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NX CAD for high-end product design
July 10, 2023

NX CAD for high-end product design

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with NX CAD

Product Design for new products or customized products. NX CAD is used in combination with NX CAM for production
  • OpenNX programming availability
  • PMI management
  • additive manufacturing modules
  • integration with Rulestream
  • Integration with TC Classification
  • Product Design
  • PMI
  • modelling
  • drafting
  • productivity improvement in complex design
  • more complex to learn than other CAD systems
  • plant design (including P&ID) to be improved
  • possibility to be customized and create automations

Do you think NX CAD delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with NX CAD's feature set?

Yes

Did NX CAD live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of NX CAD go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy NX CAD again?

Yes

Teamcenter, AVEVA Everything 3D (E3D), AutoCAD
Well suited for high end engineering design, for large companies, especially when used integrated with Teamcenter.
Less appropriate for smaller companiers

Using NX CAD

1000 - Engineering
10 - NX CAD knowledge
Teamcenter knowledge
Producy Knowledge
  • Design
  • Drafting
  • Simulation
  • Additive manufacturing replacing tools from competition
  • more PMI

Evaluating NX CAD and Competitors

  • Scalability
  • Integration with Other Systems
do not know

NX CAD Implementation

NX CAD was a game changer compared to 2D CAD
  • Don't know
Yes - NX CAD was implemented in a multi-year program
Change management was a big part of the implementation and was well-handled
  • training
  • move from 2D CAD to 3D

NX CAD Support

NX CAD version is going out of support after only 12 months. Changes will not be implemented after 12 months from prodcution
ProsCons
Good followup
Knowledgeable team
Problems get solved
Kept well informed
Immediate help available
Support understands my problem
Support cares about my success
Quick Initial Response
None
do not know
do not know

Using NX CAD

learning curve is steep
ProsCons
Like to use
Relatively simple
Well integrated
Consistent
Requires technical support
Slow to learn
Lots to learn
  • PMI
  • Routing