NX Mach Series Add-On Modules

NX Mach Series

add-on modules NX STEP AP 242* Bidirectional translation using the STEP AP242 translation protocol.

NX CATIA V4 translator* Delivers bidirectional translation between Extending product development features and CATIA V4 and NX. Users can access files from the file open, file save as, file import and file capability of NX Mach Series solutions export dialogs. This tool flattens assemblies to a single level on both import and export.

Benefits Summary NX CATIA V5 translator* • Extend features and capabilities of The NX Mach™ Series software offers Provides bidirectional translation and reads the NX Mach Series preconfigured solutions targeted to spe- CATPart and CATProduct files. This tool reads cific product development disciplines and coordinate systems, points and part substruc- • Configuration through process-, problems. You can extend and enhance ture, geometry, assembly structure and, attri- industry- and application specific the functionality of the Mach Series with butes of data of color, layer and name into NX. tools add-on modules. These add-ons enable • Flexible token-based licensing you to configure your solutions to specific requirements with specialized design tools, standard parts applications, design- integrated simulation solutions, programming and customization toolkits and direct translators. The “Token licensing” marked add-ons in the product overview are part of the NX Pro/E Interface* value- based licensing pool. Token licens- Reads native Pro/E and CREO solids and sur- ing provides you with extra flexibility, as faces from *.prt and *.asm files and creates you can use the tokens to activate any an NX part or assembly. product that is part of the token pool. NX ACIS Translator* Core applications Two-way data exchange between NX and CAD NX provides various core functionalities models in the ACIS modeling kernel format. that enable you to exchange data between proprietary systems and NX, check designs in real size with our virtual reality tools and give you an extra boost in usability with Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered command prediction.

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NX Translator for IFC NX DMU & Markup Add-on for NX Realize Shape* Bidirectional translation using the NX Viewer* Using subdivision modeling methods, Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) file for- Provides the NX Viewer user with the users can create advanced 3D product mat, which describes architectural, build- ability to perform digital mockup shapes with unprecedented speed and ing and construction data. functions. ease of use. The toolset is equally suited to creating quick 3D concepts or final NX Command Prediction* NX Virtual Reality Review surface shapes of the highest quality. The machine learning/ artificial intelli- The NX Virtual Reality Review license pro- NX Realize Shape™ is fully integrated gence enabled user interface can predict vides integrated immersive studies and with all other NX modeling functions, and serve up commands to the user based design review capabilities. Users can allowing for seamless incorporation with on learned command usage patterns. It review designs with the help traditional modeling approaches to allows design environment personaliza- of a virtual reality (VR) headset and achieve a high degree of refinement of tion by considering the differences in VR-supported hardware. the design. knowledge, style and preferences. Leveraging and sharing of learned command usage data enable a reduced learning curve, promote use of domain and or industry-specific best practices and increase productivity.

NX Viewer* With NX Viewer, NX models and drawings can be opened, viewed and measured in NX Virtual Reality Collaborate NX Draw Shape* the native NX format. This is ideal for When used together with NX VR Review, Enables designers to visually convey and users who have access and need to view this add-on supports multi-user NX VR ses- communicate aspects of the design prior NX data, but do not intend to save or re- sions. Any number of NX Virtual Reality to investing in 3D models. This add-on author NX data. Review users can join a single collaborate enhances NX capabilities by enabling session. The NX VR multi-user collabora- freehand drawing of wireframe shapes NX DMU and Markup* tion server synchronizes operations that on bodies. Provides access to digital mockup (DMU) each participant performs. and markup functions including create DMU workset, create snapshot, manipulate snapshot, insert product, move in work set, reset to design state and add markups.

Product design The core modeling capability of NX com- Mechanical bines wireframe, surface, solid, parametric and direct modeling in a single Industrial design and styling environment that enables designers to Create aesthetically appealing, innovative choose the most appropriate tool for the products with fast concept design, free- task at hand. Pioneering capabilities such form shape modeling and surfacing capa- as synchronous technology and bilities including subdivision modeling, Convergent Modeling™ technology make class-A surfacing and reverse engineer- it easy to edit designs with simple push- ing. Enhanced visualization with both pull methods and work with facet/mesh dynamic and real-time photorealistic data in the same modeling environment. rendering tools to create visually stun- The adaptive UI of NX uses machine ning models. learning to help designers improve productivity.

