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dK = deciKelvin?
When defining a material's Thermal properties, one can see that temperature is always defined with the decimal unit prefix, dK (deciKelvin) but also dC and dF, see attached screenshot. This is not...
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stretch a curve outside sketcher
In NX Sketcher, a curve with Scalable Group constraint can be stretched freely by dragging its end points. I wonder whether it's possible to do similar job on curves outside the sketcher. In Alias they...
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Graphical glitches when rendering after adding more parts to assembly
Since adding more parts to an assembly, I have the graphical glitch, where edges appear weird and things are on top of each seen in the image below on certain frames when rendering animation frames...
View ArticleStrange Lines with Face Edge Display
Hi, I am running NX12.01. A new problem has popped up that was not present yesterday. When I open parts and assemblies there are spurious thin black lines displayed. The black lines display only when...
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Hole callout> threaded holes> THRU depth
Hello! My name is Tim Grant, I'm a 15 year machine designer, just started with NX 3 weeks ago (NX 9), and this is my first post. Thanks for having me. In a drawing I'm using the radial dimension>...
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Seperate Revision ID into two
So we used NX integration with Teamcenter. For now, I wish to update the titleblock of a drawing. We have two separate fields to document revision of a drawing and baseline ID. As I mapped rev ID out...
View ArticleHow to enable multicore?
Hi I realised that when I extrude sketches, NX only uses one CPU core. When I extrude more complicated sketches, it takes quite a while. Is there anythin I can do? SET UGII_SMP_ENABLE is set to 1....
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fail to select surface poles
As shown below, when I hover the mouse cursor on a pole, the pole and its surface would be highlighted. But after I click it, nothing is selected. Are surface poles inherently unable to be selected?Is...
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Suggested regular mouse for NX use 8h a day ?
HelloIs a "ball mouse" Logitech Wireless Trackball M570 or MX Ergo trackball suggested for NX for maximum comfort usage ?I do NX 8h a day full week and hand is a bit cramped or at least will be after...
View ArticleHow to configure NX Routing properly?
Hello, I want to configure NX (Mechanical) Routing and I run into some problems.Our main problem:We want to define a "cable" (or pipe) with outer and inner diameter and a minimum bend radius.I a have...
View ArticleUse a part to pattern along contour of another part
Hello, everyone, sorry for so frequent seeking answers here.But I really want to know something a little unique, here is the thing,I want to make a pattern, and I add two exact the same parts into...
View ArticleHow to compare different revisions of the same part
I often export parts offshore to be revised. When I re-import the parts, I need to compare the old part to the new part to make sure that they are the same, with the exception of the intended changes....
View ArticleMarco or journal to export jpg with new filename
Hello Admins Is there a macro or journal, that you guys can share for exporting a jpg but with new file name each timemay be added time_date to file name Thanks in Advance
View ArticleNX 11.0.2 - Maintenance Pack 9 Announcement
Dear Siemens PLM Customer,NX 11.0.2 MP09 is an accumulation of fixes built for installation on top of Windows 64-Bit and Linux 64-Bit images of NX 11.0.2. To select the release package(s) for your...
View ArticleNX 12.0.1 - Maintenance Pack 2 Announcement
Dear Siemens PLM Customer,NX 12.0.1 MP02 is an accumulation of fixes built for installation on top of the Windows 64-Bit image of NX 12.0.1. To select the release package for your platform click on the...
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extend a surface by moving its edges
I just learnt that in NX Enlarge can extend or shrink a B-surface by moving its edges. Alias has a command Extend doing the job. I learnt from a tutorial that the Entend command has some handles for...
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Missing a part of drawing view
Hi all,When I export Drafting to PDF file. A part of Drawing view is missed. Maybe the front drawing view covers the back one. Anyone know how to make transparent the boundary area of front view to fix...
View ArticleNX re arranges folders on it's own
I have a part with approximately 4,000 features, and maybe 50 folders that contains all of those features. I don't really care for the way nx organizes things when you work at the end of the tree and...
View ArticleReverse engineering datum planes missing in assembly?
Dear all, I am doing some reverse engineering using NX11 and "something weird" beyond my knowledge is happening.The sequence I did was as following:1) create new part model, e.g. "Model1"2) import...
View ArticleImport drawing preferences in NX9
Hi, I have a problem in drawing preferences in Nx9. I create a new template. In this file I have modified Drawing preferences (lines colours, arrows...). The problem is when I load this template in...
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