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NX programming and customizationExtending and tailoring NX digital product development solutions
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NX
Benefits• Preservescriticalknowledge
anddesignintentfromthedesignprocessallthewaythroughtothemanufacturingprocess
• Enablescompaniestocapture,re-useandconsistentlyapplybestpracticesacrossthespectrumoftheirproductlines,thusenablingleandesigninitiatives
• Quicklyautomatesrepetitivetasksandallowsuserstocaptureandshareworkflowprocessesinscriptedfilesfromjournalingsessions
• Supportsrapidapplicationdevelopmentthroughtheindustry’sfirstCommonAPIdesign
• Facilitateslanguagefreedom–youcanchooseyourpreferredautomationlanguage
• Facilitatesdeepintegrationwithlanguage-specificIDEs(integrateddevelopmentenvironments)
• ProvidescompleteaccesstoNXcoreapplicationfunctionalityfromanysupportedlanguage
SummaryNX™programmingandcustomizationsoftwaretoolshelpcompaniesextendandtailorNXsolutioncapabilitiestotheirspecificneeds.Supportingtheknowledge-drivenautomationcapabilitiesofNX,thesetoolscanbeemployedbyproductdevelopmentpersonnelandapplicationdevelopers.
The NX Common Application Programming Interface (API)NXsoftwareprovidesanautomationarchitecturethatservesasthefoundationforallNXAPIsaswellasforanewjournalingutility.CalledtheCommonAPI,itcombinesthepowerofjournalingandautomationwiththefreedomofalanguage-neutralplatform.IntegratedwithinthecoreNXarchitecture,theCommonAPIisthefoundationforallNXsolutionsandisfullycompatiblewiththeexistingOpenCAPI.
Knowledge-based application development
Knowledge FusionKnowledgeFusionisafullyintegratedknowledge-basedengineering(KBE)toolthatpermitsknowledge-basedextensionofNXbytheenduser.ComparedtotraditionalKBEtechnologies,thetightintegrationofKnowledgeFusionintotheNXdigitalproductdevelopmentsystemprovidesasignificantadvantageintheindustry.KnowledgeFusionpermitsthecreationofpowerfulapplicationsthattakeadvantageofengineeringknowledge.Itsupportsthecaptureandre-useofdesignintentanduserintelligencetoincreasedesignspeedandproductivitywhileintelligentlycontrollingchangepropagation.
NX is built on an automation architecture that provides a common foundation for automation and programming.
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session.Thesesessionscanbeeditedandenhancedwithsimpleprogrammingconstructsanduserinterfacecomponentstoproducearapidlygeneratedcustomizedprogram.
Journalfilescanbeusedasabasictechniqueforautomatingrepetitiveworkflow.BecausejournalsarebasedontheCommonAPI,theycanbeusedasatemplateforworkingautomationcodeinanyofthesupportedautomationlanguages.
Availability and packagingThejournalingcapabilityisincludedwithallNXMachSeriessolutionsasanintegralfeature.
NX Open Common Application Programming Interface (API)ThenewCommonAPIoffersthefollowingfeatures:• Languagesupport–Providesanative
.NETAPIthatsupportsall.NETlanguagesincludingVisualBasic.NETandC#.TheJavaandOpenC++APIssupportthefullrangeofCommonAPIcapabilities.
• Supportforstandardintegrateddevelopmentenvironments(IDEs)–VisualStudio.NETdevelopmentenvironmentistheindustrystandardIDEfordeveloping.NETprograms.Itprovidesstate-of-the-artbrowsing,editing,debugging,graphicallayoutofdialogs(WinFormsandWebForms)andaunifiedIDEforweb,desktopandmobiledevelopmentneeds.VisualStudio.NETistherecommendedIDEfordevelopingNXOpen.NETprograms.Similarly,Javaintegrateddevelopmentenvironments–Eclipse,Netbeans,etc.offerdevelop-mentofplatform-independentJavaautomationprogramswhichmayusetheJFC/SwingAPIforinteractiveuserinterface.CustomprogramsusingNXOpenforJavaAPIcanutilizeanyoftheindustrystandardJavaIDEsforapplicationdevelopment.
DesignersandapplicationdeveloperscanworkwithKnowledgeFusiondirectlywithintheNXuserenvironmenttocreaterulesthatcapturedesignintent.Theserulescanbeusedtodriveproductdesign,ensuringthatengineeringanddesignrequirementsarefullyunderstoodandfullymet.KnowledgeFusiondeliversnewcostandtimesavingsandraisesqualitybystandardizingdesignprocesses,enforcingsourcingpracticesandincorporatingupfrontthemanufacturingandperformanceconstraintsintothedesignenvironment.
