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  1. mmiscool

    Thread information spreadsheet

    Hello, I am currently working on a bit of automation and need to get some tabular data for thread information. If any one has has excel files or CSVs with thread information I would really appreciate it if you shared. -Mike. nx 9, TC 10
  2. mmiscool

    Suppress assembly constraint by expression

    Hello, I am looking for a way to suppress an assembly constraint by an expression. Can any one help with this? nx 9, TC 10
  3. mmiscool

    Find and replace text in pmi view

    Id there an easy way to do this. A function or command to replace text contained in PMI. nx 9, TC 10
  4. mmiscool

    nx 10 Coincident point error in wire harnessing application

    Any one else having problems with nx 10 opening older wire harness files? NX will attempt to open the assembly and then stop loading. Display the error and then unload all the parts it loaded. nx 9, TC 10
  5. mmiscool

    Populating a drop down in PTS from spread sheet column

    Hello, I am on NX 9 and would like to make a drop down in a PTS dialog be populated by a column from an excel spread sheet. It looks like this may be possible but I cant seem to figure out how to do it. Any help would be appreciated. nx 9, TC 10
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    Object Display transparency by expression

    I am looking to set the transparency % of a sold by modifying an expression. Has anyone done this before? nx 9, TC 10
  7. mmiscool

    How to define a reusable pocket for a library part.

    Hello, I have been playing around with the standard parts library that comes with NX and was intrigued by how when I dragged a screw in to my model it could create the hole for that screw in the part it was constrained against. This got me thinking. I have many parts in the the library that...
  8. mmiscool

    Setting layers on objects via journal

    Hello, I am trying to use the following found here to set layers on datums however I cant get it to change the layer on the actual datum csys. Any ideas about how this might be done or a change that could be made?. http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=338124 nx 9, TC 10
  9. mmiscool

    PMI suppresion by expresion

    Hello, I have a part family that has a feature that is suppressed in some members. The part family is also detailed in pmi. I would like to suppress the PMI that details the feature if the feature is suppressed. Is there currently a method for doing this?
  10. mmiscool

    PMI equivilant of the feature parameter command

    thread561-341497 Hello, I asked this question a while back. I am still looking for a PMI equivalent of the feature parameter command. Any word?
  11. mmiscool

    Automating setting part attributes at instance level.

    I am trying to do automatic assignment of part attributes but need them to be applied at the level above the part. Normally I do this by right clicking on the object that I want to set the attribute to and then selecting properties. Then I go to the attributes tab and make sure that the context...
  12. mmiscool

    Part Family Refinement Control in PTS

    What is the "Part Family Refinement Control" and what dose it do? I see it there as a button but have no idea now to use it.
  13. mmiscool

    A journal to able to place things on reference sets based on their layer.

    Hello, I am looking for a solution to a problem I have been facing. We have a some complex rules for what is supposed to be on specific reference sets. We already have a layering convention that captures the same type of information so I would like to take that and use it to make and populate...
  14. mmiscool

    NX 8.5 sketch constraints

    Hello, I preferred the way of doing constraints as they were in version 7.5 an v 8 where I could click on the line or objects I wanted to constrain and then select the type of constraint I wanted to apply between them. Is here a way to get this functionality back in 8.5?
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    How can you tell if a part is a member of a part family from team center without opening it with NX?

    Hello, The question is relatively simple. How can I tell a part is a member of a part family just from the part in team center?
  16. mmiscool

    Part Familt - Replace componet dialog Chose Family Member window

    Hello, I am using a team center environment and I need to see a part attribute in the list of ways to filter a part family and select it members inside the replace component dialog. Now this works great for attributes that are defined by the part family but how to i bring in attributes stored...
  17. mmiscool

    Looking to be able to save the state of a feature dialog

    I specifically want to save what i have entered in to all the fields in a feature dialog. I have several expressions that i want to use in the sheet metal closed corner command and want to make a button that brings up that command with certain fields already filled in with my expressions. Is...
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    When component is on reference only it does not show up in the Teamcenter Viewer

    Hello, I need to make items not show up on my build of materials in teamcenter but when I put a component on to reference only it not only takes it off of the bon but makes the viewer not show it. Is there a solution to this issue?
  19. mmiscool

    PMI using feature parameter

    Hello, In the drafting mode there is a command called “feature parameter” that allows me to call out the information for a threaded hole including the depth, size and thread. I need to know that the equivalent command to do this in pmi is.
  20. mmiscool

    Team Center Viewing of models

    Hello, I have several model views created of my assembly (some using explosions and explosion trace lines) and I am trying to view them in TC. The first issue that I am having is that parts that are hidden in the view are not hidden when viewed in team center. The second issue that I am having...

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