The NX™ suite of integrated CAD, CAM, CAE and PDM applicationstransforms the entire product development process by enablingcompanies to reduce waste, improve quality, shorten cycle time anddeliver more innovative products. NX is the industry’s only unifiedsolution that addresses every aspect of product development fromconcept ideation to manufacturing.

NX Overview

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Today’s product developmentchallenges

More than ever before,manufacturing companies aremotivated to develop moreinnovative products in shorterdelivery cycles while striving tomeet customer demands for highlevels of quality. But the need toperform “better, cheaper andfaster” in a highly competitiveglobal marketplace is easiersaid than done.

The issues that your productdevelopment process mustaddress are among today’smost daunting challenges. At firstglance, speed, cost, quality andthe capturing the customer’simagination are objectivesthat appear to be at odds.Conventional technologiesoften speak to one or twoof these goals, but few solutionsare designed to embraceall four concerns.

This dilemma requires a radicalrethinking of the traditionalbusiness model that has beenapplied to product development.Today’s challenges requirecompanies to examine everystep in the product developmentprocess and then improve eachof these steps individually –as well as to transform theproduct development processin its entirety.

Your product developmentprocess must master complexity.It requires the participationof multiple disciplines thattraditionally have beengeographically, organizationallyand technologically isolated.These barriers inhibit themarketing, design, engineering,simulation and manufacturingteams that develop a productfrom aligning their activitiesfrom the start of a project toits completion.

These cross-discipline teams needto understand the product’sevolving requirements, share theirbest ideas, retain the product’sdesign intent, manage change,communicate their concerns, andmonitor current status throughsystematic and repeatableprocesses that mirror theiterative and dispersed nature oftoday’s product developmentvalue chain.

Just as importantly, today’sproduct development process isexpected to compress its variouscycle times by minimizing leadtimes and eliminating tasks thatdo not add value – whilemaximizing knowledge re-useand proactively addressingdownstream issues before theyturn into costly mistakes.

To address these challenges,Siemens PLM Software providesthe NX suite of digital productdevelopment solutions.

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Introducing NX

The NX suite of solutions enables you to transform your entireproduct development process – as well as streamline the efficiencyof the individual steps that comprise this process. NX providesbest-in-class functionality for CAD, CAM, CAE and PDM for allof your product development initiatives.

The NX suite delivers unparalleled breadth and depth offunctionality, including:

Synchronous Technology, which enables you to seamlessly use themost productive modeling approaches in the same environment –including explicit solid and surface modeling, as well as parametricand history-free modeling.

Knowledge-based automation, which enables you to leverage theproduct and process knowledge that your company has gainedfrom its experiences, as well as from industry best practices.

Process innovation, which enables you to streamline and integratethe everyday work of your planning, concept design, engineering,simulation and manufacturing teams.

Lifecycle simulation, which enables you to streamline yoursimulation, validation and optimization processes and incorporateperformance simulation into your product development processearly and often.

NX is backed by Siemens PLM Software’s leadership in deliveringGlobal Innovation Networks, which enables your company tomake unified, information-driven decisions at every stage in theproduct lifecycle.

NX solutions target critical business initiatives

New product development and introductionImprove innovation by facilitating real-time global collaborationamong all lifecycle participants and processes

Value chain synchronizationExcel globally by optimizing the exchange of ideas andinformation between all value chain participants

Enterprise data managementImprove competitiveness by providing secure access to yourenterprise’s product and process knowledge

Commonization and re-useRe-use proven parts, equipment and processes to createcost efficiency and foster best practices

Knowledge and intellectual property managementCapture the knowledge and expertise of your lifecycleparticipants to continuously improve innovation

Regulatory complianceAchieve regulatory compliance by integrating safety,environmental, and government requirements

Production efficiencyIntegrate product and process design with manufacturing bestpractices to increase production quality and performance

System engineering and mechatronicsIntegrate mechanical, electrical and electronic subsystems,relationships and components

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NX business value

NX excels at delivering business value for companies that needan integrated environment for digital product development.

