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    Automatic 3D Centerline in NX 11.0.2 on Projected view coming out to be longer?

    Good Morning to All, I have been facing a weird issue since the start of the day today. The Automatic 3D Centerline on the Projected view is coming out to be way long as shown in the below images. I checked my customer default settings and I do not find any issues there. I have attached images...
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    File prompts for Save even if there are no changes made NX 11.0.2

    Hello Everyone, I have an assembly on which I run a custom NXOpen application. At the end, I am doing a programmatic Save All. NX is prompting me to save certain read-only files which I am not even touching inside my program. On checking the Part Modification History Information -> Part ->...
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    Close Isolation Window in NX 12 using NXOpen?

    Hello Everyone, Hope all of you had a nice long weekend! I have something cropping up today and I have been trying to find a solution since morning. In NX 12, a new window opens as a tabbed page (similar to chrome). How can I close any opened new windows using NXOpen? I also need a way to...
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    NXOpen: Determine Point at Minimum Distance between 2 Solid Body to identify MultipleTouching Faces?

    Hello Everyone, I am using .AskMinimumDist method to return 2 points on 2 different bodies, I am then using these 2 points to calculate a vector and use the vector in the .TraceARay method to return the faces that are hit. I am doing all this to reduce runtime in computing mating faces between...
  5. biw01

    Place a Pattern (Title Block) using NXOpen?

    Hello Everyone, I have been struggling with a customer requirement lately. Has anyone over here worked with Patterns in Drawing? The customer wants me to add the Title Block as a Pattern. If I am trying to manually add the customer Pattern Part File using File--> Import, Groups are getting...
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    Load custom Drawing Template in an NXOpen application fired using run_managed.exe?

    Hello Everyone, I have a custom Drawing Template and its corresponding PAX file in a custom folder outside the NX installation folder. I am launching an NXOpen application using run_managed. I would like to use this Drawing template within the application but it is throwing an error. I am also...
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    run_managed.exe issue on NX 11.0.2?

    Hello Everyone, I wish all of you a Happy New Year 2018. One of my applications uses Run_Managed.exe to execute a list of NXOpen batch applications. Recently I migrated to NX 11 for one of my customers and I have been facing an issue with the run_managed.exe application. I am getting the...
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    Identify all faces in an assembly with a given color (NXOpen)?

    Hello Everyone, Is there a way to get all the faces in an assembly which are having a given color (for example, all the blue faces) without having to loop through the different bodies and faces (maybe by using NX rules)? I am looking for a run-time efficient solution. Thank you, Amitabh
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    Identify partially visible edges in 2D Drawing using NXOpen?

    Hello Everyone, I have been struggling with this the entire day. Is there any NXOpen API that provides if an edge is partially visible in 2D Drawing? I have been looking at 2 API's AskVdeData and UFSo.AskVisibilityOpt but none of them tells me if an edge is partially visible. There is no View...
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    View Dependent Edit query using NXOpen in NX 11?

    Hi Friends, I have a piece of code which is working perfectly fine in NX9 but the same piece of code is throwing a problem on NX11 :( The code takes as input a view in which it performs view dependent edit on certain edges (within a given face) to make it visible as dashed line in the drawing...
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    CATIA CAA related questions?

    Hello Friends, I have some questions related to CAA and I need some help 1. Does CATIA CAA gives a functionality to custom name Edges and Faces of any given solid body so that we can later refer it using .NET Edge.Name and Face.Name property? I would like to refer these edges as Edge1, Edge2...
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    How to define a Tabular Note Header in NX 11 Using NXOpen?

    Hello Friends, I am wondering which NX API will let me define a Tabular Note Header. I need to propagate the table along with the header if it reaches beyond a certain margin value. I am able to propagate the tabular note rows to the left using NX Open but I have to add the header row using...
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    Identify occurrence face of the same part in different assemblies using NXOpen?

    Hello Friends, This group has never disappointed me when I have been looking for some answers to my NX automation. Here I come with another question. I have different assemblies in which the same part is instantiated (as another component assembly). Is there any direct NX API that I can use to...
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    Custom symbol losing their text attributes on placing in the drawing sheet NX11?

    Hello Friends, I have a custom symbol with pre-defined text attributes that the user can fill after placing the symbol. However, when I am placing it on the drawing sheet, I do not see the section to edit attributes. Let me know if there is some setting that I need to take care of before...
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    Convert and report 3d points in local co-ordinate system using NXOpen ?

    Hello Everyone, I have created a Local Co-ordinate System (LCS) in the Work part / Displayed part, on one of the Hole Center points. I need to get all the other hole center points (X,Y,Z) data with respect to this newly created Co-ordinate System. Please refer to the image below. How can I...
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    Custom User Defined Symbol in NX 9 (SBF) ?

    Hello Everyone, Is there a way that I can define a custom sbf file and attach different symbols to that file ? I need to use a symbol that I have created at my end, in a text field in 2D. We can only only use (user defined symbols) for such scenarios. A user defined symbol can be simply...
  17. biw01

    Create Custom NX Drafting Control Characters

    Hello Everyone, Can someone let me know if there is a way to create custom NX Drafting Control text characters. I have a customer defined control character text <%1M2> which is throwing an error when I try to apply it manually. Thanks, Amitabh
  18. biw01

    Identify boundary edges and silhouette curves in a drafting view using NXOpen ?

    Hello Everyone, I wanted to know if there is a way to identify boundary edges and curves in a drawing view using NXOpen (NX9). I am struggling to identify the outline of the drawing. Any help in this regard will be deeply appreciated. Thank You, Amitabh
  19. biw01

    Identify mating faces using NXOpen API ?

    Hello Everyone, I have some applications which require identification of mating faces between 2 components in an assembly. There are no assembly constraints used for the assembly. These 2 components are simple touching. I wanted to know if someone in the group is aware of some NX API that can...
  20. biw01

    Extracting NX model info

    Is it possible to export NX9 model information to a spreadsheet (or xml file)? We need info relating to Cylindrical Faces and Planar Faces (i.e. Axis vector / Normal vector Direction Cosines, Hole Center Coordinate value, Feature Type (Cyl or Planar Face)). What API should I use? Also need to...

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