ANT column configuration
ANT column configuration
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Hi,
Does anyone know if it's possible to save the ANT column configuration by version NX8.5, and if so how?
Thanks, Carl
Does anyone know if it's possible to save the ANT column configuration by version NX8.5, and if so how?
Thanks, Carl
www.jcb.com
NX 8.5 with TC 8.3





RE: ANT column configuration
It is possible to export the key & force it onto others.
I used to do it years ago when I was an admin.
Anthony Galante

Senior Support Engineer
NX5.0.6, NX6.0.5, NX7.5.5, NX8.0.0 -> NX8.0.3
NX8.5.0 -> NX8.5.3, NX9.0.0 -> NX9.0.2, NX10 Beta
RE: ANT column configuration
Presumably your answer means no other (safer) way to do it Anthony.
www.jcb.com
NX 8.5 with TC 8.3
RE: ANT column configuration
"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."
Ben Loosli
RE: ANT column configuration
I honestly can't remember how I did it, but I think we had a login script for our domain users that identified a NX user and forced the registry import as well.
Never had a problem with it. As long as the key your importing is only for a defined area, which in your case would just be the ANT settings then you'll be fine.
Anthony Galante

Senior Support Engineer
NX5.0.6, NX6.0.5, NX7.5.5, NX8.0.0 -> NX8.0.3
NX8.5.0 -> NX8.5.3, NX9.0.0 -> NX9.0.2, NX10 Beta
RE: ANT column configuration
I've no idea what a registry key is, my background is not computers.
With some googling I could probably figure it out, but I know enough to know it's best to leave the insides of work computers well alone!
Plus I'm guessing you need to be an admin, so "normal" users wouldn't have access.
No big problem, I'll just stick with my screenshot of ANT columns that I use.
www.jcb.com
NX 8.5 with TC 8.3
RE: ANT column configuration
The short answer is that right now, it cannot be done without using the registry. However, while no specific plans were revealed, it is an ongoing project to migrate these sorts of configurations from the registry to MTX roles for management inside NX.
RE: ANT column configuration
www.jcb.com
NX 8.5 with TC 8.3
RE: ANT column configuration
I don't have NX loaded, so cannot point to the key name directly.
My guess is it would be under HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Siemens/NX or (NX#)/ANT
Locate the key, right click on it and Export. It will ask for a name, use ANT for simplicity, and it will create an ANT.reg file in your documents folder.
To import tyhe file on another machine, just copy it over and double click on it. You will get a warning about corruption, but just say YES and the registry on that computer will now have the same ANT display as your machine, after it is rebooted.
"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."
Ben Loosli
RE: ANT column configuration
As an example of what's comging from this "ongoing poject", for NX 10.0, except for the configuration of the internals of the navigators such as the columns, the set-up options which controls the content (tabs), the location (Left/Right side) and other aspects of the Resource Bar itself have been moved to the .MTX file, which also means that they can now be captured in your user-defined Roles as well.
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: ANT column configuration
2 queries:
Ben you suggested giving it a name e.g. ant, so it is now called ant.reg
Does it not need to have the orginal name (columns) to update on the other new PC.
Secondly, I have two instances of 8.5, one native and one Teamcenter managed (the one that matters).
But there is only one registry folder.
How do I know whether this is the native or TC managed ANT column settings?
Looking forward to NX10.0!
www.jcb.com
NX 8.5 with TC 8.3
RE: ANT column configuration
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: ANT column configuration
Native or TC connection is dependent on how NX starts up. Like John said, you only have 1 instance of NX installed on your computer.
If you use a network install for NX, the registry settings must still be local.
"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."
Ben Loosli
RE: ANT column configuration
Adding to details from John and Ben...
The .reg extension just makes it able to install if double clicked. The name is not important - a self documenting name is highly recommended since the contents is difficult to read since the column headings are hex values (to support multi-byte attibute names), so NX_X.Y_ANAV_for_Department_Z_rev_1.reg might be helpful.
The ANAV info for native NX and TC managed are stored in the same registry entry. NX just ignores the columns that are only relevant to TC when running native mode.
The column titles, content, width, and visibility are stored in the registry so if the original machine that exported the reg file had the additional columns, the receiving machine that used the reg file would not need anything defined - the identical columns, titles, order, widths would be created from the imported reg file.
HTH, Joe