Recent content by smitty239

I am wondering if it is possible thru the use of SNAP or VB to do a file "save as" on an assembly component and keep all the parameters, links etc....... If it is indeed possible does anyone have a snippet of code explaining how to do it. thanks in advance for your help Regards Smitty...

can anyone help me out with this bit of code? Smitty www.changes-consulting.com

yes I am translating them 0,0,0, I don't want the collected bodies to move as I only want them copied. this is only to remove the parameters from the bodies Smitty www.changes-consulting.com

Hi Everyone Can anyone give me some help with this program, it finds all the surfaces and solids but will not translate them. I put a line in to delete them and it will delete them but it will not translate them. Again, I am trying to copy the surfaces to remove the parameters. thanks NUMBER/...

thanks i'll look into it Regards Smitty www.changes-consulting.com

thanks for the information guys but I was actually hoping I could automate this as doing it manually will be very tedious Thanks Smitty www.changes-consulting.com

I know grip is outdated but can anyone tell me if it had a command for removing parameters. I have some designs with 400 plus components all designed with parameters and the customer wants the designs with all parameters removed from the components. Any help would be appreciated Regards Smitty...

thanks I'll look into that Smitty www.changes-consulting.com

this group will not be the same with out you, good luck Smitty www.changes-consulting.com

Hi Everyone any help on the following would be greatly appreciated. I have a main drawing file with my 3D assembly as a child. after I have created the bill of material and locked it. I would like to have a program read each components name and it's callout and write that to a text file. then I...

Hi Everyone We are using UG NX 6.0, when we make a wire cutting drawing using UG the profile outputs as a spline, is there any way to make this output as lines and arcs instead? it mostly happens with blocks that have 3D shape on them. Any help would be appreciated Thanks in advance Smitty...

John thanks that is exactly what I am looking for. As for Multi's question this way is extremely good for an automotive pierce punch and die. because each piercing diameter is unique to the part it is creating you can't just use a locked part family member. I also have the employee problem where...

Hi everyone Running nx6 we use a smart part file for punches and buttons. they have a length, a diameter, a P dimension and a W dimension in the expressions. I have a part attribute called CODE is there anyway to have all those expression values show up in the value line of the attribute. I...

thanks cowski ill give it a try Smitty www.changes-consulting.com

Hi Everyone wondering if anyone can help me out. i am in need to call a grip program from a journal, and when it finishes have it pass control back to the journal. Is this possible ? If so does anyone have an example I could possibly use to get started. Appreciate anything you can tell me...