
I found the file at the top of the exlorer.
ex ( _wholecar.prt )
RE: Finding the main assembly file?
That being said, there is an Assemblies 'Where used report' utility which, given the name of a part file, will report back all of the Assemblies where this part has been used as a Component, but it uses a brute-force approach. It literally 'looks' insides of every file in the folders that you indicate, checking first whether this file is an Assembly, and if it is, it will then check to see if the part file-of-interest is one of the Components of the Assembly. Depending on how many parts are in your folders and how many folders are indicated, this search could take a while before it will return any results, but it does work, if you don't mind waiting. To find this tool, go to...
Information -> Assemblies -> Where Used....
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: Finding the main assembly file?
Khimani Mohiki
Design Engineer - Aston Martin
NX8.5
RE: Finding the main assembly file?
NX 9.0.1.3