Robust and powerful problem solving. NX is able to handleextremely complex product development problems throughits comprehensive suite of CAD, CAM and CAE solutions.NX’s interactive design capabilities enable you to model complexgeometry and massive assemblies, improving performanceand capacity. You can use NX’s advanced simulation capabilitiesto handle the most demanding CAE challenges, providing a 30percent reduction in physical prototyping. NX also enables youto improve your manufacturing process by taking advantage oftoday’s most advanced tooling and machining technologies.

Flexibility. NX provides unprecedented flexibility to employtechnology of your own choosing – as well as the best-in-classtools offered in the NX solution suite. NX Design Freedomenables designers to combine constraint-driven modelingtechniques with direct modeling. Designers and CAE userscan use NX synchronous modeling tools to modify designgeometry created on other (non-NX) CAD systems or byother modeling techniques.

Unified coordination. NX delivers a unified productdevelopment environment and unified processes that can beleveraged to accelerate your cycle times. The seamless integrationof NX applications enables you to rapidly propagate informationand process changes across a development lifecycle that runsfrom concept design to manufacturing.

NX also leverages Siemens’ Teamcenter® software to establish asingle source of product and process knowledge for your productdevelopment environment. You can leverage this knowledge tocoordinate your cross-discipline teams, standardize yourprocesses and accelerate decision making.

Productivity. NX improves the productivity of your conceptdesign, engineering, simulation and manufacturing teams byfacilitating multiple re-use initiatives. Engineering teams canleverage multi-CAD data in their design, analysis andmanufacturing processes – minimizing the need to re-masterthis data and improving your analysis and machining cycle times.

Open environment. NX’s open architecture enables youto protect your existing IT investments. With this unifyingplatform, you can readily incorporate solutions from othervendors in the digital product development process. At anotherlevel, NX provides you with the opportunity to deploy itscapabilities on a variety of platforms, including Windows Vista,Windows XP, UNIX and Linux.

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Advantage Benefit

Best-in-class unified environment Eliminates data translation costs for cross-discipline activities

for design, simulation, tooling and Reduces maintenance, support and training costs

machining activities Minimizes time and cost impact of product changes that affect multiple disciplines

Leverages knowledge captured from experienced engineers, as well as industry bestpractices

Breaks down barriers to cross-discipline collaboration

Ensures products are constantly aligned with their strategic intent

Process-oriented environment Standardizes, automates and streamlines repeatable design processes

Improves development productivity through the use of embedded knowledge

Captures and manages design rules to balance conflicting requirements and ensure compliance

Broadest, most advanced Eliminates costly physical prototyping by simulating and validating products and processes acrosssimulation environment multiple product development stages

Enables cross-discipline teams to deliver faster iterations by using common data and models

Speeds up development by using simulation to deliver critical product performanceinformation earlier in the development cycle

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Industrial design and styling

Distinctive design and styling gives manufacturers a significantcompetitive advantage. But form, fit and function are equallyimportant since they determine whether customers have apositive product experience. NX addresses this complexity withan industrial design and styling toolset that designers can use torapidly define the design concept and then seamlessly transitionthese ideas through a complete concept-to-market process.

Concept design and styling. NX enables industrial designersto conceptualize their designs and perform surface and continuityanalysis, advanced rendering and concept evaluation in asingle environment that extends their traditional toolset.

NX gives designers the freedom to develop their concepts usingthe most appropriate modeling approach, including standardparametric and freeform techniques. NX provides all of the toolsthat designers need to explore shape and style. Designers can useNX’s curve-based design capabilities to create style and shapesvia splines and sketches.

With NX’s high-end surfacing tools, designers can create differentsurface types and combine curve-based surfacing, pole editing andsweeping into a single workflow that lets them choose the bestmodeling tool for the task at hand. NX also enables designers toevaluate and manipulate shapes in real-time.

Sophisticated NX modeling and visualization tools let designersquickly refine the design concept by applying color, materials,textures and lighting. NX real-time rendering enables designersto generate advanced photo-realistic images for rapid designreview – while NX virtual prototyping can be used for rapidconcept evaluation and iterative design validation.

Reverse engineering. NX’s highly flexible approach to reverseengineering speeds development of the initial design concept.NX tools can generate a CAD model from scanned physicalobjects by mapping surfaces and curves to the polygon mesh.Designers can use NX’s analysis and rendering tools to rapidlyevaluate the imported scan data.

