there is an option that is probably turned on called Fix Text height on Screem
the option is located in 3 spots. this is because preferences and defaults and style are all different. I will explain.
Customer Defaults are from the Next session of NX on. (meaning you have to close out of NX adn reopen to see those changes.) they also dont affect sketches that were already created.
To Adjust it from the next session on.
File>Utilities>Customer Defaults> Sketch> General, then go to the Sketch Style Tab.
Preferences work from this point forward in the Current Session.
to adjust the option in Preferences,
Preferences>Sketch, Sketch Style Tab
and then there is Style. This is for the Current Sketch only.
With in the Sketch in Task Enviroment, Go to:
Task>Sketch Style
If this wasn't the issue with the sketch let me know.
Ok, So I look at the part, and I am stumped, I myself have never seen anything like that. I asked around the office, found that some people have had issues when using the Existing Curves command with things happening like that.
What version of NX are you running, and do you happen to have a copy of the file pre Dimenssion blow up?
Was this sketch copied & pasted from another part file to another? Or perhaps Exported from one file into another? While I can't explain how it happened, it appears that the sketch geometry is on one plane while the dimensions are on another. Note that is you add any additional sketch dimensions to the sketch that they end-up where they belong.
And for JoeBrock, once you open a part file you can check the version that the file was created in by going to...
Information -> Part -> Part History...
...and look at the second line from the top of the list as this will show what version the part file was last saved in.
John R. Baker, P.E.
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Product Engineering Software
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To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
This one has me stumped also. The strange thing is you can add new dimensions and they work fine... Attached is the file before the dimensions blew up. We are using NX 7.5.4.4 MP8 Rev A.
I think that's where the problem occurred, during the Export.
Is it possible to go back to the original file and redo the Export task? And if you can recall the first time this was done, was the 'Specify Exported Position' option toggled ON in the Export Part dialog? If so, could try this again only don't use this option and just let the sketch end-up where the system wants to put it. If you need to move it your can use the 'Reattach Sketch' function to move the sketch to a different plane or face reference.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA Siemens PLM: UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
I'm not sure what happened when I originally exported the sketch into the file. I can now export the sketches with the 'Specify Exported Position' toggled ON or OFF and not duplicate what happened before.
With all of the stuff that has been falling to Earth lately (meteors hitting Russia and flying over San Francisco and Florida) I'd just write this off to 'Cosmic Rays' or something ;-)
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA Siemens PLM: UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
