Tag Archives: NX

NX Drafting: Fake Dimensions

By | 12/28/2016

    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 »

Siemens NX Drafting: Creating cylindrical Dimensions using Baseline

By | 12/28/2016

    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 »

Siemens NX Licensing – Remove a Single User’s License for a specified Feature

By | 11/08/2016

     Sometimes we come up against a situation where user is running Siemens NX on a node that crashes. In that case the user’s license sometimes remains checked out and becomes unavailable to other users.      One able to solve such accident using a set of utilities provided by Flexlm. The needed utility… Read More »

A few Words about Siemens NX Perfomance – CPU, Graphics Adapter, Memory, Multi-Core

By | 10/28/2016

    Processor performance     Although raw processor speed has a major impact on system performance, other factors also contribute to overall performance; for example, the type of disk drive (SCSI, ATA, or Serial ATA), disk speed, memory speed, graphics adapter, and bus speeds. The general rule is that “the faster the processor, the… Read More »