Full design completion. NX has all of the tools and integrationrequired to facilitate full design completion. NX enables youto take the concept model directly into product engineering,including into detailed design, simulation, tooling and machining.

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Advantage

Create distinctive designs where style, aesthetic appearance, orquality of form is a key market differentiator

Consider styling, functionality, manufacturability and affordabilitythroughout an iterative design process

Rapidly evaluate design concepts through photorealistic imagesand virtual prototypes

Eliminate disconnect between your design/styling teams and therest of your product development organization

Design what you want and how you want it without theconstraints of standalone design tools

PROVEN VALUE

“Design intent isn’t compromised becauseour customers can manufacture directlyfrom our NX files.This is a big sellingpoint for PiliPili.”

Adriaan DebruyneCreative DirectorPiliPili ProductdesignKortrijk, Belgium

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Package design

In an increasingly competitive marketplace, companiescontinually look for ways to create innovative packagingwhile minimizing cycle time from product/package design tomanufacturing. NX’s package design solution enables you todeliver distinctive package designs that are visually compelling,as well as functionally superior in terms of their manufactur-ability, affordability and maintainability.

Package design and styling. NX’s complete toolset includespowerful design creation, shape editing and production surfacingcapabilities. NX provides all the tools needed to fully exploreshape and style. NX’s curve-based design capabilities let designerscreate styles and shapes via splines and sketches. You can useNX’s sophisticated modeling and visualization tools to quicklyrefine the design concept by applying color, materials, texturesand lighting. NX provides the freedom and control that designersrequire to evaluate and manipulate shapes in real time.

Designers can create and modify package shapes with NX’scombination of curve-, surface- and solid-based design techniques.NX’s fast modeling techniques yield high-quality surfaces that aretotally re-usable throughout the product development process.Advanced real-time rendering can be leveraged to producephoto-realistic images that accelerate the packaging review cycle.

Reverse engineering. NX’s flexible reverse engineeringcapabilities greatly reduce the time required to initially developthe package design concept. With NX tools, designers can scanin physical objects, such as clay or foam models, and generate aCAD model by mapping surfaces and curves to the polygonmesh. NX also provides tools to analyze the scanned model forstress/crush, mold-fill, manufacturability and virtual consumertesting.

“Green” compliance. NX validation checking enables you toinitiate an automatic process to ensure that your product andpackage designs comply with environmental, industry andcustomer-specified standards. You can use these capabilities tocontinuously monitor your designs as they evolve across theentire product lifecycle.

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Advantage

Create innovative package designs to attract customers in crowded,competitive marketplaces

Minimize cycle time from product/package design to manufacturing

Meet look and styling requirements while delivering functional,manufacturable and affordable package designs

Automate design process so it can rapidly address today’senvironmental/green concerns

Maximize package design re-use by developing concept models withhigh quality surfaces that can be leveraged throughout a completeproduct lifecycle

PROVEN VALUE

“Packaging is a very large componentof our product. It’s certainly the firstthing that a consumer sees so it’s a bigdriver of choice.Getting that right isvery important.NX is underpinning ourcommon way of working in thepackaging function.”

Huw EvansR&D Director of InformationUnileverHome and Personal Care DivisionLondon, England

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Mechanical design

Today’s design processes need to deliver increasingly morecomplex products that require the participation of multipleteams, disciplines and suppliers using independent CADsystems and different modeling techniques.

NX’s leading edge CAD modeling tools represent a radicaldeparture from conventional CAD systems in terms of thepower, versatility, flexibility and productivity they deliver toyour product development environment.

Comprehensive high-performance modeling. NX enablesyou to freely use any modeling technique that fits your designchallenge. NX’s comprehensive 3D design capabilities includewireframe, surface, solid and direct modeling solutions. Poweredby Siemens’ groundbreaking Synchronous Technology, NX letsyou unite feature-based parametric and history-free modelingin the same design environment. Designers can use NX to modifydesign geometry initially created on other CAD systems or byother modeling techniques – without re-creating data.

NX process-specific modeling provides logically constructedworkflows for performing design tasks, delivering built-in domainexpertise for industry-specific or complex processes.

