Customer Defaults NX7.5 1

[TomMtz]

Hi

I tried to change some defaults in File>Utilities>CUSTOMER DEFAULTS, but in tab Defaults levels appear "Read Only".
I don´t understand why this shot shown if my workstation has administrator resources.
Someone of you know ow can I get acces?

Thanks a lot for your tips

Tom

NX 7.5.4.4

 

[looslib]

Do you have adminsitrator rights within NX?
Totally different from workstation/OS admin rights.


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Ben Loosli

 

[TomMtz]

looslib

Thanks for your comment. Few days ago, I change some parameters but today appears this message.

Tom

NX 7.5.4.4

 

[looslib]

Obscure issue - Have you rebooted your workstation today?

I tell my users that they should reboot at least once a week, if not daily. Also log off at night, not just lock the system with their CAD program still up.


"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."

Ben Loosli

 

[TomMtz]

looslib

That´s the problem, every day I log off my workstation, and the problem still appearing.

Regards

Tom

NX 7.5.4.4

 

[cowski]

Do you have write access to the location of the customer defaults file?

And possibly more importantly, what did you change the last time you had access?

 

[looslib]

Have you rebooted? Windows memory does get totally released by just a logoff.


"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."

Ben Loosli

 

[TomMtz]

I already rebooted my workstation and the acces still in "read only".
I will call to the PLM support in my country to check this.

Thanks for your tips

Tom

NX 7.5.4.4

 

[TomMtz]

Hi

Let me comment something:
1) Create a folder in C: call "customer_defaults"
2) Looking for file "ugii_env_ug.dat" in folder UGII [Crogram files\Siemens\NX 8.0\UGII]
3) Find UGII_LOCAL_USER_DEFAULTS=
4) Change the text after "=" in both lines "C:\customer_defaults\NX8_user.dpv"
5) Update the file
6) Start NX

Ready! now you can change parameters in:
files>utilities>customer defaults

Best regards

Tom


NX 8.0.0.25

 

[looslib]

You have created a copy of the system installed customer default file so you should have RW permission on it. The original customer default file will still be at your original location.


"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."

Ben Loosli

 

[jerry1423]

A question about something mentioned above:

"4) Change the text after "=" in both lines "C:\customer_defaults\NX8_user.dpv"

Instead of pointing to a file on the C:\ drive can it be pointing to something on the network that all the users can access ?

 

[JohnRBaker]

Shouldn't be a problem, as long as your network is reliable ;-)

However, if you're going to do that I would set up a 'site' .dpv file for everyone to point to, and leave each user with his only local 'user' .dpv files since these are applied sequentially: when NX is launched it first reads the 'site' file, then the 'group' files and finally the 'user' file, with the 'user' file 'winning' if it has a different setting than either the 'site' or 'group' file shows. If there are any settings which you don't want the users to change/override, you can lock them at the 'site' or 'group' level which the user will see as being grayed-out when he opens Customer Defaults.

To get more information on setting up these various levels of Customer Defaults, go to the Help files and search on "Customer Defaults options". Once you get to this page you will find additional information under the 'How to' and 'Related Topics', where you will find a topic covering 'Levels of customer defaults'.

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