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CMM 12 Migration drawings, nested symbols faild
CMM 12 Migration drawings, nested symbols faild IR Number: 9628079
Priority: 1
Business Urgency: No
GTAC Urgency: No
PR Matrix: Wrong Result
Problem Description:
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I-deas symbols are always migrated no associative. Because of this symbols with nested symbols migrated from I-deas can’t be updated nor repaired.
Application/Function: CMM 12 -> Migrate I-deas drawing to NX
Common/Part specific: Unknown
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Versions:
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NX 12.0.2
I-deas 6.6
CMM 12
Zip File Containing:
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Part: Yes
AVI: no
Syslog: Yes
Other Files: Yes
Steps to Duplicate:
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1.) Migrate Test.pkg to NX
2.) Open migrated drawing “81_00010_0001_01_001” in NX
a. find all symbols non-associative migrated
b. to replace each symbol S1 to un-lock it would be very cumbersome.
3.) However, in symbols with nested symbols it is not possible to replace a nested symbol at all. t!
See docx file for details and how to reproduce.
==> ERROR:
All symbols are migrated as non-associative symbols.
Work Around:
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unknown
Expectation:
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Please make sure CMM will migrate symbols associative, so they can behave like symbols from NX
Problem is part specific:
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unknown
Platform Information:
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Problem is platform specific: no
Platform: Intel Win10x64-bit
Problem verified on the following platform and OS versions:
Intel Win10x64-bit,
CMM 12/1847 NX12.0.2/NX1847.4100
Additional Notes:
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The problem "CMM 12 Migration drawings, nested symbols faild" has beeninvestigated and the following has been found.
A backported fix for migrating custom symbols was previously provided to the customer for CMM12. This fix is in NX 1899 - December 2019 Functional Release However, additional enhancements for the migration of nested symbols are now being requested.
Development verified the previous fix by migrating the drawing using NX1899 and then when opened in NX1899 and hover over the symbols, it now shows "Unlocked"which is not given when migrated with NX1872. As an example, custom symbol S1 is shown as the following in NX1872:
Custom Symbol(S1) : S1
While in NX1899 it is now:
Custom Symbol(S1)("Unlocked) : S1
Modifications to custom symbols can then be performed, however, when that symbol is nested within another symbol then the modification is not seen within this nested occurrence (see page 6 of submitted PR data document CMM12_Nested_Symbols.pptx). PR 9628079 Product Information: Product: NX , Application: CMM , Version: V12.0
Source: https://support.sw.siemens.com/en-US/knowledge-base/PL8132013 · retrieved 2026-10-02