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NX5 to NX7 1
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JohnRBaker
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I hope you're actually going to NX 7.5 and NOT NX 7.0.
While my views and opinions are biased ;-), I think you will find that this update will be less eventful than was your NX 3.0 to NX 5.0 move since you will NOT have the change in dialogs to contend with again. While additional dialogs are being updated to the new style with each release, NX 5.0 was where most of the changes were made.
One piece of advice is that even if you've managed to avoid it in the past, I would highly recommend that you run all of your legacy parts through the 'refile' utility when moving to NX 7.5 (I'm assuming of course that you actually ARE moving to NX 7.5 and not NX 7.0) and that make sure that use the complete set of options which pertains to the updating of lightweight representations and not depend on just opening the files and saving them again.
But please, if any 'real' customers have any opinion on this topic, please jump in with whatever you've learned and which might shed additional light on this topic.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
While my views and opinions are biased ;-), I think you will find that this update will be less eventful than was your NX 3.0 to NX 5.0 move since you will NOT have the change in dialogs to contend with again. While additional dialogs are being updated to the new style with each release, NX 5.0 was where most of the changes were made.
One piece of advice is that even if you've managed to avoid it in the past, I would highly recommend that you run all of your legacy parts through the 'refile' utility when moving to NX 7.5 (I'm assuming of course that you actually ARE moving to NX 7.5 and not NX 7.0) and that make sure that use the complete set of options which pertains to the updating of lightweight representations and not depend on just opening the files and saving them again.
But please, if any 'real' customers have any opinion on this topic, please jump in with whatever you've learned and which might shed additional light on this topic.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
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John, thanks for your feedback! I will have to check into NX 7.0 vs 7.5; so far I have just been told we are going to "7". Glad to hear 7 won't be as big of an interface change as 3 to 5 was, that one slowed us down for a while.
Thanks for the advice on the refile utility, I will follow-up on that. We have done it in the past but not recently.
Thanks for the advice on the refile utility, I will follow-up on that. We have done it in the past but not recently.
JohnRBaker
Mechanical
NX 7.5.2.5 was released to customers and made available for download from the GTAC support site on November 9, 2010.
If you would like to be included on future email notifications of releases and other important support information, may I suggest that you go to...
...and sign-up for our E-mail Subscription & Distribution Services. After all, this is part of what you pay maintenance for so you might as well take advantage of it ;-)
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
If you would like to be included on future email notifications of releases and other important support information, may I suggest that you go to...
...and sign-up for our E-mail Subscription & Distribution Services. After all, this is part of what you pay maintenance for so you might as well take advantage of it ;-)
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
nag 57,
Our Company recently jumped from NX5 to 7.5 and the process has been relatively painless. 7.5 seems to run a little smoother and has a lot more tools for direct modeling. I think the hardest adjustment has been just learning where some of the commands from 5 have been moved to. They've left the command finder in place though, so its really not much of an issue at all. As John as said, the refile utility is a great idea if you make the shift, as assembly mating conditions have undergone a major overhaul functionality-wise it seems.
Hope this helps, but I'd recommend making the shift for sure.
Our Company recently jumped from NX5 to 7.5 and the process has been relatively painless. 7.5 seems to run a little smoother and has a lot more tools for direct modeling. I think the hardest adjustment has been just learning where some of the commands from 5 have been moved to. They've left the command finder in place though, so its really not much of an issue at all. As John as said, the refile utility is a great idea if you make the shift, as assembly mating conditions have undergone a major overhaul functionality-wise it seems.
Hope this helps, but I'd recommend making the shift for sure.
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