Drafting/Drawing Issues in UG 7.5

[dexterD]

I am currently trying to make dxf files from parts made in UG and solid edge. I am coming across a problem where once the dxfs are exported, they appear to lose features and show up with blue dashed lines for the dimensions. It seems that UG requires to have the prt file the dxf is associated with open to have the features come through. When trying to open the dxfs in catia, the same problem is arising.

This next question may come across as fairly uneducated, but when i select the drafting option in the start pull down menu on a part that was created by me in a UG 7.5, the draft puts me through to a white page with a default sheet spread made by UG. When i enter the drafting function on a part precreated either by solidedge or a different version of UG, it puts me to a blue screen with grey dashed lines. Why the discrepancy, and is there any way i can use a drafting sheet template that is a prt file instead of the UG standard sheets?

Thanks for any help

 

[JohnRBaker]

The default appearance of the Drawing sheet is Part specific meaning that it sets at the moment that a part file is created, and it uses the settings in Customer Defaults for what those settings are. In the case of DXF files and such, there is a pre-created template part used which when it was created used whatever settings were set. When you create a new file in NX from scratch, it uses the settings in Customer Defaults at that moment in time. So unless the settings were the same you will see this difference. So you have two choices, either change the Customer Defaults to match what you like or you need to open the DXF translator template, edit it to match your 'standards' and save it before you do any more imports.

You can find the DXF templates in the a folder titled DXFDWG in the folder where NX was installed. If you open this folder you will find only two NX part files, one in Metric and one in Imperial units. Open one or both of them, go to...

Preferences -> Visualization -> Color

...and in the section of the dialog labeled 'Drawing Part Settings' make the changes you wish, hit OK and then save the Part(s).

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