NX is an advanced CAD/CAM/CAE software originally developed by Unigraphics and now owned by Siemens. It is used for design, engineering analysis, and manufacturing of finished designs. NX provides capabilities for CAD, parametric modeling, simulation, sheet metal design, assembly modeling, and CAM. It is a competitor to software packages like CATIA, Creo, Autodesk Inventor, and SolidWorks.

1. NX Unigraphics

2. NX, formerly known as NX Unigraphics or usually just UG, is an
advanced high-end CAD/CAM/CAE software package originally
developed by Unigraphics, but since 2007 by Siemens PLM Software.
It is used, among other tasks, for:
• Design (parametric and direct solid/surface modeling)
• Engineering analysis (static; dynamic; electro-magnetic; thermal,
using the finite element method; and fluid, using the finite volume
method).
• Manufacturing finished design by using included machining
modules.
• NX is a direct competitor to TopSolid, CATIA, Creo, Autodesk
Inventor, and SolidWorks.

3. Key functions
• Computer-aided design (CAD) (Design)
• Parametric solid modeling (feature-based and direct modeling)
• Freeform surface modeling, class A surfaces.
• Reverse engineering
• Styling and computer-aided industrial design
• Engineering drawing (Drafting)
• Product and manufacturing information (PMI)
• Reporting and analytics, verification and validation
• Knowledge reuse, including knowledge-based engineering
• Sheet metal design
• Assembly modeling and digital mockup
• Routing for electrical wiring and mechanical piping
• Computer-aided engineering (CAE) (Simulation)
• Stress analysis / finite element method (FEM)
• Kinematics
• Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and thermal analysis
• Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) (Manufacturing)
• Numerical control (NC) programming

4. NX for Design: Advantages and Benefits
Advanced Design Solutions Drive Smarter Decisions
• NX for Design is an integrated solution that helps you develop
innovative new products. With leading-edge design tools and
technologies, NX streamlines and accelerates the product
development process. Unlike CAD-only solutions and closed
enterprise solutions, NX delivers the highest integration
between development disciplines in an open, collaborative
environment.

5. Design Advantages
Fast, Flexible, Efficient Product Design
• NX design tools are superior in power, versatility and
productivity. You can work faster and more efficiently in
the full range of design tasks, from 2D layout through 3D
modeling, assembly design, drafting and documentation.
Work Seamlessly with Data from Other CAD Systems
• With synchronous technology, NX allows you to directly
use models created with other CAD systems. You can
import and modify CAD geometry from any source with
speed, ease and efficiency. NX is the solution of choice for
multi-CAD, collaborative design.

6. Design Advantages
Power and Capacity for Complex Products
• NX assembly design tools are ready for the most complex
assemblies, even those with thousands of parts. You can create full
multi-CAD digital mockups with NX to quickly identify issues and
resolve problems.
Integrated Design Validation
• To help you fulfill customer and engineering requirements, NX offers
integrated, automated design validation capabilities. You can
continuously monitor your designs for compliance with company
and industry standards, and more easily produce designs that
achieve your goals and customer requirements.
Visual Analytics Improve Decision-Making
• With NX visual reporting and analytics, you can instantly gather
product and process information and visualize its impact in the
context of the 3D design. Visual synthesis of PLM data accelerates
the design process and improves decision-making.

7. Design Benefits
Reduce Development Time by More than 30 Percent
• With breakthrough technologies, efficient interaction and
streamlined workflows, NX design tools help you accomplish design
tasks much more quickly than with other CAD systems.
Increase the Number of New Products Introduced Each Year
• By improving design productivity and throughput, NX can help your
engineering teams pursue more opportunities and develop more
products without more resources.
Reduce Delivery Cycle Time by 35 percent
• With integrated design, simulation, tooling and manufacturing, NX
can help you transform and streamline development processes,
using the same knowledge and data from the first concept to the
shop floor.

8. Product Design
Accelerate Innovation with Leading-Edge 3D Product Design
Software
• The increasing complexity of products, development
processes and design teams challenges you to find new tools
and methods to deliver greater innovation and higher quality
at lower cost. NX 3D product design software from Siemens
PLM Software delivers power, efficiency and cost savings that
extend beyond the design process to all phases of product
development.

9. 3D CAD Modeling
NX mechanical design software
delivers comprehensive
modeling, enabling you to use the
most productive modeling
approaches interchangeably –
from explicit solid and surface
modeling to parametric and
direct modeling.

10. Assembly Design
NX provides the most powerful
CAD assembly design tools
available. Supporting both top-
down and bottom-up design
techniques, NX gives you
advanced assembly
management and navigation for
the most complex assemblies.

11. Sheet Metal Design
• Using familiar terminology and
workflows, NX helps you
efficiently create sheet metal
parts based on the knowledge of
material properties and
manufacturing processes. NX
sheet metal design tools
incorporate material and
bending information, enabling
the model to represent both the
formed component and
flattened blank shapes.

12. Template-Based Design
• Designing from product templates
helps you accelerate design,
standardize product design
processes, and maximize the time
and cost savings of re-use. With NX,
you can quickly create templates
from existing designs and easily re-
use them for new designs.
Source :https://www.plm.automation.siemens.com

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