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  1. carlharr

    NX12 Synchronous Modelling Group has Vanished

    Hello all, 2 weeks ago I had a Synchronous Modelling group on the Home tab (in Modeling) in NX12. Now, it's gone. - It doesn't appear in the Home tab ribbon options (to turn it back on) - I've also checked by going back to default advanced role, and it's not there either - And I tried loading...
  2. carlharr

    Selecting only solid bodies from child components for the Model Reference Set

    Hello all, I'm looking at a typical problem at the moment, where large assemblies contain all kinds of junk from the child components, e.g. datums, sketches and in particular here, a product outline. The user does not have ownership of the child components. They need to create a drawing, so...
  3. carlharr

    Exported flat pattern bend lines appear solid font

    Hello, I have an NX part where the bend centre and tangent lines from a flat pattern are appearing as solid font when exported to DXF. The flat pattern is long and thin, and I do think the problem is something to do with font scaling. I have tried exporting with various settings in...
  4. carlharr

    How to annotate stacked weld (multiple reference lines) in NX8.5

    Hi, I've been asked if it's possible to create a stacked weld with multiple reference lines (for multiple operations) as per ISO 2553. Attached is pic from the standard, and my attempt to draw it, by carefully drawing 3 symbols on top of each other and adding notes at the end. Anyone know if...
  5. carlharr

    NX8.5 Routing Positive Engagement not working

    Hello, I'm struggling with something wonder if anyone can help. I'm creating a range of adaptors and connectors, and I need to include routing ports with a positive engagement - distance the male connector sits inside the female adaptor. Unfortunately, positive engagement doesn't seem to be...
  6. carlharr

    Part family new member doesn't include assembly components

    Hello, I wonder if anyone could help. I've got an assembly part family and I'm having some trouble whereby when I create a new family member, it doesn't have any assembly components. On the attached powerpoint sheet 1 is the family master and it's excel sheet. I am trying to create the...
  7. carlharr

    NX8.5 resource bar fills height of the screen

    Hello all, I've seen this once before ever, and can't remember the setting to fix it. On one of our training workstations, the NX resource bar (on RHS of screen) is filling the entire height of the screen, over the toolbar area. Can anyone remember how I set it back, so the resource bar tabs...
  8. carlharr

    NX8.5 dimensions have changed to m (from mm), can anyone advise?

    Hi, A curious problem, an engineer has carried out a save-as from an existing part file and started working with it. But, all his new sketch and feature dimensions are being created in m, not in mm. All the earlier sketches and features in the part were in mm. In expressions, it isn't...
  9. carlharr

    How to remove a material colour assigned from the "System Materials" pallet?

    Hello, Probably a stupid question but google doesn't seem to know. If a material colour has been assigned from the "system materials" tab in the resource bar, i.e. Car Paint Black, how do I remove the material colour? Edit Object Display doesn't seem to work - new colour is shown in the...
  10. carlharr

    .prt files won't load NX8.5 / open in NX8.5 when multiple versions of NX are installed

    Hello, I'm having a problem with a few machines (Win 7) where I have multiple versions of NX installed, and I can't set the file association for .prt files to open in NX. I first tried setting it to ugraf.exe in C:\Program Files\Siemens\NX 8.5\UGII, but then double-clicking a .prt file opened...
  11. carlharr

    NX8.5 Check-Mate question - checking components for modelled geometry

    Hello, I've been asked a question and I don't know if it's possible. Can you use OOTB check-mate to check the piece parts in an assembly, to check whether they actually have modelled geometry? There is a test that will report on items that are marked as "No UG Geom", so that is part of the...
  12. carlharr

    Reliable format for drawing exchange between different CAD systems?

    Hello all, I'm wondering if anyone can offer any suggestions. We often receive DXF files from suppliers as a "drawing exchange" format, to be imported into our own drawing borders. However the results from import to NX are flaky at best, with objects moving / vanishing, and text frequently...
  13. carlharr

    Curious problem with Circular Flat Patterns (NX8.5)

    Hello, We've found in NX8.5 all CIRCULAR flat patterns in Sheet Metal are "appearing" blank when loaded in TCVis. Changing the view in Vis to Top and then back to Default shows the flat pattern, but what's causing this? If you - create a circular Tab on the absolute X-Y plane (doesn't matter...
  14. carlharr

    Export CGM Filename

    Morning, Does anyone know if it is possible to change the default style of filename for an exported CGM (exported to windows) from NX8.5? For example, if we export 123/A1234 revision A the file comes out as 123SA1234_DWG_A, but when we export to Teamcenter the format is taken from sheet name...
  15. carlharr

    Synchronous Modelling Guidance

    Hi, While looking at synchronous modelling, I've found some great uses for it, such as: - editing features in an un-parametric (imported) CAD model - creating machining operations in a machined casting (i.e. linked in casting, then machine it) - edit complex parts (several hundreds of...
  16. carlharr

    NX8.5 make current feature "goes missing"

    Hi, Some people have reported that in NX8.5, the make current feature command seems to go missing sometimes from the RMB menu. Re-starting NX brings it back. And it doesn't look like it's anything to do with roles or application used, it just seems to vanish - see image attached. Has anyone...
  17. carlharr

    NX8.5 assembly constraints - group by component status

    Another assembly constraints one: I'm prepping some material to show the new assembly constraints navigator, particularly when dealing with "failed" constraints. But when I've switched it to "display by component status", my components with failed constraints are in the the partially...
  18. carlharr

    NX8.5 assembly constraints won't display on screen

    Hello, I've just noticed, in existing (pre 8.5) assemblies, the constraints won't display on screen when using NX8.5. I've done everything I can think (show and hide, show and hide in navigator, blank everything else, change the background colour, check layers, try wireframe) but nothing will...
  19. carlharr

    NX8.5 sketch selection scope

    Does anyone know if there is a way to change the NX8.5 default sketch selection scope to "within work part"? It seems that the default is set to "active sketch only" (which is useless) for each new session. Changing scope to "work part" will affect all future sketches in a session, but as soon...
  20. carlharr

    Import DXF - is it basically a bad idea?

    Typically, text moves, lines vanish and so on when importing a DXF. Now sitting where I do, people send me their DXFs and I'm wondering if really, importing DXFs is basically a bad idea. I've got my own thoughts on this, but would be interested to here anyone elses opinions? www.jcb.com NX...

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