Product Suggestion!

[ROK99]

Users checking out NX 9 are initially finding the Ribbon Bar a bit of a culture shock. Having to re-think where they find everything (despite the full customization of it).

HERE'S AN IDEA:

Can some kind of "Click-Tracker" record what you use the most over a period of a week, and produce a report of your most commonly-used buttons? Then offer to map the icons for you?

 

[JohnRBaker]

You could preobably write a program to parse your Syslogs and get that sort of information.

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.

 

[ROK99]

That's a good idea.
I think we'll do that! Thanks.

Now, how about a Spell Checker in the Annotation Editor?

Is NX the only device left on planet Earth that does not check your spelling?

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[ewh]

That's what Word is for! ;-)

“Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.”
-Dalai Lama XIV

 

[JohnRBaker]

Do what I did, I downloaded a copy of something called 'tinySpell' from the website below:

http://tinyspell.numerit.com/

It works with ANY application when you're enter text into any sort of text entry field, including NX. Note that I started with the free version, but later updated to 'tinySpell+' for $10 or something like that, as I can then get free updates (they just released one last month that I recently uploaded). Anyway, it works pretty well and you can add additional words to the dictionary (at least I can with the 'tinySpell+' version).

DISCLAIMER: I have no financial interest in the organization that developed and distributes 'tinySpell' and am only recommending it based on my own personal experience using the product.

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.

 

[SDETERS]

What about spell check in Checkmate? You need to have a Checkmate license but it is in there.

 

[ROK99]

Thanks everyone.

For the past few years I have been composing in WORD. Six months ago, I installed TinySpell (works great) and yes, Checkmate can review the text.

But these are all work-arounds and external programs.
It's just a bummer that NX won't do it. John, can you encourage them to add it?

I mean, while actually typing this post, little red lines showed me things I mistyped.
Kinda ironic.

 

[JohnRBaker]

It's kind of hard to justify to my management that I need the resources of even a single programmer to design, write, test, debug and finally document a capability that any one of our customers can download from the internet for free (or at worst, costing them $10).

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.

 

[markrief]

If you are an API programmer, or have one available, there is a free application included with NX that uses the Word spellchecker on selected notes. You can fin it in UGOPEN\SampleNXOpenApplications\.NET\SpellChecker.

Mark Rief
NX CAM Customer Success
Siemens PLM Software