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    Assign material color (journal maybe?)

    That's exactly what I was talking about, thanks cowski. However, now that I'm looking at it, it isn't 100% what I'm looking for. I'm looking for something that goes thru each part within my assembly, finds the material assigned to that part, references an excel spreadsheet that has a list of...
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    Assign material color (journal maybe?)

    What I'd like to do is whenever I assign a material to a particular part, it changes the color of that part according to the material. For example, steel parts would be blue, aluminum would be green, wood would would be brown, un-assigned parts would be gray, etc. It's my understanding that this...
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    Orbix Error on Export/Import

    Hello, I'm getting an I-deas ORB/orbix error when importing and exporting .igs or .stp files. I can get as far as selecting what type of file I want to import/export, but once I hit Ok I get the attached error message. Has anyone else encountered this problem and if so, how do you fix it...
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    Drafting Update Error

    Can the Part Cleanup feature be used to reduce the size of exported .stp or .igs files?
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    Drafting Update Error

    Thanks for the reply, JRB. After doing what you suggested, I can update sheet individually, but if I try to update the entire drawing, I get the same error as before. I can work around this for now, but I may have to give GTAC a call in the future if it persists.
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    Drafting Update Error

    I'm working on a 3 page drawing and the first two pages update fine but the third page wont update without giving me an internal error. I took a screenshot of the error message I'm getting. The first one pops up when I try to update, and the second comes up after I've clicked "OK" on the first...
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    Render Sets (Drafting)

    I'm creating a drawing of an assembly and I want to make one part in the assembly have phantom lines. I used render sets to make the lines in that component phantom, but when I did so, the edges that were previously hidden (because another component was blocking it from view) are now showing up...
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    Reducing Export Size

    The reason behind me thinking the file size should be a quarter the size is based on previous assemblies that were very similar. Exporting as STEP203, these are the options I chose in the command window, most of it is default: Files tab: Export from: displayed part Data to export tab: Entire...
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    Reducing Export Size

    I'm exporting an assembly with ~300-400 parts in it. I have hidden everything that I can and it is still too large. Is there some setting in the export that's causing the export file to be so big?
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    Reducing Export Size

    I'm trying to export an assembly as step203 or step214 and I end up getting a huge file. Is there a way to reduce the size of the exported model? The size should be about a quarter of what it is. Is there some useless data that is getting exported that I can choose not to export? Any help would...
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    Intersection Curve: Null tag not allowed

    I'm getting an error that says "Null tag not allowed" whenever I try to make an intersection curve in sketch in task environment. After I click Ok on the error window, I can't rotate or pan my model without exiting the sketch in task environment first. This problem started when I re-opened my...
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    Teamcenter Import with Auto Naming

    I tried to do this, but it didn't work for me. Could you elaborate on what I need to do? A solution to this would save me a lot of time creating names for 100+ parts. (I'm using Teamcenter V5.3)
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    Teamcenter Import with Auto Naming

    I have an assembly that I'm working on locally in NX7.5 that I want to import into Teamcenter. If I go into each part, and select Properties and go to the General tab, each part has a unique Name associated to the Part Number. I know that when I import the assembly into Teamcenter, it will...
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    Turn Off Automatic Rotate View to Normal in Sketch in Task Environment

    When I'm in a sketch and click on "Open in Sketch Task Environment", my view is automatically rotated/translated to be normal to the sketch. Is there a way to turn this off and not have the rotation/translation when I enter a task environment sketch? I'm asking this because my computer gets...
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    Creating x,y,z Excel/.txt File from Point Set

    John, When I tried to run your GRIP file, I came across a few errors. The first two popped up after executing the file, but before I selected any points. The last two errors came after selecting the points and clicking "ok". The first three errors went away after I clicked "CONTINUE" but the...

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