NX11: File -> Save as in an assembly wants to do a save as for every parent file.
NX11: File -> Save as in an assembly wants to do a save as for every parent file.
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Since upgrading to NX11, when I am in an assembly and do a File-save as on a component part, it makes me go through a prompt to do a save as for every level of the assembly that is above the component I am working on. This didn't use to happen in older versions of NX. I've searched through customer defaults and haven't found any settings that seem like it would fix this. This gets really annoying when you have some pretty deep level assemblies.





RE: NX11: File -> Save as in an assembly wants to do a save as for every parent file.
John Joyce
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RE: NX11: File -> Save as in an assembly wants to do a save as for every parent file.
RE: NX11: File -> Save as in an assembly wants to do a save as for every parent file.
but, you are free to cancel at any stage, you will then see a question similar to "do you like to continue or not"
YES will save the ones you renamed so far, NO will cancel everything.
Note, the dialog and the prompts are as i remember it and not identical.
Regards,
Tomas
Regards
Tomas
RE: NX11: File -> Save as in an assembly wants to do a save as for every parent file.
RE: NX11: File -> Save as in an assembly wants to do a save as for every parent file.
NX 9.0.3.4
NX 12.0.0.27 (Testing)
Windows 7 (Windows 8.1 Tablet)
RE: NX11: File -> Save as in an assembly wants to do a save as for every parent file.
RE: NX11: File -> Save as in an assembly wants to do a save as for every parent file.
RE: NX11: File -> Save as in an assembly wants to do a save as for every parent file.
whilst i cannot explain what might have happened to your colleagues setup, what you are describing is how NX has been working since Unigraphics 10.0.
NX will prompt for the next level assy.
1)make component x the work part
2) Save as
NX will then let you enter a name for the work part,
when that is complete, NX will prompt for a new name of the assembly above. ( it will also prompt for any first level assembly in the session where comp x is a component.)
3) Here you press CANCEL!
4) NX will then respond,
"The following parts have been modified and will not be saved.
d:\dir\dir\assembly_A.prt
Do you want the Save As to continue ?
5) you press YES! ( this is where the non experienced pushes the wrong button.)
6) NX then responds with a note that the first level assemblies where modified and if saved they will reference the newly saved as parts.
d:\dir\dir\assembly_A.prt
Done.
This might be confusing the first time one does this, the tip is to make sure that both the information window AND the NX cueline is visible when performing the save as.
But, it is as it should work.
I just tried this in both NX9.0.3.4 and NX11.0.2.7
They work exactly the same in this.
Regards,
Tomas
Regards
Tomas
RE: NX11: File -> Save as in an assembly wants to do a save as for every parent file.
RE: NX11: File -> Save as in an assembly wants to do a save as for every parent file.
RE: NX11: File -> Save as in an assembly wants to do a save as for every parent file.
-you are running NX with Teamcenter.? ( Or maybe an other PLM system ?)
That makes a difference, then there is the option to set the Save as scope to Work part.
Also , the dialog is way smarter in case you would traverse the structure.
Regards,
Tomas
Regards
Tomas
RE: NX11: File -> Save as in an assembly wants to do a save as for every parent file.