NXtips

A free collection of tips/tricks, keyboard shortcuts, best practices, for SIEMENS NX.

Feel free to ask questions via Twitter or open new issues here on GitHub. Pull requests are also highly welcomed.

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Social:

If you need help for your NX related questione:

• First try asking on official SIEMENS forums
• There is also a channel for #siemens-nx on Elmer's Discord server
• There is a Siemens: UG/NX on ENG-TIPS
• If you are part of the VDL ETG you may try the internal Yammer group (you need @vdletg.com email address)
• Siemens NX (Unigraphics) Users on GRABCAD

Keyboard Shortcuts:

File:

Command	Keyboard binding	ID
Save	Ctrl + S	UG_FILE_SAVE_PART
Open	Ctrl + O	UG_FILE_OPEN
New	Ctrl + N	UG_FILE_NEW
Save as	Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + A	UG_FILE_SAVE_AS
Save as new item type	Ctrl + Alt + ⇧ Shift + I	UI_FILE_SAVE_AS_NEW_ITEM_TYPE
Save as non-master parts	Ctrl + Alt + ⇧ Shift + N	UI_FILE_SAVE_AS_NON_MASTER_PARTS
Plot	Ctrl + P	UG_FILE_PLOT
Execute-Grip	Ctrl + G	UG_FILE_RUN_GRIP
Execute-Debug Grip	Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + G	UG_FILE_RUN_GRIP_DEBUG
Execute-NXOpen	Ctrl + U	UG_FILE_RUN_UFUN

Edit:

Command	Keyboard binding	ID
Undo	Ctrl + Z	UG_EDIT_UNDO
Redo	Ctrl + Y	UG_EDIT_REDO
Cut	Ctrl + X	UG_EDIT_CUT
Copy	Ctrl + C	UG_EDIT_COPY
Paste	Ctrl + V	UG_EDIT_PASTE
Delete	Ctrl + D	UG_EDIT_DELETE
Paste special	Ctrl + Alt + V	UG_EDIT_PASTE_SPECIAL

Modeling:

Command	Keyboard binding	ID
Extrude	X	UG_MODELING_EXTRUDED_FEATURE

View

Command	Keyboard binding	ID
Front	Ctrl + Alt + F	UG_VIEW_POPUP_ORIENT_FRONT
Top	Ctrl + Alt + T	UG_VIEW_POPUP_ORIENT_TOP
Left	Ctrl + Alt + L	UG_VIEW_POPUP_ORIENT_LEFT
Right	Ctrl + Alt + R	UG_VIEW_POPUP_ORIENT_RIGHT
Trimetric	Home	UG_VIEW_POPUP_ORIENT_TFRTRI
Isometric	End	UG_VIEW_POPUP_ORIENT_TFRISO
Orients the view to active sketch	⇧ Shift + F8	UG_SKETCH_ORIENT_VIEW_TO_SKETCH
Snap to the closest standard view	F8	UG_VIEW_POPUP_SNAP_VIEW
Fit	Ctrl + F	UG_VIEW_FIT
WCS display	W	UG_WCS_DISPLAY
Refresh	F5	UG_VIEW_POPUP_REFRESH
Edit section	Ctrl + H	UG_VIEW_SECTIONING
Toggle full screen	Alt + ⏎ Enter	UG_VIEW_FULL_SCREEN_MODE
Zoom	F6	UG_VIEW_POPUP_ZOOM
Rotate	F7	UG_VIEW_POPUP_ROTATE

Sketch:

Command	Keyboard binding	ID
Profile	Z	UG_SKETCH_PROFILE
Rectangle	R	UG_SKETCH_RECTANGLE
Line	L	UG_SKETCH_LINE
Arc	A	UG_SKETCH_ARC
Circle	O	UG_SKETCH_CIRCLE
Polygon	P
Studio spline	S
Quick trim	T
Quick extend	E
Fillet	F
Rapid dimension	D
Geometric constrains	C
Finish sketch	Ctrl + Q	UG_DIRECT_SKETCH_FINISH
Duplicate	Ctrl + drag
Move Orthographically	⇧ Shift + drag

• Hold the Alt key while draging/selecting to turn off the automatic constraint

Selection, information, show and hide

Action	Keyboard binding
Hide	Ctrl + B
Show and Hide panel	Ctrl + W
Immediate hide	Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + I
Show panel	Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + K
Show all	Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + U
Invert show and hidden	Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + B
Edit display	Ctrl + J
Object information	Ctrl + I
Toggle WCS display	W

Applications:

Action	Keyboard binding
Modeling	Ctrl + M
Sheet Metal	Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + M
Drafting	Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + D
Layout	Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + Y
Shape Studio	Ctrl + Alt + S

Others:

Action	Keyboard binding
Customize	Ctrl + 1
User interface	Ctrl + 2
Layer settings	Ctrl + L
Expressions	Ctrl + E
Touch Mode	F4

GUI: