NX Sample Applications

NX3 has a directory of sample applications

If you need an application to compare drawings, update all drawings, update all features, update all smart models, and about 25 other macro applications look no further then right in the UGII_BASE_DIR. These sample applications are located at: UGII_BASE_DIR/UGSAMPLES

These applications are very usefull not just for what they do but the outline on how to build on the existing code and do other tasks. For example the update all features should be run each time your site is migrating from one version of NX to another. This should happen well in advance of the migration to verify if there are going to be any issues in production. Then once you have the files that migrate correctly and refile should take place after you have gone into production. That way all your files are at the current version, you know they will migrate, you won’t be left trying to upgrade a part on the designers machine hoping it works, and if in a few years you want to open an very old file the version jump will be less. You should be able to open any version of NX in a newer version but if there is a problem it will be very difficult to fix if the original version is no longer installed.

Each new version of NX they checking of the parts get better and better, the next version of NX may find an issue with your current of NX. So if you do a dry run of all your parts in a update all features you can have a piece of mind knowing that any production issues will be less if at all.