I can bet my bottom dollar, that you ever experienced a situation, when Siemens NX shows you such message. It is a really common NX error, but there is a quite simple and handy solution (but I can’t give a 100% guarantee that it will work in your specific case, but it worse… Read More »
Sometimes Windchill local cache may have corrupted and all current work will be lose. It could happen due to many reasons. Usually the files are still on the HDD, but accidently disconnected from the Database. Frequently these files are still available and can be recovered. You can find a recovery solution by contact… Read More »
In our company we have situations when our customer uses a different measurement system, therefore some difficulties are encountered. As I always used a metric system, sometimes it’s a big pain for me to work in inches: analyzing dimension tolerances and so on are varies and as a rule I decide to convert… Read More »
Sometimes it is essential to copy a view from one part file into another. It is not a best practice or even a recommended workflow, but it could be handy in some cases. For an instance, I use the described method to obtain previews for manufacturing documentation. The basic approach of… Read More »
Hi there! Few weeks before Christmas our workmate made a suggestion – what if we create a simple New Year souvenir? We’re equipped with a reliable 3 axis vertical milling machine, therefore the souvenir needed to had a simple geometry, be quick to manufacture and cheap. The answer was found by itself – we decided… Read More »
This article is concerned with a manner of creating so-called “fake” dimensions in NX drafting. Sometimes it’s needed to manually override a dimension value to make it easier for manufacturing. Following this manner you can create the dimension based on a part geometry, but then override it accordingly to manufacturing needs. The main… Read More »
In NX drafting it’s possible to use a baseline as an object to define cylindrical or half-cylindrical dimensions. It’s important to select the input objects in the right order. If a baseline is selected as the first object, NX calculates the dimension as a distance between the baseline and point, multiplied… Read More »
