GRIP remove parameters 2

[smitty239]

I know grip is outdated but can anyone tell me if it had a command for removing parameters. I have some designs with 400 plus components all designed with parameters and the customer wants the designs with all parameters removed from the components. Any help would be appreciated

Regards

Smitty

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[jerry1423]

Edit -> Feature -> Remove Parameters
Don't forget to use your Command Finder when locating commands that you cannot find, because they do get moved on occasion.
I am on NX8.5

 

[JohnRBaker]

You could use the Transform (you'll have to look-up the exact spelling) command to make a copy of you model, translating it 0,0,0 distance, and then delete the original solid body. Make sure you've archived a set of files with the feature data intact.

John R. Baker, P.E. (ret)
EX-Product 'Evangelist'
Irvine, CA
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[Toost]

Can you record a Journal ? I think it has support for "Remove parameters".

Regards,
Tomas

 

[smitty239]

thanks for the information guys but I was actually hoping I could automate this as doing it manually will be very tedious

Thanks

Smitty

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[JohnRBaker]

My response was with respect to how you could write a GRIP program to do exactly what you were looking for. It's not all that hard to write a program that would open all of the files, one by one, in a folder, cycle the part model finding all surface and solid models. Making a copy by transforming them 0,0,0 distance and then deleting the original surface and solid models. And finally saving the part file.

John R. Baker, P.E. (ret)
EX-Product 'Evangelist'
Irvine, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:

The secret of life is not finding someone to live with
It's finding someone you can't live without

 

[Toost]

A journal is a program that you run. But, using a more modern programming language than GRIP. - I think that GRIP stopped adding new features somewhere end of 1990s.(?) Journaling is current.
A Journal has the benefit that one often can catch the bulk of the program by recording it step by step ( Same as the Macro feature. ) And then add by programming the bits and pieces making it a real program.
The Journal can then be run either compiled or non-compiled. The non-compiled is slower.

Regards,
Tomas

 

[smitty239]

thanks i'll look into it

Regards

Smitty

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[markrief]

There are journal examples in the Siemens PLM knowledge center that show performing an operation on every part in a folder. I'm sure you could record a journal to remove the parameters, and then paste some of that code in to one of the samples.

Mark Rief
NX CAM Customer Success
Siemens PLM Software

 

[smitty239]

Hi Everyone
Can anyone give me some help with this program, it finds all the surfaces and solids but will not translate them. I put a line in to delete them and it will delete them but it will not translate them. Again, I am trying to copy the surfaces to remove the parameters. thanks


NUMBER/ i
NUMBER/ mat1(12)
ENTITY/ ent(999)
ENTITY/ ent1(999)

mat1 = MATRIX/TRANSL,0,0,0
&CURDIR = 'C:\temp_work\'
PRINT/&CURDIR
DOPEN

a10: DNEXT/IFEND,TERM: $$ read header of next file

FETCH/PART, &FNAME,IFERR, a10: $$ open part file


a20: INEXTE/ ALL
MASK/ 70

i = 1

LOOPii: ent(i) = NEXTE/IFEND, a30:

i = i + 1

JUMP/ LOOPii:

a30:
$$ DELETE/ ent


TRANSF/mat1, (ent(i))

Smitty

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[cowski]

My GRIP is a bit rusty, but it appears that you are specifying a zero distance translation.

mat1 = MATRIX/TRANSL,[highlight #FCE94F]0,0,0[/highlight]

www.nxjournaling.com

 

[smitty239]

yes I am translating them 0,0,0, I don't want the collected bodies to move as I only want them copied. this is only to remove the parameters from the bodies

Smitty

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[smitty239]

can anyone help me out with this bit of code?

Smitty

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[Ehaviv]

Try this modification

NUMBER/ i
NUMBER/ mat1(12)
ENTITY/ ent(999)
ENTITY/ ent1(999)

mat1 = MATRIX/TRANSL,0,0,0
&CURDIR = 'C:\temp_work\'
PRINT/&CURDIR
DOPEN

a10: DNEXT/IFEND,TERM:
read header of next file

FETCH/PART, &FNAME,IFERR, a10:
read header of next file FETCH/PART, &FNAME,IFERR, a10:
open part file


a20: INEXTE/ ALL
MASK/ 70

i = 1

LOOPii: ent(i) = NEXTE/IFEND, a30:

TRANSF/mat1, (ent(i))
i = i + 1

JUMP/ LOOPii:

a30:
$$ DELETE/ ent

 

[Dave K]

@markrief Where is the "Siemens PLM knowledge center? I just looked in the download section of the Siemens PLM site, and didn't see anything like that.

-Dave

NX 9, Teamcenter 10

 

[cowski]

@Gunman
Click the "solutions center" link in the "explore GTAC" menu; then type in your search terms such as "nxopen sample all files in folder".

Here's one that looks to be relevant:

http://solutions.industrysoftware.automation.siemens.com/view.php?si=nx_api5391

Use it with extreme caution.

www.nxjournaling.com

 

[Dave K]

Thanks @cowski I thought maybe there was a library of samples you could browse, that I some how haven't found. I know PLM World used to have a library of grip files.

-Dave

NX 9, Teamcenter 10

 

[cowski]

Well, if you search for "nxopen sample", you can browse through the results. I seem to get pretty good results by adding a keyword or two after "nxopen sample". The menu on the left allows you to filter by language among other things.

www.nxjournaling.com

 

[BubbaK]

Your GRIP focus is holding you back. Apart from the fact that it's no longer enhanced and has no decent IDE, the other problem is that very few people remember how to use it, so it's hard to get help. If you asked for a journal to remove parameters, I'm sure you'd get one. Ask for GRIP program, and you're (mostly) on your own.