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    Java (or by hand): How do I get the bounding box fora component?

    I have an Assembly. Say it is this: A +--B +--C B s the work part. I want the bounding box for C in absolute coordinates. How do I do this?
  2. kherman

    I need to mirror a part in another part in NX (non associative)

    I am on NX 10.0.3.x I have a part that is comprised of splines and studio surfaces (no solid bodies). Let's call that orig. I need to create a new sibling part (called mirrored) that has the exact same geometry but mirrored over a plane (a datum plane perhaps). The relationships is to be non...
  3. kherman

    How to properly add preview button to NX dialog (dlx file)?

    Using the block styler, what is the proper way to add a preview checkbox and/or button? I am tinkering with the Toggle block but I don't see how to ad the button to the right of it.
  4. kherman

    Swept: twisted and curved .... is causing distortions

    I am on NX 10. I am trying to make a swept feature that can twist and is curved. The problem: The shape as it is swept is not maintaining a rectangular cross section perpendicular to the guide's tangent. My worse case so far is that the "cross sections" can be a trapezoid with corners at 135...
  5. kherman

    Java: CurveCurvatureAnalysisBuilder - get the min bend radius

    I am using the CurveCurvatureAnalysisBuilder in code and want to get the minimum radius that this builder creates. I can get the builder to do the analysis and if I run my code and go into NX, the result is there in the 3D view. The issue is that I can not figure out the method calls that are...
  6. kherman

    Java Siemens NX .. SetList in a SetList is crashing NX

    I don't know if I am coding something wrong or if I found an NX bug. I have a setlist that refers to a secondary dlx file. That secondary dlx file has another setlist in it. If I take the primary setlist and create a new row in the list, and add a line the the secondary setlist it works fine...
  7. kherman

    NXOpen: code to update the status bar when saving causes flcikering in status bar

    I have my hooks in place to do some custom save operations when the user saves in NX. However, my code can take many minutes to run so I want to provide updates in the status bar while saving so the user doesn't think NX crashed. This should work but does not (Java): UFSession ufs =...

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