"I've seen some FCFs entered as appended text using a bunch of code which seems to do the trick, but I can't find a guide on how to do that."
In the Note dialog box, if you expand the "symbols" section and change the category to "GD&T", there are tools to help build the desired frame.
The specified string contains a syntax error
Couldn't find object for GM_ProjectPointOnBody.
No function GM_ProjectPointOnBody.
followed by a bunch of code.
Isn't there a way to just open a file without it trying to update all of the features?
If open the top level part in the asm, I can see the part. but then I try to extract or wave link it, it is forcing an update. If I try to just open the component by itself, same thing.
hello Satish,
sorry for replying late, I have just come back from my holidays.
If you don't have an actual weight note on your drawings and you
need one, that's an ordinary tabular note containing reference
to the mentioned CACHED_MASS attribute, it just needs to be
updated before plotting, exporting, etc. (for the sake of simplicity I have
omitted the code for this in my previous example, but I can post that
if you want).
If you want to invoke a custom utility prior to save, this is Menuscripting and
you should modify your add-on .men file to add a
BUTTON UG_FILE_SAVE_PART ACTIONS/PRE your custom utility
as in previous .men example.
I'm not sure I have understood your workflow though, would you explain that in detail ?
Make sure you haven't toggled on 'Use Offset' on the Section Line Settings.
Hello@joewhite,
yup the option is activated ,,not getting result
Quick idea: Sketch - project 3 circles - draw 3 point circle - finish sketch - make center line of the circle and hide sketch 
I'm trying to stack two FCFs under the same dimension. In Creo we were able center them nicely like this:
In NX, adding <&80> sends the second FCF to the next line, but the whole thing shifts awkwardly to the left. Any way around this?
Hi Maurizio
i was able to figure out the menu override. As per your example we used the save operation pre extension point for placing our customization. The customization is triggered as expected and the weight is also calcualted with one caveat. The total weight includes the weight of referenced components where as we do not want weight of references components in our calcualtions. Do you know a way to solve this issue?
for e.g. our assembly has 2 components
Name---------QTY------- Weight (kg)
ASM 01------------------- 150
- Cmp 011---1----------- 50
- *Cmp 02---1------------100
*Cmp02 is a reference component and we do not want its weight rolled up into the assembly.
Not "out of the box"
This could be done using API and a UDO (or the new replacement for UDOs)
Generally, the licensing across WAN/VPN is not too bad (I've done licensing across a 56k modem, albeit quite a while ago).
The big issue is that when NX opens, it wants to open/read thru all the NXCustom stuff. If the WAN/VPN is slow, this can REALLY slow down NX when you start it.
What I do is have all the custom stuff on a shared network drive, for when users work at "the office". There is one master site that is replicated to most other sites once/day (usually at the receiving site's "night time"), so no matter what site you are in, it is "local"
If user wants to work over VPN, I have a .BAT that copies all that stuff to the local C:\ drive. Then when working over VPN, you run another .BAT that maps the same share name to the local C:\ drive (e.g. when at office, users have a S:\ drive mapped to \\S_Server\Some_Share_name. When working over VPN, I map S:\ to \\%COMPUTERNAME%\C$). Note there is no automatic update mechanism for this local copy - users have to re-run the .BAT to update their files (if anything changed on the server)
Satish,
there is a Customer Default option for this, try
Customer Defaults -> Analysis -> Weight Management > Exclude Ref. Only Components from Weight Calc.
It can be accomplished, though probably not as streamlined until ER 7766350 is implemented; which requests that gaps in the dimension line have different values on either side of the dimension.
The entire dimension is aligned using Text Justification: Center.
The first FCF was added using Appended Text: Below
The section FCF was added using FCF command and stacked with Above Gap Factor: zero
The gap under the second FCF was added using legacy User Defined Feature: GAP25 (which has to be added to the menus/ribbon using the Customize command).
You have to Turn Off the Offset option
Or, make it greater that the body being sectioned for which the silhouettes are missing. In this case, Example_00102 mirror has a diameter of 90mm. If you make the offset 45.1mm then the silhouette of that body is shown, but not the hidden lines of the exterior body.
Docs: Create a Section Line using the Offset Option
"A component or solid body must fall completely within the range of the offset distance before it will appear in the foreground or background of the section view."
Regards, Ben
Hi Guys,
I´m a bit worried. I want to create a special crosshatch i need. And it must be slectable from the crosshatch defnition files. i got there the file xhatch.chx
is there any option how to learn how to create them, any documents?
Or is it just that simple and i did not figure it out
the files are build like this
!
NAME=Electrical Winding
ALTANG,45
SOLID
ALTANG,135
SOLID
!
I also did not find any infos at the Help which arguments are available
Speaking of which,
Is there a way to defined curved hatches? (Not just a array of straight dashes).
Thanks,
Jack
It doesn't seem so. But you can get creative and try to mimic your curves using straight lines to create a complex hatch pattern: Customize Crosshatch Patterns
"The concept behind creating a complex hatch pattern is not difficult, but it can be tedious and frustrating. You’ll usually find it best to draw your pattern out in different colors, one per line specification, and then dimension it as I did in figure 3. This makes it much easier to decide which values are required where. To put things in perspective, AutoCAD’s Escher hatch pattern requires twenty-one line specifications!"
I'm not seing "GAP25" when I search under "All Commands" in the Customize window. Is there something else I need to do?
Thanks
