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    Import Error with NX9 and Parasolid - Modeler Error: a topological object lacks geometry

    Folks, Anyone working with NX 9 (and possibly 11) have seen an error like what I have attached this post? Long story short: Attempting to port design work from Revit to NX via a STEP Translator from TransMagic. While I am able to look at the STEP in TransMagic, I get nothing but a...
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    Question about the 500 Meter Limit on NX .PRT Files - Limit only for Components, or Assemblies to?

    Given the historical aspect of some of these elements, or the fact they are not under "direct control" of the client per se, that is something I can live with.
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    Question about the 500 Meter Limit on NX .PRT Files - Limit only for Components, or Assemblies to?

    John, for future reference - here is a solution that was relayed to me via another channel (who apparently asked this question to GTAC already): Variable to add to or edit in UGII Environment Variables: UGII_MAX_FIT_BOX_SIZE Increase the Variable to be able to pick what you need in your...
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    Question about the 500 Meter Limit on NX .PRT Files - Limit only for Components, or Assemblies to?

    Now a quick follow up about migrated data from IDEAS via CMM - where an item is over 500 Meters in size (like a tunnel) - does there need to be a manipulation to the defaults in NX to make said item "pickable" in an assembly or drawing of either the object or the assembly it is located in?
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    Question about the 500 Meter Limit on NX .PRT Files - Limit only for Components, or Assemblies to?

    Thanks John on the answer for assemblies - takes care of a couple of questions I have gotten from the local peanut gallery.
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    Question about the 500 Meter Limit on NX .PRT Files - Limit only for Components, or Assemblies to?

    This is a question that is bubbling up pretty fast on a project that I am working on, and a definite answer is needed: NX .prt files have a "1 Km Limit" which for all practical purposes equals to a 500 meter limit on the Positive X, Y, and Z Axis. Is that limit only for designing physical...
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    Is there a reason why the Inch UN Standard in the NX9 Hole Command does not include all sizes?

    John, thanks for the follow up. As always, the task of modeling up decades designs can take some very odd turns. PrintScaffold... if I admin rights, that would be an option.
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    Is there a reason why the Inch UN Standard in the NX9 Hole Command does not include all sizes?

    Quick question to those that may know, any reason why the Inch UN sizes available in NX9 are truncated? Have a drawing of early 80s vintage that calls for a 15/16-16 UN-2B threaded hole. Or am I going to plunk down some cash for the ANSI/ASME B1.1...
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    Turning Legacy Commands Back in NX 9.0 - How to Do It?

    Wha...? {double facepalm} [morning] ... thanks Cowski - user now is able to do what he needs to do, with the caveat that all new arrays will have to be done with Pattern Feature. Still not a happy camper about switchover, could of at least left a note in Command Finder to the effect of...
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    Turning Legacy Commands Back in NX 9.0 - How to Do It?

    Thanks cowski, long story short - have a rectangular array created in NX 7.5. Part migrated to NX 9 (Current Version NX 9.0.2.5), and need to edit the array to tweek some numbers. Problem, when attempting to double click or right click on the array - no menus appear. Side Note: Once we found...
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    Turning Legacy Commands Back in NX 9.0 - How to Do It?

    Let me try that again Cowski... Unable to edit - double or right click. On a chance, attempted to use Pattern Feature to see if it could handle the legacy features, as talked about in the other thread with John Baker - but as you can see from the attached screenshot, the computer is saying...
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    Turning Legacy Commands Back in NX 9.0 - How to Do It?

    Cowski, Wish I could, but running into an issue
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    Turning Legacy Commands Back in NX 9.0 - How to Do It?

    {grown} Would someone please confirm what John Baker said in the following thread: http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=353228 NX9 - instance geometry So... if I have a part file that has a rectangular array or circular array created by Instance Feature in a previous version of NX (say...
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    Turning Legacy Commands Back in NX 9.0 - How to Do It?

    Okay... this thread may turn into a rant, given what I have seen at the SiemensNX Website: http://www.siemensnx.com/347/nx5-hole-i-can-not-find-the-command?show=347#q347 So... for those folks that need to work with older part files, the only option is hunt down stray information on the...
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    Turning Legacy Commands Back in NX 9.0 - How to Do It?

    Have a series of parts that are years, if not decades, old that were created with older "legacy" commands like Pre NX5 Hole, Rectangular Array, and so on. Was out sick for a couple of weeks and now it appears I cannot find the functions with command finder, let alone make edits, in NX 9.0...

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