Availability and packagingTheabilitytoexecuteapplicationsdevelopedwithKnowledgeFusionisincludedwithallNXMachSeriessolutionsasaruntimelicense.KnowledgeFusionAuthorprogrammingisavailableasanadd-onsoftwarepackageforallNXMachSeriessolutions.
Easily record and replay interactive sessions
JournalingTheJournalcapabilityisarapidautomationtoolthatrecords,editsandreplaysinteractiveNXsessions.BasedontheprogramminglanguageVisualBasic.NETandC#,itproducesascriptedfilefromaninteractivesessionofNXwhichcanberunatalatertimetoreplaythe
Benefits continued• Supportsidentical
automationcapabilitiesforallprogramminglanguages
• ProvidesdirectautomationaccesstoMicrosoft’sextensive.NETlibraryandJavapackagesofre-usablesoftware
• PreservesautomationinvestmentsthroughcompatibilitywithlegacyOpenAPIwithcustomizedinteractionenvironments
• Allowsaccesstocross-platformmodeldataindiversenetworkedenvironments
Features• Flexiblesolutionsfor
automationandcustomization–forproductdevelopmentpersonnelaswellasprogrammers
• Softwaretechnologiestoenableuserstoeasilyembeddesignknowledgeandengineeringrulesinprograms
• CommonAPI–asinglefoundationforautomationinavarietyoflanguages
• Language-neutralprogrammingplatform
• PowerfuljournalingutilityforlightweightautomationofNXsessions
• CapabilityforrecordingNXinteractiveoperationsinanysupportedlanguage
• Menuanddialogcustomization
• Datamodelcustomization
NX programming and customization
NX
A journaling tool in NX records interactive sessions and allows editing and replay. This capability can be used to quickly automate repetitive tasks.
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NX Open for C++ APIOpenC++isanativeC++versionoftheCommonAPI,anobject-orientedinterfacetoNX.WritteninC++,thisAPItakesfulladvantageofobject-orientedfeaturesincludinginheritance,encapsulationandpolymorphism.OpenC++providescompleteaccesstoitsclasshierarchy,allowingcustomerstooverridemethods,derivetheirownclassesandcreateentirelynew,persistentobjectsinNX.NXOpenC++isfullycompatiblewiththeexistingOpenCAPI.NXOpenC++alsoprovidesafullyextensibledatamodel,allowingcustomerstodefinenewtypesofobjectsthatcanbetreatedjustlikestandardNXobjectsandstoredpersistentlyinNXpartfiles.JournalscanberecordedinC++,whichcanthenbeeditedandcompiledoutsideofNX.
Open C APITheOpenCAPIisadirectprogramminginterfacetoNXthatallowsuserstocreatecustomapplicationsusingthepopularprogramminglanguagesCandC++.ItisusedbyNXdevelopers,customersandalliancepartnerstoproduceuniqueapplicationstoaugmentNXortoactascompletelyseparateutilities.OpenCalsoprovidesafullyextensibledatamodel,allowingcustomerstodefinenewtypesofobjectsthatcanbetreatedjustlikestandardNXobjectsandstoredpersistentlyinNXpartfiles.
TheOpenCAPIhasconsistentlybeenratedhigherthanthoseofcompetitorsintermsofcompletenessandusability,andhasbeenrecognizedasoneofthemoststableandreliableAPIsfromreleasetorelease(basedonthenumberofdeletedandchangedfunctionsrelativetototalnumberoffunctions).
API availability and packagingAlloftheNXlanguageAPIsareincludedintheNXOpenToolkitsAuthorsoftwarepackage,availableasanadd-onforallNXMachSeriessolutions.ApplicationsdevelopedandexecutedusinganyoftheAPIsrequireindividualNXfeaturelicensesatruntimeforthecapabilitiesusedintheprogram.
User interface customization tools
NX menu customizationMenuScriptisatoolthatallowsendusersandthird-partydeveloperstouseASCIIfilestoeditNXmenusandcreatecustommenusfortheirownapplicationsinanintegrated,seamlessmanner.Menufilessupportcustomtailoringofthemainmenubarandthequickviewpopupmenu.Manufacturerscancreatespecializedmenusanduserinterfacedialogs,exposingandaugmentingonlytheNXfunctionsrequiredinthecustomworkflowprocess.
MenuScriptsupportspre-andpost-actionsformenuitemsforbothstandardNXmenuitemsandthoseprovidedbythird-partyapplicationsdevelopedwithOpenCandC++.MenuScriptalsoprovidesaMenubarReporttooltohelpreviewmenucustomization,diagnoseproblemsandassistinupgradingtofutureNXreleases.Adrag-and-dropmenucustomizationinteractionisalsoavailable.
