NX8 Drawing "Booklets" - avail only in TC and Shipbuilding?

[potrero]

A while ago, I read with interest a blurb in the NX8 "What's New" document mentioning "Drawing Booklets". From the doc:

"A drawing booklet contains related drawings and drawing sheets that are grouped together. The booklets are typically used for very large assemblies or complex parts that require a large number of drawings."

That sounds great, and could be really useful. But...on closer inspection I realized I missed the fact that it appears this functionality is only implemented for Teamcenter Integration for NX (and possibly, for Shipbuilding)?

It's a bit confusing since the documentation for TC Integration mentions: "For additional information on the creation and use of drawing booklets, see Drawing Booklets"...

Is this functionality usable in Native mode (hopefully, yes; and if not, why not?). Is it just not fully documented yet? Anyone have tips on how to use it and where to find the functions?

 

[JohnRBaker]

Where exactly in the NX 8.0 'What's New' did you find the passage that you quoted?

John R. Baker, P.E.
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Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
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To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

 

[potrero]

Actually, the first italicized quote comes from the NX8 Documentation, but there is a very similar section on page 7-5 in the NX8 What's New document.

 

[JohnRBaker]

Where did you get those page numbers as there's nothing like that in MY copy of the NX 8.0 'What's New' document?

And I can't find that quoted text in the main NX Help files either.

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.

 

[potrero]

I'm attaching an image of the relevant page from the What's New document. As for the NX Documentation, just type "drawing booklets" into Search box and click the first link that comes up, titled "Drawing booklets displayed in Teamcenter Navigator"...

 

[JohnRBaker]

BTW, were you a beta tester? I'm asking since I think the only people who got a copy of the 'What's New' in that format were the beta testers.

I suspect that this may indeed require Teamcenter as I tried to create a Drawing Booklet using NX 8.0 'native' and the error message I got stated that I was not running on a supported platform, which in this case I think is referring to the data manager and not the actual hardware.

But I'll try and clarify that and get back to you.


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.