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NX Plotting Basic Setup Guide

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NX Plotting Basic Setup Guide (NX3 onwards)

The steps for configuring NX plotting are described below:

1. Ensure that you have the printer/plotter set up in Windows and that Windows can print to it. It does not matter if

this is connected to a share on a server or set up locally.

2. Create a directory where you want to keep your plotter settings. This could be on a server if you have multiple

clients that all want to see the same settings.

e.g. c:\nxplotters

3. Start NX

4. Click File > Utilities > Printer Administration (If this option is not available change your active role to

Advanced with full menus)

If this is the first time you are setting up plotting using the directory you created above, select ’ Create and Edit ’

and pick the directory you created above. Leave ’ Create from Printer Group ’ as ’ System Default ’ and OK

5. Click on the Models tab

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Find the closest match to your plotter in the list and select it.

Click ’ Save As ’ to create your own copy of the model with a new name



6. Find the newly created plotter model in the list, highlight it and click on Properties.

In the properties dialog , the paper sizes available can be modified if required. Important …Also the Class should

be noted.

By default it might read Raster/RTL



This is not always the best option for performance, often changing this to HPGL, HPGL2 or Postscript will

improved the time to generate a plot considerably.

Click ok when finished modifications

7. Click on the ’ printers ’ tab and click ’ Add ’

Give your printer a new name, and pick the model you just created form the list (it will be at the bottom)



Ensure ’ NT/Queue ’ is ticked and pick your windows printer from the list, then OK

NOTE! – If you do not have the plotter defined as a local printer it can still be accessed using the unc path.

E.g. \\lhrsrv02\UK_UK_helpdesk . To do this select the option "Device" (NOT LPR/Queue!) and enter the

path in the lower box.

8. Highlight the new printer in the list and click ’ System Profile ’



Edit the settings as appropriate for your printer - specifically Paper Size and plot scaling (for printers rather than

plotters), then OK, and OK once more

9. Exit from NX, File > Exit

10. Edit the ugii_env.dat file that your setup of NX is using, set the variable UGII_SDI_SERVER_CFG_DIR to

point to the plotting directory that you set up in Step 2.

Remember to remove the # from the start of the line.

e.g.

# This variable specifies a single printer group directory that is

# shared by all users. If you prefer to use multiple printer group

# directories, then specify the directories in a printer group list

# file instead. Before setting this variable, review printer group

# concepts presented in NX Help documentation.

#

UGII_SDI_SERVER_CFG_DIR=c:\nxplotters

11. Restart NX, open a part or drawing. The select File > Plot



Change any settings as necessary, for more advanced options you can select the "Advanced Plot" button which will

bring up the following dialog.



The CGM Viewer button will show you a preview of the display that is to be plotted.

For Multiple Seats of Unigraphics

Once configured correctly, to roll out to multiple seats of NX, ensure that UGII_SDI_SERVER_CFG_DIR is set

correctly for each client, and that the Windows printer(s) are set up the same on each client.

To Plot Drawing Line Widths Correctly(in NX3 and NX4)

After Selecting File > Plot , enable the Use Drawing Sheet Widths toggle. If this does not work change the

Option under widths to Custom 3 Widths and define widths as required

In NX3 and NX4:

In NX5:



� This page was last modified 10:36, 27 May 2008.

Useful Tips

If you frequently get the message: "image exceeds printable area" when in reality you plot is an acceptable size.

This message can be suppressed by setting the environment variable "UGII_SDI_IGNORE_SIZE_WARNING=1"

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