NX Mach Design Solutions

NX Mach design

increasingly more sophisticated and solutions advanced design capabilities. NX Mach Designer This entry-level solution offers tools for creating and editing designs of typical mechanical components and assemblies, with solid modeling and drafting, basic Prepackaged high-performance freeform modeling and sheet metal design. NX Mach Designer includes tools CAD solutions for design review, rapid prototyping, web publishing, validation checking, re-use Benefits Summary library and custom program execution. It • Boosts product design efficiency The NX Mach™ software products are also offers design-oriented stress and prepackaged solutions delivering high- vibration analysis wizards. • Accelerates mechanical design performance computer-aided design processes (CAD) capabilities of NX™ software, the NX Mach 1 Product Design • Improves collaboration leading solution for mechanical design. This solution delivers all the capabilities They offer competitively priced solutions of NX Mach Designer and includes • Reduces design process waste tailored to specific product development the necessary tools to integrate to • Improves design quality roles, practices and processes, in four Teamcenter to provide powerful data performance tiers. Value-added upgrades management and visualization • Single environment facilitates process are available to move customers from capabilities for product and process from model to printed part one tier to the next. Each package deliv- management. ers complete capabilities for production Features work. NX Mach 2 Product Design • End-to-end mechanical product design The Mach 2 Product Design package solutions with a rich set of supporting NX Mach 1, 2 and 3 solutions include provides enhanced product design tools everything needed to integrate with capabilities including flexible printed Teamcenter® software to provide • High-performance modeling, drafting circuit board design, validation checking, optional extended engineering process and comprehensive assembly design user-defined features, rendering, 3D management tools through scalable powered by synchronous technology annotation for product and manufactur- collaboration and advanced and Convergent Modeling ing information (PMI) and basic routing. management. • Comprehensive preconfigured solu- All of the NX Mach design solutions share NX Mach 3 Product Design tions tailored for the full range of a common denominator of high-perfor- The Mach 3 Product Design package product design applications mance CAD functions and powerful provides a high-performance solution • Power and flexibility that supports high-definition 3D (HD3D) Visual with NX capabilities for advanced assem- virtually any design methodology, Reporting, enabling designers and engi- bly design, advanced freeform modeling whether top-down or bottom-up neers to quickly understand key elements and surface analysis, design optimization of their designs. Each level of the solu- and molded part validation. tions builds upon the other, providing

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Features continued NX Cool Shape Design Enhancing basic design • Cornerstone of a complete product NX Cool Shape Design is a modeling-only through production development system environment delivering NX tools for fast NX Mach design software packages and easy development of complex deliver comprehensive and scalable • Foundation for product lifecycle shapes. NX Cool Shape Design includes digital product development that management the advanced freeform tools and NX addresses all stages of the product • Extendible with a selection of add-on Realize Shape™ subdivision modeling. development process, from basic design application modules through production. NX Mach 3 Industrial Design • Works with surface and facet geometry The NX Mach packages transform the Mach 3 Industrial Design delivers a broad in the same CAD model product development process and range of NX design tools, and extends support dynamic change within organiza- the freeform modeling capabilities with tions by: NX Realize Shape, bringing powerful subdivision modeling capabilities into the • Increasing innovation throughout NX environment. the product development process • Eliminating waste by better utilizing NX Mach 3 Additive Design with time, material and intellectual Convergent Modeling resources The NX Mach 3 Additive Design with Convergent Modeling™ solution includes • Improving quality from the beginning all design capabilities of Mach 3 Product NX Mach design solutions offer Design and added functionality for key advantages: designing parts that will be produced using additive manufacturing and 3D • Unified solution – seamless application printing processes. This includes integration rapidly propagates changes advanced Convergent Modeling func- to product and associated process tions for working with polygon models as information well as specific additive manufacturing • Teamcenter integration – all tools capabilities. necessary to integrate with Teamcenter • Knowledge-driven automation – re-use of product and process knowledge across all elements and phases of product development • Integrated simulation and validation – comprehensive simulation and validation tools check product performance and manufacturability throughout every step of product development NX