Knowledge-enabled design. NX leverages the product andprocess knowledge that your company has gained from itsexperiences, as well as from industry best practices. Designerscan capture knowledge in the form of high-level productstructure, templates, frequently used design features, engineeringrules, formulae and validation checks. Knowledge-enabled designhelps you reduce design costs, compress the design cycle andimprove design quality.

Active mockup and assembly design. NX Active Mockupenables designers to easily navigate large assemblies and establisha context for detailed sub-assembly and component work. Designteams use NX’s interactive design capability to collaborativelyview, modify and evaluate complete digital mockups.

Designers can perform interactive clearance and interferencechecking to detect and eliminate fit problems. NX path planningand motion envelopes optimize products for assembly,disassembly, maintenance and service.

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Advantage

Accelerate the design process and improve design throughput byeliminating non-valued added tasks

Improve design team productivity and performance, especiallywhen handling large complex models

Fully integrate all of your design teams across the entiredevelopment cycle by retaining design intent even when differentdisciplines use multiple CAD systems

Raise quality and minimize design errors by “designing-in” –rather than “inspecting in” – product quality

Maximize design re-use by establishing common productplatforms and building established best practices in yourdevelopment processes

PROVEN VALUE

“The validated benefits for our daily workhave been more than a pleasant surprise.In the first year alone, the latest releaseof NX not only brought a very quickROI but cost savings that totaled over100,000 Euros.”

Patric DinkelHead of CAD/PDM Application SupportWittenstein AGIgersheim, Germany

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Electromechanical design

Companies that develop electromechanical products face criticalproblems as they try to coordinate a product developmentprocess that requires different disciplines to design and integratemultiple mechanical, electrical, electronic and control systemcomponents. Supply chain globalization and a growing demandfor more product variants compound the design challenge.

NX provides an integrated environment for all participants inyour electromechanical design process.

Single system solution. NX integrates mechanical, electronicand electrical design, as well as analysis and manufacturing,supporting every stage of the electromechanical lifecycle. NXfacilitates two-way data exchange between your MCAD andECAD domains and provides specialized functionality to helpcoordinate and accelerate multi-discipline electromechanicaldesign, including sheet metal, industrial and flexible printedcircuit board design.

NX automation and validation tools capture product andprocess knowledge that you can re-use to reduce developmenttime. Teamcenter-driven process management capabilitiesaccelerate your product lifecycle and manage product variants.

Systems-level engineering. NX’s systems design approach leveragesintelligent product control structures that retain key designcharacteristics. NX automatically propagates design change tosubassemblies and components. Both capabilities streamline theprocess you use to create, manage and leverage complex variants.

Printed circuit board modeling and ECAD integration.NX provides a full range of capabilities for interfacing yourMCAD and ECAD systems for complete physical design,facilitating clearance checking, packaging and simulation withassociative data transfer and management for PCBs.

Routed systems and wire harness design integration.NX enables designers to create and validate routed systems formechanical and electrical designs. Designers can quickly applylogical design changes to the routed system by using associativelinks between the P&ID layout and the 3D model. NX’s process-specific tools for electrical routing and wire harness designreduce errors and rework by integrating control system designinto your unified product development environment.

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Advantage

Streamline the development of electromechanical systems byuniting all domains, disciplines and processes into a singledesign environment

Reduce error and rework by integrating your ECAD and MCADdomains and using PCB designs in your product assemblies

Incorporate a full set of electromechanical simulation capabilitiesto evaluate all major design failure modes

Improve ease of use and productivity with process-specific sheetmetal design, industrial design and routing and wire harnessdesign applications

Boost engineering productivity by working with large assemblymodels and virtual prototypes that can be evaluated in detail

PROVEN VALUE

“One particular change,which took daysin another CAD system, took us 30minutes in NX thanks to its system-basedmodeling capability.”

Gus DesbaratsChairmanAlloyTotal Product Design

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Mechanical simulation

Today’s companies want to accelerate innovation by usingsimulation to evaluate different design alternatives, conductexperiments and gain new insights into product performance.However, some companies are unable to realize the full potentialof their simulation investments because simulation continues tobe disconnected from mainstream product development.

NX’s comprehensive set of digital simulation tools enables you tointegrate performance simulation earlier into your developmentprocess so you can investigate more design options and makebetter product decisions.

