Features you wish NX had? 32

[junfanbl]

Hello, I am curious to know peoples opinions on what they like most about NX and some new features( or improvements) that it could use. I know I can think of some myself. I ask because I am always trying to gather ideas on how to better utilize the software in my own personal workflow. Part of that for me is developing scripts and stand alone libraries that extend NX functionality.

So I thought what better way to get ideas than to ask the engineering community in general. Your thoughts are appreciated.

 

[Lunar7]

John,

Thank you very much, once again you pointed out the simple solution to a problem that was driving me Nuts

http://www.hella.co.nz

http://www.hellamarine.com

 

[PrintScaffold]

Lunar7,

You also may turn on extra preset dimetric views in the Cutomer Defaults.

www.cadroad.com

 

[2JL]

Hello all

My 2 cents:
- Use the mouse wheel to increment values in input box (as in Solid Edge)
- Ability to redefine projected views in drafting
- Associative datums and notes in Drafting (Solid Edge did it in ST8,

https://youtu.be/BxzRE72FINs?t=202)

- A better way to organize items in part list (cut and paste is tedious)
- Inherit hatching from materials assigned to parts!!!!!! (forget the other ones, just do this one)

2JL

 

[JohnRBaker]

"Inherit hatching from materials assigned to parts!!!!!!"

Actually that has been supported since NX 9.0 when creating Lightweight Section views in PMI, which can then be inherited onto a Drawing.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Digital Factory
Cypress, CA
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[PrintScaffold]

- A better way to organize items in part list (cut and paste is tedious)

I agree that some improvement is needed in this department, however there is a technique that might help you to improve control over parts list.
Suggested to me by John some time ago:

http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=345714.

http://www.cadroad.com

 

[MichaelPrichard]

John,

Mia Culpa for not searching through other threads first; I was overjoyed to (re)find the Stress Wizard; Thanks! As for the measure tool, you are correct, I meant i,j,k values, not the absolute x,y,z ones. Solid Edge has a particularly nice view with colored axes. Also, their Smart Measure tool gives you relevant info even on your first click, as in; line length, edge radius, etc., changing to the appropriate measurement on the 2nd click. I'll fill out ER.

 

[2JL]

Thanks John and PrintScaffold !

John: I wasn't aware it was possible with Lightweight Section views in PMI. So we are half way there! Would it be an herculean task to make it available to the regular drafting section views?

PrintScaffold: Thanks for the link! I will try it when I will have an opportunity.

2JL

 

[JohnRBaker]

2JL, my understanding is that that is the plan, but it will not be NX 11.0.

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

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

 

[2JL]

Thanks John. I will just keep my fingers crossed until then.
2JL

 

[Rob_N]

What are we going to do without you Mr. Baker?
Have you appointed your Product Evangelist successor?

 

[JohnRBaker]

It was not up to me. I made my recommendations but in the end it was my boss who had the final say.

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

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

 

[Kenja824]

Using NX9

I can create a manual button through customize to execute files through NX Open. It would be good to be able to save that button somewhere so someone else can just load that same button on their computer as well.

The reason I would like this is because we have 50+ computers running NX9 and it is going to be a pain in the butt to log into each computer as that persons profile and create each button manually. Unfortunately the programs we need to execute are not working correctly when executed through a macro or journal. So a manual button may be our only option until these files get fixed. It just seems that if you can create a button in Unigraphics, you should be able to save it and load it to another computer.

 

[Kenja824]

Give us a way to turn Faceted bodies into a body we can actually work with.

 

[JohnRBaker]

Since even the Ribbon is defined using something similar to .men (menu) and .tbr (toolbar) files, tools like 'Menuscripts' can still be used to modify the content of the standard .rtb (ribbon) files.

You can find information about setting up 'Menuscripts' in the Programming Tools portion of the NX Help files (note that for the last couple of releases the Help files for the 'programming tools' are NOT installed automatically when you install the User Documentation but since you're talking about NX Open I assume that you already know that and have installed the optional material). Anyway, in the Programming Tools set of documents you will find a section titled 'Menuscript User's Guide'.


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

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

 

[Rob_N]

@Kenja824

I use the NXcustom scripts found on the programming section of the Siemens community site.
I only have 2 seats but I've found it very helpful even in out smaller user environment.Multiple users and multiple computers. same ribbons, toolbars, reuse libraries, etc..
very easy to setup.

 

[JavadM]

Hi all

about "continuous auto dimensioning" in sketch environment and the concept behind it and why such functionality is not in drafting for dimensioning views
its intelligent and do the job correctly with some rules
but
_it do not get parameter for dimension
_in many case must change to input precise dimension
_don't constraint sketch
_it will not help in complicated sketches and is boring


in drafting if something like that exist for dimensioning views:
_it do not need parameter
_constraint is not the matter
_it will help to save big amount of boring manual dimensioning time.

so I hope a solution for faster dimensioning, arrangement, and alignment of them in drafting in next versions.


NX 10
Windows 10

 

[ewh]

One of several reasons why it may not very useful in drafting is that auto-dimensioning does not take into account tolerance stack-ups.

"Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively."
-Dalai Lama XIV

 

[JavadM]

thanks
you right, but defining some rules can fix tolerance accumulation.

and what about arrangement and alignment of dimensions?

 

[Xwheelguy]

In regards to auto arrangement and auto alignment, I'd be very interested to hear how you feel that could be accomplished. That seems like a monumental task considering how different a view and drawing sheet with views can appear given all our options with view settings, not to mention how a drafting component can be moved, which would in turn affect everything in the Drafting application.

Personally, I'm waiting for the day I can speak my wishes into the mouse and sit back and watch the software do what I tell it to do....

Tim Flater
NX Designer
NX 9.0.3.4 Win7 Pro x64 SP1
Intel Xeon 2.53 GHz 6GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro 4000 2GB

 

[JohnRBaker]

I'm waiting for the day I can speak my wishes into the mouse...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hShY6xZWVGE

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

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