CAN'T SET UGII_GROUP_DIR

[nmiltner]

I've read many threads on how to set up a group dir to have group customer defaults. If I go into ugii_env.dat and add the line UGII_GROUP_DIR=X:\folder, then start NX5, I still only see the user setting available. I then went back into ugii_env.dat and commented out both group and user defaults lines saved, and restarted NX5. Now my selection for customer defaults is set to shipped. I did this to verify that I was editing the correct ugii_env.dat file, and the correct section.
I also tried setting an environment variable to UGII_GROUP_DIR to X:\folder, and that didn't work either. Any suggestions?

 

[JohnRBaker]

While the environment variable only needs to point to the base folder, inside that folder you will need to create another folder titled 'startup'. When you then go to Customer Defaults and set you 'Group' defaults, they will be saved there.

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

Thanks, John.
Is there a way to make them read only? Also, can I remove user settings?

 

[JohnRBaker]

Once the settings have been saved, yes there should be no problem changing them to read only.

As for removing the user settings, their copy of the their personal customer defaults setting will be saved in their personal profile. However, that being said, if you want to have certain settings defined in such a way that the user can NOT change them, when you're defining your Group (or Site) settings, just select the 'lock' option for those which you do not want the user to change or override. Then when the user tries running his Customer Default session those items will not be available for him to change (they will be grayed-out).

However note that this will NOT prevent the user from overriding at least the 'part' specific items using Preferences, but at least the standards will be enforced when using the parts files in their out-of-the-box condition.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Cypress, CA

http://www.siemens.com/plm

http://www.plmworld.org/museum/

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