NX9 Highlight/Selection order
NX9 Highlight/Selection order
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Hi Everyone!
I believe this is the first time I have posted in this forum, although it has been extremely helpful finding answers!!! Thanks to all those who have contributed!!!
Our company just switched from NX 7.5 to NX 9 and as you might imagine we are having a lot of fun working through the transition! Ugh!
One of the items we have run across is this...
When you pass your mouse over an item and select it, NX7.5 used to select the last operation that was done to that item. So for example, if I selected a studio surface that I had extended and then trimmed, NX7.5 would have picked the trim function which I could then delete or edit. Now if I do the same thing NX9 selects the original studio surface or I have to choose to select from a list and try and find the operation I am looking for. In a smaller model this isn't that big of a deal, but in very large models which we work with regularly it is very time consuming and aggravating to say the least.
I have tried multiple searches both from google and on this forum and haven't been able to find anything.
If anyone can tell me how to get back to the way it used to be, I would be very grateful!
Thank you,
John
I believe this is the first time I have posted in this forum, although it has been extremely helpful finding answers!!! Thanks to all those who have contributed!!!
Our company just switched from NX 7.5 to NX 9 and as you might imagine we are having a lot of fun working through the transition! Ugh!
One of the items we have run across is this...
When you pass your mouse over an item and select it, NX7.5 used to select the last operation that was done to that item. So for example, if I selected a studio surface that I had extended and then trimmed, NX7.5 would have picked the trim function which I could then delete or edit. Now if I do the same thing NX9 selects the original studio surface or I have to choose to select from a list and try and find the operation I am looking for. In a smaller model this isn't that big of a deal, but in very large models which we work with regularly it is very time consuming and aggravating to say the least.
I have tried multiple searches both from google and on this forum and haven't been able to find anything.
If anyone can tell me how to get back to the way it used to be, I would be very grateful!
Thank you,
John





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That doesn't seem to make a difference. Even if I set it to "Feature" it still selects the "parent".
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Best regards,
Michaël.
NX7.5.4.4 + TC Unified 8.3
Win 7 64 bit
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I'm not sure if I am explaining my issue correctly or not. Let me see if I can clearify...
If I have a surface (the "parent") and have modified the surface with several operations (like trim and/or extend)(the children). While in the main modeling window if I pick the surface (LMB), NX7.5 would select the last child while NX9 selects the partent. I'm trying to figure out if there is a user setting to change this.
Sorry if I am being unclear. I am not sure how else to explain it.
Thanks agian!
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I ask because there is an option within trim/extend called "extend as new face". If this is turned on and you select the new face, the trim/extend feature will be selected; if it is turned off, there is no new face and you can only select the parent feature (unless you use the quick pick dialog). Perhaps this option was turned on in your install of 7.5 and it is turned off in 9?
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Another example would be a curve extruded into a surface that has been trimmed to another surface using the Trim Sheet command. NX9 will select the extrude vs the trim. NX7.5 would have selected the trim.
Thanks!
RE: NX9 Highlight/Selection order
NX7.5 and NX9 are the same for me and I ran the OOTB defaults.
See the attached video that shows they are the same.
If NX7.5 is different, then you've changed a setting so I would try an get access to the old customer defaults you set and see if there's something you have set.
Anthony Galante

Senior Support Engineer
NX3 to NX9 with almost every MR (18versions) plus the NX10 Beta
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Thanks agian!
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has been solution to this problem found?
this new feature (or bug) is quite irritating
Thanks!
RE: NX9 Highlight/Selection order
John R. Baker, P.E.
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RE: NX9 Highlight/Selection order
I agree with you and confirm that NX8.5 is just as well select the very first ancestor rather then the youngest kid.
I switch from NX6. ( And NX4 before it. )
NX6 selects the latest of the kids and it worked very well for me as it's the last features that usually get modified. Contrary, selecting very first ancestor body has no value at all, as list of its dependencies contain features of from other bodies as well.
am I doing something wrong? Do I have to select from the list everytime I need to modify current feature?
Thanks
RE: NX9 Highlight/Selection order
Note that I checked all versions of NX from NX 5.0 thru NX 10.0 and it appears that this change in behavior, at least with respect to Sheet bodies, occurred with NX 7.5. I talked to the developer responsible for selection and he's not aware of any changes being made except that it's possible that someone 'fixed' something somewhere else that changed this behavior since in reality all that selection does is take the feature that is highlighted so it could be that code that's impacting the selection priority.
Anyway, my advise is that if anyone feels that this priority is wrong then contact GTAC and have them open an IR/PR since you can site both the idea that this is a regression as well as inconsistent with respect to how the highlighting works when an X-Form feature is added to a solid face. The behavior is inconsistent in that, at least starting wth NX 7.5, the priority of selecting an X-Form feature added to a Sheet body is different then it is if applied to the face of a Solid body.
So while I'm not really ready to call it a 'bug', since one could make the case for either behavior, since it does seem to be something that has changed and since it appears to behave differently whether the extra features were applied to a Sheet body versus a Solid body, that would support the argument that we need to change this back to the pre-NX 7.5 behavior.
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 Highlight/Selection order
UGII_SELECT_LATEST_SHEET_FEATURE=1
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 Highlight/Selection order
Thank you, John!