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Hole Wizard 1
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JohnRBaker
Mechanical
If you mean the NX 5.0...
Insert -> Design Feature -> Hole...
...YES there is. Go to where your NX software is installed and in the...
...\UGII\modeling_standards
...folder you will find the .xml files where the hole specifications are stored and which are used by the software. If you're careful you can edit, either by removing or adding additional records, what the user is presented with and what the software will use when creating a Hole feature.
Good luck.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
Insert -> Design Feature -> Hole...
...YES there is. Go to where your NX software is installed and in the...
...\UGII\modeling_standards
...folder you will find the .xml files where the hole specifications are stored and which are used by the software. If you're careful you can edit, either by removing or adding additional records, what the user is presented with and what the software will use when creating a Hole feature.
Good luck.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
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Follow on question from this.
We use several custom threads that we add to the "thd_metric.dat" and "thd_english.dat" files saved to a network location. They are pointed to using a customised "ugii_env.dat" on each machine, which points "UGII_METRIC_THREADS" and "UGII_ENGLISH_THREADS" to the network locations of the above files so everyone uses the same files. Works very well, but only for the 'Thread' function.
While I can edit the threads used in the 'hole' function (as described by John), I cannot find the appropriate pointer in "ugii_env.dat" to allow everyone to use a single networked location. Therefore we do not use the hole function, but extrude or revolve all holes and add a thread using the 'thread' function (linking the 'p' number for the tapping drill diameter of the thread to the sketch for the hole). Works well, but does anyone know the variable I need to set so we can use the hole function from a single network location?
We use several custom threads that we add to the "thd_metric.dat" and "thd_english.dat" files saved to a network location. They are pointed to using a customised "ugii_env.dat" on each machine, which points "UGII_METRIC_THREADS" and "UGII_ENGLISH_THREADS" to the network locations of the above files so everyone uses the same files. Works very well, but only for the 'Thread' function.
While I can edit the threads used in the 'hole' function (as described by John), I cannot find the appropriate pointer in "ugii_env.dat" to allow everyone to use a single networked location. Therefore we do not use the hole function, but extrude or revolve all holes and add a thread using the 'thread' function (linking the 'p' number for the tapping drill diameter of the thread to the sketch for the hole). Works well, but does anyone know the variable I need to set so we can use the hole function from a single network location?
JohnRBaker
Mechanical
Yes, there is an environment variable which can either be set in your system profile or you can add it to the...
...UGII\ugii_env.dat
...file which will override the internal NX setting.
The variable is:
UGII_SCREW_CLEARANCE_HOLE_STANDARD_DIR=<path to the folder where your edited versions of the .xml files are located>
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
...UGII\ugii_env.dat
...file which will override the internal NX setting.
The variable is:
UGII_SCREW_CLEARANCE_HOLE_STANDARD_DIR=<path to the folder where your edited versions of the .xml files are located>
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
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