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NX Layout strength, rigidity, impact resistance, optimization, such as design symmetry, This 2D conceptual design solution energy absorption or porosity, as well as offset, shelling, blending, additive over- allows you to take advantage of essential custom and randomized lattice struc- hang angles, additive self-supporting, 2D requirements and to leverage a famil- tures. Filtering for individual lattice rods and additive material spreading, mold- iar drawing environment. NX Layout pro- and creation of special tetrahedron sur- ing, casting, machining and extrusion. vides many dedicated tools to support 2D face and volume lattice structures is data migration, 2D design and layout as possible. NX Advanced Sheet Metal* well as 2D-to-3D capabilities to explore Users can model complex sheet metal concepts in 2D, iterate and transfer to 3D parts that contain drawn features and to generate 3D models and assemblies. nonlinear bend lines. The advanced flange function allows easy creation of NX WAVE Control* nonlinear flanges using customer input NX WAVE Control is a geometry linking parameters or existing geometry to tool that enables designers to define define shapes and specify end limits. The interpart relationships for parametric completely revised joggle function assembly modeling. WAVE assembly con- enables complex joggles to be added to trol structures and constraints help sim- flanges or tabs including single and mul- plify design changes and accelerate tiple jogs. The flat pattern feature pro- modeling of configurations, options and vides rich data for downstream variants. consumption.

NX Structure Designer* Create structural frames more efficiently with its easy-to-use stuctural frame modeling capability. You can create structural frames in minutes by leveraging the frame drawing assistant, which can create 2D skeletons with minimal clicks.

NX Assembly Path Planning* NX Fabric Flattener* The assembly path planning software Designed to generate flat patterns for automatically determines the optimum, woven or unidirectional fabric materials. interference-free path for extracting a It can be used to flatten composite lami- component from an assembly. The result- nate plies, or any materials that conform ing path is stored as a set of steps within to the theoretical models for woven or an assembly sequence. The extraction unidirectional fabrics. path can streamline serviceability studies NX Topology Optimization for by verifying component access without Designers NX Human Modeling* requiring a physical prototype or exten- This design optimization tool can be used Designers can create feature models of sive analysis. to automate the improvement of struc- human beings, which can be used to tural designs, while still meeting the vari- explore and verify how people interact NX Lattice Structures Design ous performance, material and with product designs. The human models Often used in additive manufacturing, manufacturing requirements. It contains can then be used to explore and verify lattice structures allow weight reduction powerful optimization capabilities includ- how people interact with product designs without compromising structural integ- ing the ability to set up and perform an all within the NX environment. rity. NX Lattice Structures Design pro- optimization on a single component or vides a powerful set of design capabilities system assembly, the ability to add vari- including custom lattice cells to suit spe- ous design and manufacturing con- cific design needs such as improved straints to control the results of the

