backup defaults and user settings?

[Rob_N]

To my surprise I received a new Workstation when we came back after Christmas...

Is there an easy way to back up my settings, both the changes I have made in Customer Defaults and my desktop arrangement, custom toolbars and such?

Also I am currently running all of my Enviroment setting in the system environment, I have read some use a Batch file to set these? If so, how does that work?

 

[looslib]

The customer defaults are in .dpv files under your user profile.


"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."

Ben Loosli

 

[jerry1423]

Don't forget to save your palettes (.pax files) too.
The last time that I swapped computers I forgot to do that and wasted a bit of time setting them back up again.
I think there is at least one more thing (text file) that you want to save but I don't recall what that is - possibly saving your toolbars.

 

[JohnRBaker]

The files which you need to copy over to your new system so as to maintain your existing NX setup can be found at...

C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Local\Unigraphics Solutions\NX75

...with the last item being you current version of NX such as NX5, NX6, NX7, NX75, etc.

As for using a .bat file to launch NX, attached is an example file which you can use a starting point. After downloading the file edit the extension from .zipper to .zip (this was done so as to help get a .bat file through your firewall). Once you have to file, edit it as described in the comments. What I do is place a shortcut to the .bat file on my desktop and when I want to run a particular version of NX (I currently have 12 versions of UG/NX set-up to run like this on my laptop) I just double-click the shortcut's icon and NX launches.

Anyway, good luck and let us know how it all works out for you.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA

http://www.siemens.com/plm

http://www.plmworld.org/museum/

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

 

[Rob_N]

Thanks.

Still installing all the stuff, I actually got 2, one for WorkNC so I did that one 1st. I installed UG on it as a editing tool but I'd like it to have my same desktop as I am the lone ranger now... went from a 4 person show to just me for now.

Here is what I copied out of my system variables. Can these be entered into the bat file?



UGII_ENABLE_TRANSFORM_LEGACY_OPTIONS = 1
UGII_SMP_ENABLE = 0
UGII_DRAFTING_HOLE_TABLE = 1
UGS_LICENSE_BUNDLE = ADVDES
ugii_flex_bundle = ADVDES
ugs_license_bundle = ADVDES
ugii_sdi_op_dir = d:\plot
ugii_sdi_server_cfg dir = d:\nxplot
ugii_user_dir = d:\ug-custom

I assume I can change SMP to 1 now that I have a I5-660 CPU, I turned it on at one time to see if if made any difference with HT on; on my current Prescott Chip, it actually seemed slower so I disabled it and HT in the Bios.

Also on the new system I'll just be running NX6(until GM or some other customer forces the powers that be to upgrade), so I'm not sure what License string to use

All of my Macros, Journals and custom toolbars are in my custom folder, so I assume I can just share those on the network?

I may have to contact GTAC to see what moving a License file will cost out of maintenance, A new Server arrived a few minutes ago... I guess they had to spend some money instead of paying taxes or something...

I could just bump the old server down to an office computer and make sure the user leaves it on all the time.


one side note, SSD hdd's are damn fast! all of my UG files are on the server though, but on the 1st machine I set up I copied a file locally and opened it... WOW.

2nd side note... A quatro FX1800 doesn't look much different than the Radeon 1600XT gaming class card I'm using. holes still look like hexes... It must be something in the settings? The 2 machines are pretty much the same except the WorkNC box has additional storage for workzones. I hope to get all the bugs worked out before I setup my new workstation

 

[Rob_N]

no luck on the bat file start, but manually entering my env variables worked, my test system has a smaller monitor, but all my custom toolbars with macro/journal launch works.

crunch time on some hot jobs, so it's back burner for bat file.

 

[JohnRBaker]

As for the .bat file, did you read all the 'remarks' in the file and follow their instructions as to what information and details needed to be entered/altered?

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA

http://www.siemens.com/plm

http://www.plmworld.org/museum/

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

 

[PSI-CAD]

Hi Rob,

How did you enter the variable in the bat file ?

For example:

UGS_LICENSE_BUNDLE=ADVDES will not work

the following setting is good

set UGS_LICENSE_BUNDLE=ADVDES

I hope this help


Regards
Didier Psaltopoulos

http://www.psi-cad.com

 

[Rob_N]

I haven't had the opportunity to look further into the bat file John had posted. I may have missed something in it.
I just manually configured everything instead of using the bat file

right now I am hung up on plotting.

I have shared my plot folder on the network and I can plot fine from 2 different Windows XP machines by using this evn variable
ugii_sdi_server_cfg dir = \\pcname\nxplot

on the new windows 7 machine I can see the same things under printer administration as I do on the other 2 machines, but when I hit plot I just get TIFF, JPEG etc. Like it does not see the folder.

 

[Arkance/PhoeNX]

Try setting UGII_SDI_BPS_JOBS_DIR & UGII_SDI_OVERRIDE_HOME to a local folder (like c:\temp).

You should then see the printers.

Anthony Galante
Senior Support Engineer

NX4.0.4MP10, NX5.0.0->5.0.6, NX6.0.0->NX6.0.5, NX7.0.0->NX7.0.1 & NX7.5.0.32-> NX7.5.2.5

 

[Rob_N]

Thanks! that worked.
Is that a Windows 7 thing?