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  1. Spacecow

    Centimeter Units for Drawings

    NX7.5 - Win7 x64 Is it possible to add a drafting unit for centimeters? I see millimeters & meters (as well as inches & feet/inches). Is there a configurable file somewhere to add units like this? I've also been asked (in the past) for microns. That's an easy one to "fake" in MM units with the...
  2. Spacecow

    Custom crosshatch (.chx) file

    It is possible to create your own custom crosshatch file, say a xhatch3.chx file, with some custom definition but it is rather difficult. This started because I wanted concrete as a hatch pattern and I'm trying to make my own. Is there any documentation to help guide in this endeavor? I've...
  3. Spacecow

    NX7.5 Drafting Plus

    I've looked at the video for Drafting Plus on the Siemens website and I'm trying to follow along and re-create what's being done in the video. I don't seem to have the same tools available to me. I've looked at my license file and It looks like I should have Drafting Plus (I do have NX Power...
  4. Spacecow

    Smart notes linked to quantities

    I was wondering if there was any way to tie a smart note on a drafting sheet a couple different ways. 1st - the counterbored hole - All of the points were placed in a single sketch and the point count is totaled on the top of the Hole dialog at 38. Can I tie a note to that number so that if it...
  5. Spacecow

    NX5 Sheet Metal - Outside Mold Line Display

    I'm working with a group migrating from Ideas to NX5 (5.0.6.3 specifically). I've been presented with the existing work flow and drawings and I'm trying to re-create them in NX. The attached PDF shows a current drawing. Basically showing the flat pattern fully dimensioned with Bend CL's and...

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