Tip of the Week July 31

NX Tip of the Week

July 31, 2015

NX - Creating Dimension Line Breaks with NX 10

Hello everyone - In this week's Ally PLM Tip of the Week, we will take a look at creating Dimension Line Breaks in Drafting with NX 10.

1)  Edit the Settings of the desired dimension(s)

     a.  Right click on the dimension and go to Settings:

2)  Expand "Line/Arrow" and select "Break"

     a.  Turn on "Create Breaks".  Notice you can adjust the size of the break here as well:

3)  Click Close on the Settings Dialog.

4)  Now drag the dimension around and intersect the others.  NX will automatically create the dimension line break.  Notice it is fully associative and understands where it needs the break:

5)  For more information on what's new in NX 10 Drafting, take a look at our "What's New in NX10 CAD: Part 2" Lunch Byte on our website

http://nxunigraphicsvideos.blogspot.com/search/label/Lunch%20Bytes

In this Ally PLM Tip of the Week, we looked at creating Dimension Line Breaks with NX 10 Drafting.  

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Brandon Carter

Senior Application Engineer

Ally PLM Solutions, Inc.

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Giant KONE Elevator designs better with Solid Edge

This elevator company eliminated four prototype rounds per product designing with Solid Edge. With the use of Solid Edge’s synchronous technology, productivity increased by eight percent, design time declined 40 days and the entire R&D cycle was reduced by three months. The company has achieved greater product innovation. "With Solid Edge, what is designed is what is manufactured, effectively improving both product design and production efficiency," said Li Yong, information manager at Giant KONE.

Learn how
http://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/en_us/about_us/success/case_study.cfm?Component=156367&ComponentTemplate=1481

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Tip of the Week July 24

NX Tip of the Week

July 24, 2015

NX - Keyboard Shortcuts in NX

There are many keyboard shortcuts in NX that can help speed up your design and manufacturing processes.  Keyboard shortcuts save mouse travel and reduce the number of mouse clicks needed for a variety of functions in NX.  There are many predefined keyboard shortcuts within the system.  You can also customize the system to create your own keyboard shortcuts.  The steps below will show you where to locate the keyboard shortcuts that are already defined in the system and how to create your own keyboard shortcuts:

1)  Many common NX functions have keyboard shortcuts already assigned.  The keyboard shortcut can be seen in the "Tool Tip".  This example shows that "Ctrl+Alt+T" is the shortcut to orient to the Top view:

2)  To display a complete list of existing keyboard shortcuts go to Menu > Information > Custom Menu Bar > Shortcut Keys:

3)  You can also create your own shortcut keys by going to File > Customize:

4)  In the Customize dialog, select "Keyboard...":

5)  In the Customize Keyboard dialog, locate the Command you would like to assign a shortcut key.  Specify the shortcut key and then click "Assign".  In the example shown below the letter "G" is being assigned to the Generate command in the Manufacturing Environment:

Chad Varney

Application Engineer

Ally PLM Solutions, Inc.

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TOP-TECH designs better with Solid Edge

Industrial machine engineering specialist prepares files for finite element analysis 10 times faster. With Solid Edge’s synchronous technology, TOP-TECH also accelerated key CAD processes 10-fold, decreased organizational costs and provided value-added engineering services to its customers. This led to a notable competitive edge as it established new business, especially with customers possessing rigorous engineering requirements.

Watch this video or read the story  

http://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/en_us/about_us/success/case_study.cfm?Component=193780&ComponentTemplate=1481

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DeLaval designs better with Solid Edge

Using Solid Edge, DeLaval creates smart products for smart dairy farmers.  Results included substantially improved engineering productivity and faster design changes. 3D CAD data is used across offices, significantly reducing process complexity and operations costs. DeLaval now has the ability to focus on designing instead of operating the CAD software and has attained compliance with all facets of rigorous ISO certifications.

