Siemens Nx Beginner Nxopen Course (Python)

Work smarter, not harder using NXOpen

What you'll learn

The basic skills to start using NXOpen with Python

Create NXOpen scripts/journals in NX by recording and modifying

A basic understanding of how NXOpen objects are structured in NX

The power of scripting/journaling in NX using NXOpen and Python

Requirements

To understand how NXOpen is used to automate NX tasks you must have a good working knowledge of NX

Working installation of NX

Familiar with (Python) basic programming features like conditions, looping, error, methods

Description

Siemens NX has a powerfull feature called NXOpen. It is a set of API's which you can use create your own programs or journals as they are called.In this course you will learn how you can use NXOpen to create your own programs. You don't need any NXOpen experience as we take it from the beginning, but even people with NXOpen experience will benefit from this course. We start by setting up the development environment using Visual Studio Code. I have chosen VS Code because it is free, it is popular so a lot of extensions and tutorials exist and (for people in a corporate environment) it can be installed without having admin privileges. But for the pythonists out there, I also show how to install and configure Pycharm.During this course we will learn how to change the color of bodies and faces, move objects to layers and work with attributes. Through these basic programs you will get familiar with NXOpen and you will be able to apply these skills to create your own NXOpen journals.At the end of the course there is an additional section on how to handle user interaction and we finish the course with a section on how to easily access and share you programs.This course is in Python, the programming language for engineers, but even if you prefer another language you will be able to apply the code and concepts from this course.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction and setup

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Python basic knowledge requirements

Lecture 3 Installing python

Lecture 4 Setting up using VSCode

Lecture 5 Setting up using Pycharm

Lecture 6 Resources

Section 2: Record and modify

Lecture 7 Record and replay a journal (change the color of a body)

Lecture 8 Inspect and remove unnecessary code

Lecture 9 Change the color of all bodies

Lecture 10 Improve our code

Lecture 11 Apply a random color to all faces

Section 3: Move items to layers

Lecture 12 Move bodies to a specific layer

Lecture 13 Move sketches and datums to a specific layer

Lecture 14 List items on layers

Lecture 15 Model history tree and features

Section 4: Attributes

Lecture 16 Creating attributes

Lecture 17 Updating attributes

Lecture 18 Reading attributes

Section 5: User interaction

Lecture 19 Message box

Lecture 20 User input

Lecture 21 User selection

Lecture 22 User selection - change color

Section 6: Publish your code

Lecture 23 Interactive customization

Lecture 24 File customization

NX users who want to smarter, not harder