Any way to make the 'Window' drop-down list of recently displayed parts longer?

[erik3000]

I'm using NX 10.

I often work with huge assemblies with dozens of sub-assemblies and hundreds of parts. The Window tab allows you to switch back to recently open parts/assys, but it's limited to 10 items. Is there any way to increase this? Either in options or by simple modification to code? I know you can click on "more..." and a box opens listing all the hundreds of parts, which you can search, but can be ineffective depending on the naming scheme of parts and whether you know them off hand. Typically I find myself using "Display Parent' and going back to the top assembly in order to right click and re-display whatever part I am interested in. If I could make the list show 20 or more parts would save a lot of clicking for me.

 

[gbangs]

I wonder.... if you open up the ug_main.men file in UGII/menus dir, scroll to the bottom and copy/paste/edit entries that define TOGGLE_BUTTON etc... and extend the number series up to 20? If that would work?

TOGGLE_BUTTON UG_WINDOW_1
LABEL Window 1
NO_REPEAT
ACTIONS STANDARD

TOGGLE_BUTTON UG_WINDOW_2
LABEL Window 2
NO_REPEAT
ACTIONS STANDARD

TOGGLE_BUTTON UG_WINDOW_3
LABEL Window 3
NO_REPEAT
ACTIONS STANDARD

TOGGLE_BUTTON UG_WINDOW_4
LABEL Window 4
NO_REPEAT
ACTIONS STANDARD

Just a thought..... as I am only running v8.5 - is v10 similar?
g.

gbangs
TC 8.3.3
NX 8.5.3.3 MP11

 

[cowski]

The window menu gets an overhaul in NX 11; if you don't plan on updating any time soon, you might try the tool posted by CNSZU a while back:
thread561-351988

www.nxjournaling.com

 

[erik3000]

gbangs:

I tried extending the series in the menu file. Couldn't get it to work as expected. It basically just added empty buttons to the drop down labeled "Window 11" etc. that appear even before displaying multiple parts.

 

[Toost]

Doesn't the files appear in the "History tab" as soon as you have "been there once" ?

If this doesn't work, have a look at Cowski's tip.

Regards,
Tomas

 

[gbangs]

Hm. Probably need to 'register' the button and assign the appropriate Action, etc.. little more involved, I guess.
Under the last entry (10) there is a More... selection that lists a history? or as Tomas suggests, the History Tab - perhaps changing the View to List so there wouldn't be so much scrolling.. ?

gbangs
TC 8.3.3
NX 8.5.3.3 MP11

 

[erik3000]

The downside of the History Tab is that it seems to only list parts that have been saved, not just displayed.

gbangs: can you elaborate on what it means to 'register' a button? when clicking on one of the newly created 'Window X' buttons there is indeed an error that reads: "None of the actions specified for this button were registered." I can't decipher from the menu files how the first 10 toggle buttons are registered or where their 'STANDARD' actions are specified.

 

[gbangs]

Mm, unfortunately, I'm not too familiar with the inner workings of "Menuscript", but I'm sure there are Help files available. I'm curious for my own education, so I'll look a little deeper - seems like there ought to be a way, even if it's not as simple as editing a list.
Cheers,

Found this explanation for the error.
My thoughts now are leaning towards creating your own custom menu dropdown that you can define with as many recent "buttons" as you wish - need to find that definition..