Mach 3 Additive Mach 1 Mach 2 Mach 3 Mach 3 Design with Mach Product Product Product Cool Shape Industrial Convergent Designer Design Design Design Design Design Modeling Teamcenter Teamcenter integration for NX • • • • • • Design modeling Feature-based solid modeling • • • • • • • Synchronous technology • • • • • • • Core Convergent Modeling • • • • • • • Advanced Convergent Modeling • Drafting • • • • • • Assemblies • • • • • • • Advanced assembly modeling • • • WAVE control • Basic freeform modeling • • • • • • • Advanced freeform modeling • • • • User-defined features • • • • Design for additive features and checkers • Process-specific modeling tools Sheet metal design • • • • • PMI • • • • Flexible PCB • • Basic routing • • • Industrial design Photorealistic rendering • • • • Visualize shape • • • • Freeform shape • • • • Realize Shape • • • Advanced surface analysis • • • • Product validation Product validation • • • • HD3D Visual Reporting OOTB reports • • • • • • • HD3D Visual Reporting custom report editing • • Optimization and sensitivity study tools • • • • Molded part validation • • • Runtime licenses Runtime for custom program execution • • • • • • Data exchange

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NX Mach design capabilities

Teamcenter Integration for NX Advanced Convergent Modeling NX offers full integration with Extends the Convergent Modeling capabil- Teamcenter software. The powerful data ity with direct editing and repair of facet management system provides tools for models to ensure they are suitable for vaulting, check-in/check-out, revision design and 3D printing. Capabilities management, attribute synchronization include automated facet cleanup, interac- and searching. It also includes data tive facet repair (facet snipping, hole conversion capabilities for generating filling, fixing minimum radius issues, visualization files. Synchronous technology editing sharp facets, smoothing, and Direct modeling with synchronous re-meshing), CAD topology creation and Design modeling technology offers a fast and intuitive editing (dividing and merging facet faces). approach to creating and editing designs using simple push-and-pull methods, and Drafting enables you to work directly with geom- NX drafting automates and streamlines etry created with other CAD systems. For engineering drawing production. Draw- greater versatility and design flexibility, ings are associative to models, so model you can use synchronous modeling changes automatically update and are interchangeably with all of the other reflected in related drawings. Drafting modeling tools. A configurable, role- capabilities include dimensioning, sym- based user interface displays the bols, tabular notes, sheet layout and commands you need as you need them, placement of standard orthographic and and grows as your experience level auxiliary views, automatic view creation from the 3D model, hidden line process- Feature-based solid modeling grows. The core modeling capability in NX ing and automatic parts list generation. combines wireframe, surface, solid, Templates that include drawing borders parametric and direct modeling in a and view layouts can be dragged and single environment that enables design- dropped into models to automate much ers to choose the most appropriate tool of the work associated with manually for the task at hand. NX delivers full created drawings. Drafting tools can be feature-based parametric solid modeling configured to comply with the drawing and advanced features including blends, standard selected by the user – ANSI, thin-wall, draft, mirrored features, open ISO, JIS, DIN, GB and ESKD. profile features and patterns. It provides support for the creation of 2D/3D wireframe models, swept and revolved solids, Boolean operations and basic parametric Core Convergent Modeling editing. Included are variational sketch- Convergent Modeling is a game-chang- ing tools for quick and efficient ing technology for working with facet conceptual design as well as tools for geometry. It is now possible to design general modeling and editing tasks. with facet geometry using the same Models retain the original parametric parametric, feature-based methods as values and may be edited using intuitive used with traditional CAD geometry. dimension-driven techniques. Familiar feature-based modeling tools (Boolean, trim, offset, shell, scale, taper, Assemblies blend, chamfer) can all be used when NX assemblies supports top-down and working with facet geometry. Designers bottom-up assembly modeling. It sup- can work with facet geometry in assem- ports the “design in context” approach bly modeling, drafting, PMI and other where changes can be made to any applications. component of the design model while NX

