NX9 - Dashed arrows when placing dimension
NX9 - Dashed arrows when placing dimension
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Hi noticed something new with NX9... Nothing strange in there of course..
When placing a dimension on a drawing when dragged it "snaps" to something and shows two dashed arrows on each side of the dimension. (see atached screendump)
I was wondering why it is doing this, and to what it is snapping to...
When placing a dimension on a drawing when dragged it "snaps" to something and shows two dashed arrows on each side of the dimension. (see atached screendump)
I was wondering why it is doing this, and to what it is snapping to...
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: NX9 - Dashed arrows when placing dimension
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RE: NX9 - Dashed arrows when placing dimension
What margin are we talking about?
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: NX9 - Dashed arrows when placing dimension
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John R. Baker, P.E.
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Cypress, CA
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RE: NX9 - Dashed arrows when placing dimension
If possible, I would like to know how to turn this off as default.
Thanks
RE: NX9 - Dashed arrows when placing dimension
But the question is moot since I can find no way to disable 'Margins'. My advise is that if you don't want to use them, then ignore them. They don't create any sort of permanent relationship between dimensions and view/geometry.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Digital Factory
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: NX9 - Dashed arrows when placing dimension
When you start the dimension command, expand the Origin -> Alignment section of the dialog and turn off the "position on margin" option. Create your dimension and press the "close" button. Your preference should be saved to dialog memory and the "position on margin" option should be off the next time you create the same type of dimension (you might need to turn it off for each dimension type).
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RE: NX9 - Dashed arrows when placing dimension
RE: NX9 - Dashed arrows when placing dimension
Kenja824, that's what I've been doing up to this point.
John, I'm not sure what it's designed to do, other than put the dimension at some predetermined point that the software thinks it should be. I prefer the freedom of putting the dimension exactly where I want it without having to press ALT or jumping through any other hoops.
Generally speaking, I think default functions should be as simple and independent as possible, with any added features (such as snapping to a location) to be just that - ADDED features that can be added by the user if he/she wants them. Having to search around and get on a forum like this just to find out how to turn something off shouldn't be happening.
Signed,
Randy64
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