Design and design engineering. NX delivers easy to usegeometry based simulation solutions that facilitate rapid designfeedback NX’s Synchronous Technology enables CAE users toquickly make geometry modifications for early “what-if” analyses.• CAD-based finite element simulation environment for strength,vibration and thermal analyses.

• Embedded motion simulation tools

• Built-in wizards and the ability to create custom wizards forguided simulation and process automation

• Powered by NX Nastran

Advanced engineering. NX enables CAE teams to perform high-end analyses involving coupled physics. NX geometry editing andfinite element modeling are the fastest, most productive modelpreparation tools available, including:

• Extensive finite element model preparation tools

• Unique technology for modeling large finite element assemblies

• Extensive analysis solutions for linear and non-linear analysis,steady-state and transient flow analysis, conduction, convectionand radiation heat transfer analysis, fully coupled thermo-fluidand thermo-elastic simulation, multi-body dynamics withcontrols, response simulation and model correlation

NX-native CAE environments. NX provides a unifying platformfor incorporating in-house CAE software and popular CAEsolutions into an NX-native environment, including Ansys,Abaqus, Nastran and LS-Dyna.

Simulation process management. NX offers out-of-the-boxintegration with Teamcenter for increased collaboration andgreater visibility of simulation results throughout the organization.

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Advantage

Speed up development by improving communications betweendesigners and analysts and enabling cross-discipline teams to sharemodels/data

Reduce development cost through using virtual prototypes,as well as an open environment that works with most CAD andCAE applications

Produce better products by using simulation to evaluate moredesign alternatives, understand design tradeoffs and meetperformance, quality and cost targets

Reduce warranty exposure by finding and resolving productissues earlier

Deliver products faster by using a simulation processaugmented with best practices, requirements management andchange management

PROVEN VALUE

“The data integration of the digitalsimulation tools enabled this designeffort to be completed under a verytight schedule.The analysis processesprovided an unprecedented fidelity tothe results, allowing the design to passthe critical design review withflying colors.”

Sean McAllisterPrincipal Mechanical EngineerBAE Systems & IEWSBAE Systems

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Electromechanical simulation

Manufacturers increasingly need to blend mechanical, electrical,electronics and controls systems and components into theirproducts. This requirement adds a new level of complexityto product development since multiple disciplines with uniqueskill sets and distinctive work processes have to collaborate.

NX’s electromechanical simulation solution supports aconcurrent process where designers and analysts can seamlesslywork together while developing and testing a product’s design.NX provides your simulation user community with best-in-classmodeling tools and market-leading solvers for each step in thesimulation process.

All NX mechanical simulation solutions are relevant forelectromechanical simulation as well. However, NX offersmuch more. In fact, NX has solutions that address all majorcauses of electromechanical product failure, including heat,vibration and impact, dust and moisture.

Faster modeling.NX users benefit from bi-directional dataexchange with EDA design systems that prevents manual errorsand miscommunication. Another time-consuming task for analystsis fluid domain creation.With NX Design Freedom tools, fluiddomain creation is much faster. Equally important, since theNX fluid domain is fully associative with NX CAD data, the fluiddomain is automatically updated after every design change.

Systems engineering. The ability to understand and predict howdifferent systems will interact when brought together is crucialfor electromechanical product development. NX Motion userscan use co-simulation to understand and tune how an electroniccontroller will interact with their mechanical system prior tobuilding the actual hardware. NX Electronics Systems Coolingoffers a multi-physics environment to simulate thermo-fluidbehavior in densely packed electronic systems. NX SpaceSystems Thermal is specifically designed to handle orbitalthermal analysis problems.

Collaboration and data management. Tight integrationbetween NX and Teamcenter ensures that simulation engineersalways have access to product requirements and the latest designdata. These users are notified of any change that may requireanalyses to be re-computed. Additionally, by storing the results inTeamcenter, the entire development team can leverage simulationresults to make better informed decisions.

