dlrose Posted July 3, 2001 Share Posted July 3, 2001 I posted another message on this a few days ago which pleaded to include the GD&T menu item in a pre-established Workspace (like the Mechanical Engineering workspace in VW 8.5) such that this feature could be used in VW 9.0.0 or 9.1. I believe that this would take little effort on the programmer's part as I have been able to at least partially use VW 8.5 files to gain this capability in 9.0, however, it is not optimum. It is best used as a menu item but I have brought it in as a pallet from the old 8.5 files. Seems to work OK but I have to say that I feel it was a pretty major error to leave out a wide variety of features from the pre-established workspaces in VW 8.5. From an engineering point of view, these should be available in any CAD program. Maybe a download could be done which creates the workspaces for VW9.0 and are downloadable from the website? Quote Link to comment
Noidge Posted July 13, 2001 Share Posted July 13, 2001 I have also tried to locate this item in VW9 with no success. Perhaps it has been dropped from the core program so it can be included in VWEngineer. Would NNA care to comment. dlrose. How did you bring GD&T in from VW8.5.2? Kind Regards. Quote Link to comment
dlrose Posted July 13, 2001 Author Share Posted July 13, 2001 The way I loaded 9.0 kept my 8.5.2 files in tact. I think this is important. Open 9.0 and close the "new" blank document. Hit File and Open. Browse to where your 8.5.2 files are. Go to the Toolkit folder, then the Mechanical Engineering folder then to the Tools and Commands folder and open the file "GeomDim&Tol. When the file opens a pallet shows up in the document giving you access to all the GD&T features of 8.5.2. Save this document as a template (after you make any other adjustments you want to make to create a template). That's how I did it. Where can I find more information about VWEngineer? I am beginning to think that I might return VW 9.0.0, go back to 8.5.2 and maybe wait for VW Engineer...... Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted July 13, 2001 Share Posted July 13, 2001 The GT&T commands are in the 8.5 Compatability folder on the VW9 install CD. If you need help please tech@nemetschek.net I don't have any news regarding VW Engineer. ------------------ Dan Monaghan Marketing Director Nemetschek North Ameria 419-290-5114 dan@nemetschek.net Quote Link to comment
Noidge Posted August 16, 2001 Share Posted August 16, 2001 dlrose, the GD&T commands can be added to your menu with the workspace editor. They are in the VW9.0.1 CD > 8.5 Compatability folder, as Dan Monaghan indicated, however it has been renamed "Feature Control Frame.....vsm" (thanks Julian Carr). Quote Link to comment
dlrose Posted August 17, 2001 Author Share Posted August 17, 2001 Noidge, Thanks for your reply. Can you give me the details on how to "Browse" to the 8.5 Compatability folder while in the "Workspace Editor" feature? It does not seem very apparent to me..... Quote Link to comment
Noidge Posted August 17, 2001 Share Posted August 17, 2001 dlrose, copy the required folder, in this case "Feature Control Frame.....vsm", to your VW9.0.1 Plug-ins folder. Launch VW9 and then go to File>Workspaces>Workspace Editor, make the appropriate selection, then Menus>Design>Feature Control Frame. On the right hand pane select where you would like to access this menu command from, I put mine in Tool>Drafting Aids, drag the "Feature Control Frame" from the left pane to the left pane. This is explained in Appendix B of the VW Users Guide. The Workspace can be customised to suit your preferences adding or deleting menus, tools and key commands that you are more likely to require. There are other items of interest in the 8.5 Compatability folder of the CD, and, in VW9.0.1>Resources>Samples>3D Primitive Objects folder of the program that can be added to the the Plug-ins folder and added to your workspace also. This program is so flexible... it's Brilliant! Hope this helps. Kind Regards Quote Link to comment
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