NX9, Navigator configuration

[icetea73]

Apparently some settings/Properties of the Navigators like the "Name Display" option are not retained saved between sessions or in the corresponding part file.
Is there customer default that I need to set or any other way to set the navigator properties in a persistent way?

 

[JohnRBaker]

Are you suggesting that the Assembly Navigator's behavior has changed in NX 9.0 from previous versions?

And when you say "Name Display" are we referring to toggling ON/OFF the 'Part Name' column or changing what is set in the Assembly Preferences for the 'Descriptive Part Name Style'?

John R. Baker, P.E.
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[icetea73]

Hi John,
I don't know if the behaviour has changed from previous versions. It's the first time I use the option...
Please see the attached screen shot regarding the exact setting I'm referring to.

When I use "User Replaces System" the setting is not remembered. When I close NX and re-open it changes back to "System and User". The same is true for the Assembly Navigator.

Thank you.

 

[JohnRBaker]

OK, first off, these settings are not saved in the Part files. Changing the 'Name Display' option using the Navigator 'Properties' dialogs will only effect the current session and will be reset back to the default when you start a new session.

That being said, if you want to change the 'Default', go to...

Customer Defaults -> Gateway

...and in the Part and Assembly Navigator items you'll find where you can change the 'Name Display' settings for all future sessions.

John R. Baker, P.E.
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Siemens PLM Software Inc.
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[icetea73]

Thank you - changed the defaults to the desired values and now it works.
I must be getting blind. I searched the customer defaults before posting the question but did not find the options although they are obvious.

 

[JohnRBaker]

Have you tried using the 'Find Default' function (the binocular icon in the upper Right corner of the customer defaults dialog) when looking for something? You have to be careful since it does an explicit search based on exactly what you entered so you might have to try it a couple of times to find what you're looking for.

John R. Baker, P.E.
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Siemens PLM Software Inc.
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[icetea73]

I did and it actually works - really my own fault.
Btw. are the syntactical rules regarding search functions in nx documented? In the command finder for example using double quotes seems to do look for the whole phrase narrowing down the results...
I'm thinking of wildcards and such stuff.

 

[JohnRBaker]

I don't think we support wild cards, but I do know that the Customer Defaults 'find' is an absolute text matching scheme searching the content of all the dialog pages. Misspell something and you won't find it.

However, the command finder is based on a list in which we've included not only the names of all the NX functions, both current and any of older names which have been changed over the years, like Hollow, Taper, Blank/Unblank, etc., but also the commonly used terms from competitive products for those people transitioning to NX from some other CAD system. For example, if you were to enter the word 'Round', you'd find the various 'Blend' commands since 'Round' is the term used in Pro-E for 'Blend'. Also the Command Finder appears to bit more forgiving when it comes to simple mispellings.

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.