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Reuse Library Family Member

Reuse Library Family Member

Reuse Library Family Member

(OP)
Hi,

I would like to know how you manage with new members of reusable library and if I´m doing right.
This is how it works in my company:
EG: I create a new hex head bolt for my assembly.
By default NX saves them in $UGII_TMP_DIR/ReuseLibraryFamilyMember so I change the directory to another folder in our server.



In this way all my colleague can open my assembly as “as saved”.
But we have a folder full of bolts, nuts, washer, etc.
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I know there is an option in Assy load options “Generate Missing Part Family Members”.



But it doesn´t work with “as saved” option. You have to set “from search folder” and enter the library folder, so in this way NX knows how to create the new bolt.
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I´m the only one who thinks that NX should know where the library is using “as saved”? :(

Airin
NX Designer

RE: Reuse Library Family Member

You are talking about two different things...

If you create a new part in the re-use library you are not creating a new Part Family Member.
This can only be achieved by opening the Part Family Parent (master), and let it create the new family member through the partfamily spreadsheet.

Ronald van den Broek
Senior Application Engineer
Winterthur Gas & Diesel Ltd
NX9 / TC10.1.2
HPZ420 Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-1620 0 @ 3.60GHz, 32 Gb Win7 64B
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RE: Reuse Library Family Member

(OP)
I don´t know. Perhaps I didn´t explained myself well. (My English is not really good :()

For example, I add into my assembly (using Reuse library) a "Plain Washer, clevis, DIN, 3.prt."
By default NX saves it in a temp folder in my PC.

I open the same assembly from another computer. I don´t have access to this folder. But we are using the same Reuse Library. So I modify assembly load options as you can see below:


If I don´t set "Generate missing part family members" the next error occurs:



If I set "Generate missing part family members" NX display the next message and the washer appears:



My only complaint is that I have to change my load options and it doesn´t work with As saved.

I would like to know how other companies works with Reuse Library…

Airin
NX Designer

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