How to Create a Drawing Template and Add to NX 7.5 Template List - Ally PLM

How to Create a Drawing Template and Add to NX 7.5 Template List

January 30, 2013 In NX, Technical By Ally PLM

How to Create a Drawing Template and Add to NX 7.5 Template List

First create your Drawing file and give it meaningful name. I’m going to call mine BC A Template.prt.

While you still have the template open, create an image for the preview of the template.

  • Go to File-Export- JPEG

 

Browse to a location to save the JPEG so you know where it is at.


Click OK. Close out of the Part File. Move the drawing template (BC A Template.prt) and the preview image (BC
A Template.jpg of it to the default location of your templates in C:\Program Files\UGS\NX 7.5\UGII\templates. We now need to edit the ugs_drawing_templates.pax file in the following location: C:\Program Files\UGS\NX 7.5\UGII\templates.

  • Edit this file with notepad. Right Mouse Button on the file and open with notepad.

    Below is what we see in the .pax file.
    We need to create another Palette Entry ID in the .pax file. I’m using English units for my new template, so I’m going to copy one of the ID’s already with English Units. I’m going to highlight and copy.

    I’m going to scroll down to the bottom so I can see what the last Palette Entry ID is.

    • It is d27. For my new drawing Template I’m going to use d28. Yours may not be d27.


    I’m now going to create another line by hitting enter on the keyboard between the end of PaletteEntry for d27 () and the end of the Palette (). I’m then going to Right Click and Paste the text from earlier.


    Here is the result. What is highlighted in blue is what was pasted here.


    Now edit the text to fit your new custom template. Highlighted in Red is what I changed.


    Changed in Red:

    • PaletteEntry id to d28 which is next available id in .pax file
    • Presentation name: BC A Template Is what will display in the New File List
    • Preview Image type location: BC A Template.jpg
    • Filename: BC A Template.
    • Units: English

     

    The custom template (BC A Template) is now in my File-New list

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8 Comments

  • Carl Loader

    October 29, 2013 at 2:44 pm Reply

    Hi, I know this post is a few months old now, but I am curious of something. Once you have added your new templates to the pax file, should the new templates be visible when for example one would like to add a new sheet to an existing drawing (right clicking on the drawing frame in the part navigator > insert sheet, then a list of templates appears, which you can choose from)? I ask this because the company I work for has their own drawing templates, which are select-able when creating a new 2D drawing. But, if one wants to add a sheet to the drawing, or modify the existing sheet, the only templates that can be chosen are the standard NX templates.

    Many thanks in advance!

  • JC

    March 6, 2014 at 12:50 pm Reply

    Hi, I followed this tutorial to create our companies drawing borders. The problem we’re having is the drawing border changes size with the scale of the drawing. Is there an easy fix for this problem?

  • Satyarath Gupta

    December 10, 2014 at 3:46 pm Reply

    Hi….I would like to know if I am working on Teamcenter UG NX….Will it work? or is it for Local System NX Drawing?

  • Sebastien Brunner

    February 27, 2015 at 1:07 pm Reply

    I followed step by step instructions and nothing happens. Anyone know why? I work under NX8.5 …
    Many thanks in advance

  • Krefy Rig

    March 28, 2016 at 6:32 am Reply

    How do I save the Drafted diagram in pdf format? When I click on "save as", the option to save it as .pdf isnt available.

  • Akash kumar

    September 3, 2016 at 6:55 am Reply

    Hi,
    Will i be able to choose the newly created template from the model part itself or when inserting a sheet?

    Thanks!

  • Avinash Patel

    January 6, 2017 at 6:29 am Reply

    hey,
    good afternoon guys,
    i created a part file with all the details of my company but i cant save it as a tamplet..
    one more question can i use tamplet thats made by another software? please give me a kind feedback.
    thanks…

    • Kyle Bentley

      March 30, 2017 at 8:52 am Reply

      Are you still using NX7.5? If so, make sure you move your “templatename.prt” to the default location where the templates are stored. (C:\Program Files\UGS\NX 7.5\UGII\templates) Then make sure to edit the correct pax file, which is ugs_drawing_templates.pax This does create a reference existing template inside NX. You also will need to make sure you have the correct spacing in the .pax file. When you go to a new drawing, you will have to change your drop down from “stand-alone” to “reference existing.” So, there are 2 things to check, make sure your drawing file is in the template folder and you edited the pax file correctly.

      In regards to using templates from other software’s, the answer is no, it has to be a NX file, however you can use the geometry from the other drawings then import them into NX. A great way to do this would be utilizing a dxf file.

      – Ally PLM

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