Adding a drawing sheet NX6

[jerry1423]

I have a question about adding a drawing sheet in NX6. It is very rare that I use more than a one-sheet drawing, so this is something that I don't do very often.

I have both object attributes and part attributes in my title block, we use master model. When I add the drawing border to another sheet the object attributes become disassociated. The way that added the border to the new sheet is I copy and paste the border from sheet 1.

Is there a way to keep the object attributes associated in the new drawing sheet?

Another title block question ... We need to use "solid fill" for our logo, but it looks like it is impossible to copy it, even tho the curves that are associated to it is being copied.

Is there a way to copy a solid fill?

I assume that the answer to both of these questions is "no", but I thought I'd give it a try. It is not that big of a problem to relink the object attributes and refill the logo, but if there is a better way I'd be interested in hearing about it.

 

[ewh]

We use drawing seed files, and when creating additional sheets, it is a simple matter to import the corresponding drawing sheet file into the drawing. All attributes remain unchanged.
I realize that there may be more modern methods to accomplish this, but this method works for us, and I don't want to fix it if it isn't broken. When it breaks, then I'll look into more current methods.
As to copying solid fill, I don't have an answer but am sure someone will fill us in!

"Good to know you got shoes to wear when you find the floor." - [small]Robert Hunter[/small]

 

[cowski]

haha solid fill... fill us in.

 

[ewh]

pretty quick there, cowski!

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[JohnRBaker]

Prior to NX 6.0 you could create an additional set of Drawing Templates and designate them as additional sheets and add them to a tab on the Resource Bar where they could be accessed and then added automatically to the currently opened drawing without having to first create a second sheet manually. You could include your drafting template or even a different one if you wished (in my case I used a simpler one that did not include a Parts List note like was on the first sheet). However, you had remember to pick the correct size and even units of the second sheet template since all the Resource Bar tab allow you to do was to access a set of templates.

However, starting with NX 6.0 we have incorporated the use of 2nd Sheet templates into the existing 'Add Sheet' dialog, where the system will at least now get the units correct, but you still need to pick the correct size or you can still override that and do everything manually as in the past. You can either use the out-of-the-book templates supplied or create your own and place them in the 'Startup' folder in your USER_DIR. All that you will need to do is place your 2nd Sheet templates in your 'Startup' folder along with a copy of the XML file 'ugs_sheet_templates.pax' and edit it to meet your needs. You'll find the original default .pax file in the...

\UGII\templates

...folder. If you're using TeamCenter there is different .pax file there ('nxdm_ugs_sheet_templates.pax') which is set up to get the templates out of the TeamCenter archive.

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