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  1. Bruce001

    3D Viewer

    Can NX Viewer open step files or other export files? Production Testing NX 7.5.5.4 NX 9.0.2 TC 8.3.2 TC 10.1
  2. Bruce001

    3D Viewer

    While our Design Department is using NX we are looking for a viewer that has measuring capabilities for parasolids and step files for the rest of the company. Does anyone use a viewer for their non-design departments?
  3. Bruce001

    Customizing the 'Home' Ribbon Tab

    As a follow up, Our solution involves customizing the ribbon as desired in the NX GUI by right clicking the ribbon and selecting customize. Exporting the customized role to a directory accessible by all users. (Tools->Customize->Roles Tab->Create...) Setting the environment variable...
  4. Bruce001

    Customizing the 'Home' Ribbon Tab

    What is the best way to add commands to the Home tab in modeling on a site level. (Currently Testing TC10 and NX9) NX 7.5.5.4 TC 8.3.2
  5. Bruce001

    WF - Adding a User to "Tasks to Track"

    I created a workflow that assigns a reviewer to check before assigning a status to an item revision. Upon reject there is a do task for the designer to make changes and send back to the reviewer. Is there a way I can keep the process in the reviewers "Tasks to Track" worklist when after...
  6. Bruce001

    System Requirements and Upgrading NX

    Thank you, this is good information. I am most concerned with the processor and gpu as they are not easily (or cost effectively) upgraded. How long with I expect this processor to be relevant with regard to NX. Is the program getting significantly more cpu intensive as newer versions come out...
  7. Bruce001

    System Requirements and Upgrading NX

    I have a laptop that runs NX 7.5 at an acceptable level. Should I expect this same hardware to run NX 9/10 as well or are the requirements becoming more demanding as new versions are released. We are looking at upgrading a few components (like an SSD) in the laptop now and are questioning if it...
  8. Bruce001

    Importing Bad Step Files

    On a regular basis we receive step files with geometry that is intended to be solid but instead are separate surfaces with edges that do not align well. These surfaces will not sew into a solid because of it. Is there a good way to fix this problem or perhaps another software that can fix issues...
  9. Bruce001

    Command Best Practices

    There is a lot of talk of older and newer commands. Is there a list somewhere of what commands are better to use then others for example section curves or intersection curves? NX 7.5.5.4 TC 8.3.2
  10. Bruce001

    360 degree view in NX Drafting

    Is there a way to display a 360 degree view on a drafting sheet, for example showing the entire tread pattern of a tire in a long rectangular view. NX 7.5.5.4 TC 8.3.2
  11. Bruce001

    Put « in a Drafting Note

    I am on NX 7.5, Thanks for your help. Is there a list of these shortcuts located somewhere perhaps in the NX documentation? NX 7.5.5.4 TC 8.3.2
  12. Bruce001

    Put « in a Drafting Note

    Is there a way to add a registered trademark logo onto a drawing in a note?
  13. Bruce001

    Title Block Design

    I am in the process of designing a new title block. Currently a pattern is brought in for the block geometry and the field are all populated by notes where some reference expressions. Instead of trying to make my old ways work, what other options are there if I were want to start fresh with a...
  14. Bruce001

    NX7.5 High Resolution image output

    We have the rendering module and I have the option to shade things in high quality but the only way I see to export an image (TIFF) is dependent on screen resolution. Is there a way to export a higher that screen resolution?
  15. Bruce001

    Firefox/internet explorer blocking help

    Yes, from my local hard drive the NX docs gives me a lot of trouble particularly when choosing "Help-> On Context". To solve this issue I bookmarked the NX help location in Firefox and manually find the help document that i need. The following may work for you...
  16. Bruce001

    Checkmate - Check Specific Bodies Only

    I am looking to run checkmate on only the deliverable portion of my NX part. Is there a way to limit checkmate to a specific layer or reference set. Perhaps only what is not blanked?
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