Export/Import All Settings

[CPaul]

Hi guys,
Getting a new computer at work soon and and I was wondering if there is a way to export all settings in NX. I know you can export the customer defaults, but is there something that will export stuff such as your menu locations and things like that?

Thanks,
Chris

 

[JohnRBaker]

Well there are two items which might fall under this. First off, the content of menus and toolbars are stored in your customized 'Role' if you've created one. If so that is the file that you need to copy over to capture that information. You can find this file at...

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Unigraphics Solutions\<NX version>\roles

...and it will have a file extension of .mtx and be named whatever you called your 'Role'.

Now if you haven't created any customized or personal 'Role', but have only been depending on the system starting up every morning where you left it yesterday when you logged-off, then you will need to go to...

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Unigraphics Solutions\<NX version>

...where you will find a file named 'user.mtx'. This file contains the current content of your menus and toolbars which you see when you run a session of NX.

Now as for the screen settings themselves, such as layout and size as well as many of the system specific preferences in User Interface, Selection, etc. these settings are stored in the system registry.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA

http://www.siemens.com/plm

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

 

[CPaul]

Thanks John, does exporting customer defaults also export keyboard shortcuts or do I have to do that some other way?

 

[JohnRBaker]

The changes/additions which you've made to Keyboard shortcuts, using the Customize functionality, are stored in your 'Role' or the 'user.mtx' file.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA

http://www.siemens.com/plm

UG/NX Museum:

http://www.plmworld.org/p/cm/ld/fid=209

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

 

[SDETERS]

What about Spaceball settings? Are these set in your custom Roles also? Thanks

 

[JohnRBaker]

I don't know for sure where they are stored, probably the registry, but I do know it's NOT in the 'Role' or the 'user.mtx' files.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA

http://www.siemens.com/plm

UG/NX Museum:

http://www.plmworld.org/p/cm/ld/fid=209

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

 

[JHTH]

See also this thread (

http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=314847)

for exporting your Assembly Navigator layout (as long as you're comfortable with registry editing).

Jon

JHTH
NX 7.5.5 + TC 8.3.2.2

 

[CPaul]

Thanks everyone for your help. Just for future reference the location of the user.mtx file in XP is:
C:\Documents and Settings\"user name"\Local Settings\Application Data\Unigraphics Solutions\"NX version"

The Local Settings folder may be hidden, so be careful of that.