What is NX Manager?

[SvenBom]

Hello!

I am new here, so I hope that I have posted my question to the wright forum.

Starting with NX Mach products (like NX11110) user is getting also the following:
-Teamcenter - NX Manager
-Teamcenter - CAD Manager Server
-Teamcenter - Visualization Base

Actually which functionallities does user get with tose TC applications?
What is included in NX Manager? Is this only CheckIn/CheckOut or is there anything else?
Or is this TC-NX Manager just some connection to TC and actually doesn't do anything standalone?

Thanks for any information.
Regards.

 

[SvenBom]

Hello!

I guess that some of you have checked my question and also wonder, what is this NX Manager. Recently I've receieved the answer from my support and here it is. I guess, it will clarify more exactly, what NX Mach user get and what will he use.

So, the answer:
Obviously, you need TC installation with appropriate database (oracle or sql).
But, for NX Mach user it is NOT INTENDED to do anything in TC. NX Mach user should stay in NX User Interface. He can then perform all the classic stuff like save as new item or revision, work with TC navigation flyout, etc.

For NX Mach user it is also more common to start NX in NX Manager mode more directly (without going through TC). The BAT-script can be written so that NX Mach user will start NX without opening TC first.

So, NX Mach user is NOT INTENDED to use workflows (set status of the part to released, etc.), use structure manager, create new item types, etc. NX Mach user should stay in NX environment only.
Regards.

 

[SvenBom]

One more information.
NX Mach license does open some functionalities in TC, but one is not allowed to use them. The NX Mach user can use check-in/-out in TC, he can open NX files from TC and that's it.
So, the best thing for the NX Mach user is, to stay in NX and to never even open TC environment. The batch file can also be written so that the user logs on to TC database when starting NX, but he will never see the TC envrionment.
And the most important information about working in TC with only NX Mach license I've got is this:
...it could be considered as a breach of the license agreement...

REgards.

 

[PSI-CAD]

Hi,

Did you have such a .bat file to start NX with TC Databse but without seing TC environment ?

TIA


Regards
Didier Psaltopoulos

http://www.psi-cad.com

 

[SvenBom]

From my support, I receieved this:
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set TC_DATA=C:\tc\tc91\tcdata_tc91
set TC_ROOT=C:\tc\tc91\root
set FMS_HOME=C:\tc\tc91\root\tccs
cd %TC_DATA%
call tc_profilevars
set UGII_BASE_DIR=N:set UGII_ROOT_DIR=N:\ugii
set PATH=%FMS_HOME%\lib;%UGII_ROOT_DIR%;%PATH%
%UGII_ROOT_DIR%\ugraf -pim=yes
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You would need to modify the local paths to match your specific install.
4-tier is partially a different syntax...

But it doesn't work yet on my computer. I get the NX Initialization Error: Unable to start TcServer. Before that, I get the following error message:
Failed to handle error condition correctly - exiting POM_init_module gives error 515175.

When I will have more time, I will play with this a little bit more. And if anyone finds out, what is wrong in this script before I do, I would appreciate, if the solution is published here.

Regards.

 

[looslib]

My guess is that those licenses in the NX Mach bundle are access licenses to TC, not TC licenses themselves.
In order to use NX Mach with TC, you would need a set of TC servers configured to use your NX data. The purchase of a TC server license would be a separate item and cost.

As for the comment about "NX Mach user should stay in NX User Interface.", I would disagree IF you do have the TC server setup. A file manager on top of NX can be a benefit when you have to control several related files to actually retrieve all of the required information.



"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."

Ben Loosli

 

[SvenBom]

@looslib: To use all the functionality of TC, one must buy tc_author license. And if one is just NX Mach user (just a designer), then he atually don't have to work anything in TC. That's my guess. And probably this is why I was told, that NX Mach user should stay in NX User Interface. So that the NX user will not be confused with any other environment. And he can work with the interface, that he is used to.

And just one info about the BAT-script, I have posted earlier. It works fine also on my computer. I just didn't start the Oracle-DB. This is why I'got the error. When I started the ORacle-DB, it worked just fine. So the script is OK, you just have to change the paths in the script to your own.

REgards.

 

[PSI-CAD]

Hi Sven.

I tried to create my own .bat file and I have a pb to set FMS_HOME because I am in TC8 and I couldn't find the ...root\tccs folder.

TIA


Regards
Didier Psaltopoulos

http://www.psi-cad.com

 

[PSI-CAD]

Hi Sven

I have found my answer on PLMWORLD forum:

http://www.plmworld.org/p/fo/st/thread=3051

This is the script for TC8

@echo off
setlocal
set TC_DATA=F:\tcdata
SET TC_ROOT=F:\Teamcenter8
set TPR=F:\Teamcenter8\portal
set FMS_HOME=F:\Teamcenter8\fcc
cd %TC_DATA%
call tc_profilevars
set UGII_BASE_DIR=C:\softs\ugnx7.5
set UGII_ROOT_DIR=C:\softs\ugnx7.5\UGII
set PATH=%TPR%;%FMS_HOME%\lib;%UGII_ROOT_DIR%;%PATH%
%UGII_ROOT_DIR%\ugraf -pim=yes
endlocal
exit


Regards
Didier Psaltopoulos

http://www.psi-cad.com

 

[SvenBom]

One more thing about this script.
If the username for the logging into the computer is the same as the username for TC, then this script will log you on automatically with this username. But if you want to login with a different user, then you have to add this line into script:
ugraf –u=NewUser –p=NewUser –pim=yes
And not just ugraf -pim=yes, as it was written earlier
But, if you write this script without the password (ugraf –u=NewUser –pim=yes), you will be asked to enter the username and the password when starting NX with this script. Well, before you will be asked for user and pass, there will be an error message, where you have to click OK.

Hope this helps, too.
REgards

 

[deedub777]

If your TC username is different to your computer just add this to the script..

ugraf –u=fred –p=fredspasswd –pim=yes