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  1. pracslipkerm

    Plot Style - Pen Assignment moves 2 down list

    Hi All, I am using Autocad 2006 LT on win XP and when I change the pen assignment in the plot dialog box the selection moves down 2 entries in the list from what I pick. Anyone come across this before? Thanks in Advance Cheers Steve Griffiths :-) If you want to make apple pie from scratch...
  2. pracslipkerm

    Creating a dashed line with solid border

    Hey, Just wondering if anyone knows how to create a dashed line that has solid edge on either side? Kinda like the following... --------------------------------- === ==== ==== --------------------------------- I need to use them to indicate pipelines. Thanks in Advance Cheers Steve...
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    Changing Lineweight in different viewports

    Does anyone know if it is possible to plot a layer as 2 different lineweights in seperate viewports (eg. Layer A plots lineweight 0.25 in view 1 & plots lineweight 1 in view 2)??? Or do I need to do something else??? Can you use different lineweights for an xref? Thanks in Advance Cheers...
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    Select all profiles in sketch for extrude

    Hi All, Just wondering if anyone knows, is it possible to get the extrude command to use all profiles in a sketch??? I have about 500 profiles that have been arrayed around a surface that I want to extrude... Or do you need to array the feature instead??? Thanks in Advance Cheers Steve...
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    Post Builder - Start of Path Event - Rotary Position Warning

    Hi All, Does anyone know why I would be getting a catch warning with WARNING: unable to determine valid rotary position after start of path event? I have some face milling and drill cycles on 4 faces sloped at 60 degrees around a rectangle. The face milling outputs fine even with the error...
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    TNC530 ISV simulate M140

    Hi All, I have a post with vnc for a Heidenhain TNC 530 which doesn't simulate the M140 MB command (move back along tool axis). Does anyone know how to add this into the vnc controller. I have done a bit on the post side but nothing with the vnc. Thanks in Advance Cheers Steve Griffiths :-)...
  7. pracslipkerm

    Post processor - order of end of path events

    Hi All, Just wondering if anyone knows where the order of things are set for opstop & stop commmands in the end of tool paths? I have a custom command which is run in the End of Path section of Operation End Sequence - it gets parameters from a UDE and doesn't work in other End of Seq...
  8. pracslipkerm

    NX 7.5 Post Processor Op Skip off for set lines

    Hi, Just wondering if there is a way to turn op skip off for a set of lines in the post processor to ensure that the particular output never has op skip leader? I tried putting this at start of custom command set mom_sys_opskip_block_leader " " and resetting to "/" at end but this didn't...
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    Inventor Publisher Mobile Viewer - Windows Mobile 6.5

    Hi Everyone, Just wondering if anyone knows if Inventor Publisher Mobile Viewer is going to be released for Windows Mobile 6.5 or 7 or Android or is it only going to be release for iPhone??? Looks like a fantastic app and I would love to get it for my HTC Touch Pro 2. Thanks in Advance Steve...
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    UDE Variable output in shop doc

    Hi Everyone, I have a UDE that gets the min and max dimensions in X,Y & Z that I output in the post to get the block form. I am now trying to get them out of the shop doc. Here is the command out of post builder # This procedure formats variables from UDE and outputs block form in program...
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    Add Feed per Rev (mmpr) to 5 axis mill post

    Hi Everyone, Just wondering if anyone knows what needs to be done to add Feed per rev (aka mmpr) to a 5 axis post. I tried outputting a tool path with feeds set to mmpr and just got FMAX for everything. I need to be able to use mmpm for cycles but would like to use mmpr by default elsewhere...
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    Output UDE Value in Post

    I have been able to use info in thread561-249010 to output expression value in the post. Now I am trying to use a UDE (User Defined Event) to input the variables and use these in the post. I can't seem to be able to pull the values into the post, anyone know what I am doing wrong??? I have a...
  13. pracslipkerm

    Default Output Filename from Post Process

    Does anyone know how to change the default name for the output file when posting? It currently defaults to the part file name and I would like it to default to the program group name if possible. Thanks in Advance Cheers Steve Griffiths :-) If you want to make apple pie from scratch, first...
  14. pracslipkerm

    Shop Doc Program Order and Nesting Wrong

    Hi Everyone, I am trying to customise a shop doc in NX 7. I have a tool list and operation list. The tool list works well - taken from tool_list.tcl & tpl files. [MOM_cycle_objects {SETUP {MACHVIEW {TOOL} } }] Here is what I am trying to get from Prog List in NX: Prog 01 -Path 1-10 Prog...
  15. pracslipkerm

    MOM Variable to get exposed tool length

    I am wanting to be able output the exposed tool length. Is there a variable for this or a way to subtract the insertion length (entered in "(OS) Offset" in "Tool Insertion" section of "Holder" tab in Tool editor) from the Tool Length? What would the variable for tool insertion be? Is it supposed...
  16. pracslipkerm

    Shop Doc Combining

    Hi Everyone, I am using NX 7.0.1.7 64 bit on Win 7. I am trying to customise our own shop doc. I would like to get Tool_List and Operation_List combined. Currently the headers seem to work but in AED_html.tcl(main tcl file) there is 2 Proc MOM_Tool_Body. 1 for Tool List and 1 for Op List. The...
  17. pracslipkerm

    Stock size variable to output block form in post processor

    Hey everyone, I am trying to get NX 6 to output the stock size to the post processor. Does anyone know what variable to use? At the moment the post has a hard coded number set so it's always the same. I need the correct size stock to be able to run simulation on machine controller. Is there...

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