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NX Human Modeling Posture assembly constraints and dimensions referenced point cloud objects into layout Prediction* between components of a 3D assembly models (for example from NX Line Designer Specifically aimed at the automotive and reports on the status of requirement and ship design applications) and perform industry, posture prediction allows users checks on measurement. The package various operations on the point clouds to position a model of a human driver, can be used standalone in NX or in con- including measurements and clipping. front passenger, or rear passenger in a junction with Teamcenter MBSE param- NX Reference Point Cloud View helps statistically accurate seated position eter management. improve virtual planning workflows and inside an automotive vehicle. Users spec- reduces the number of errors during the ify the position of the hands and feet in a NX Physical Architecture Diagram physical implementation. specific location, such as the driver’s Viewer* hands and feet touching the steering The viewer shows connections such as NX Join* wheel and brake pedal and the model WAVE links, assembly constraints and Reduces the time to place and define fas- then predicts an occupant’s hip location, dimensions between components of a 3D teners and hardware, while improving the eye locations and arm and leg positions assembly and reports on the status of quality of the fastener assembly design. based on the type of vehicle and the requirement checks on measurement. Users can define standard join features with occupant’s hand and foot locations. information and attributes about the connection between assembly components. NX NX Weld Assistant* Join covers the basic definition of point- Creates weld, structural adhesive and based connections including rivets, bolts, mechanical connection features. It adhesives, and spot welds. includes resistance spot welds, mechanical clinches, arc welds in the shape of fil- lets, butt, J, V, bevel and flared bevel. Sealer beads can be generated with any cross-sectional shape and spray-on adhesive, mastic or glue can be defined. There are validation checks for all discrete weld types along with import and export capa- NX Physical Parameter Management bility. An automatic annotation function Author* generates standard weld symbols and Also used for MBSE, this add-on manages PMI, and all weld features can be pub- mechanical requirements and measures NX OmniFree Transformer lished to Teamcenter when running in results for master 3D and CAE models. It Morph surfaces to points or curves in the managed mode. enables users to create and report on NX environment. The points/curves com- measurements in the CAD model and pensate for springback which occurs during NX Drawing Automation* also reports status of checks on values stamping. Provides a framework for developing a from CAE results performed in other company-specific drawing automation applications such as Simcenter™ 3D solution. With this framework, users can software. define a highly customized set of rules for creating drawings to specification. Also NX Physical Parameter Management included are tools for developing custom Viewer* templates used to automate the drawing The viewer displays reports on measure- process. ments in the CAD model and also reports status of checks on values from CAE NX Physical Architecture Diagram results performed in other applications Author* such as Simcenter 3D. Used for model-based systems engineering (MBSE), this add-on helps with man- NX Reference Point Cloud View aging and tracing large numbers of NX Reference Point Cloud View allows product and technical requirements users to visualize point cloud files in the throughout the design process. It can point database (POD) format. The soft- show connections such as WAVE links, ware enables designers to easily add

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NX OmniMesh Transformer NX Technical Data Package Product Template Studio Author applica- This add-on is used for tool morphing, A technical data package can contain tion. This consumer license will also providing capabilities to morph surfaces important technical data such as models, enable the template model user interface to CAE meshes, STL or point clouds in the drawings, associated lists, specifications, to be automatically invoked as template NX environment. The mesh/STL/point models are consumed from the NX Reuse cloud compensates for springback which Library. occurs during stamping. NX Open Toolkits Author NX Open is a collection of application programming interfaces (APIs) that enable custom applications for NX through an open architecture using well- known programming languages (C/C++, Visual Basic, C#, Java, and Python). Complex and repetitive tasks can be automated, third-party applications inte- Model-based definition grated and the NX interface customized. Model-based definition capabilities in NX standards, and performance require- enable the production of a complete digi- ments. NX Technical Data Package pro- NX Open for .NET Author tal definition of a product within a 3D vides functionality to create, modify, The NX Open for .NET Author license pro- model. By empowering the model as the save, store and re-use technical data vides the NX .NET API libraries, documen- single source of truth, NX reduces the package templates and to publish techni- tation, and utility tools required to create time spent on engineering documenta- cal data packages to industry-recognized .NET custom applications. tion, drives downstream tools for valida- formats, JT plus PDF and 3D PDF. tion and manufacturing, and reduces late changes and scrap. Knowledge re-use The knowledge re-use capabilities in NX such as a 3D search engine shorten design cycles, reduce development costs, and improve productivity. With knowledge-driven automation capabilities, your company can capture, re-use, and consistently apply best practices across product lines. NX Open Python Author The NX Open Python Author license pro- NX Product Template Studio Author vides the NX Python API libraries, docu- Templates can be used to modularize a mentation, and utility tools required to design, breaking a complex assembly create Python custom applications. into manageable modules that can then NX PMI Effectivity* be recombined as needed to configure NX Open Dialog Designers NX PMI Effectivity helps users who design complex products. NX Product Template NX Open Dialog Designers provide the products that contain a large number of Studio Author can add a user-defined application modules, visual dialog variations determine which product and interface to any parametric model, which builder, libraries and documentation nec- manufacturing information (PMI) on a allows parametric models to be intui- essary to interactively construct produc- model is relevant for each product con- tively described and packaged for later tion-quality dialogs for use in the NX figuration. NX PMI Effectivity adds the re-use. environment and supported platforms. ability to infer the effectivity of PMI The dialog designer consists of two objects based on the geometry refer- NX Product Template Studio design tools: the Block Styler, which pro- enced by the PMI. This will enable the Consumer* vides interactive tools to design block- display of only those PMI objects that are Display and interact with user-defined based dialogs, and the User Interface relevant to the selected configuration of template interfaces created by the Styler, which provides various widgets to the product. construct a dialog for use in the NX environment.

