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NX CAD

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What is NX CAD?

Siemens NX software is an integrated product design solution that helps deliver products faster and more efficiently. NX delivers design, simulation, and manufacturing solutions that enable companies to realize the value of the digital twin.

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NX CAD USAGE OVERVIEW

Rating: 8 out of 10
July 16, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use NX for the plastic part design. We use for the plastic exterior component lie Energy absorber and aprons . Scope is in expression work for the lobe of the energy absorb...
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Verified user
Engineer
NX CAD7 years of experience

NX CAD : Great tool for 3D modeling

Rating: 9 out of 10
July 1, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
I am using NX CAD for mainly 1. For modeling of 3D complex geometries. 2. For simulation and analysis of new designs. Using NX CAD for simulation helps to evaluate the perfor...
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Verified user
Engineer
NX CAD2 years of experience

NX in a Energy company

Rating: 8 out of 10
June 27, 2024
Vetted ReviewVerified User
We are using NX as a CAD/CAM tool in Engineering department and Manufacturing department.We are leveraging MBD approach and we integrate 3D model coming from different supplie...
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Maurizio Cortesi
Technician - Information Technology
Senior Software Engineer
Baker Hughes
NX CAD15 years of experience

NX CAD user from last 4 years in automotive sector

Rating: 9 out of 10
May 27, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We utilize the NX CAD software extensively for design and development of Automotive components. At present, the project deliveries and timeline are most challenging. The inter...
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Verified user
Analyst
NX CAD4 years of experience

The direction is good!

Rating: 9 out of 10
April 10, 2024
Vetted ReviewVerified User
We use the NX for Mold Designing. Start it with the product design via the mold design until the CAM programs. The most difficult the standard libraries keeping up to date.
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Verified user
Engineer
NX CAD15 years of experience
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What is NX CAD?

Siemens NX software is an integrated product design solution that helps deliver products faster and more efficiently. NX delivers design, simulation, and manufacturing solutions that enable companies to realize the value of the digital twin.

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  • No setup fee

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  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Product Demos

NX CAD Sketch Beginners Tutorial#16 | Sketch Exercise | Practice | demo.

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Features

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Computer Aided Design Software features aid in automating the design processes.

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Product Details

What is NX CAD?

Siemens NX software is an integrated solution that aims to help users deliver better products faster and more efficiently. NX delivers design, simulation, and manufacturing solutions that enable companies to realize the value of the digital twin.

Supporting every aspect of product development, from concept design through engineering and manufacturing, NX gives users an integrated toolset that coordinates disciplines, preserves data integrity and design intent, and streamlines the entire process.

Siemens NX CAD is a product development solution: NX for Design offers features and capabilities to help get a product to market faster.

NX for Design aims to enable users to deliver products “right to market, first time" using more virtual product models and fewer, more costly, physical prototypes. This is to drive market gains, lower development costs, and improved product quality.

NX CAD Screenshots

Screenshot of NX technology can generate multiple design options. (It's like having an extra employee dedicated to "trying out" different designs.) Then Additive Manufacturing (3D printing) can be used to generate the part.Screenshot of Studies show an inordinate amount of time can be spent by designers as they look for previous or similar parts. The software can search for similarly-shaped parts.Screenshot of NX has the ability to validate a part (or assembly) and its adherence to standards, collisions, and manufacturability.Screenshot of Virtual inspection and mark up full sized assemblies.Screenshot of a rendering created from the actual product design. Notice the lighting and surface realism.

NX CAD Videos

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Electro-Mechanical Design

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NX CAD Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsWindows
Mobile ApplicationNo

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Frequently Asked Questions

Siemens NX software is an integrated product design solution that helps deliver products faster and more efficiently. NX delivers design, simulation, and manufacturing solutions that enable companies to realize the value of the digital twin.

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Reviewers rate 2D Drafting highest, with a score of 8.7.

The most common users of NX CAD are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Reviews From Top Reviewers

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NX CAD for high-end product design

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
July 10, 2023
Verified User
Director in Engineering
Oil & Energy Company, 10,001+ employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
NX CAD
10 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Product Design for new products or customized products. NX CAD is used in combination with NX CAM for production
Pros
  • OpenNX programming availability
  • PMI management
  • additive manufacturing modules
Cons
  • integration with Rulestream
  • Integration with TC Classification
Likelihood to Recommend
Well suited for high end engineering design, for large companies, especially when used integrated with Teamcenter.
Less appropriate for smaller companiers

