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  1. pdlock

    Drafting: Snapping to part entities while skecthing in view

    Using NX 9.0.2 Drafting, I need to know how to snap to part entities (i.e. end points) while skecthing in a view based on a 3D part. I know how to do this with pre-NX 8.5 views (steps shown below), but the Extracted Edges representation no longer appears in Settings for Drafting views created in...
  2. pdlock

    Insert custom symbol by Drawing coordinates

    I defined a custom symbol (text entity) within a drawing, and defined the Anchor with Point Dialog, to X=0, Y=0. This portion went fine. Now I want to insert the symbol (Insert, Symbol, Custom) in another drawing at the coordinates X=0, Y=0, but I cannot find any options to simply type in...
  3. pdlock

    How to retain layer assignments in custom symbol

    Is there a way to retain the layer assignments of items in a symbol? I would like to drop the content of the title block into the drawing using a symbol, but it seems that symbols lose all layer assignments of the items in the symbol. It looks to me like I would have to make multiple symbols...
  4. pdlock

    How to retain text font in a custom symbol

    I attempted to make a custom symbol as part of our drawing border title block, but I cannot find the magic potion to retain the text font type (chosen to closely emulate our company logo). When I insert an instance of my custom symbol the helios text font is replaced with blockfont. Can...

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