ReuseLIB the save folder

[uwam2ie]

I have taken a look at the reuseLib the new parts from november - nice. I have looked at how they work. In profiles I have seen that the save folder can be redirected how can I set up for all reuse parts in the add reuse parts dialog.
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[JohnRBaker]

To set a global 'save to' folder for Family Table Parts which are created on-the-fly, go to...

Customer Defaults -> Gateway -> Reuse Library -> Part Name Definition

...and in the Native NX section you can define your global 'save in' folder (make sure that there actually is a folder defined before you set this default).

Now this procedure is NOT used if you're running NX under TeamCenter. If you are, you'll need to set up your standards inside of TeamCenter.

John R. Baker, P.E.
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[uwam2ie]

I think we discuss the wrong thing,
please look at attached picture,
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[JohnRBaker]

Are you running under TeamCenter?

John R. Baker, P.E.
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Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
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Cypress, CA

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To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

 

[uwam2ie]

No, I'm native on Nx6
thx

 

[JohnRBaker]

OK, the information I provided in my original post is still valid, just NOT for 'Profiles' (I missed that detail the first time I read your post). Profiles are handled differently than discrete parts (a nut, bolt, bearing, etc) since most of the time the part that you're creating will be modified once you place it in your model, such as the length of piece of pipe or rolled-structural shape. Therefore these parts are NOT created as Read-Only, like discrete parts are and if you use the default 'Clone' option (which we highly recommend that you do) what happens is that an explicit part file is created which in now owned by you as part of YOUR design, it's no longer a library part (it's as if you created it yourself from scratch). So the folder that you see referenced in the Reference/Clone -> Part Name Management section of the dialog will ALWAYS be the one that you're currently working in and we only provide you an option, on a case-by-case basis, to change that, but the default will ALWAYS go back to your current directory. That's just how it works.

Basically what I'm saying is that with profiles, generally you do NOT want to create a 'library' of parts which will be referenced by other models but rather unique one-of-kind parts since many times these profiles will be collected together in things like weldments or will have further modeling operations performed on them such as adding holes or other features which would also tend to make them unique, so the idea of collecting them together has less value then it does for discrete parts which will be used over and over again and so duplicates are not desirable and therefore we provide a scheme to create centralize libraries where as for 'profiles' we don't.

Another way to look at this is like going to the Hardware Store. You buy nuts and bolts by the piece and when you take them home they never change. whereas buy a 'profile' is like buying a length pipe where after you take it home you cut it to the length that need for your project and in fact you might cut several different length pieces.

That's about as close as I can come to explaining how and why we set that up to work like it does. I hope it helps.

John R. Baker, P.E.
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Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
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Cypress, CA

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http://www.plmworld.org/museum/

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

 

[uwam2ie]

Thank you John, so far,
How can I turn it on - the clone option - in a newly created reuse part - maybe offer this option in existing reuse parts.
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[JohnRBaker]

While I haven't looked, I suspect that there's something about the .krx which must trigger this dialog option.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA

http://www.siemens.com/plm

http://www.plmworld.org/museum/

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.