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NX Open GRIP Author Graphics Interactive Programming (GRIP) is a programming language that enables automated operations in NX. In some cases, GRIP can perform advanced, customized operations in a more efficient manner than using NX interactively. NX Open GRIP Author provides GRADE (GRIP Advanced Development Environment) for editing, compiling and linking GRIP programs. NX DFMPro Design validation This validation add-on executes design- NX provides powerful visual product ana- NX Simcenter FLOEFD for-manufacturability (DFM) checks on lytics and validation tools that enable you A full-featured 3D computational fluid your CAD model by using a one-button to quickly synthesize information, check dynamics (CFD) analysis solution, which click to identify potential problem areas. designs for compliance to requirements, enables design engineers to work directly This check returns valuable information and make informed decisions. Integrated on their CAD models to prepare and eval- about model integrity with respect to design-for-manufacturing checks signifi- uate CFD simulations of fluid flow and downstream manufacturing processes. cantly reduce engineering change orders heat transfer. The checks include coverage of injection (ECOs), manufacturing defects, costs and molding, casting, sheet metal, tubing, delays. With design-integrated motion, NX EasyFill Analysis general machining and assembly. structural, and thermal simulation tools This integrated mold flow simulation tool in NX, you can quickly compare design enables designers to analyze part and NX VDA 4955 Checker* alternatives and optimize performance mold designs during early stages of The Association of German Automobile characteristics from the earliest stages of design. The analyses can be done with a Industry (VDA) add-on checks the quality the design process. pioneering 3D technology and through of curves, faces, solids and drawing data high-performance 3D filling simulation. in an NX part file. It verifies that curves NX Animation Designer* and surfaces are in compliance with With this easy-to-use motion simulation NX EasyFill Analysis – Advanced international standards and local country application designers can model the kine- Validates mold designs prior to manufac- regulations. matic behavior of any product with mov- turing through capabilities such as multi- ing parts in a time-based manner. This gate analysis, packing, shrinkage, fiber NX HD3D Visual Reporting* application helps designers gain a better orientation and others. In addition to NX HD3D Visual Reporting software understanding how the product will these capabilities, simulation preprocess- inputs information of interest from your operate and determine clearances ing and postprocessing are performed company’s data sources directly into the between parts during movement. NX inside the NX CAD environment. 3D product design environment. The Animation Designer can also be used to capability helps designers make unam- create disassembly animations for visu- NX Check-Mate Author biguous assessments, interpret informa- ally appealing product presentations. NX Check-Mate provides an automated, tion more accurately and synthesize customizable tool that helps users proac- product and process data rapidly into cor- tively improve product quality. The cus- rect design decisions. NX HD3D Visual tomization capabilities deliver reliable Reporting comes with a set of pre- model and part checking and make sure defined, out-of-the-box reports that pro- that your CAD data meets your vide design teams with answers to expectations. commonly asked questions. Reports related to ownership, check out, part maturity, projects, load status, validation status and more are available for instant use. With the authoring capability, companies can create and modify custom reports to extract and present the data.

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NX One-step Formability Analysis* NX Routing HVAC* to meet specific needs. A typical work- NX One-step Formability Analysis pro- NX Routing HVAC delivers 3D tools for flow includes several review steps that vides a quick and accurate finite element creating, modifying, validating and docu- must be completed before the cutout can modeling (FEM) sheet metal forming menting HVAC systems. It optimizes be created to satisfy and close the analysis, while also providing tools for HVAC design workflows through intelli- request. creating flattened blanks and pre-forms gent path creation, specification-driven from complex freeform geometry. part selection, smart part placement, col- NX P&ID Designer lision detection, weight calculations, duct Designers can create piping and instru- Routed systems splits, duct size calculation and knowl- mentation diagrams with this 2D author- NX digital product development solutions edge rules that concurrently validate ing tool. The application includes include an integrated suite of tools that designs against company and industry authoring capabilities, libraries, connec- facilitate the entire design process for standards. The product supports pre- tivity validation, 2D to 3D integration and routed systems, including wire har- defined catalogs of HVAC parts and para- object-level data management using nesses, cables, piping, tubing, conduit metric templates that can be modified Teamcenter. Companies adopting NX and raceways. These process-specific on-the-fly (smart sizing) to fit any space P&ID Designer can expect to realize a tools reduce detailed design time, constraints. Together with other NX faster, more flexible design and change improve product quality and transfer capabilities like hangers and sheet metal process for reduced design costs and product information seamlessly between flat patterns, this product provides a faster times to market. the logical design, physical design, analy- complete lifecycle solution for HVAC sis, manufacturing and service sectors. design.

