Update Display options?
Update Display options?
(OP)
Is there any way to get NX10 to periodically update display automatically? Like set it on a timer to do it every 10 seconds or so?
I do a lot of gaming at home and I know that the two drivers for each type of graphics are COMPLETELY different, but I feel like it should be able to globally update display constantly as you rotate/zoom etc.
Thanks in advance!
I do a lot of gaming at home and I know that the two drivers for each type of graphics are COMPLETELY different, but I feel like it should be able to globally update display constantly as you rotate/zoom etc.
Thanks in advance!





RE: Update Display options?
You can set your facets to a higher resolution/detail as well as updating every facet, not just what is shown onscreen. Doing so will impact graphics performance negatively, depending upon your hardware, etc.
Tim Flater
NX Designer
NX 9.0.3.4 Win7 Pro x64 SP1
Intel Xeon 2.53 GHz 6GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro 4000 2GB
RE: Update Display options?
RE: Update Display options?
robnewcomb provides a link to a document that describes the options that control display tessellation.
edit: forgot to mention that the document pertains to the tessellation of individual part files. If you are working in an assembly with "lightweight" representations of the components, the settings discussed in the document probably won't help you.
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RE: Update Display options?
It's not so much a "problem" as it is a "nuisance". I make a single component my work part, adjust something like hole distance, then save the part. Then I display parent, go back to my main assembly and everywhere that component is, half the holes have diamond shaped holes that make it a little more difficult to pick the centerline to constrain it into position. I'm trying the part/view/fixed faceting scale thing right now as we speak.
I'm not really allowed to post up images, per my company's orders.
Reason for edit: changing from "part" to "view" has fixed the "nuisance" so far. Thanks for the link to the document about tessellation lines and facets
RE: Update Display options?
John R. Baker, P.E.
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RE: Update Display options?
RE: Update Display options?
I assume that you're working in the Shaded mode and not 'Static Wireframe', correct? If you're already not using Lightweight Representations, have you looked at the new Visualization Preferences for Faceting? In the Part Settings/Shaded Views section of the dialog, try setting the Facet Scale to 'Fixed' and then pick a desired resolution. BTW, don't toggle ON the 'Align Facets along Edges' option as that will just slow things down and it's only really needed if you're creating high quality images on the screen.
But please note that irrespective of how a 'hole' might appear, it will still behave like any other hole in terms of selecting and referencing its edges. Unless you're running in the 'Static Wireframe' display mode, you're always going to be getting some level of 'faceting' of edges. That's just the way any realtime shaded display is going to work.
John R. Baker, P.E.
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Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Digital Factory
Cypress, CA
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RE: Update Display options?
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I turn off partial loading because frequently I'm working on individual pieces updating them in the context of their large assembly. Once upon a time, I tried updating something and NX gave me an error saying "part is not fully loaded and the operation has failed" or something along those lines. If you guys can tell me that particular situation was just a fluke, and the partial loading has ZERO effect on things like JT previous, dataset management, added operations or features to parts, any post part data such as product views. I don't turn it off for the sake of visual performance. It just seems that my exploded views, PMI, model views, and assembly management seems to maintain a lot better since I have been using a fully loaded component.
As previously mentioned, I have 32 gigs of RAM so memory really shouldn't be an issue. I have only seen my session as high as 27 gigs and that was because I was loading about 16000 pieces into one session.
I'm using the Visualization preferences, and the option just below it "Visualization Performance". I like the new options to be able to change that stuff. My graphics card struggled to keep up in NX9 without any options modified. (I know NX9 had modifiable options, I just never noticed them until NX10) My parts now all look a little cartoon-like but it rotates a lot smoother. I run in "Studio" mode 100% of the time. Should I use "Shaded with Edges" instead? It seems to make no difference in performance.
Also, thanks for the tip on 'Align Facets along Edges' luckily, I didn't have that toggled ON, and still don't.
Thanks for all the help again!
RE: Update Display options?
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: Update Display options?
RE: Update Display options?
www.nxjournaling.com
RE: Update Display options?
RE: Update Display options?
When you save the assembly, make it the work part then use "save work part only"; that way it will not attempt to save all the components.
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RE: Update Display options?
RE: Update Display options?
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.
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^^not being sarcastic, being sincere
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You should always be able to save your load options as a User setting.
In the assembly load options at the bottom in the Saved Load Options section you can select "Save as Default". This is on user level.
Ronald van den Broek
Senior Application Engineer
Winterthur Gas & Diesel Ltd
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 Zbook15
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4800MQ
CPU @ 2.70 GHz Win7 64b
Nvidia K1100M 2048 MB DDR5
RE: Update Display options?
I saved all my settings and somehow IT managed to switch them all back to the defaults. So it looks like I will have to continuously change all of the visualization preferences and faceting options every day.
Also, I found something that DOES break when you load partial, because after I changed those and saved them, wouldn't you know I came in this morning and they were back to load partially! Even though I hit the "Save as Default" option in my assembly load preferences... Maybe IT has a .cmd file or something when I load up NX/TC to reset all of my settings *sigh*
Point is! what broke is the WAVE-link function. When I loaded up partially, my constraints and pieces were all crooked and a WAVE-link was wrong. I checked the "status" and it said "up to date" but I knew it wasn't. Thus, there IS something that is effected by partial loading, just as a heads up for everyone else here!
-Magnus
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RE: Update Display options?
RE: Update Display options?
Validate the following preference(s) in Teamcenter;
Edit --> Options --> Index;
TC_NX_Navigator_Override_NX_Load_Option
Documentation:
Valid Values
As Saved - Loads the part file as it was saved in Teamcenter Integration for
NX.
Latest - Loads the part file with the latest revision rule.
None - Ignores the As Saved command and loads the assembly as defined in
the load_options.def file.
Default Values
Latest
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I don't know if my organization has a way to hide that or something. everything else that I can't change is simply grayed out.
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This is true, but i think what you will find is that if you change the view type from Shaded/Shaded with Edges to any Wire Frame view.. NX marks the part as modified.
This has been a frustration and huge annoyance for me since NX3!
RE: Update Display options?
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.