What I'd like to do is whenever I assign a material to a particular part, it changes the color of that part according to the material. For example, steel parts would be blue, aluminum would be green, wood would would be brown, un-assigned parts would be gray, etc. It's my understanding that this...
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I'm getting an I-deas ORB/orbix error when importing and exporting .igs or .stp files. I can get as far as selecting what type of file I want to import/export, but once I hit Ok I get the attached error message. Has anyone else encountered this problem and if so, how do you fix it...
I'm working on a 3 page drawing and the first two pages update fine but the third page wont update without giving me an internal error. I took a screenshot of the error message I'm getting. The first one pops up when I try to update, and the second comes up after I've clicked "OK" on the first...
I'm creating a drawing of an assembly and I want to make one part in the assembly have phantom lines. I used render sets to make the lines in that component phantom, but when I did so, the edges that were previously hidden (because another component was blocking it from view) are now showing up...
I'm trying to export an assembly as step203 or step214 and I end up getting a huge file. Is there a way to reduce the size of the exported model? The size should be about a quarter of what it is. Is there some useless data that is getting exported that I can choose not to export? Any help would...
I'm getting an error that says "Null tag not allowed" whenever I try to make an intersection curve in sketch in task environment. After I click Ok on the error window, I can't rotate or pan my model without exiting the sketch in task environment first. This problem started when I re-opened my...
I have an assembly that I'm working on locally in NX7.5 that I want to import into Teamcenter. If I go into each part, and select Properties and go to the General tab, each part has a unique Name associated to the Part Number. I know that when I import the assembly into Teamcenter, it will...
When I'm in a sketch and click on "Open in Sketch Task Environment", my view is automatically rotated/translated to be normal to the sketch. Is there a way to turn this off and not have the rotation/translation when I enter a task environment sketch? I'm asking this because my computer gets...
If I have a hollow cube modeled, is there a way to fill it in to create a solid body? Or, better yet, is there a way to select the 6 faces/surfaces and measure the volume enclosed by the cube's faces?
I created a point set of ~8000 points to describe a surface. I want to create a .txt or excel file from this point set with the x,y,z locations of all the points. I've tried using "NX Open Grip" to compile a .grs/.grx file that I found on another thread post, however I dont have the license to...
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I'm trying to create a vertical dimension in NX7.5 drafting. When trying to place the value for the dimension outside of the arrowheads, I want the dimension to appear centered above the arrowheads without a leader. When I try to remove the dimension leader in dimension style menus, I end...
I'm trying to customize my drafting standard in Tools->Utilities->Customer Defaults->Customize Standard->Annotation->Lettering. I want the character size to be .1 in/2.54 mm. When I try to customize the drafting standard, the character size remains as the default .12 instead of .1. I've been...
I have an assembly drawing that has 4 parts associated to it. On my front view, I have one part that I want to show a hidden threaded hole. My problem is that when I show hidden lines in front view, it shows ALL the hidden from all the parts; but I only want to see the hidden threads of one of...