NX Routing Base* NX Piping Fabrication Drawings NX Routing Base provides core capabilities and PMI used by all NX routed system design solu- An add-on to NX mechanical routing that tions. This includes all of the general capa- creates 3D PMI information and corre- bilities needed to create, edit copy and sponding piping isometric drawings from move paths. It also includes tools for defin- piping models. All the necessary informa- ing standard part libraries, selecting parts tion for downstream fabrication is cap- from libraries and intelligently placing tured in the form of dimensions and standard parts within the paths. It also annotations from the 3D model. Custom Electrical enables designers to define standard stock parts lists can also be created for the fab- specifications and assign them to paths. rication drawings. Existing PMI views Electrical systems with dimensions, annotations and tables NX offers advanced software tools for the can be updated based on changes to the complete development of electrical sys- 3D model. tems, from electrical/electronic architecture definition, through detailed NX Penetration Management* electrical design and wire harness manu- NX Penetration Management provides an facturing, to documentation and interface for creating, managing and diagnostics. responding to penetration requests between different user groups responsi- NX Routing Cabling* NX Routing Piping and Tubing* ble for steel structures and routed system Helps with routing electrical cables in a Optimizes piping and tubing design design. The process begins with a routed product assembly along with typical workflows through intelligent path cre- system designer (such as a piping mechanical parts and supporting equip- ation, specification-driven part selection, designer) who requests pipe penetrations ment such as conduit and raceways. It smart part placement, collision detection, through structures that are designed and can automatically find paths that have weight calculations and knowledge rules maintained by a different design group been routed between devices and can that concurrently validate designs against such as a structure group. A penetration assign the cable descriptions to the path company and industry standards. The request defines the location of the segments. Actual cable lengths and product supports both rigid and flexible required cutout and initiates a workflow diameters can be automatically added to pipes and tubes. that can be customized by the end user the connection list for feedback to upstream ECAD applications or downstream to manufacturing applications.

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NX Routing Harness* NX PCB Exchange for Zuken required to complete mold design tasks. Designers can route an electrical Transmits information between NX and The process thread approach includes the wiring harness consisting of Zuken CR-5000 and CR-8000 PCB design implementation of tools that simplify, bundles of wires and specify software. Data such as the board outline, automate and guide users through the typical mechanical parts hole placements, component place- tasks involved in the design of plastic and supporting equipment ments, keep-in and keep-out regions can injection molds. such as connectors be transmitted back and forth using a and other devices. format native to the Zuken product. The NX Feature2Cost – Stamping The software can also software also enables enhanced data The NX Feature2Cost add-on provides import the wiring exchange concerning board layers, cop- the capabilities needed to analyze the characteristics for per trace geometry and bend region connections between geometry. electrical devices. Actual wire lengths NX Flexible PCB and diameters can be automatically The PCB design tools help model printed added to the connection list for circuits rapidly and accurately in the con- feedback to upstream ECAD applications text of an assembly and send the outlines or downstream to manufacturing to manufacturing or to an ECAD system applications. for further refinement. The printed circuit model developed in NX can be checked PCB systems for clearances and tolerances, and then product design and identify key features NX provides an environment for the the finished board model can be trans- such as bends, embossing and sheet design of both flexible and rigid printed ferred to an ECAD system for component metal thickness that influence the manu- circuit boards (PCBs). Based on workflows placement or circuit trace or layer facturing of stamping tools. Once the common to the design of printed circuit development. features are analyzed and identified, the boards, the PCB design tools help model information is transferred to Teamcenter printed circuits rapidly and accurately in Process-based applications tool costing software to estimate manu- the context of an assembly and send the facturing costs. outlines to manufacturing or to an ECAD Jigs, fixtures and tooling Automate the entire tool development system for further refinement. NX Feature2Cost – Mold* process including part design, tool Helps users to analyze the product design assembly layout, and detailed tooling NX PCB Exchange and identify key features such as ribs, design and validation using advanced NX NX PCB Exchange provides a foundation openings, cores/cavities, side cores and functionality. With step-by-step guidance for intuitive and efficient design of rigid others that influence the manufacturing and associativity to part designs, you can and flexible printed circuits. PCB of injection molds. Once the features are work with even the most challenging Exchange allows direct connection with analyzed, the information about these tooling and fixture designs. all major printed circuit board (PCB) features is transferred to Teamcenter tool design applications, supporting various costing to estimate the cost to manufac- NX Mold Wizard* PCB data interchange formats (IDF, ture the injection molding tools. ProStep EDMD Schema IDX) and manufacturing formats (ODB++, GenCAD). NX Flow Blend Enables designers to create robust con- stant or variable blends along multiple complex faces with small curvature that are essential for manufacturing.

