Machinery Library Components Causing Assy to be "Modified"?
Machinery Library Components Causing Assy to be "Modified"?
(OP)
I have recently started using the NX Machinery Library (in NX6) and it works great, however any assembly that I insert machinery library components into always shows as being "modified" even after it has been saved. I narrowed it down to the machinery library components by suppressing components out of the assembly one at a time. It doesn't seem to matter what the component is as long as it is a component that came with NX's library (I have a couple of custom part family components that don't cause any issue) or how it is placed in the assembly (mated or completely unrestrained).
Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Kyle
Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Kyle





RE: Machinery Library Components Causing Assy to be "Modified"?
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RE: Machinery Library Components Causing Assy to be "Modified"?
What exactly do you mean by "refile"?
RE: Machinery Library Components Causing Assy to be "Modified"?
Say that you have some thousands of parts which have been created over the years in different Unigraphics / NX versions. Then If you run the Refile function, all parts will be upgraded to NX6 format ( as you are running NX6)
Running Refile is a bit complex, there are things to consider before starting. I am pretty sure that there should be best practices maybe on this site.
also the NX documentation has quite some info.
Do you use Teamcenter ? ( Then there are more things to consider, and possibly a few other possible issues for the original question.)
Regards,
Tomas
RE: Machinery Library Components Causing Assy to be "Modified"?
It looks like I have to refile each individual part file after it is created from the machinery library master which is a little annoying.
FYI not using Teamcenter
RE: Machinery Library Components Causing Assy to be "Modified"?
John R. Baker, P.E.
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Siemens PLM Software Inc.
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Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
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RE: Machinery Library Components Causing Assy to be "Modified"?
When I create a NEW family member in an assembly and save it there are no issues with that assembly. However, if I add that same family member to a new assembly then the new assembly will show as being "modified" until I refile that family member.
Everything is running in the same version of NX and at every step along the way the correct version of NX is shown in the family member part history.
RE: Machinery Library Components Causing Assy to be "Modified"?
John R. Baker, P.E.
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Siemens PLM Software Inc.
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Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: Machinery Library Components Causing Assy to be "Modified"?
RE: Machinery Library Components Causing Assy to be "Modified"?
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
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Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: Machinery Library Components Causing Assy to be "Modified"?
Like I said, after a NEW family member is created, the only way to get any assembly (other than the one in which the component was initially added) to save properly is to refile the FAMILY MEMBER part file first. I doesn't make sense to me that the assembly in which the family member was initially created should act any differently than any other assemblies that use the same component.
RE: Machinery Library Components Causing Assy to be "Modified"?
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.