working in the context of the assembly. Basic freeform modeling Process-specific modeling tools Assemblies can be easily traversed using Basic freeform modeling is a core suite of Sheet metal design the assembly navigator in conjunction tools for creating freeform solid or sur- NX provides solid modeling tools that are with intelligent component searching face shapes from wireframe geometry. focused on design for manufacturing of capabilities. NX assemblies also include History-based parametric methods are sheet metal parts. Designers can create support for creation of flexible assem- included. Creation methods include sheet metal component models using blies and parts, enabling different offsets, extensions, rulings, lofts, sweeps, feature-based design tools for tabs, flanges arrangements and configurations of network and boundary fill. It also pro- and other typical features. Users can define components such as springs and pistons. vides support for tangent and forming tables and bend sequence tables, curvature-continuous shapes. and flatten and reform the solid model, taking into account material deformation Advanced freeform modeling properties. The sheet metal tools generate Advanced freeform modeling extends the accurate flat pattern data for downstream NX basic freeform capability to include applications. shapes driven by laws and conics, blended shapes controlled by guiding curves, flange surfaces, guided construction of surfaces from facet meshes, midsurface construction and the ability to globally deform solid or surface Advanced assembly modeling shapes. The advanced assembly modeling capabilities in Mach 3 design packages enable User-defined features you to simplify components or subassem- Designers using NX can capture and store blies into a single lightweight solid, to families of features for easy retrieval, enclose assembly geometry in an enve- editing and re-use. User-defined features lope of planar faces, to partition enable designers to establish relation- assemblies into meaningful regions, and ships between parameters, define PMI to manage weight and other mass prop- feature variables, set default values and NX product and manufacturing informa- erties of components and assemblies. decide the general form the feature will tion enables designers to digitally author Component filtering techniques enable take. User-defined features reside in a 3D annotation and product data in a solid designers to quickly identify and load the re-use library that is accessible by anyone part or assembly. PMI includes 3D dimen- components of relevance to their current using NX modeling. sions, geometric dimensioning and task, avoiding unnecessary delays and Design for additive features tolerancing (GD&T) data such as datums screen clutter caused by loading irrel- and checkers and feature control frames, 3D notes and evant components. The additive features and checkers help customizable nongeometric information verify that designs are suitable for 3D that can be directly associated to an NX WAVE control printing. The tools check minimum wall model. NX WAVE is a geometry linking tool that thicknesses, identify design features that enables designers to define interpart will require build supports and locations Flexible printed circuit board design relationships for parametric assembly where supports may be difficult to NX provides an environment for design of modeling. WAVE assembly control struc- remove, and also identify design features both flexible and rigid printed circuit tures and constraints help simplify design smaller than a minimum radius, internal boards (PCBs). The PCB design tools help changes and accelerate modeling of voids where excess printing material model printed circuits rapidly and accu- configurations, options and variants. cannot be removed, or narrow internal rately in the context of an assembly and channels that complicate removal of send the outlines to manufacturing or to excess printing material. With these tools an ECAD system for further refinement. designers can define the desired print The printed circuit model developed in NX coordinate system, apply print serial can be checked for clearances and toler- numbers and share data via the 3MF ances, and then the finished board model format. can be transferred to an ECAD system for further refinement, such as component placement or circuit trace or layer development. NX

