Siemens PLM Software NX for automotive Driving fast and efficient design siemens.com/nx Faster, more efficient design can help automotive companies comply with changing regulatory standards and capitalize on growth in emerging markets. 2 Push your designs to new limits with speed and efficiency In the automotive industry, achieving performance to improve and accelerate “Reduced the time from styling freeze reduced emissions, improved fuel the automotive design and manufactur- to start of production from 20 months economy and reduced weight as well as ing processes. The CAD tools in NX are to 10.5 months.” leveraging alternative technologies tailored to meet the requirements of a Nissan requires faster and more efficient broad automotive customer base, and innovation. You can’t afford to slow include special-purpose capabilities for “…by implementing NX, we have development with unproductive design automotive engineering. reduced die design costs and time, methods and technology. NX™ soft- and have increased productivity.” ware, the product development system Proven value for automotive design MUSCO Stamping from Siemens PLM Software, can help With proven value for automotive you design and deliver improved original equipment manufacturers “More than 70 percent of our products, and respond quickly and (OEMs) and suppliers, NX delivers top- and bottom-line growth has come insightfully to new market opportuni- solutions to nearly every major auto- from new high-margin ties and challenges. maker and many Tier 1 manufacturers. products developed using NX Thirty of the top 50 global automotive NX with Simcenter 3D is an advanced solutions.” suppliers use NX for design. computer-aided design, engineering Vishwas Auto Engineers and manufacturing (CAD/CAE/CAM) solution that offers power, control and 3 Speed and efficiency throughout design With NX you work in one You can improve speed and efficiency With NX you work in one unified environment, unified environment, using throughout the entire automotive design using the same model data in each stage of the same model data in process with NX. Integrated tools in a single product development, from concept through each stage of product system support all areas of automotive manufacturing. Your teams can communicate development, from concept design: and collaborate better with model-based pro- through manufacturing. cesses to work more efficiently. You can work • Concept styling faster and more flexibly by eliminating delays • Vehicle packaging and interiors design and data conversions between departments • Class A surfacing and disparate systems. • Powertrain • Body design Integrated simulation and manufacturing • Chassis design NX with Simcenter 3D is a complete product • Component and assembly design development solution, with industry-leading • Routed systems design capabilities for simulation/CAE and manufac- • Drafting and documentation turing. When you design with NX, you create • Tool and fixture design master models that are used directly in NX • Design and manufacturing validation engineering and production. Because all ap- • Digital mockup plications are dynamically associated with the • Data collaboration and migration design, your teams can work concurrently and accelerate change as the design develops. 4 Fast, efficient methods and technologies Design faster by using your unique NX can be used to accelerate For complex design challenges, you can rely on knowledge and expertise design by helping you leverage the broad and capable toolset of NX to get the NX can be used to accelerate design by helping your unique knowledge, intellec- job done quickly. You have the flexibility to you leverage your unique knowledge, intellec- tual property, part models, product choose among high-performance design tech- tual property, part models, product and process and process expertise and best niques powered by innovative technologies. expertise and best practices. Many tools are practices. You can select from 2D and 3D tools, using available to capture and re-use knowledge curves, surfaces and solid geometry modeling instead of reinventing it. With an extensive in a single design, or work with mixed geome- library of knowledge for re-use at your finger- try representations, including nonuniform tips, including designs, standard parts, design rational B-spline (NURBS) and faceted geome- features and product templates, you can try. Parametric feature-based design, direct quickly locate what you need and use it again. modeling with synchronous technology, Knowledge-driven automation provides an subdivision modeling for freeform shapes, open environment that includes templates, template-based design, modular design and programming, customization and knowl- assembly modeling are always available as edge-based engineering tools that you can needed by your design team, even when they use to extend and tailor NX solution capabili- are working with data from other CAD systems. ties to your specific needs. Work directly with facet data using Convergent Modeling™ technology and easily prepare models for additive manufacturing. 5 Faster design with product lifecycle management With NX, you can use visual Your company’s agility and productivity can Speed, efficiency through smarter tools to gather data, be improved with robust organization and decisions organize information and management of your product information and Automotive design entails hundreds of deci- present it in the context of design processes. When you design with NX, sions that rely on up-to-date information. the 3D product model to you can use Teamcenter® software and its With NX, you can use visual tools to gather better inform and acceler- leading product lifecycle management (PLM) data, organize information and present it in ate decision making. tools to manage engineering data and pro- the context of the 3D product model to better cesses, materials and requirements. These inform and accelerate decision making. capabilities are seamlessly integrated within These visual analytics help you track work-in- NX; designers can use them quickly and process, identify and resolve issues, assess efficiently in a transparent manner while change impacts, monitor costs, manage risk developing your product. and check for compliance with standards and requirements. 6 Collaborate with speed and efficiency NX to align with partners and suppliers or With NX, you can easily communicate and improve your product development capabil- collaborate with other departments, custom- ity, Siemens PLM Software’s content ers, suppliers and partners – even if they are migration reduces the time, effort and risk using other CAD systems or no CAD system at required to re-use information from other all. For collaborative design, NX makes exten- systems. Moving to NX often requires less sive use of the JT™ data format, a CAD-neutral effort and expense than moving to the next exchange standard for design data that is version of your current CAD system. used widely in the automotive industry. Partners can use this format to integrate other CAD systems with NX for visualization, collaboration, data sharing, assembly mockup and design-in-context applications. Move to NX with speed and efficiency When you move to NX, you can use robust content migration tools, services and training to maximize the return-on-investment (ROI) in legacy product data. Whether you adopt 7 Concept design The concept design tools in You can quickly capture and refine design Scanned 3D data is used extensively in styling NX give you the power and concepts – and get them into production and other areas of automotive design, but it freedom to push your cre- faster – with the integrated tools in NX. Your requires extensive manual rework to make it ativity, all in one system. designers have the power and flexibility to usable. Using Convergent Modeling in NX explore as many design alternatives as possi- reduces this rework by bringing scanned data ble so they can quickly and easily change in as facets, so there’s no need to map sur- direction and validate that concepts meet faces, create solids, or do any other manual design requirements. Initial concepts can be shape creation. You can scan your data and captured digitally in 2D or 3D – from images, immediately begin building supports for 3D physical models, model-based sketching and printing, creating molds based on the shape, direct sketching to surface and solid modeling including it in an assembly, analyzing it, or or subdivision sculpting. performing any other operation that you would do with CAD data. For exterior and interior Class A surfaces, NX provides pole manipulation and surface The concept design tools in NX give you the alignment tools while giving you full control power and freedom to push your creativity, and real-time analysis of surface quality. For all in one system. The design concepts you shape manipulation, you can select freely develop with NX are fully manufacturable from global shaping, 3D synchronous model- digital models – you can use concept geome- ing or feature-based parametric modeling. try directly in other development departments To help ensure surface quality and continuity for detailed engineering, simulation, valida- and optimize visual aesthetics, NX includes a tion, tooling and manufacturing. broad range of analysis and rendering tools. 8 Accelerate vehicle packaging and interior design For automotive mechanical and occupancy components ensures the product is cost packaging, NX offers intelligent special-pur-