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  1. Kenevil

    NX11 Materials Library Resource Bar

    In the NX9 resource bar, I had two material tabs. One was "System Materials" and the second was "Materials Library" (this pointed to a lwpda.lwa file). In NX11, I have "System Studio Materials" which I think is the same as NX9 System Materials. Can I get the NX9 Materials Library equivalent...
  2. Kenevil

    Keeping Operator Open at the End of a Journal

    Perfect, Thanks!
  3. Kenevil

    Keeping Operator Open at the End of a Journal

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  4. Kenevil

    Keeping Operator Open at the End of a Journal

    Hi, I frequently use heat-set threaded inserts in our 3D printed parts. In NX, I created macros and user buttons in the tool bar for each insert size which was great until I switched to NX9 and the macros stopped working. I read journaling isn't affected by upgrades so that is what I want to...
  5. Kenevil

    NX Administrator Training Recomendation

    Can anyone recommend a beginner's NX administrator training course? I often play around with customer defaults, templates, libraries... never successfully. I'm looking for a introductory course but preferably fast pace. Thanks, Scott
  6. Kenevil

    Custom Functions in NX

    Yes I've used expressions. Assume "constant" is an expression. In my sketch, I have to type the follow formula... Constant*round (12.6/Constant) 12.6 is just a number I made up but it will always be different. I want to create a formula so I can just type. .. MyFunction (12.6) It's like a...
  7. Kenevil

    Custom Functions in NX

    Can I create a custom function in NX? Maybe a function isn't the proper method but I want to apply the following calculation to multiple sketch dimensions with unique inputs. function(n) Input: n - desired length Output: constant*round(n/constant) Thanks, Scott
  8. Kenevil

    Can I create a function in NX?

    I'm printing mating parts with very small interfacing features. Using 0.1mm clearance for the X and Y usually works fine but I have issues in the Z. I assumed it was because 0.1 is less than half a layer thickness and if the slicer software needed to round it to the nearest layer, my clearance...
  9. Kenevil

    Can I create a function in NX?

    Hi, I created an expression that converts a desired dimension into the closest dimension our 3D printer can theoretically print. This is dependent on a user defined drop down attribute for normal (0.01") or fine resolution (0.007"). Printer_Resolution*round(Desired_Dim/Printer_Resolution)...
  10. Kenevil

    Define Tapered Hole Sizes for Inserts

    Thanks John, Exactly what I was looking for. This isn't something I absolutely need. I'm trying to expand my understanding of NX's features so this will be a good exercise and useful if I'm successful. Scott
  11. Kenevil

    Define Tapered Hole Sizes for Inserts

    Hi, my designs frequently require tapered holes for heat-set inserts like this one from McMaster Carr (link). I am able create the hole from the Insert>Design_Feature>Hole, Type - General Hole , Form - Tapered, but I have to look up the Diameter, Taper, and Depth every time. Is it possible to...
  12. Kenevil

    Issue with Dual Monitor Screen Resolution

    Jerry - I couldn't toggle the display numbers. #1 seems to be locked to the laptop's monitor. However, I did toggle my primary display to #2 and this worked. This is an acceptable solution but I would keep the laptop monitor my primary if I could so I tried what uwam2ie suggested. uwam2ie -...
  13. Kenevil

    Issue with Dual Monitor Screen Resolution

    I'm using a laptop with an additional monitor. When I maximize NX on the monitor (1920 x 1200), it extends beyond the display. It seems to be using the resolution from the main display (1600 x 900). Other applications are not doing this. Any suggestions?
  14. Kenevil

    Can't View Component Attribute from Assembly Navigator

    I'm trying to view component's density and/or volume in the assembly navigator. I have a column "MassPropDensity" that shows the value when of the component when it's the displayed part but when I make the assembly the displayed part, the column is empty. I'm using NX8. In the past, I used to...
  15. Kenevil

    Opening NX parts in ANSA

    Does anyone have experience with ANSA's NX translator? I'm trying to figure out how data and attributes are recognized in ANSA. I think ANSA translates what ever was visible when the NX part was saved. If a midsurface was saved on layer 10, then layer 10 needs to be visible when the part is...
  16. Kenevil

    Split part name as automated text on a drawing

    I'm doing something very similar to what's being discussed here but can't figure out how to remove the suffix from the ug_askcurrentworkpart(). I'm close... I've used length(list) to tell me the number of the last item in the list. Then, I've split the last item using...
  17. Kenevil

    Show partial value of attribute in title block

    AH! you just answered one of these!
  18. Kenevil

    Show partial value of attribute in title block

    Perfect! Thanks, this is working great for me and opening a world of possibilities. Now I'm searching for something to count the number of characters in a string so I can set my substring value to it less 4. This is to eliminate ".prt" at the end of my ug_askcurrentworkpart(). As I'm typing...
  19. Kenevil

    Show partial value of attribute in title block

    I'm using <W@$SH_PART_NAME> to call up the part number for my title block but my part number also contains a description. Is there a way to show the first 8 characters of the attribute being called? So using <W@$SH_PART_NAME> + some magic on "12345678-A Bracket Asy" will only show "12345678"...
  20. Kenevil

    Best Practices for Native Part Description

    Cowski, To answer your questions... I am very familiar with regular expressions. My current assignment is to model up an entire vehicle so there will be a large number of files. So far, I've only have around 100 files that do file the naming convention "K12345 12.12 1234-A Description" which...

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