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    Socket Head Cap Screw counterbore question

    We design stamping dies. For us, all of the screws in our screw library are set for 1.5 times thread engagement. In the actual screw prt file, the screw is positioned at the absolute CSYS with the end of the screw 1.5 times thread diameter below 0, 0, 0. We set our work plane at the bottom of...
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    Import dxf

    Have you tried eDrawings? In your original post you stated that: "I would only like to see the picture of my dxf with the right dimensions." eDrawings is a free dxf/dwg viewer that should let you see what the dxf looks like. From eDrawings you can make a PDF or print the drawing. It will...
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    3D PDF export

    If you already have Adobe X pro, you only need to purchase the converter from Tetra4D.com. It is $498. I use it every day. It will allow you to take an NX design that is 1GB in size and convert it to a 5MB file that you can email. The recipient, in their free Adobe reader, can cut sections...
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    color palette

    Click Preferences, color palette, Open CDF, browse to your nx2.cdf file. The component will now be displayed with the nx2 color palette applied. If you are creating new prt files in NX10 using the canned model or blank templates, the default color palette is applied. If you want the default...
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    no internet NX

    NikonF6, You need a node locked license. I have one on my laptop and can run without an internet connection, or being connected to a network. What was mentioned previously is correct, your NX installation will generate a Composite Host ID. GTAC will use this ID to send you an active license...
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    lets say customer can only send you a faceted body

    Is it an STL file?
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    How to combine parasolids..

    If they are all sheet bodies: Sew them together, and remove parameters. That will turn hundreds of bodies into one. If you are lucky enough, it will be a solid when you are finished.
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    Layers and Reference Sets?

    I work in assemblies all the time. Each detail in the assembly is a .prt file. It would be nice to not have to make a new part file, make a ref set called body, click on all the items in that file that I want to show up in the assembly when using the body reference set. It would just save a...
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    Layers and Reference Sets?

    Hello, Is there a way to set up UG NX4 so that entities on certain layers are always a member of a certain reference set? For instance, if my solid model and hardware is on layer 1 and construction curves are on layer 2, and a subtraction tool on layer 3, I want them to be assigned as follows...
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    Wallpaper

    Do you still do calenders? Companies that I do less than $100 a year with send me one. I think Siemens could send one to those paying maintenance fees. Plus they are cool...no pictures of hot air balloons or stupid cartoons.
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    Wallpaper

    Thanks for posting those Hudson and Dave. It is exactly the type of thing I was looking for.
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    Wallpaper

    Hello, I am new to the forums and am running NX 4.0.4.2 - I was looking for some sweet looking desktop wallpaper that featured the UGS NX logo and can't find anything. UGS used to have some but they pulled it since Siemens took over. Anyone have anything cool? Thanks in advance. I look...

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