Learn how
http://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/en_us/about_us/success/case_study.cfm?Component=205056&ComponentTemplate=1481

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Tip of the Week July 10

NX Tip of the Week July 10, 2015

NX - Fixing issues with opening NX files from Windows Explorer

If you have had multiple versions of NX on your PC in Windows Explorer, there are times you can't double click on the file and have it open. At times, NX may open but the file does not open or it errors out. You may have multiple versions of NX loaded and you need to have Windows Explorer open the file in a specific version of NX when you double click.  Here is how to change/fix this:

1)  Open a command prompt (Windows Start Menu then type cmd in the search window - a black window should appear). 2)  Type in the following:  assoc .prt 3)  You should see .prt=UGpartfile 4)  Next, type in the following:  ftype UGpartfile 5)  If all is correct, the NX 10.0 is the version which you want to open when you double click from Windows Explorer, then you will see:   UGpartfile="C:\Program Files\Siemens\NX 10.0\UGII\ugs_router.exe"  -ug -use_file_dir  "%1" 6)  Or, if you had NX 7.5 previously installed and you uninstalled it, you may see:  UGpartfile="C:\Program Files\UGS\NX 7.5\UGII\ugs_router.exe"  -ug -use_file_dir  "%1". Then again, you may see something different or nothing at all. 7)  This would mean the ugs_router.exe from NX 7.5 is being used and not the proper NX version you would prefer. In your case, you want it to use NX 10 so you would do the following:  In the command prompt for NX 10, type:   ftype UGpartfile="C:\Program Files\Siemens\NX 10.0\UGII\ugs_router.exe"  -ug -use_file_dir "%1"

Note, NX 8 is the first version to use the Siemens directory and not UGS for the installation. If you have a 32 bit version of the product installed on a 64 bit machine, you will need to use C:\Program Files (x86)\Siemens\NX 8.0\UGII\ugs_router.exe.  In addition, when starting NX by double-clicking on an NX part file in Windows Explorer and you want to stop the 'Routing to Application' dialog from appearing, try adding "-disable-cancel" to the ugs_router.exe:  "C:\Program Files\Siemens\NX 10.0\UGII\ugs_router.exe"  -ug -use_file_dir -disable_cancel "%1" As always, contact support@allyplm.com for more information or help.

Madison Rye Application Engineering Manager Ally PLM Solutions, Inc. Want more tips? Sign up HERE to receive our Tip of the Week. Register for upcoming free NX webinars or learn more about Ally PLM Solutions.

CAMWorks for Solid Edge 2015 SP2 to be Released Soon

CAMWorks for Solid Edge SP2 to be Released to Customers

CAMWorks for Solid Edge now supports Solid Edge ST8! CAMWorks for Solid Edge 2015 SP2 is being released! This release supports Solid Edge ST8. The release will be sent out to CAMWorks for Solid Edge end-users on Thursday, July 9th, 2015.

Click HERE to learn more about CAMWorks for Solid Edge and how to apply it to your everyday work operations.

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Tracy Tijan
Marketing Director
Ally PLM Solutions

Maintenance Pack 4 for NX 10.0.1 Now Available

You can now download Maintenance Pack 4 (MP04) for NX 10.0.1 from the Siemens PLM download server.
 
Select one of the following links to download this maintenance pack or to review the README.
Note: A valid WebKey account is required.
   
Linux 64-bit:    
https://download.industrysoftware.automation.siemens.com/unigraphics/maintenance-packs/nx10/linux64/
   
Windows 64-bit:  
https://download.industrysoftware.automation.siemens.com/unigraphics/maintenance-packs/nx10/win64/
   
Please refer to the README file for maintenance pack installation instructions.
If you encounter any problems installing this maintenance pack, please contact Ally PLM Solutions www.allyplm.com 513.984.0480.

Tracy Tijan
Marketing Director
Ally PLM Solutions

Venture Products designs better with Solid Edge

This tractor manufacturer moved from 2D to 3D design, eliminated physical prototypes and cut time to market with Solid Edge. The use of Solid Edge’s synchronous technology accelerated Venture’s 2D to 3D migration. Key results included parts fitting together on first assembly, faster time-to-market, full leverage of high-value legacy 2D data, six times faster conversion of 2D to 3D and six times faster new design creation. Watch the video or read the story.

Learn how
http://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/en_us/about_us/success/case_study.cfm?Component=205117&ComponentTemplate=1481

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