NX9 - Assembly Navigator - Order

[mikerowesr]

How can I set the order to always be alphabetical?
Thanks,
Mike Rowe

 

[mikerowesr]

Sorry. I just found all the other posts about this issue. Kind of a crumby "enhancement". Glad it was addressed in NX10.

 

[JohnRBaker]

Could you please expand on your above comments, both of them? How were you disappointed by the changes made in NX 9.0 and what exactly do you think we've addressed in NX 10.0?

John R. Baker, P.E.
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Siemens PLM Software Inc.
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[mikerowesr]

Sure. We clone our assembly for most of our jobs. We need to look at the file list the same way every time. Chronological listing makes NO sense for our use. Elsewhere on this forum I've found that the sort option has been made adjustable in NX10. Until we go to that release we will just run the journal file that I found in one of these threads. No big deal. I've always been able to find a work-around for "enhancements" made by folks who aren't trying to grind out jobs on a daily basis.

 

[Xwheelguy]

I've always been able to find a work-around for "enhancements" made by folks who aren't trying to grind out jobs on a daily basis.

It's a dirty job but someone has to do it!

Tim Flater
NX Designer
NX 9.0.2.5 Win7 Pro x64 SP1
Intel Xeon 2.53 GHz 6GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro 4000 2GB

 

[JohnRBaker]

I'm still not sure what NX 10.0 change that you're talking about. The enhancement which allowed you to change the 'sorting' order of the Components as seen in the Assembly Navigator was an NX 9.0 project. I'm not aware of any additional changes in NX 10.0. You say you read about this in another thread. Could you please post a link to that thread?

John R. Baker, P.E.
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[mikerowesr]

JohnRBaker: I don't think it made it to NX9.

Xwheelguy: That Dirty Jobs guy pronounces his last name wrong! Until my people hit Ellis Island they had spelled it "Rau".

 

[cowski]

John,
I think he is referring to thread561-358715

I'd guess the NX 10 setting is what you referred to in your posts dated: 17 Jul 14 13:29 and 17 Jul 14 18:05.

www.nxjournaling.com

 

[JohnRBaker]

It certainly did, or at least it made it into NX 9.0.3.4:

John R. Baker, P.E.
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[Arkance/PhoeNX]

NX9 allows you to change the order as John has shown. My understanding is that NX10 has a customer default to specify how it's set when starting a session.

Anthony Galante
Senior Support Engineer


NX3 to NX9 with almost every MR (18versions) plus the NX10 Beta

 

[mikerowesr]

The customer default setting is what I was referring to.

 

[JohnRBaker]

Yes, that's true, but it only applies to the first time the Assembly Navigator is opened for a part that has not yet been saved in either NX 9.0 or NX 10.0, since when a part is now saved it will retain and remember what the Assembly Navigator order was set to at the time it was saved and that is how it will be shown when it's subsequently reopened.

John R. Baker, P.E.
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[JDub74]

I know I'm jumping in a little late on this thread but I'm hoping someone may have found a workaround for setting the default Assembly Navigator order. I realize the setting sticks once you save a file but I hear constant grumbling about this from the designers at my workplace. Is there any chance this could be worked into an upcoming patch? Chronological does not make sense in our design environment. We make revisions to older assemblies all the time so users are constantly having to change the sorting order. In our environment alphanumeric sorting makes the most sense. If anyone has a way to set the default please let me know. Thanks.

 

[JohnRBaker]

As stated previously, the Customer Default will cover all new Assemblies created as long as it's truly a NEW file, and again as previously stated, this will also apply to any leagacy (pre-NX 9.0) Assembly that is opened and subsequently saved. If the file was created based on a template then you will need to open the template, set the desired sort order and the resave it. For existing NX 9.0 and NX 10.0 Assembly files which were last saved using a non-preferred sort order, you'll need to open them, set the desired sort order and resave. Now if you have a large number of these sorts of Assemblies (saved in NX 9.0 or NX 10.0 but not using the desired sort order) you could perhaps create a Journal to automate this 'update' precess.

John R. Baker, P.E.
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Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
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Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:

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[mikervmw]

I put this real close to where Assembly Navigator is located.

http://files.engineering.com/getfil...le=Assembly_Navigator_Order_-_Alphabetical.vb

 

[JDub74]

Sorry. I should have mentioned that one of our primary automotive customers dictates that we run NX 9.0. I realize there is a customer default setting in NX 10 but I'm stuck with NX 9 for the foreseeable future so at the moment all legacy and new files default to Chronological. I could write a journal, I'm just not convinced that it would be that much better than changing the setting within the navigator. Ultimately I'd like to see a patch for NX 9 that would allow the default assembly navigator order to be manipulated since I have no idea when we will be moving to NX 10.