NX has just reciently added new features to allow for dynamic measuring in modeling. There is a quick check way to throw a message when the restraints are violated. But we would like to have a visual dynamic measurement while we are modifying the data. There is sketch, but i’m more interested in interference checks, [...]
Some people may ask, why use UGS’s NX CAD system compared to PTC, Dassault, Autodesk CAD offerings. First lets get the actual CAD application names related to the companies that offer them. UGS -> NX UGS -> NX – Ideas UGS -> Solid Edge (mid market) Dassault -> Catia V5 Dassault -> Solid Works (mid [...]
In NX Drafting, you want to create a note (annotation) with a leader. There are two ways. First is more usefull if the annotation already exists. Edit -> Leader, select annotation to add the leader to, then select where the arrow should be placed. This can also be used to point one annotation to many [...]
If you need information from NX when you are writing scripts to help automate things, NX provides a utility program. The program is ENV_PRINT. Start a command shell with the correct NX environment (Start -> Programs -> UGS NX 4 -> NX Tools -> Command Shell). Type in ENV_PRINT -v. C:\>ENV_PRINT -v V22.0.1.3 C:\> other [...]
NX has a Redo? It is true, and a very requested feature from everyone I have talked with. Starting in NX4 there is a redo function. It is only available in Sketcher at this time, but this hopefully will be a feature that is propogated throughout every module, application in NX. I still believe to [...]
Very similiar to Part Attributes except we use the syntax of: . where the X0.10 is the number of decimals to display. 10 is the most you can display. So to show the expression Length that has a value of 5.25000000 to look like: 5.25 you would put in . Put this syntax in your [...]
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