Siemens PLM-NX user review

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
February 28, 2015
Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Railroad Manufacture Company, 10,001+ employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
NX CAD
7 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Norfolk Southern's equipment design and equipment manufacturing facility is made up of a 6 person engineering team that is responsible for designing and developing new and preexisting machines for Norfolk Southern. For a smaller design team, we really are only involved with the design and product development side of Siemens PLM software through the use of NX CAD, NX Nastran, and NX Cam. Having just recently purchased NX Cam, we have greatly increased the amount of products being produced while significantly increasing our products overall quality.
Pros
  • Seamless interaction across multiple departments.
  • The software allows you to create a very high level of control and organization within your engineering staff. This reduces the companies mistakes and maximizes productivity.
  • The software makes it very easy to track your product through every phase of the production cycle.
Cons
  • Speaking from experience with NX, each revision seems to be focused more on the layout of icons as compared to the functionality of the features.
  • Features within NX that have been used for years are no longer being used as a result of new revisions. Doesn't make a lot of sense to the end user. It would be nice to know what the reason is on a much larger scale (ie large customer recommendation?)
Likelihood to Recommend

How many departments will be using the product?

How does each department or area within any given company work with or rely on each other? You have to know or be able to create a streamlined approach to doing work for the PLM software to really work. The software adds a lot of necessary structure.

NX CAD user from last 4 years in automotive sector

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
May 27, 2024
Verified User
Analyst in Engineering
Automotive Company, 10,001+ employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
NX CAD
4 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We utilize the NX CAD software extensively for design and development of Automotive components. At present, the project deliveries and timeline are most challenging. The interconnected modelling and drafting modules helped to reduce project lead time and fulfil the promised deliveries. NX CAD is user friendly and provides better control on commands for generating complex Class A surfaces very effectively.
Pros
  • Rendering of components
  • Modeling of plastic components such as instrumental panels and Console
  • Generation of Complex Class A surfaces
  • Generation of splines and complex geometries
  • Integration of CAD and CAM
Cons
  • The tool has scope to develop an algorithm for generating surfaces from the point data.
  • Include of option to convert .STL to any CAD format will be helpful.
  • The time taken to open/save the assembly can be reduced.
  • The connectivity of splines laying in different planes can be improvised.
Likelihood to Recommend
There is perfect integration between NX CAD and NX CAM modules with less data loss. Better graphical interface and simplified commands makes NX CAD a better software then others.

The tool has scope to develop an algorithm for generating surfaces from the point data. Include of option to convert .STL to any CAD format will be helpful. The connectivity of splines laying in different planes can be improvised.

Good 3d software, but not the best in being user-friendly.

Rating: 6 out of 10
Incentivized
June 16, 2022
LW
Luca Wilden
Junior Engineer
Wilden (Plastics, 11-50 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
NX CAD
3 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Siemens NX CAD is mainly used by us o draw and archive 3d and 2d technical drawings of tooling and product assemblies. For example testing tools for plastic products, we engineer and produce. Tooling can also be composed of many sub-components. We also need to manage 3d assemblies to create exploded drawings and assembly instructions.
Pros
  • Modeling
Cons
  • The thing that I need to keep all the parts, usually in common with other assemblies, in the same folder is very uncomfortable if I need to revise a single component.
  • I would prefer to have 1 file for each part and just select it when needed. (with Solidedge this is possible).
Likelihood to Recommend
Even after years of using it I still find it more user-friendly and easy to customize and use programs such as Solidedge or Solidworks. The things that I cannot order constraints in an assembly are uncomfortable. The thing is that if I delete a function while modeling a component the error message never goes away, even if I correct and refresh is uncomfortable.

Siemens NX CAD is a very versatile 3D Modeling software

Rating: 9 out of 10
September 27, 2022
AK
Abrar Khan
Product Design/Development Engineer
Jyoti Plastic works Pvt Ltd (Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering, 201-500 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
NX CAD
5 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Siemens NX CAD is being daily used for 3D Design & Drafting. It has simple User Interface & Multiple commands. It is user friendly. Very important 3D Modeling commands. It Supports 3D Modeling, Mold wizard, Sheet Metal, 2D Drafting, Assembly, Progressive Die tools, etc. It supports multiple export formats like, .x_t, iges, step, sldprt , etc.
Pros
  • It has simple commands for 3D Modeling
  • Its User interface is very simple
  • It is user friendly & supports team PLM
Cons
  • They Can add simulation for Plastics & FEA
  • They need to improve their updates & cost
  • They can improve their new versions & remove bugs
Likelihood to Recommend
Siemens NX CAD support team is very responsive & active. They are having updates very frequently & good layout for commands & User interface. They have commands simple to use & operate on low configuration systems. Siemens NX CAD supports 3D modeling , 2D drafting. It has options for CAD library which is very useful for similar projects & easy reference.
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