Advantage

Accelerate development by enabling cross-discipline MCAD, ECADand CAE teams to work together and share models/data

Reduce development cost by minimizing rework, maximizingexisting MCAD, ECAD and CAE investment, and leveraging acommon data model that drives simulation across multipledisciplines

Improve product quality with broader virtual testing ofdesign variables

Make better products by using simulation to evaluate designalternatives, understand design tradeoffs and meet performance,quality and cost targets

Meet delivery schedules using a common data pipeline and arequirements-driven, managed simulation process

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PROVEN VALUE

With only 14 weeks to design and delivera prototype laser hazard detection system,Trex Enterprises required an analysis-driven solution.

“The ability to work in a highlyintegrated environment,where designconcepts could be quickly evaluatedagainst all requirements,was criticalto the success of this fast-pacedprogram.”

George HoughtonSenior EngineerTrex Enterprises

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Tooling and fixture design

In a highly complex marketplace characterized by globalcompetition, tooling companies are pressured to reduce theircycles time, minimize tools cost and achieve first-time qualityeven as they strive to accommodate more complex parts. Thesedemands are compounded by the need to participate in widelydispersed supply chains where the need to integrate multiplepartners and different disciplines is crucial.

NX’s tool and fixture design solutions dramatically outperformconventional tooling design systems. Their automated capabilitiesenable you to seamlessly move from part design to finished tooldesign in far less time and with fewer errors than traditionalCAD applications. NX addresses your entire tooling and fixturedesign process by providing:

• Tier 1 solution, which automates and optimizes your mold,progressive die, stamping die and fixture design processes

• Tier 2 solution, which expands tier 1 with CAM integrationand electrode design capabilities that enable your tooldesigners to seamless work with manufacturing engineersand NC programmers

• Tier 3 solution, which extends your tier 2 solution withengineering process management capabilities that enableyour tool designers to work in a comprehensive partmanufacturing environment

The following advanced NX design, simulation andmanufacturing capabilities drive these solutions.

Mold design, including NX’s molded part validation,core/cavity optimization and mold base design capabilities

Progressive die design, including NX’s part preparation,process design and die structure design capabilities

Stamping design, including NX’s formability analysis, dieplanning, die face design, detailed die structure design anddie validation capabilities

Fixture design, including NX’s fully associative componentdesign, assembly positioning and mating, kinematic simulation,performance validation and component knowledgelibrary capabilities

CAM integration, including capabilities for integratingNX CAM into your tool design solution to automate yourdownstream manufacturing definition

Electrode design, including best practices and automatedprocesses you can use to model and design electrodes for anytool project that requires electrode discharge machining (EDM)

Engineering process management, including Teamcentercapabilities you can use to bring all of your product, part, tool,design, manufacturing and CAD data into a single source ofknowledge, as well as to establish concurrent design processesfor a comprehensive part manufacturing environment

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Advantage

Accelerate design-to-manufacture turnaround by reducing designlead time, minimizing manufacturing and machining time and cuttingdesign time/effort

Reduce tool design costs

Improve manufacturing efficiency by achieving first-time quality oncomplex parts

Improve teamwork across the entire part manufacturing process byearly engineering and manufacturing validation and tightlyintegrating your supply chain

Reduce machining time by implementing high-speed machiningprocesses that decrease electrode manufacturingand total mode manufacturing time

PROVEN VALUE

“Most of our molds are very small andneed very complex machining.NX proved to be the ideal solution.”

D.Miquel FiestasDirectorTalleres Fiestas, S.L.Catalunya, Spain

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Machining

To maximize the value of today’s latest and most powerfulmachine tools, it is crucial that manufacturing companies leverageNC programming systems that realize the full capability of theseinvestments. NX CAM provides a wide range of machine toolprogramming capabilities in a single integrated solution to enableyou to take advantage of the latest machine tool technologies andmanufacturing processes.

Advanced capability.NX’s high-speed machining strategiesfacilitate efficient hard milling while maintaining smooth motionand consistent chip loads. Synchronized point distributionproduces tool paths that deliver a superior finish at the machinetool. The NX machining library provides proven out-of-the-boxsolutions for machining tool steels.

NX supports the latest generation of multi-function machinetools, including multi-channel milling, drilling and turningcapabilities for simultaneous 5-axis support. NX facilitates a widerange of flexible 5-axis machining with many tool axis controloptions.

Programming automation. NX’s automated feature-basedmachining strategies enable you to apply machining processes tohole and surface features in the parts model. You can use NXCAM wizards to capture and re-use proven machining processesthat lead NC programmers through step-by-step machiningsequences. You can leverage embedded product manufacturinginformation (PMI) in an NX 3D model to drive your machiningprocess decisions.

