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  1. ChaseWichert

    Part Family Member Pointing to weird Part Family Master and Teamcenter

    NX 8.5.3.3 Okay so I have a Part Family in Teamcenter. When I look at the family member in Teamcenter that I want it has a link to the correct Part Family Master. However, when I try to update the Member in the Part Family Master it says that this isn't a part of a part family. When I go into...
  2. ChaseWichert

    NX Basic Dimensions with Quantities

    Is there a way to get the basic dimension box to go around a quantity? For example ________ |8x .250 | instead of _______ 8x |.250| Or the same on an angle. In the ASME y14.5-2009 it shows the quantity inside the basic box. NX 8.5.2.3
  3. ChaseWichert

    Changing Auto Designated Part List Item No.

    NX 8.5 Where I work SAP drives everything and the item numbers in the nx Part List have to match with SAP. How do I manually change the item numbers of the auto generated item numbers? Thanks, Chase Wichert NX 8.5.2.3
  4. ChaseWichert

    Exporting step files for animations (journal)

    I am trying to find a way to create 100 step files that will be used in a rendering. I found code by Cowski, and modified it to make it loop through the number of "Frames" which will update an expression, and then export the resulting body as a step. However on the second loop I get a Memory...
  5. ChaseWichert

    High Quality Image Floor Reflection

    Okay, so I have an issue rendering a high quality image. When in True Shading I can specify the bottom plane and offset where the floor should be and it displays the floor reflection appropriately, however when I render a high quality image the floor is a couple of inches away making the object...
  6. ChaseWichert

    True Shading showing textures

    I just opened an NX PTS Template Example part from the Reuse Library, and it came in which a texture, it looks like it has a cast finish and the parts that are machined are a smooth gold color. How do you do the grey texture part. Again this is in True Shading. See attached image. NX 8.5.1.3
  7. ChaseWichert

    Dell T3600 RAM and Graphics Card Upgrade

    Our brilliant IT department specs the minimum requirement desktops as "High-End" engineering PCs. We are having difficulty dealing with large assemblies, and I have requested we upgrade the memory and graphics card. We currently have the Quadro 4000, and I am recommending to upgrade to Quadro...
  8. ChaseWichert

    Sketch Pattern vs Solid Pattern

    NX 8.5.2.3 I am trying to figure out the best way to model a complex sketch that can either be modeled solely in the sketch, IE creating part of the sketch and patterning it 112 times creating a complex sketch, and I get a warning that it could cause the sketch to solve slowly, or create that...
  9. ChaseWichert

    Third Angle Projection Symbol

    NX 8.5.1.3 Does anyone know how to change the size of the 3rd angle projection symbol in drafting? I am trying to create some sheet templates and the 3rd angle projection symbol is gigantic and I can't seem to change the size. I have tried the symbol scale, the text scale, and the text size...
  10. ChaseWichert

    Volume Measure

    NX 8.5.1.3 I am having a hard time getting accurate volume measurements using measure bodies. I am modeling a metal bellow in it's expanded and contracted state. What I did to make sure what I was measuring was incorrect was to model a cylinder at a fixed volume (the same height as the bellows...
  11. ChaseWichert

    Journal to Measure Solid Bodies on Certain Layers

    Okay, so I am on NX 7.5.5.4, and I have written a journal to go through all objects and if it is a solid body on a certain set of layers it will take the mass measure. However, it isn't getting all of the bodies, it is seemingly random on the bodies it is measuring. All of the bodies are either...
  12. ChaseWichert

    Render Sets Drafting NX 7.5

    Okay, so I have read some other posts about Render Sets and I haven't see then answer to this question. When I do a render set to change the linetype to phantom of a solid, it shows every line even if they are hidden lines. I have hidden lines turned to invisible and they still show up. I have...
  13. ChaseWichert

    A newer version of this part is available since it was loaded in the session.

    NX 7.5.5.4 Can someone explain to me why a file on my desktop, when I go to save it would be newer than than the one I currently have open in NX? It hasn't been changed while it has been open in NX but yet there is no possible way to save anything that I have done? This is becoming a big deal...
  14. ChaseWichert

    Helix Tool

    Why is the helix tool so cryptic and hard to use? I see that it is very powerful, however I am not a mathematical. Is there a plan to revamp the helix tool with say a dummies menu and an advanced menu. Dummies menu would include: start point, axis, angle, pitch, and length. Advanced would...
  15. ChaseWichert

    Centering Selected Component in Tree

    NX 7.5 Is there a way that when you select a component in modeling space that it will automatically highlight and center the assembly navigator on that component?
  16. ChaseWichert

    Replacement Component causes broken wave links

    NX 7.5 I need some help with trying to figure out the best solution for what I am trying to do. Here is a little bit of background. I have an assembly that includes a component that has a complex curve surface, this surface meets up with a plate that is modeled in the assembly file. So...
  17. ChaseWichert

    Automatice Rectangle View Boundary using Section Line

    NX 7.5 In the help it states that you can use a section line to define an automatic rectangle. In many of our drawings we have the parent view that has a section line down the middle for another view, but we only want to see half of the parent drawing, as everything is symmetric. Is there a...
  18. ChaseWichert

    Analyze Complex Sew Surface for Open Edges/Holes

    NX7.5 Is there some sort of analysis that I can do to a body to find out what edges are causing my sew to not create a solid body? I have looked the model over several times, and have found two openings, but it still isn't creating a solid body, so I believe there are more, just maybe too...
  19. ChaseWichert

    Mirror Assembly - Associative Reuse and Reposition

    NX7.5 Is it possible to have one component constrained with dimensions in an assembly, mirror that component using the mirror assemblies command and the reuse and reposition so that when the original component moves the "mirrored" component will also move? Thanks, Chase
  20. ChaseWichert

    Dimensioning to Section View Background Objects

    I have a part that I have a section through; however, I need to dimension and angle from a center of a circle to a center of a line, to another line. The circle is on a background object, the section line isn't going through the object, and I am unable, in anyway that I can find to try, to...

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