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Ultimaker / cura-siemensnx-plugin

Cura Plugin that integrates with Siemens NX
GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0
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What does that thing do? #4

Closed derrapf closed 2 years ago

derrapf commented 2 years ago

I cannot find any description anywhere. Description would be great what that thing does. I found the menu in NX accidentally...

Ghostkeeper commented 2 years ago

I added a bit more information but I don't know the details either. I've never used Siemens NX myself, nor this plug-in. I hope someone can expand the readme a bit with some screenshots on usage or something.

derrapf commented 2 years ago

Ok. So what I found out, is that this plugin adds a menu in NX: image Once you hit it, NX will ask you which Body shall be transferred to CURA: image Then you select the body and NX will open CURA and transfer that body to the CURA print bed. That's so far what works for me. I guess there is no more behind it. After installing that plugin, I thought there should be some extension or menu in CURA. But it's only the menu in NX. So that's was somehow confusing. Sorry - by the way - for the german screenshots. I only have those. BR Ralf

Ghostkeeper commented 2 years ago

Indeed, no changes are made to Cura itself. It seems that all that this plug-in does is install some files to NX's directory

I could ask around if someone can make better instructions. It seems that I'm the only one monitoring this right now.

Ghostkeeper commented 2 years ago

I found this article: https://ultimaker.com/learn/recap-siemens-plm-connection-2017

The screenshots there are a bit too poor to use, but it at least allows for a bit of a better write-up combined with your experiences.

derrapf commented 2 years ago

Yes, those are nearly the same screenshots as I made. But in english. I experienced another issue (which is not a big issue): It is not possible to select a body in an assembly. The component has to be set as "active part" before.

derrapf commented 2 years ago

Indeed, no changes are made to Cura itself. Yes. I also tried to investigate the Code. It's just some menus that are installed in UGII_USER_DIR and a short VB Script. CURA is started from VB