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    Adding tool tip to reuse library dialog

    Hi Not that i know of, our solution was to add an url pmi containing a direct link to the reuse parts manual stored on the internal wiki.
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    Part families: A set of values picks suitable parts

    Sounds like you need Product Template Studio. Siemens NX Product Template Studio
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    Large assemblies CATIA VS NX

    Yes this is my experience as well, same assembly complexity in Catia V5 and I-deas (Under Virtual Box!) and performance in NX is noticeably poorer (certified workstations and certified drivers for graphics cards). This is not helped by the fact that setting up NX visualization is very complex...
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    Lenovo P71 with Nvidia Quadro P4000 and 4K screens

    High DPI screens are wonderful as images and text can look much crisper, sadly high dpi support is very lackluster on windows and all sort of scaling issues usually crop up. Quadro P4000 cards should be able to run NX at 4k with usable frame rates, but with that said I would prefer to run the...
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    Lenovo P71 with Nvidia Quadro P4000 and 4K screens

    Tried running it at 1080P as a work around until the NX scaling gets sorted.
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    NX Journal and Block UI Styler combination

    int x = 100; string expression = x.ToString();
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    special characters for triangle in journal (NXOpen API)

    The listingwindow cannot handle all UTF-8 Characters, this should according to gtac be fixed in NX10. Thought using Dim triangle As String = ChrW(8710) ''UTF8 32 Decimal works for creating notes in drafting mode without causing exceptions.
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    special characters for triangle in journal (NXOpen API)

    Unrecognized character for the font used maybe? Tried using? Dim delta as String = "∆"
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    Tooling design formation

    In my experience there are two solutions, hire an experienced tool designer (can be expensive/hard depending on geographical location) or do internal on the job training for new graduate / engineer from other field. But irrespective on wich path you choose there will be a need for internal...
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    NX - Total Length of Sheet Boundaries

    Or you could use the extract geometry composite curve feature with the rule selection set to sheet edges. Then use the length measure with selection rule set to feature curve to get all curves belonging to the composite curve.
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    special characters for triangle in journal (NXOpen API)

    Use ChrW() Option Strict Off Imports System Imports NXOpen Module NXJournal Sub Main (ByVal args() As String) Dim theSession As Session = Session.GetSession() Dim triangle As String = ChrW(8710) ''UTF8 32 Decimal msgbox(triangle) End Sub End Module
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    Exporting assemblies

    Does the derived part function preserve the assembly structure? Is there associativity between the source and derived part?
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    Editing Line colour in drawings

    I would use partial component shading if I wanted to add emphasis to a specific component on a drawing. See the attached pdf file for a how to. Edit: If you do not want any shaded faces, only change the line width and curve type and set translucency to...
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    How do I sort the NX Assembly Arrangements list?

    I am curious about your workflow, as I have not encountered any assemblies with that many arrangements configurations before. Are you maybe using arrangements to capture what if designs?
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    Product Template Studio Error. NX9

    [url=https://www.java.com/en/download/help/path.xml] Same principle but instead of editing path you are creating/editing UGII_JAVA_HOME and setting it to the java home directory.

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