Designs can be created quickly and efficiently with this complete working environment of supporting functions and component data for mold designs. A process thread approach is employed to identify and develop the critical functions

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NX Electrode Design* Industry-specific applications and downstream benefits, including A time-saving, step-by-step solution that enabling concurrent engineering, early NX delivers workflow solutions built for streamlines design and production of cost feedback, quicker and more reliable the specific needs of individual industries electrodes for electrical discharge changes, styling criteria verification and with modules for aero structure design, machining (EDM). This solution helps the reduction of design iterations. vehicle design automation, ship structure automate and effectively design, vali- design, human modeling and automation date, document, manufacture and man- engineering of production systems. age the entire electrode development process from design through production. NX General Packaging* The VDA software (General Packaging) is NX Progressive Die Wizard* a set of software assistants and advisors The NX Progressive Die Wizard add-on that automate a wide range of tasks asso- offers the tools to construct progressive ciated with the mechanical, safety, vision stamping dies. When planning the form- and occupant packaging of a vehicle. The ing process, designers can define the pre- NX Aerospace Design* vehicle design automation functionality process, unfold the part and perform NX Aerospace Design offers a set of tools checks designs for compliance with inter- formability analysis (using One-step (aero step, aero rib, aero shelf, aero national standards and local country Formability Analysis), nest the flat pat- flange), specifically tailored for designing regulations. tern (blank layout), design the scraps, aerospace parts. NX Advanced Sheet and determine the strip and tool layout. Metal tools for the creation of non- Fibersim* straight brake parts are also included. The Fibersim™ portfolio includes special- purpose tools for engineering and manufacturing parts from fiber-reinforced

NX Ship Structure Basic Design* NX Die Structure Design* Designers can quickly model a prelimi- Assists tool designers with specific tools composite materials. The software deliv- nary macro view of the ship based on for creating blank, draw, trim and flange ers a 3D environment that supports a inputs available from the concept design dies and associated transfer equipment concurrent engineering process in which stage. Users can easily model and modify for stamping sheet metal parts. design and analysis are performed in the a structural macro view of the ship to context of the manufacturing process. support early design-stage analysis, NX Die Engineering* drawing generation and transition to Mastertrim The Wizard-like environment provides detail design. The basic design model The Mastertrim™ add-on provides tools process-specific tools for die face design. includes hull, plate and profile systems for engineering transportation seating that can be further split with seams into and interiors that efficiently define, com- NX Molded Part Validation* smaller subsystems. Designers can define municate and maintain a complete and Analyzes parts and automatically pro- decks, bulkheads, pillars, stiffeners and single representation of the automotive vides designers with information about edge reinforcements. Standard parts, seat and interior components across dis- draft angles, undercut areas, sharp cor- brackets and cutouts can be added to the ciplines. Once the master model is ners, small radiuses and other items that basic design model. The resulting models defined, Mastertrim provides upstream could compromise molding quality. It can be used in gross material estimates also provides designers with an easy and weight and center-of-gravity calcula- visual check of core and cavity sides. tions. The basic model transitions seamlessly to detail design.

