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  1. swale74

    Watermark or change the theme in NX

    Hi we are currently transitioning to teamcenter however we have some legacy native NX and local settings to our (Canada) location. Is there a way to add a watermark or particular colour theme to native NX to make it obvious that the local settings are in use? We get new users that open things...
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    matching system settings between software.

    Hi we are in the process of trying to match multiple divisions different software to one standard (fonts, line width,...) Is there a tool to import Siemens NX .dpv file into autocad? To adapt these settings? NX 8.0.3.4 in Windows 7 Mechanical designer
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    part family that also has deformable component?

    Is it possible to make a part family that is also a deformable element? Example various pipe OD and wall thickness that make up part families but when adding the part to the assembly be able to also define the length as required(deformable). I wanted to add this part to the reuse library. I...
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    DXF Plot

    I've seen at another division they had plotter setup to export a drawing file to dxf. Our customer contract specify we need to provide autocad dxf files for all drawings. Unfortunately the person whom setup this plot is no longer with the company. Any help with this would be great. I do see the...
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    No assembly selection

    Dumb question here but I can't seem to find the what toggle was switched. I have two sub assemblies and I'm trying to join them to a larger assembly and now I can only select the component. No faces or edges are being selected. The filter is set to "No Selection Filter" and "Entire Assembly"...
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    cleaning up TDM

    Hi We are in the process of switching from Ideas 11 to NX/Ideas 6.3 and I would like to clean all past employees from the library Can anyone out there help with this? The company has under gone a name change and we have three different user login versions for each employee as well as numerous...
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    fixing non "master model" method drawing

    Is there a way to correct a drawing created by a user who didn't understand the master model concept? What I have is part file which contains a large assembly and the user switched to drafting and created a drawing. This file is hard to work with because of the size of the assembly and the...
  8. swale74

    Arrangements vs reference sets

    Hi I was updating a drawing. One of my colleagues had made which reference sets were used to change machined and raw plate states. I prefer the arrangement method and have updated the model in this method. The way I build my parts is I title the main component the master and then place two empty...
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    Lockdown save location in native NX?

    Is it possible to lock down the location we can save to in native NX? We've had some users inadvertently save items on their desktop pcs which doesn't help when sharing files :) Our library is on a networked U:\ drive. Thought there may be a control in the ugii_envir.bat file. NX 8.0.3.4 in...
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    Error opening limit fit data files

    Not sure what has happened to our setup but when I try to add a dimension to a new print I get "Error opening limit fit data files" We moved our office and I am now getting this error. NX 8.0.3.4 in Windows 7 Mechanical designer
  11. swale74

    NX 8.0 compatible with Nx 8.5?

    Can files be transferred back and forth between NX 8.0 and nx 8.5? I read that the weld symbols disappearing is a bug that was fixed in NX 8.5 the trouble is our other divisions use 8.0 and sometimes we transfer files. I know the files aren't transferable on major releases but is 8.0 to 8.5...
  12. swale74

    NX site administration training

    I'm looking for any suggestion on how and where to get some administration and site customization training. We are running NX 8.0 natively. Our company is based out of Austria but, our location is Canada just outside of Toronto. All the customization that we have is German and we have stumbled...
  13. swale74

    Tolerance Table symbol

    Not sure what I did when I added our tolerance tables to the reuse library but now it takes forever and is accessing a spreadsheet. This happened when updating from NX 6.0 native to NX 8.0 Native. Symbol is attached. NX 8.0.3.4 in Windows 7 Mechanical designer
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    NX Drawing numbers assigned

    I looking into possibly using NX to assign drawing numbers to our components. Our current drawing number system is display in a way which makes finding components easy. Example of a current number would be 25D1049CM. 25D- stand so the drawing size(D sized sheet). The next 4 digits 1049- stands...
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    I-deas programs converted to NX?

    Hello, We have a few SDRC i-deas seats still running in our company and they are used to run some programs to develop our parts from data gathered on a spec sheet. These programs develop drawings and 3d models. My question is there anyway to take this and transfer to NX or are we to start from...
  16. swale74

    Reuse Library dumb question

    Somehow I removed the reuse library from my resource bar and I can't get it back. I tired searching to find the answer to this dumb question to no avail. NX 8.0.3.4 in Windows 7 Mechanical designer
  17. swale74

    adding custom symbols to NX8

    Hi we just recnetly updated to NX 8.0.3.4 and I am looking at taking our NX6 custom symbols and pulling them into NX8. I made a copy and added them to the :\CONFIGURATION\UGSNX8\UGII\SYMBOL folder rebooted and no luck. My enviro file points to this directory...
  18. swale74

    Error: Modeler error: curve crosses edge

    I have a drawing which always needs the section lines adjusted before it can be updated. The error message is "Error: Modeler error: curve crosses edge". What exactly can I do to fix this issue? Is it in the assembly model or the drawing? NX 6.0.5.3 in Windows 7 Mechanical designer
  19. swale74

    Mechanical piping in NX?

    We're looking at improving our mechanical piping (air, oil and water lines) in cad. Couple questions are there reuse libraries available for items like valves and fittings. Also looking for impressions of the Mechanical and electrical routing package. Is it worth the cost and what does it bring...
  20. swale74

    Some lines hidden some not??

    Check this image out. The green part with the teeth cut in it should be under the white part but only pieces of the part in drafting are hidden. Very odd. NX 6.0.5.3 in Windows 7 Mechanical designer

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