×
INTELLIGENT WORK FORUMS
FOR ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS

Log In

Come Join Us!

Are you an
Engineering professional?
Join Eng-Tips Forums!
  • Talk With Other Members
  • Be Notified Of Responses
    To Your Posts
  • Keyword Search
  • One-Click Access To Your
    Favorite Forums
  • Automated Signatures
    On Your Posts
  • Best Of All, It's Free!
  • Students Click Here

*Eng-Tips's functionality depends on members receiving e-mail. By joining you are opting in to receive e-mail.

Posting Guidelines

Promoting, selling, recruiting, coursework and thesis posting is forbidden.

Students Click Here

Jobs

Control what happens after you Close a single part file

Control what happens after you Close a single part file

Control what happens after you Close a single part file

(OP)
thread561-203134: How to Manage part windows while working
I read on line that starting in NX 5 you can set a Customer Default that will control what happens after you Close a single part file.

I want to close the part file window but now close the part in the assembly I am working on that uses the part.

Can someone tell me how to change this default value?

Thanks, Keith

RE: Control what happens after you Close a single part file

Customer Defaults->General->Part ... scroll to the bottom, i think that's the option you're referring to.

NX 9.0.3.4
NX 11.0.0.33 (Testing)
Windows 7 (Windows 8.1 Tablet)

RE: Control what happens after you Close a single part file

I am not sure we speak about the same thing here.
You want to close the window for the detail file but it should stay open in the Assembly file ?

If so, this is a misconception on how NX works.
When you open an assembly , NX will load all files which are part of that assembly, including the "detail" mentioned above.
per default NX uses "partial loading" which means it reads as little as possible to show the detail in the assembly.
note that NX never copies the geometry from the detail into the assembly. The geometry from the detail file is shown in the assembly, if that detail file is missing when loading , the detail will not be shown in the assembly.
when you make some detail the work part or displayed part, the remaining of that file will be read from disk and that file will be "fully loaded" in the session. This state will make the name of that file appear under the "window".

If you close that file, you will also close the file from the assembly because there is only one set of geometry , and that "lives" in the detail file.
There is no way of making a file go from fully loaded to partially loaded.

Ok ?

Regards,
Tomas

RE: Control what happens after you Close a single part file

When I want to remove a part from the "window" list, but keep it in the assembly, I close the part (right click on the part in the ANT -> close -> part); this closes it completely as outlined by Toost above. Then I click the checkbox next to the component, this reloads the component into the assembly, but the part file does not show up in the "window" list (at least not until I make it the work or displayed part).

I've heard that there have been improvements in the interface to switch between parts in NX 11. I've not had a chance to try it yet, but hopefully it will make life easier.

www.nxjournaling.com

RE: Control what happens after you Close a single part file

(OP)
The cowski work flow is an improvement over what I was doing.

Thanks for the responses.

Keith

RE: Control what happens after you Close a single part file

I don't really understand why one would like to get rid of the file name from the "window pulldown", ?
I have a colleague whose background was Inventor, and he was very eager to get the file name off the window pulldown.
I still don't understand why.
So, the file is open, and ?

Regards,
Tomas

RE: Control what happens after you Close a single part file

I came from Solidedge and for me is strange to have so many "Windows" opened with different parts, a bit confusing when doing ctrl+tab and I sometimes have problems with some workflows, for example when I open a drafting (master model approach) then set the geometry part as displayed part, when I have finished modifing part I am used to go back not changing windows but closing the geometry window and in NX I have to "reopen" the geometry part in the drawing navigator.

I think a way of not closing part if you close windows would be good, but it is not an important issue I prefer NX development effords to go to most important things because I think I can get used to have a lot of windows opened and not close them after finising editing.

RE: Control what happens after you Close a single part file

I almost never use the Window pull down.
Instead I use the Assembly navigator,:
When you look at the drawing, RMB on the model- Make Displayed part.
When you look at the model ( and the drawing file or Assembly above is open in the session) Display Parent - "select parent".


Regards,
Tomas

Red Flag This Post

Please let us know here why this post is inappropriate. Reasons such as off-topic, duplicates, flames, illegal, vulgar, or students posting their homework.

Red Flag Submitted

Thank you for helping keep Eng-Tips Forums free from inappropriate posts.
The Eng-Tips staff will check this out and take appropriate action.

Reply To This Thread

Posting in the Eng-Tips forums is a member-only feature.

Click Here to join Eng-Tips and talk with other members!


Resources