Basic routing scenes with image-based lighting Advanced surface analysis NX Mach 2 and 3 deliver routing capabili- schemes are provided for easy setup. A comprehensive suite of tools for check- ties for designing pipe, tube and cable Editing tools enable designers to change ing that CAD models meet geometric, runs. The routing tools also enable them or create new ones. The studio task manufacturing and aesthetic quality intelligent part selection and placement environment streamlines the rendering standards. The tools check for deviation, of standard components such as elbows workflows with a concise set of tools and continuity, draft, radius, curvature, and tees. The routing capabilities can be context-specific commands that stream- highlights, reflections, gap and extended by adding discipline-specific line setup of rendered images. flushness. functionality for advanced applications including cabling, piping and tubing and Freeform shape Product validation heating, ventilation and air conditioning A comprehensive suite of tools for indus- (HVAC) design. trial design, styling and reverse Check-Mate validation runtime engineering. With the tools designers can The Check-Mate tool enables customers Industrial design create freeform shapes of the highest to set up and enforce rules to monitor quality (class-a), and develop styled design integrity and improve product primary, secondary and tertiary surfaces quality. This product validation tool (styled sweeps, blends and corners). The includes various standard checks for files, tools fully support class-a working meth- models, drawings and assemblies. ods (surface shaping, fitting, snipping, Results of validation checks can be and edge matching) to achieve up to G3 delivered using HD3D Visual Reporting. curvature continuity. With the reverse engineering capabilities designers can Optimization and sensitivity import facet scans into fully parametric study tools traditional CAD models, detect shape The optimization tool enables NX expres- Rendering from the facets (primitive and curvature- sions to be varied algorithmically to drive NX includes high-end, realistic and based), and fit curves and surfaces a design objective toward a desired photorealistic display for communicating (planes, cylinders, cones, spheres, free- maximum or minimum value. The sensi- product designs. Using Advanced Studio form) as parametrically editable features. tivity study capability provides a way to to dynamically visualize and inspect The power of feature and synchronous systematically vary multiple selected NX realistic display of the designs through- modeling streamlines detailing and expressions while logging one or more out the design and manufacturing editing of designs. measurements to explore a given design process helps to understand designs space for viable design candidates. better, make better design decisions Realize Shape faster and shorten the design cycle for NX Realize Shape uses subdivision mod- more innovation. Ray Traced Studio eling methods to create advanced 3D photorealistic rendering produces images product shapes with unprecedented for design reviews, marketing or sales speed and ease of use. The toolset is collateral, catalogs or manuals earlier in equally suited to creating quick 3D the process, speeding time to market. concepts or final surface shapes of the Libraries of physically-based materials and highest quality. NX Realize Shape is fully integrated with all other NX modeling functions, allowing for seamless incorpo- ration with traditional modeling approaches to achieve a high degree of refinement of the design. NX

HD3D Visual Reporting comes with a set Additive Manufacturing of predefined, out-of-the-box reports Additive manufacturing enables design- that provide design teams with answers ers to drastically re-imagine design so to commonly asked questions. Reports that the properties of the part exceed the related to ownership, check out, part capabilities of traditionally manufactured maturity, projects, load status, validation components. With Convergent Modeling status and more are available for instant technology, users can immediately begin use. With the authoring capability, using scanned data to design products. companies can create and modify custom Combining Convergent Modeling with reports to extract and present the data. the capability to manufacture parts using 3D printing directly from NX simplifies Runtime licenses the additive manufacturing process. Mach design packages can run applica- Since this functionality uses the tions created with our wide range of Microsoft’s 3D printing toolkit and the application programming interfaces widely supported 3D Manufacturing (APIs). Format (3MF), you can rely on wide compatibility. Molded part validation Translators/interfaces NX Mach 3 packages include a molded part validation tool that enables design- Data exchange ers to check the moldability, even if they NX data exchange tools include the most know little about mold design. NX ana- commonly used translators needed to lyzes parts and automatically provides bring data into and out of NX, including designers with information about draft IGES, STEP AP203, STEP AP214, DXF/ angles, undercut areas, sharp corners, DWG, STL and 3MF. These translators small radiuses and other items that could include geometry repair and simplifica- compromise molding quality. It also tion capabilities to ensure the most provides designers with an easy visual useful data possible. All of the translators check of core and cavity sides. can be run externally from NX or directly inside NX using “File Import/Export” and HD3D Visual Reporting “File Open/Save As” commands or from HD3D Visual Reporting software blends the command line, making them custom- information of interest from your com- izable to any workflow. pany’s data sources directly into the 3D product design environment. This helps designers make unambiguous assess- ments, interpret information more accurately and synthesize product and process data rapidly into correct design decisions.

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