Hello folks.
It's been a while since I have visited this forum.
I have a question about Engineering BOM's
We (Company I work for) Is just now starting to use the Design and Engineering BOM in Siemens Teamcenter.
In our opinion (we might completely misunderstand this) it should be possible to...
Hello folks....
We are now already some time in the new NX Continuous Release versions. Would like to know what your experiences are.
How do you like the automated updates? Are you at all using them?
Did you go for the manual updates? and Why?
Anything you don't like about this new model...
Hi peeps,
I have a question about optimizing surfaces for manufacturing. Specially STL surfaces.
I remember from Loooooong ago, when I was still using the manufacturing application in NX (twas UG16 or NX1 if I remember correctly), that surfaces made out of a lot of small area's were an issue...
Hey all,
I have a few questions regarding the usage of drawing-headers (title-block)
Mainly about the user info in there.
I would like to know from you (in your company)how you handle;
"Creation Date", "Created by", "Reviewed by", "Approved by" information.
Also with new revisions of...
Hello guys,
As I have to fly on regular basis, and I have absolutely no knowledge on Aeronautics, I see a lot of different aircraft.
What would be the (Dis)advantages in having the wings of an airplane mounted on top or the bottom of the fuselage ?
What is the deciding factor between the two...
Hello all,
Looking for a bit of advice.
In NX it is possible to create One drawing with multiple sheets, or you can create multiple drawings with one sheet each.
What would be the pro's and con's for each possibility?
Ronald van den Broek
Senior Application Engineer
Winterthur Gas & Diesel Ltd...
Hello All,
Having some issues with the creation of Galleries in grb files.
When I add a Gallery with Drag&Drop in a new Ribbon Tab it shows like below in NX
Each Gallery has it's own label (name)
Because I want to distribute this new RibbonTab to all users I decided to create an GRB file...
Hey all,
I have a large assembly with 2 arrangements. "Default" and "Interior"
I create for this assembly a drawing (mastermodel) where I place a number of views (using the Base View command).
I then place a view (Base view) for which I want to select Arrangement "Interior".
I can actually...
NX Continuous Release
Ronald van den Broek
Senior Application Engineer
Winterthur Gas & Diesel Ltd
NX9 / TC10.1.2
Building new PLM environment from Scratch using NX11 / TC11
Hello All,
I have a bit of a particular problem. I want to show on a Drawing a text string which is created from a number of attributes. However, the attributes are Boolean's mapped from Teamcenter.
Standard GB=True
Standard ISO=True
Standard JIS=True
What I want the text string to show is...
Hello All,
Struggling with this feature in NX. I am trying to insert an image into my drafting sheet but have some issues with that.
Using "insert - image" I select an png image with transparent background. The problem is that the transparent background shows as white on my Drawingsheet. So I...
Hello All,
Building up again the CAD environment from scratch.
Our old env. had a customized tool to add our own titleblock and frame to the drawingsheet.
We would prefer to get rid of this customization and use the O.O.T.B titleblock feature from NX11.
Looking for experiences, tips and tricks...
Hello guys,
I have an interesting issue...
I am looking for a way to unbend a routing tube. The tube, in it's bent state, has clearance inserts to hold an inner tube in it's place.
These inserts need to be welded in the pipe before it is bent.
I would like to know the exact positions of those...
Hi guys.
I am looking for the correct way of working to add additional buttons , galleries etc to an Excisting out of the box ribbon tab.
I know of course that with customize I can simply add this. But I want to edit the existing RTB such that the addtions are visible for ALL users and also be...
NX12 has been released...
Siemens states, NX12 is the last "numbered" version of NX. There won't be an NX13.
Siemens doesn't yet want do disclose how they are going to continue but I am guessing they are going to follow the same way as Microsoft Windows 10 releases.
My big question is, will...
Hi Guys....
I need a brilliant idea for below problem.
I have a circular gasket with concentric serrations on a conical part of the surface. The concentric Serrations are varying in pitch and height.
I do not want to model it (makes the model unnecessarily heavy) but I would like to show a...
Hello all,
Has someone ever tried to create a journal, which is able to determin for each retained dimension on a drawing, the closest edge or entity to automatically re-attach it again?
Any ideas on how to fix retained dimensions automatically? this also means for replaced 3D models which are...
Hello All,
Question to all out there. Are you, in your company, still using table drawings?
With Table drawings I am talking about a group of items (having identical 3D geometry) which share the same generic drawing where the main dimensions are shown as variables.
For each individual item...
Hello guys...
I'm trying to addapt the file2points vb (from sample nxopen) to work inside a sketch.
I changed 2 lines (originals commented out) in below vb but I get an tag not allowed error
Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports NXOpen
Module Test
Sub Main...
Hello,
I was looking for some journal where I can easily create wave linked bodies to an assembly top level.
Found below example from Cowski which is partialy fulfilling my needs.
The code is workingfine , however it only allows for one body to be selected at a time. I would like to be able to...
