Opening TC NX without opening NX

[Walterke]

When I open NX outside of teamcenter, I open the native version which is not connected with TC. Is there a way to open the connected version without having to open teamcenter?
Since TC (or at least the navigator) is implemented inside of NX I often don't see the reason.

NX 7.5.5.4 with Teamcenter 8 on win7 64
Intel Xeon @3.2GHz
8GB RAM
Nvidia Quadro 2000

 

[MickyV007]

Walter, can you clarify yourself a little more please? Are you saying that you first log in teamcenter, then search for a part and then use the open in NX button? So you have one session of TC open and one session of NX?
Please look at my taskbar, there is only a NX symbol so i don't have a TC session open, but still working in the database of TC.

Best regards,

Michaël.

NX7.5.4.4 + TC Unified 8.3
Win 7 64 bit (Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5650 @2.67GHz)
24.0 GB
NVIDIA Quadro 4000 + NVIDIA Tesla C2050

 

[Walterke]

exactly, sorry for the crappy explanation. How do you open NX without opening teamcenter?

NX 7.5.5.4 with Teamcenter 8 on win7 64
Intel Xeon @3.2GHz
8GB RAM
Nvidia Quadro 2000

 

[MickyV007]

You need to set a lot of variables (in a bat file for example) which points to the Tc installation and NX. If you go to the GTAC site, then search for documentation and look for the configuration guide of your Tc version you will find what you are looking for. BUT the manual contains about 1600 pages so be prepared to do a lot of reading. You can narrow down your search to the chapter Teamcenter integration for NX Configuration.
I assume you have some help from a sys-admin because it's not that easy.
There is also a complete help forum on this site :
https://bbs.industrysoftware.automation.siemens.com//vbulletin/index.php

Best regards,

Michaël.

NX7.5.4.4 + TC Unified 8.3
Win 7 64 bit (Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5650 @2.67GHz)
24.0 GB
NVIDIA Quadro 4000 + NVIDIA Tesla C2050

 

[Walterke]

sounds like way too much work to be worth it. I think I'll pass. Thanks anyway though!

NX 7.5.5.4 with Teamcenter 8 on win7 64
Intel Xeon @3.2GHz
8GB RAM
Nvidia Quadro 2000

 

[JurgenKreisel]

Walter,

It is not that complicated. Below is an example of the batch file that we use.
Obviously you will need to change the path names to match your installation.
Most of our designers never open TC and only use this script.


set TC_ROOT=C:\UGSPLM\Teamcenter\TC83UA
set TC_DATA=\\dellserver3\volumes\TCENG\WMTI_83UA_tcdata

rem set environment variables for UGNX
set UGII_BASE_DIR=C:\UGSPLM\NX 7.5
set UGII_ROOT_DIR=C:\UGSPLM\NX 7.5\UGII
set FMS_HOME=%TC_ROOT%\fcc
set JAVA_HOME=%TC_ROOT%\portal\jre
call %TC_DATA%\tc_profilevars.bat
cd /d %TEMP%
call "C:\UGSPLM\NX 7.5\UGMANAGER\ugmanager"

Regards
Jurgen

 

[shags72]

How would you do this in a server installed TC?

 

[JurgenKreisel]

Not sure if I understand your question.
You would need to have NX installed on your TC server.
Why would you want to run NX on your TC server?