AvailabilityMenuScriptmenucustomizationisincludedinallNXMachSeriessolutions.
• Applicationdevelopment–Supportsrapidapplicationdevelopmentbyofferingstreamlined,object-orientedclasshierarchies.TheCommonAPIisexposedthroughtheobjectbrowsersofferedbyVisualStudioandJavaIDEs.
• Coverage–ProvidesthesameautomationcoverageasavailablefromtheOpenCAPI.
• Remoting–Offersfullremoteexecutionsupportbasedon.NETremotingwhichiscompatiblewithCOM-basedsolutions,oronJavaRMI(remotemethodinvocation).JavaRMIisplatform-independent.
• Help–SupportsCommonAPIdocumen-tation,whichisfullyintegratedintotheVisualStudiointegrateddevelopmentenvironmentandiseasilydisplayedintheVisualStudioHelpformat.FullJavaCommonAPIdocumentationispresentedinthestandardJavaDocstyle.
NX Open for .NET APINXoffersanAPIforusewithMicrosoft’s.NETframework.BuiltontheCommonAPI,thisinterfaceprovidesprogrammaticaccesstoNXcoreapplicationfunctionality,makingitpossibletocreateadvancedautomationprogramsusinganyofthe.NET-compliantlanguages,includingVisualBasic.NETandC#.BecausetheAPIisbuiltonthe.NETframework,userscantakefulladvantageofallthebenefitsprovidedbythatframework.
NX Open for Java APITheJavaAPIsupportsplatform-independentprogrammingaccesstoNXthroughtheCommonAPIusingtheindustrystandardJavalanguage.UseofJavaJFC/Swingmethodsprovidesinteractiveinterfacesinapplications.JournalscanberecordedinJava,whichcanthenbeeditedandcompiledoutsideofNX.TheJavaAPIsupportsinteractive,batchandremoteexecution.
NX Open for .NET takes advantage of the Microsoft integrated development environment by providing access to object documentation directly from the Visual Studio object browser.
NX
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Tools for customizing the data model
User-defined objectsUser-definedobjects(UDOs)areobjectsthatcontaincustomer-specifieddataandcustomer-suppliedassociations.UDOscanbelinkedorassociatedwithotherNXobjectsincludingotherUDOs,andarekeptup-to-dateastheassociatedNXobjectchanges.UDOsenablethird-partyvendorsanduserstoaugmenttheirpartfileswithcustomer-specificapplicationdata.
Availability and packagingCustomizationofdataandassociationsinuser-definedobjectsisincludedintheNXOpenToolkitsAuthorsoftwarepackage.
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builder,objects,librariesanddocumen-tation.Andthistoolisnecessarytointeractivelycreateproduction-readydialogsandeasilyintegratethemintocustomapplicationsusingthetemplatecodegeneratorincludedwithUserInterfacestyler.
Availability and packagingNXDialogDesignersisavailableasanadd-onapplicationforallNXMachSeriessolutions.ApplicationsthatincludedialogsdesignedwithNXDialogDesignerscanberunbyanyNXMachSeriessolution.
NX
The User Interface Styler streamlines creation of interactive dialogs.
NX Dialog DesignersNXDialogDesignersprovidestwovisualdialogboxbuilderstocreateNXstyledialogsforuseincustomprograms:BlockStylerandUserInterfaceStyler.
Usingapoint-and-clickinterface,userscandevelopdialogsforOpenapplicationswithaminimumamountoftimeandeffort.NopreviousexperiencewithWindowsSDKorX/Motifisrequired.NXDialogDesignermanagesthesecomplexitiestocreateplatform-independentdialogs,withinteractiveobjectselection,designlogic,selectionfilter,selectionscope,inputvalidationandmacrosupportbuiltin.NXDialogDesignersincludeatemplatecodegeneratorforeasyintegrationwithcustomapplication.CodegeneratorsupportsC++,VB.NET,C#,JavaandKF.
Block StylerBlockStylerisavisualuserinterfacebuilderthatmakesitpossibletointeractivelydesignportableNX-styleblock-baseddialogs.Block-baseddialogsareNXstandardforallnewdialogs.UsedinternallybySiemensdevelopers,BlockStylerprovidestheapplicationmodule,dialogbuilder,objects,librariesanddocumentationnecessarytointeractivelycreateproduction-readydialogs.BlockStyleristherecommendeddialogdesignerforallnewthird-partydialogs.
User Interface StylerUserInterfaceStylerisavisualdialogbuilderandisrecommendedformaintain-ingexistingcustomdialogs.UserInterfaceStylerprovidesapplicationmodule,dialog