NX9 Family Part - 2013 Excel problem
NX9 Family Part - 2013 Excel problem
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Not sure if I should have put this in the spreadsheet section.
I was just updated to excel 2013. I have been running into two problems since.
1) When I click on "edit spreadsheet" in the Family Parts dialogue box, if I have another instance of Excel open, it will error and not open the Family Part spreadsheet until I close out the other excel. I never had a problem with having an excel file open in 2010. The problem is we have excel files that have a lot of info we use while creating family parts. But the only way we can see those right now is if we close them out, wait til the Family Part spreadsheet opens, then open the other files again. Is there a fix for this?
2) Sometimes, when I try to "update parts" in a family part sreadsheet, it will kick me out of NX9 completely. I found that if I move the spreadsheet some and make sure all edges are within the view of the display of the monitor, it usually doesnt have this problem. Only once has it still kicked me out.
Does anyone else have these problems?
I was just updated to excel 2013. I have been running into two problems since.
1) When I click on "edit spreadsheet" in the Family Parts dialogue box, if I have another instance of Excel open, it will error and not open the Family Part spreadsheet until I close out the other excel. I never had a problem with having an excel file open in 2010. The problem is we have excel files that have a lot of info we use while creating family parts. But the only way we can see those right now is if we close them out, wait til the Family Part spreadsheet opens, then open the other files again. Is there a fix for this?
2) Sometimes, when I try to "update parts" in a family part sreadsheet, it will kick me out of NX9 completely. I found that if I move the spreadsheet some and make sure all edges are within the view of the display of the monitor, it usually doesnt have this problem. Only once has it still kicked me out.
Does anyone else have these problems?





RE: NX9 Family Part - 2013 Excel problem
That being said, MS Excel 2013 HAS been certified as being compatible with NX 10.0.
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RE: NX9 Family Part - 2013 Excel problem
I cannot have Excel running when I want access a part family spreadsheet.
NX 9.0.3.4
NX 10 (Testing)
Windows 7 64 (Windows 8.1 Tablet)
RE: NX9 Family Part - 2013 Excel problem
Thanks for the info John
RE: NX9 Family Part - 2013 Excel problem
Anthony Galante

Senior Support Engineer
NX3 to NX10 with almost every MR (21versions)
RE: NX9 Family Part - 2013 Excel problem
I found that Excel 2013 Part families does work with some carefulness but trying to edit a Drafting table does not.
Regards,
Tomas