Assembly Navigator Customization

[HAIuser]

Can anyone tell me if it is possible to modify the Assembly Navigator, in NX8, to display the network parth of the files displayed? I need more, in one report, that neither the List Components program, or the Assembly Navigator will give me.

Thanks in advance,
Eric E.

 

[JohnRBaker]

I'm not sure what you mean when you say that you need a report showing the full 'network' file path name of the Components displayed and yet you claim that the 'List Components' report is inadequate. I ask because it DOES show the full path of the displayed Components. Exactly what additional information are you looking for?

John R. Baker, P.E.
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[HAIuser]

Hi John,

My apologies for my lack of clarity.

Yes, the List Components report does display the full network path of the files in our native NX environment (i.e. G:\library\hai\unistrut\channel_nuts\uc1007t-m8). However, where the List Components report fails me is where it lists the Part Name, and the Component Name as the same value (i.e. arz14126.f01.0019 & ARZ14126.F01.0019 respectively, which is duplicated information).

What I really need is the ability to change the Component Name value to something like an object attribute value; such as DB_PART_NAME, that tells me what the component is. I know I have played with the setting under Preferences > Assemblies, and changed the Descriptive Part Name Style to a specified attribute. But, again, when I run List Components, the Part Name and Component Name columns display the same information; this time the specified attribute.

On the other side, hoping I could use the Assembly Navigator to capture the infomation I am looking for, I am able to diplay a list of components that display the Native File Name, and an object attribute name to tell me what the component is, but I am not able to display the native network path of the component. Right now, I think my only hope is to develop programming to query the assembly file and generate the report that I am looking for.

~ Eric ~

 

[JohnRBaker]

You do understand, don't you, that Component names and Part names are two different things, right? It's just that unless you EXPLICITLY edit a Component's name, it'll default to whatever you've set the Part name to be displayed as, only in all caps. One thing that people often miss is this idea that a 'Component' ONLY exists in the context of THE Assembly in which it is used, and as such, an edited 'Component' name ONLY exists for that particular Assembly.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

 

[cowski]

A few threads that may be of interest:
thread561-329148
thread561-317567

www.nxjournaling.com

 

[HAIuser]

Thank you cowski. These threads have given me some good ideas.