×
INTELLIGENT WORK FORUMS
FOR ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS

Log In

Come Join Us!

Are you an
Engineering professional?
Join Eng-Tips Forums!
  • Talk With Other Members
  • Be Notified Of Responses
    To Your Posts
  • Keyword Search
  • One-Click Access To Your
    Favorite Forums
  • Automated Signatures
    On Your Posts
  • Best Of All, It's Free!
  • Students Click Here

*Eng-Tips's functionality depends on members receiving e-mail. By joining you are opting in to receive e-mail.

Posting Guidelines

Promoting, selling, recruiting, coursework and thesis posting is forbidden.

Students Click Here

Jobs

Dimensions become un-associated after using visible in view

Dimensions become un-associated after using visible in view

Dimensions become un-associated after using visible in view

(OP)
We've just upgraded from NX6 to NX9.

Frequently, we create dimensions associated to an underlying Sketch. We then use Visible in View and make the Sketch layer invisible. The dimensions initially remain associated. However, if a View Update is performed then the dimensions become un-associated.

Does anyone know what version this behaviour changed ?

NX 9.0.2.5 (Desperate for 9.0.3)
NX 10 (Testing)
Windows 7 64 (Windows 8.1 Tablet)

RE: Dimensions become un-associated after using visible in view

This started to happen when the Exact type view style was introduced. When you change the view style to pre-nx8.5 then it should be okay again.

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
HP EliteBook 8570W Intel(R) Core(TM) I7-3740QM CPU @ 2.70GHz, 16Gb Win7 64B

RE: Dimensions become un-associated after using visible in view

(OP)
I don't see that as an option in NX9.

I guess it's related somehow, but when you use a manual boundary to crop geometry, dimensions also become un-associated.

NX 9.0.2.5 (Desperate for 9.0.3)
NX 10 (Testing)
Windows 7 64 (Windows 8.1 Tablet)

RE: Dimensions become un-associated after using visible in view

In NX8.5, once you have placed a view as exact it is not possible anymore to change it to Pre-NX8.5 view style...
You have to select that while placing.

I'm expecting this behavior hasn't changed in NX9.

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
HP EliteBook 8570W Intel(R) Core(TM) I7-3740QM CPU @ 2.70GHz, 16Gb Win7 64B

RE: Dimensions become un-associated after using visible in view

(OP)
Nutace, you're correct.

When using "Exact”, lines and arcs are not capable of automatically triggering a view update.

GTAC have advised to stay with "Exact (Pre-NX8.5)",

NX 9.0.2.5 (Desperate for 9.0.3)
NX 10 (Testing)
Windows 7 64 (Windows 8.1 Tablet)

Red Flag This Post

Please let us know here why this post is inappropriate. Reasons such as off-topic, duplicates, flames, illegal, vulgar, or students posting their homework.

Red Flag Submitted

Thank you for helping keep Eng-Tips Forums free from inappropriate posts.
The Eng-Tips staff will check this out and take appropriate action.

Reply To This Thread

Posting in the Eng-Tips forums is a member-only feature.

Click Here to join Eng-Tips and talk with other members!


Resources