Best practices for Multibody parts / Top-down Assembly design
I'm guessing this scenario happens often, but I could not find any material covering the subject matter. You're doing some industrial design (Realize shape for example) and the shape of the main body...
View ArticleUpdate display not working anymore
Hello, The commande update display just stopped working for apparently no reason. Any advice?? I used this command a lot, since graphic are really crappy on my computer (in NX only)
View ArticleNX 11.0.1 - Maintenance Pack 8 Announcement
Dear Siemens PLM Customer, Maintenance Pack 8 for NX 11.0.1 is now available on the Siemens PLM Download Server. NX 11.0.1 MP08 is an accumulation of fixes built for installation on top of Windows...
View Articlehandling analysis results
In surfacing work, analysis tools, such as Show Poles and Show Knots, are simply toggles, and therefore handy for any specific curve or surface. But other tools, Curve Analysis and Section Anaysis, are...
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NX MCD Joint rigidity
Hello,I am trying to simulate injection moulding machine in NX 10 MCD. The point is, I need to close the mold with specific force. The force is a result of joint mechanism pushing (connecting) the mold...
View ArticleNXOpen new Camera
Trying to create a new Camera in NXOpen so that I have some standard views with very specific alignment. I can do it manually, but when I code the equivalent into NXOpen it seems to fix the target...
View Articleremember "Top Selection Priority"?
Q1: Every time I set "Top Selection Priority - Face". After restarting NX would return to the defaut "Top Selection Priority - Feature". Is it possible to make NX remember "Top Selection Priority -...
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Trouble with exporting file DXF covering: .DXF + .log + .png (Logo image,....)
Hi all,I have a problems when i export file DXf. The export file cover: .DXF + .log + .png. If i delete this file image, i haven't seen it within Dxf file. Can i exporting each DXF file?Please help me,...
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Optics analisys in NX
Hello!Usually I visit NX CAM Discussion Forum, but now want to remember my old-old project for automotive optics designers.Customer set a problem: "We have Unigraphics model with light source, some...
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How to convert STL to Solid Body
Imported STLA question from Adam&Eva times - How to convert STL to Solid Body?I want to show small ugopen sample.Open achive and copy dll into any folderCreate new prt-file, Modeling, Ctrl+U - find...
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NX assembly displays unwanted designs
Hello, When an user tries opening an assembly from NX, he gets some triangle shaped structures in his assembly.For all assemblies he's opening from NX, the same error is coming. But the same assemblies...
View ArticleCan not import part file into STAR-CCM+
Hi, I have a simple 3D CAD model with different parameters defined as expressions, such as 'Chamfer Offset' and 'Extrude End Limit'. This is done to perform an optimazation study in STAR-CCM+....
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Reference-Only components
Hi guys, does anyone know why this option is grayed out and not changeable by default?I can't find any mention of it in customer defaults...It would make our life so much easier if it could simply be...
View ArticleNX assembly display error
Hello, When an user tries opening an assembly from NX, he gets some shape structures in his assembly.For all assemblies he's opening from NX, the same error is coming. But the same assemblies can be...
View Article% parameter of a point on a spline?
Is it possible to measure the % parameter position of a point on a spline? I need this value to match two points on two splines. The two points would be used to create an internal control curves for...
View ArticlePlot issue: "you do not have permission to write the file"
My coworker recently got a new computer. Now when he tries to plot or export a pdf file, he gets the message: "you do not have permission to write the file". I suspect he needs read/write permissions...
View ArticleMCD Runtime behaviours: Library for expressions?
Hey there, I'm trying to write a short program code in the Runtime behaviors of MCD (NX11). I watched some example codes here in this forum (for example in the thread "Mechatronics Concept Designer:...
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Reuse Paste dialog box-Initial Paste Location
Hello, We have discovered an issue with Reuse Library -Initial paste Location Reuse Paste dialog box.The issue is when we double-click on the example below (feature/rib_c in Reusable Object Library...
View Articleproject a non-planar 3D spline
I often try to project a non-planar 3D spline to a plane or a sketch, and find that both the poles and the knots can also be projected precisely to the resulting 2D spline. I like this matching...
View ArticleHole dimension call out with tolerance in one click
Hello people,In my work, we will use only one tolerance ie H7 for hole & g6 for shaft.Currently we are providing dimensions using 'Diametrical dimension' for the hole and 'cylindrical dimension'...
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