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NX Ship Structure Detail Design* NX Rules-Based Structure Welding* NX Ship Structure Detail Design provides Enables shipbuilders to automatically tools needed to define and modify ship define welds in the 3D model. This appli- structural detail parts. It includes para- cation generates a lightweight object to metric detail feature definition for quick represent each weld joint, enabling very placement and modification of plates, large quantities of welds to be defined stiffeners, brackets, holes, profile cut- and worked with in NX. The software cre- outs, clips and collars, chamfers, end ates weld joints automatically based on cuts, corner features, edge features and the 3D part geometry and material, flanged plates. It also supports creation NX Ship General Arrangement Design* including the placement and bevel con- of structural pillars and application of Ship designers can create quick and accu- figuration. Supports varying bevels, 3D insulation material to steel surfaces. All rate proposals for new ships based on edge preparations, automated product data generated from detail design can be customer requirements during the con- manufacturing information (PMI) and used for the generation of manufacturing cept design phase. It provides tools for drawing weld symbols. and production planning outputs. creating a 3D model of the general arrangement of a ship and its corre- Automation sponding 2D drawings. The application Mechatronic design NX provides a multidisciplinary approach to machine design that breaks down bar- riers between electrical, mechanical and automation engineers. With a library of joints, motors, sensors and actuators along with kinematic and dynamic prop- NX Ship Structure Manufacturing erties for each component, machine Preparation* designers can rapidly perform a physics- NX Ship Structure Manufacturing includes the capability to initialize the based, interactive simulation to verify Preparation enables creation of data for general arrangement design process machine operation. structural part fabrication. Manufacturing based on a configurable product struc- parts can be created from the detail ture along with the definition of the con- design parts within a manufacturable cept grid model and the deck-based unit can be restructured to organize parts breakdown of the ship. Each deck can and enable welds distribution within the then be detailed by individual designers manufacturing assembly structure. into room spaces based on a specific purpose. Net and gross volume and surface NX Ship Drafting* area for each space is calculated. The Aids in the creation of ship drawings ability to add standard equipment, parts required for classification approvals. and accommodation-related items from Users can create frame bars on drawing the reuse library to these spaces is also views along with shipbuilding-specific provided. baseline dimensioning methods. Ship section drawing views can be automati- NX Issue Management cally annotated to include stiffener sec- Adds an interface inside NX for integrat- tion symbols, structure ID symbols, filling ing directly with Teamcenter- based Issue lines representations, scantling informa- Management capabilities. The tool tion and continuity symbols. Designers enables NX users to directly create, edit, can add annotations to each ship structure and manage issues, as well as associating object and control color, fonts and widths 2D images and other files with issues. of the ship structure lines.

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NX Mechatronics Concept Designer* NX Mechatronics Concept Designer (MCD) delivers a functional design approach to build concept models that combine mechanical, electrical and software components based on system-level product requirements. It enables early conceptual design capabilities in the disciplines of mechanical, electrical, and NX Automation Designer automation design and engineering and With this solution for electrical and auto- their associated parallel interdisciplinary mation engineering of factory lines and workflows, supporting a coarse-to-fine machines, designers can re-use model product development process. geometry of NX designs to structure devices, configure controls hardware and NX MCD Player* validate engineering results. A read-only viewer and simulation player for models created with MCD software. NX Automation Designer – The player enables users to load and play Electrical Design simulations of mechatronic machines. Provides model geometry and property Additional signal mapping capabilities are re-use of NX designs and enables design- available to drive simulations using pro- ers to structure devices in independent grammable logic controller (PLC) aspects, name and reference designation hardware or virtual software simulations rules and validate engineering results. of a PLC. NX Automation Designer – Factory design Cabinet Design With NX you can quickly design and visu- This add-on to NX Automation Designer alize layouts of production lines and asso- (Electrical Design) enables designers to ciate them to manufacturing planning. create mounting layouts in 3D and per- You can easily optimize the process by form collision analyses. specifying each production step down to managing a single manufacturing resource, such as a robot or fixture. Perform accurate impact analysis and drive efficient change management by using a library of parametric resources.

NX Line Designer The powerful manufacturing layout solution is integrated with Teamcenter fourth-generation design (4GD) or manufacturing process planning. It delivers a rich library of parametric equipment including racks, conveyors, safety equipment and material handling equipment that can be used with Teamcenter Classification.

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