Bring Back the REAL Transform
Bring Back the REAL Transform
(OP)
look, it was funny when you tried to hide all of the transform functions in 7.5 so that we all had to use the move upgrade....but then we found that all you had to do is hit the transform button, click what you wanted to move then hit your center mouse button 3 times and it all came back....GREAT TRICK!
but taking it completely out in 8.5? are you trying to stop proficiency and make all of us dislike your system?
transform is very useful for those of us who need to manipulate solid model





RE: Bring Back the REAL Transform
The Move command is very awkward to use sometimes.
RE: Bring Back the REAL Transform
RE: Bring Back the REAL Transform
go to your command finder and enter "transform"
Help -> Command Finder
RE: Bring Back the REAL Transform
UGII_ENABLE_TRANSFORM_LEGACY_OPTIONS=1
NX 9.0.2.5 (Desperate for 9.0.3)
NX 10 (Testing)
Windows 7 64 (Windows 8.1 Tablet)
RE: Bring Back the REAL Transform
1. click the TRANSFORM command.
2. pick SOLID BODY
3. select OK
3. click down on your center mouse button 3 times (just like in the wizard of oz with the ruby shoes)
4. on the line where it says TRANFORMATION TYPE - SCALE
4. you should get your old transform commands back up.
they hid that one good.
RE: Bring Back the REAL Transform
NX 9.0.2.5 (Desperate for 9.0.3)
NX 10 (Testing)
Windows 7 64 (Windows 8.1 Tablet)
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RE: Bring Back the REAL Transform
In the white field "Search programs and files" Type "sys", the dialog should then display the option "edit the system environment variables"
In this dialog, middle tab "Advanced" - Environment Variables...
go bottom left "New..."
Variable name: UGII_ENABLE_TRANSFORM_LEGACY_OPTIONS
Veriable value: 1
OK out of dialog
The variable will be in action in your next NX session.
Regards,
Tomas
RE: Bring Back the REAL Transform
RE: Bring Back the REAL Transform
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: Bring Back the REAL Transform
RE: Bring Back the REAL Transform
The changes that were made to the old Transform function and how the various options were migrated out to other places in the UI was done to make the software more logical and easier to learn and use. After all, if you were a new user of NX, what would possess you to go to a 'Move' function to perform a 'Mirror' operation? There is no logical relationship between 'moving' something and creating the mirror-image of something. The only relationship that exists in YOUR mind is what was put there by your years of using UG/NX. Unfortunately, new users looking at NX for the first time has no hint that you should expect to find a 'Mirror' operation under a button labeled 'Move'.
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: Bring Back the REAL Transform
Win7 64 bit w/NX7.5 and NX9.0.2.5
Vericut 7.3
RE: Bring Back the REAL Transform
And please note that 'Transform' has not actually gone away but instead has simply been 'pruned down' to only those few functions which have not yet been 100% replaced by something more modern.
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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Proud Member of the Reality-Based Community..
To the Toolmaker, your nice little cartoon drawing of your glass looks cool, but your solid model sucks. Do you want me to fix it, or are you going to take all week to get it back to me so I can get some work done?
RE: Bring Back the REAL Transform
RE: Bring Back the REAL Transform
Scaling a part is possible as well but in the 3D world not usually practical or desirable really as rarely would you have a component that scales in all three directions equally in a product range...
Solid Edge; I-Deas 7 to 12; NX4, NX5 NX6 & currently NX7.5 / TeamCenter 9.1 & Ansys 14.5 on 6GB Windows 7.
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I have also not had a problem mirroring individual or group of surfaces. The commands are still there, just have migrated around a bit.
As long as such commands are still available (and can be easily located), I'm a happy camper.
“Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.”
-Dalai Lama XIV
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RE: Bring Back the REAL Transform
Tim Flater
NX Designer
NX 8.0.3.4
Win7 Pro x64 SP1
Intel Xeon 2.53 GHz 6GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro 4000 2GB
RE: Bring Back the REAL Transform
“Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.”
-Dalai Lama XIV
RE: Bring Back the REAL Transform
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: Bring Back the REAL Transform
RE: Bring Back the REAL Transform
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: Bring Back the REAL Transform
Like so... It's very easy to do. Customizing the toolbars or I guess I should be referring them as Ribbon bars has never been easier in the 15 years or so I've been using the software
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In some instances we have not lost functionality, but we have lost performance.
We regularly use the scale function when creating windtunnel models that are scaled down versions of full size geometry.
We do not want/need a parmetric link between these parts due to the speed of changes and the overhead of trying to manage the parametricity (long story and off topic)
The old transform function allows us to create scale functions that are non parametric in 1 step.
The scale function however has no non-parametric option and therefore takes a long time to create parametric scales (our parts are sheet based and have 100's of sheets)which we then have to remove prameters.
The other issue I have with the parametric 'transform' functions is that as far as I'm aware curves can't be paramterically 'transformed' so we have to use workarounds (like extruding the curve to allow us to move it).
The scale function has no option to scale curves at all so once again we have to use a workaround.
Mark Benson
Aerodynamic Model Designer
To a Designer, the glass was right on CAD.
RE: Bring Back the REAL Transform
“Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.”
-Dalai Lama XIV