Production-ready output.G-code-driven machine toolsimulation validates NX programs in the context of the machinetool. Complete toolkits with proven post processors, G-codesimulation drivers, 3D machine tool models, setup examples andsample parts are available for select multi-function machines.You can use NX Postbuilder’s graphical user interface to createpost processors with simple drag and drop techniques. Hundredsof posts are available in the NX online post processor library.

Integrated part manufacturing.NX CAM is totally integratedwith other NX solutions so that NC programmers can directlyaccess comprehensive design, assembly and drafting tools in asingle part manufacturing environment. With design throughmanufacturing associativity, design changes are automaticallypropagated to machining operations. Programmers andmanufacturing engineers can work with part models, create andassemble fixtures, develop tool paths and even model entiremachines for 3D machining simulation in this environment.

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Advantage

Improve the productivity of your machine tools by takingadvantage of the latest machine tool technologies andmanufacturing processes

Save up to 90 percent on programming time by automatingroutine tasks

Achieve faster and repeatable NC programming by capturing andre-using proven machining processes

Get it right the first time on the shop floor by simulating andvalidating NC programs in the context of the machine tool

PROVEN VALUE

“NX CAM covers our processes frombeginning to end and never sets a limiton our creativity.”

Erik KlemmCAM ManagerAWM MoldTech AGMuri, Switzerland

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Engineering process management

Increasingly, product makers are dispersing engineering, designand manufacturing to whatever location operates most costeffectively. NX’s approach to engineering process managementprovides a single, organized and secure source of productengineering and process knowledge that companies can useto drive global product development.

Powered by Teamcenter, engineering process management allowsglobally dispersed groups that use different CAD, CAM and CAEtechnologies to work as a single entity and maximize the quality,productivity and timeliness of the products they deliver.

Engineering data management.NX seamlessly managesMCAD, ECAD, CAM, CAE and other product data initiallycreated by multiple disciplines. NX tightly integrates engineering,marketing, customer and government requirements into thisknowledge base. Advanced search and retrieval tools enable NXusers to quickly locate component and product information byattribute or shape. Classification management enables teamsto classify, locate and easily re-use parts, products, processes andengineering knowledge captured during product development.Advanced security protects critical information by applying bestpractices, including ITAR compliant access rules.

Engineering structure and configuration management.NX users can build and modify hierarchical structures toconfigure products for engineering and design. Design teams canleverage NX’s context management capabilities to define, manageand share their working contexts. Product teams can associativelydefine and relate multiple BOM representations of the productstructure for different lifecycle stages. You can leverage NXoption and variant management capabilities to organize yourproducts into modules and marketing options, thereby enablingyour company to quickly respond to rising business opportunities.

Engineering change and process management. You canleverage NX revision/version controls to manage iterativeinformation changes. NX’s preconfigured, best practiceworkflows enable design teams to view the impact of proposedproduct changes, as well as initiate, administer, review, approveand execute these changes. You can leverage NX’s workflowand process management capabilities to automate additionalworkflow processes that route product informationfor review/approval.

Open application and system integration. Siemens’ openPLM foundation enables your company to integrate mission-critical ERP, CRM and SCM investments into your NXenvironment as well as rapidly accommodate new suppliers,partners and customers.

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Advantage

Significantly improve development time, quality and productivity byenabling different development teams to work together as an singleentity regardless of location

Implement your design-anywhere, build-anywhere initiatives througha single-source of product and process knowledge

Improve enterprise productivity, reduce cost and accelerate yourprocesses by consistently managing change across your entireproduct lifecycle

Eliminate ambiguity and streamline your engineering anddevelopment processes by leveraging clear and concise visualinformation

Maximize enterprise performance by bringing industry-leading,best-in-class development applications together in a single productdevelopment environment

PROVEN VALUE

“People can search and find what theyneed quickly. Everything they’ve everdone is inside the managed repository.Tool designers can re-use tools andcheck out tools and see what was donein the past.They’re not forced to find printsthat may not have been filed correctly.”

Gary MunchDesign engineer and CAD administratorWiremold

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