NX9 cam Q?
NX9 cam Q?
(OP)
so a few months ago we went from NX6 to NX9. the issue I have is in the non cutting moves menu, engage and retract tab, NX9 seems to change or maybe default the minimum clearance value to 50.0 percent of tool, this seems to override any value we have in the length area. this has actually caused me to crash a machine because the engage changed from the linear length value engage of .2 inch to a 50% minimum of tool which made the engage .9 inch. So question is, is the minimum clearance value a customer default value that can be changed or is there something else that we can do to prevent our engage and/or retract values from changing to the 50% Tool value when paths are regenerated.





RE: NX9 cam Q?
The first thing I would do is open the part in NX 10.0.3 and examine the parameters there.
You can set the initial values for NEW operations by editing the operation in the template part.
For existing operations, if parameters are added or changed by a new release, that is done when part file is opened.
Mark Rief
NX CAM Customer Success
Siemens PLM Software
RE: NX9 cam Q?
RE: NX9 cam Q?
John Joyce
Manufacturing Engineer
Senior Aerospace CT
RE: NX9 cam Q?
There have been many enhancements to minimum clearance in non cutting moves, and it should be explained in the release notes or what's new guide. For example, in open areas there was some ambiguity when minimum clearance was reduced to zero, so we added options for you to specify if it should be used to extend, trim and extend, or not at all. Some users tried to fool the system by entering parameter combinations that don't make sense, like setting an engage direction without a distance, so maybe this is one of those unusual situations. In some cases I have even provided customers with journals to adjust the NCM parameters.
Looking at the original post, the user moved from a 2008 release to a 2013 release, and I can't make a recommendation based on the information provided.
If this is causing a problem, contact GTAC and provide a test case that shows the regression. The first thing they will likely do is try it in the current release NX 10.0.3, and see what it does there. From there they can make a recommendation on how to proceed.
Mark Rief
NX CAM Customer Success
Siemens PLM Software
RE: NX9 cam Q?
I have seen some field caveats as Mark described but also but Siemens has worked on how NX address new functionality with legacy files. You could try this thread again if you want to supply some more information. Even though we are talking a difference of five major releases, new operation shouldn't break anything. If there is an issue then I encourage you to open an IR with support.
Can you give us more information?
10.0.3
RE: NX9 cam Q?
Will Siemens pay for machine crashes now?
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RE: NX9 cam Q?
I hope you report this issue to Siemens so that we can resolve the issue.
Mark Rief
NX CAM Customer Success
Siemens PLM Software