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    Distance Measure within an active command i.e., Extrude, Pattern etc. is no longer associative?

    I am on NX2212 and the option is still available. Your workaround is ok I believe and, as far as I understand where NX is going, in line with a general new approach that puts straiforward intuitive designe more than the older one based on inter-parametrization (i.e. the new sketcher too). I'd...
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    NX: Move objects to Layers journal : Move specific objects to Layers of user choice

    Most easy approach would be to combine the existing journals that do the basic move job with a intuitive graphical user interface including a datagrid with drop down menus for quick selection. Quite far from a simple journal...
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    New Sketcher vs the old Sketcher

    Right, the update has considerably increased and I often find myself crossing fingers for it to go through. Weird feeling I never had on 25 years in UG/NX. One more thing to consider is the method they have set up to update an old sketch: making the sketch current feature and leaving you the...
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    New Sketcher vs the old Sketcher

    We switched to it 2 years ago, fearing the old one would soon go away. What we like? Nothing. It's unpredictable, and forced constraints makes things worse as the more you constraint against the api the more you need to spend time finding the conflicts. You work blind, as the api logic mostly...

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