Mapping F8 to View Radial

[MoeMoe7]

Hi All,

I was wondering if anyone has mapped the F8 (Snap View) (aka: UG_VIEW_POPUP_SNAP_VIEW)

To the radial View tool bar....or any tool bar?

The only solution I have found is to create a journal file, then a custom command button to call that journal file.

But there HAS to be a better way because to call the journal file is slow.

Anybody know how to do this?

Mauricio Haliska
Eng. Mgr.

http://www.Metrican.com

 

[JohnRBaker]

There is no way to customize the View Pop-Up menu using Customize, you need to actually edit the View pop-up menu file, adding the 'Snap View' option.

If you've set-up your UGII_USER_DIR folder and you have a folder named 'application', in that folder place a copy of the menu file 'ug_view_popup.men' (keep the same name), which can be found at...

<where NX 8 is installed>/UGII/menus

Now open this file and insert the following lines of text wherever you wish to see the 'Snap View' option appear in the MB3 view pop-up menu...

BUTTON UG_VIEW_POPUP_SNAP_VIEW
ACTIONS STANDARD

...and then save the file.

Now start NX 8.0 and when you press MB3 over the graphics area and the view pop-up opens, you should see the 'Snap View' option.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
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[cowski]

Do you use a spaceball?
If so, you can easily map the [kbd]F8[/kbd] key to a button on the spaceball.

www.nxjournaling.com

 

[MoeMoe7]

John,

Excellent! I did just as you mentioned. I added the lines to that toolbar file and there it was! I was then able to access it and move to any other toolbar using the regular customization method.

You know....I looked at the tool bar text file and I can't figure out the correlation between the text file and the actual pop-up. The order seems completely wrong. I mean, the buttons are not in the order of the text file. And yet...I add the F8 and there it appears.

Also, where are the radial pop-up references?

Thanks a million...you probably just saved me several minutes every day! (that is not being sarcastic...it really adds up!)


Mauricio Haliska
Eng. Mgr.

http://www.Metrican.com

 

[MoeMoe7]

Cowski,

I do not like the Space-ball...I use the centre mouse button fine enough. I find my team constantly rotating and rotating. I am convinced that it is eating time rather than saving. Yes, it is faster to get to a view, but I think their other hand should be keying stuff in. They are constantly moving the hand from the keyboard to the ball.

Anyway...

We have done that...but this is not a good solution because they do some work at home and they don't have that there.

Mauricio Haliska
Eng. Mgr.

http://www.Metrican.com

 

[JohnRBaker]

The order of that file is a bit odd since there are other files which override the content at run-time based on what module you're in and other factors.

As for the Radial Pop-up 'references', look for an entry in a function's block-of-text that reads 'POPUP_LOCATION' followed by a number between 1 and 8, representing the eight locations around the Radial Pop-up starting with #1 at the upper-left or '10:30' position and going clockwise from there.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.