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NX10 create box
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NX10 create box

NX10 create box

(OP)
Hello,
Probably right in front of me but for the life of me I cannot find create box in nx10 and command finder isn't showing me. The nx10 what's new doc says it's available with mold wizard, die design and electrode design but I seem to recall using it in 9.0.3 without those add-ons. Any thoughts?

10.0.2

RE: NX10 create box

do a customise and the search in all commands for create box.

Anthony Galante
Senior Support Engineer



NX3 to NX10 with almost every MR (21versions)

RE: NX10 create box

Didn't we have a thread here where somebody had discovered that one has to have Moldwizard installed, ( even without the license for moldwizard) for the feature to work.?

Printscaffold, There is an old Grip program that creates a block around whatever model, and maybe there is a .vb which does the same. None of these 2 will do it with associativity.

I have an old copy of that gripprogram. I think that there might exist modernized variants of it.

Regards,
Tomas

RE: NX10 create box

Yes, Moldwizard needs to be installed I believe

NX 9.0.3.4
NX 10.0.2.6 (Testing)
Windows 7 64 (Windows 8.1 Tablet)

RE: NX10 create box

(OP)
Sorry for the delay getting back to you all; I started the thread and left for the day. I keep forgetting I can use Search in the customize dialog; thank you! Yesterday when I was using Command Finder from the main window it returned create box twice in the results. Neither of them worked but today one of them works so perhaps yesterday I just needed to restart NX. I also thought I needed mold/die/electrode design but now it appears we don't need any of those add-ons to use create box. I do not use it very often but it comes in quite handy sometimes. I also have a very old journal which creates a bounding block but it isn't as exact create box so I never used it much.

Thank you all for the input!

10.0.2

RE: NX10 create box

The Create Box command was originally part of Mold Wizard.
It has been updated to a true modelling feature, is available in modeling, and will soon be available in CAM also.

Mark Rief
NX CAM Customer Success
Siemens PLM Software

RE: NX10 create box

Does this mean that we no longer need Mold Wizard to run this tool, but only basic modeling?

www.cadroad.com

RE: NX10 create box

If you have NX9.0.3 or upwards you don't need the MoldWizard license.

https://vimeo.com/116116872 is a video I made demonstrating how it works and how to find it.


Anthony Galante
Senior Support Engineer



NX3 to NX10 with almost every MR (21versions)

RE: NX10 create box

If you have access to SNAP, you can get the bounding box of any curve, edge, face, body, or component using its "box" property. The property returns a SNAP.Geom.Box3d object. See the SNAP Reference Manual for details and example code.

RE: NX10 create box

Is it possible to have the bounding box generate numbers like this?

RE: NX10 create box

Rob, i think that you need to add these as measurements after creating the box.
If this is a very frequent option, a box and three measurements, you should be able to either create an UDF or a "reusable object".

Regards,
Tomas

RE: NX10 create box

"Show Dimensions" has been added for NX 11.

Mark Rief
NX CAM Customer Success
Siemens PLM Software

RE: NX10 create box

@PhoeNX How do you get that search box, in the customize window? mine isn't displaying that. NX 9.0.3

Thanks
Dave

-Dave

NX 9, Teamcenter 10

RE: NX10 create box

Pretty sure that the search box in the customise dialog is in NX10 only.

Anthony Galante
Senior Support Engineer



NX3 to NX10 with almost every MR (21versions)

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