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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

    Product Template Studio GUI Width

    I too am interested in being able to make the window wider. I have some parts that use strings and a text box that I wish could be significantly wider than the default dialog width. nx 9, TC 10
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    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
  6. 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
  7. mmiscool

    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
  8. mmiscool

    Exploded views toolbar in NX 9

    You will have to locate the exploded views button on the assembly tool bar to activate the exploded views tool bar. Screen shot included nx 9, TC 10http://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=adfb1386-7b1f-4830-a850-bed9f4b5c28d&file=exp_viewws.png
  9. mmiscool

    How to define a reusable pocket for a library part.

    OK. so I have created the false reference set and it seems to work when I go to the reusable pocket command and tell it to be used. Is there a way to make this automatically happen when I am dragging it out of the library like. nx 9, TC 10
  10. 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...
  11. 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
  12. mmiscool

    What happened for formulas in expressions in NX 9?

    If you type in a formula in a dimension in a sketch and then return to the screech and attempt to edit the value it shows up as a grey box with the value set but not editable. In order to edit the expression click the small "=" button to the right of the value. This will bring up the expression...
  13. 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?
  14. mmiscool

    PMI equivilant of the feature parameter command

    Thanks for the response. It had been a while since I used the radial dimension command. Most of the time I use rapid dimension that works for 99% of the PMI I have to make. I have tested it out and it seems to work for the counterbores and countersinks. Looks good. Threaded holes however are...
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    PMI equivilant of the feature parameter command

    I am currently on NX 9. We will probably be moving to NX 10 about 6 months after it comes out. At my company we are detailing our parts exclusively in PMI. That means we have no drafting sheets or any thing at all besides the PMI. To be clear I am looking for a way to put a call out for a...
  16. 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?
  17. 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...
  18. 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.
  19. mmiscool

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

    That was exactly what I needed. Thank you. I modified the code as follows and made a sub that places objects on the layer. I need to find a function that will empty a particular reference set so that each time the script is run it makes sure that there is nothing on a particular reference set...
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