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  1. cowski

    linked parent not showing in assembly

    Try this: show/Hide -> show... -> select all solid bodies. It is possible to hide the solid body of a component, independent of the component. When this happens, using show/hide on the component itself will have no effect.
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    Distance patterning on a spherical face

    Creating an arbitrary number of equidistant points on a spherical surface is a problem with no solution. There are some good approximations, but no closed form solution.
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    Siemens NX Center Constraint

    If your case is similar to the one shown in the other thread, you can use the linear edges instead of the faces. Or create geometry in the file just for the constraint. All the suggestions in that thread are valid and useful.
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    Seeing individual elements of an instantiated Feature Template? (Part Navigator)

    I've not yet experimented with feature templates, but one of the selling points is the ability to package everything up into a single feature. If this isn't what you are looking for, perhaps something like a reusable object would better meet your needs?
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    NXJournaling Log In

    One of the required updates hosed the code formatting plug-in that was used. One of the (best) options is changing platforms, which would likely force everyone to re-register, so I'm hesitant to allow new users right now. The forum there was almost an afterthought for the site and never really...
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    NX2312 Swept twisting issue

    Is the transition section a constant diameter? If so, it could be done with a bridge curve and a tube.
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    Distance Measure within an active command i.e., Extrude, Pattern etc. is no longer associative?

    Same thread on the Siemens forum: https://community.sw.siemens.com/s/question/0D5Vb00000ZAoCMKA1/distance-measure-within-an-active-command-ie-extrude-pattern-etc-is-no-longer-associative TL-DR - 3 Siemens people said "works on my machine" then OP showed a video, turning on the "create...
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    Getting UV Coordinates But Inputting XYZ?

    Go to Geometric properties, change the analysis type to static, select the face of interest, then in the analysis point option - click the icon to open the point dialog and change the type to "existing point". Select the point object that is on the surface and you will find the UV values in the...
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    NX Sketch dimension.....

    That symbol means "approximately equal". The NX sketcher uses it to show you that the number you see on screen has been rounded. You can change the number of decimal places you see in the preferences. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Approximation#LaTeX_symbols
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    Embed an EXcel file into NX 2027 so the file drives a model and stays with the model file

    If the embed manager doesn't fit your needs, you can still make use of the modeling spreadsheet. You will need to copy/transfer your calculations from your current Excel file to the NX part spreadsheet.
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    Filename Extraction

    To the best of my knowledge, the ug_askcurrentworkpart function still requires the "update for external change" to force the update.
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    Embed an EXcel file into NX 2027 so the file drives a model and stays with the model file

    While in modeling, go to tools -> spreadsheet. This will open the part's existing spreadsheet (in Excel, if you have it). I worked with a guy that used the spreadsheet extensively to do some calculations and change expression values in the model. What he had set up looked very useful. Edit: the...
  13. cowski

    NXOpen Section view creation

    I don't entirely understand the issue from your short description, but it sounds like you want to select a drafting curve with .SelectTaggedObject, then select a location on the drawing sheet itself with .SelectScreenPosition in the same journal. If so, be sure to use .SetCursorView(1) before...
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    Detail View in drawing - Modifications

    Right click the detail view (either in the graphics window or in the part navigator) and go to "boundary". This will open the view boundary dialog; make sure it is set to "break line/detail" (it should default to this) then pay attention to the prompt area - "select circle to modify it or select...
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    NXOpen Section view creation

    I suspect that you might need to use .SetCursorView to allow selection from within a drafting view. theUFSession.Ui.SetCursorView(0) Substitute your UFSession variable for "theUFSession" above. Add this line of code right before the call to .SelectTaggedObject.

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