NX5 Drafting dimension and text help lines missing 1

Are you speaking of those under:
preferences > grid and work plane > toggle "show"

Hi Jerry,

Sorry, its not about grid, If you want to align a dimension when you are inserting, you can see a help line if you are moving your cursor on the existing dimension.
Previously I used this option, now I could not find the setting. Thanks for your response.


Raj
NX 5.0.6

It should be on by default (I can't even find a way of turning it off).

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

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

preferences > drafting > preview > under "preview" toggle on "dynamic alignment in global selection"

I am on NX6, but I think it is the same in NX5

Thanks Jerry,

"Dynamic Alignment" did the trick. You are great!

Raj
NX 5.0.6

Hey Jerry,

Unchecking the option as suggested by you, did not work..

I think this might be a technique issue.

As you're placing the new dimension, after the preview is first seen, move your cursor over the item you wish to align the new dimension to until it highlights (your new dimension may disappear while you're doing this, but that's OK, it'll come back). Now move the cursor back to where the new dimension should be (it'll reappear automatically) and then drag the new dimension until it nears the point of alignment with the other item and it should snap into place showing the 'help lines'. Anyway, that's the way it's behaving on my system.

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

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

Conversely ... when you don't want it to 'dynamically align' ... just hold down the 'Alt' key!

Jon S

Medical Design Engineer - Glos. UK
NX 6.0.4.3 / TCE V10.0.3.8.6

Hi JohnRBaker,

1) While doing the detailing work in UG Nx6, the dimension will disappears when we made changes in the modelling.

2) If we dimension to the section curves in detailing the dimension will disappears when we made some changes to the modelling...

Please help me......

In your drafting preferences, make sure the option 'Retain Annotations' is on.