Recent content by alj722

Here is the final code. A bit of a kludge but it works. Reads a CSV file with 7 fields (Pt1X, Pt1Y, Pt1Z, Pt2X, Pt2Y, Pt2Z, Dia) and creates cylinders. Non-Timestamp Points can be simply deleted after creation. 'Adapted from NXJournaling.com '...

Unbelievable Cowski! You have bailed me out again! Thank you!

I've been pulling what little hair I have left out trying to make an NX Journal to read a CSV file of Pt1X, Pt1Y, Pt1Z, Pt2X, Pt2Y, Pt2Z, Dia and generate a bunch of cylinders to create a trusswork. I've gotten bits and pieces to work (start point, length, diameter), but I can't figure out how...

That did it! Thank you. I was using .CoordinateSystem (Singular). I put together a rather clunky journal file to simply count coordinate systems (to make sure I was getting it to work) and it appears that it also counts the WCS as a coordinate system. With a CSYS and two additional...

I am working on a script to automate the clean-up of large STEP imports into NX11. One thing I would like to clean up is a principle axis that is added to every part (not a datum CSYS which I want to keep). I would like to rid my imported model of these. There may be a way to turn it off...

Wow Taylor! You get the prize for the most complete answer on Eng-Tips ever! Thanks. I am really sorry to see simple text editing of interpart expressions go away, although I can understand the problem you were faced with. Manual access to the inner guts of the data is always useful. We are...

It could be that I simply don't understand how to use the new NX10 interpart expressions since I just started using NX10, but from the cheap seats it appears that they taken away some extremely useful functionality. GTAC indicated that they are in the process of improving it but it isn't done...

Here is an updated version of the NX Journal file so that it now assigns a mass to a body or multiple bodies in a part. It calculates the volume of all the bodies in the part, calculates a density and then assigns the density to all the bodies. Option Strict Off Imports System Imports NXOpen...

I just realized that it simply works with the Tools/Utilities/Spreadsheet command without having to create a Part Family. Drew

I discovered a nice little hack today using multiple Excel sheets on a part. You can embed a PowerPoint (and I assume other object that Excel recognizes) into the SpreadSheet and save it. That way you can save very complex documentation within your part/assembly file without needing a PDM...

I see it now. I've never seen that command. Very interesting. Thanks! And I see your problem with the reference set and I'm sorry to say I have nothing to offer on that.

Bingo! That works (in a lot less than 139 lines). Thank you.

The simple wave link Mirror Body command creates just the standard MODEL reference set. Are you doing this in TC or NX? I don't see a "Create Linked Mirror Part" command in NX 9 Native.

I have kludged together a Journal from various sources to assign a mass to a body by calculating the density from the volume. It is pretty clunky, but does what I need. The only hitch is I can't figure out a simple way to execute the "Update Weight Data Now" command. When I record it I get...

I need to be able to create a bunch of empty dummy parts from a spreadsheet and assert a mass. I adapted a simple journal that creates new parts from a text file list but when I tried to record the "Assert Mass" command, it is not supported by the Journal recorder. I looked at creating a tiny...