Visualization template 1

[cubalibre000]

Hi,
can be used a visualization template made in a major release to a minor release ?

Thank you...

Using NX 7.0.1.7 MP3 and TC8.1

 

[JohnRBaker]

I'm not sure what it is that you're asking. Could you be a little more specific?

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[cubalibre000]

Hi John,
I attach the image.

Thank you...

Using NX 7.0.1.7 MP3 and TC8.1

 

[Toost]

Are you asking if a Visualization template made in NX7.0 can be used in 7.0.1 ? ( major / minor release ?)
If so, yes.
The Visualization templates are text only, that reside inside the pax file. The simple way to see which/ what is to use the visualization template then read the logfile. On my computer the line :
<<<C:\Documents and Settings\tomas\Local Settings\Application Data\Unigraphics Solutions\NX6\nxpalette4.pax#id0<<<
Which means that the palette (pax) is the "nxpalette4.pax" and the entry inside the file is "id0" ( then that entry is a few pages long) It starts <PaletteEntry id="id0">..... and ends <PaletteEntry>

You can probably copy the line from pax file to pax file, or copy the entire paxfile to a different directory.

 

[cubalibre000]

Hi Toost,
thank you, now it's all more clear about template visualization.
Major release that I'm testing has color that I like, so I would use this template visualization to set minor release visualization.
Problems ?
Maybe I can try and then answer here.

Thank you...

Using NX 7.0.1.7 MP3 and TC8.1

 

[cubalibre000]

Hi Toost,
I tried and it's not possible use template visualization from a minor release to major, an error occur.

Thank you...

Using NX 7.0.1.7 MP3 and TC8.1

 

[JohnRBaker]

What was the EXACT version that the Template was made in and what was the EXACT version that you are attempting to use it in?

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.

 

[cubalibre000]

Hi John,
sorry, I wrote wrong.
The correct answer is :
'It's not possible use template visualization from a major release to minor, an error occur.'
Anyway I created a NX8 visualization template for using in NX7.
I thought that a simple text doesn't have problem set some variables.
If variables are not present, go head to set which variables are present in NX7.

Thank you...

Using NX 7.0.1.7 MP3 and TC8.1

 

[JohnRBaker]

A 'Visualization Template' is in reality a simple Part file which contains visualization settings which can be used to overide the settings of a normal Part file. And since the mechanism which is used to do this is not all that different from a Part Import, it's governed by the same rules and limitations, which includes the fact that you can't import a file from a NEWER release of NX into a part file using an OLDER release of NX. That means that you CAN'T use a 'Visualization Template' created in NX 8.0 (or NX 7.5) with NX 7.0. It's impossible, for the same reasons why you can't open an NX 8.0 (or NX 7.5) Part file in NX 7.0.

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.

 

[JohnRBaker]

My last post was not completely accurate. Sorry bout that...

While it is true that most all of the same restrictions on downward-compatiblity still apply (you generally cannot use a Visualization Template created in a newer version of NX in a session running an older version of NX), the actual mechanism for capturing and delivering the visualization settings is not a "simple Part file" nor does it use the "Part Import" approach to updating the changes. Rather, it's done using XML files, but the issue of downward-compatiblity is still a limitation, so the 'message' in my post has not really changed.

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.

 

[cubalibre000]

Hi John,
thank you for the clarification.
I will use the NX8 xml template deleting the string that create the problem using a tool that make comparison as WinMerge.

Thank you...

Using NX 7.0.1.7 MP3 and TC8.1