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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...

I know grip is outdated but can anyone tell me if it had a command for removing parameters.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...

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...

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...

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...

I have a large assembly with many part files, and many of the part files have interpart expressions in both mating conditions and expressions. When I clone the assembly replacing part of the file name which is a must by the way, it is job# that changes and every part file has it. A few of the...

Hi everyone we are running nx 7.5, i would like to modify the clearance hole table.xml I would like to modify the counterbore depth to be a formula or an interpart expression in this table, is there a way to do this and does anyone have an example. we currently use an expression that we...

Hi Everyone we have recently moved to nx 7.0.1.7 mp2 when we use the hole series to create holes it moves the solid bodies to the current work layer. can this be prevented? thanks Smitty www.changes-consulting.com

Hi Everyone we are running 7.0.1.7 MP2 on win xp 64 we recently upgraded from nx 4.0 we have library parts for nitrogen cylinders, punches, buttons etc. the parts are made using the spread sheet method. when we do a save as and save the component with a new name the file name changes and all...

Hi everyone nx 4.0.4.2 mp10 When you make a part in the assembly the displayed part and then display it's parent or higher level component all of the layers become visible is there any way to have the layers be left in the state they were last used? it's a real pain in the butt when you must...

Hi Everyone NX 4.0.4.2 I want to export a tabular note as an excel spread sheet but I am running into an issue. First I make a tabular note next I import part file attributes into that note to populate the cells. next I edit the note with spread sheet and do a "save a copy" and save the spread...

can anyone tell me what the obj is suppose to be referencing in the call below? obj = RCOMP/'filespec'[,'component name'][REF,'reference set name'][,csys][,LAYER][,IFERR,label:] is it a string, entity or other ? I'm trying to assemble an assembly of dumb solids from another system using the...

Hi everyone we are using nx 3.0 I am just starting to look at the manufacturing environment and I am wondering from the experienced cnc programmers here what you use grip / open programs for when your programming and what would be the single most time saving program you use. I need to write some...

Hi everyone NX 3.0.5.3 We have outsource designers using keycreator. We have them STEP out their files for us and there seem to be many problems, using STEP 214 we get an assembly tree that gives us a name and [ a number ] and a number following it. for example pin[14]34567 Using Step 203 we get...

when i try to open a component as a different part ug gives me an error saying "this part is not a version of the original" this happens even if I clone a part from the same assembly and try to do an open component as. Is there any way to bypass this I do not understand why ug will not allow you...

Hi Everyone I am trying to write a program that with user input sets the wcs. UG documentation says to use this Public Sub SetOriginAndMatrix(ByVal origin As NXOpen.Point3d, ByVal matrix As NXOpen.Matrix3x3) getting the 3 points is easy my problem is how do you figure out what the 3 x 3 matrix...

Hi Guys Just starting to look at vb.net to change all the grip we have and need some help from all the programmers out there. How do I take an assembly write all the names to memory or a file and then begin to make each part the displayed part while I do other things to it and then cycle to the...

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Hi Guy's can anyone tell me how you can without user input specify 2 x and y locations as your window corners to select objects and delete them? no problem doing it with user input but I want to do it automatically behind the scene? thanks for anything you can help with