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    Electrical Harnesses not moving when respective component is moved

    Hi all, I have a series of electrical harnesses set up in a motor assembly made via the routing application. However, the motor is in the design process and its connectors are regularly being moved about. When the connectors are moved, the terminals and ports that were set up remain in the...
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    Bring a section line in front of a centermark

    Hi all, Is there a way to bring a section line on a drawing in front of the centermark when they overlap, such that the centermark is not visible at the point where it is collinear with the section line? I can't seem to get it to work. Thanks, Alex
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    NX 8.5 Formboard

    Hi all, I'm using the electrical routing application on NX 8.5 and then using a formboard and drafting it to show exact harness lengths. However, when I make the 3D formboard, the wiring is in 3 dimensions, i.e. it goes back into the screen as well as up and across the screen. This means that...
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    NX 8.5 Formboard Help

    Hi, Is there anyone out there that can give me any tips or help with regards to formboards on NX 8.5? I know this isn't specific, but I made a specific post a while back and it got no replies. Basically, I'm trying to put elecrtical harnesses on to a formboard to show true wire lengths in 2D...
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    NX 8.5 Electrical Routing and Formboard

    Hi all, I'm having a couple of issues with the harnessing tool on NX 8.5. I'm trying to adapt our models that have used space reservation stock to models where each individual wire is correctly harnessed, leading to the harness, and hence wire lengths, being accurately represented on a...

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