NX Overview

Siemens PLM Software

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The NX suite of integrated CAD, CAM, CAE and PDM applications transforms the entire product development process by enabling companies to reduce waste, improve quality, shorten cycle time and deliver more innovative products. NX is the industrys only unified solution that addresses every aspect of product development from concept ideation to manufacturing.

Todays product development challenges More than ever before, manufacturing companies are motivated to develop more innovative products in shorter delivery cycles while striving to meet customer demands for high levels of quality. But the need to perform better, cheaper and faster in a highly competitive global marketplace is easier said than done. The issues that your product development process must address are among todays most daunting challenges. At first glance, speed, cost, quality and the capturing the customers imagination are objectives that appear to be at odds. Conventional technologies often speak to one or two of these goals, but few solutions are designed to embrace all four concerns. This dilemma requires a radical rethinking of the traditional business model that has been applied to product development. Todays challenges require companies to examine every step in the product development process and then improve each of these steps individually as well as to transform the product development process in its entirety.

Your product development process must master complexity. It requires the participation of multiple disciplines that traditionally have been geographically, organizationally and technologically isolated. These barriers inhibit the marketing, design, engineering, simulation and manufacturing teams that develop a product from aligning their activities from the start of a project to its completion. These cross-discipline teams need to understand the products evolving requirements, share their best ideas, retain the products design intent, manage change, communicate their concerns, and monitor current status through systematic and repeatable processes that mirror the iterative and dispersed nature of todays product development value chain. Just as importantly, todays product development process is expected to compress its various cycle times by minimizing lead times and eliminating tasks that do not add value while maximizing knowledge re-use and proactively addressing downstream issues before they turn into costly mistakes. To address these challenges, Siemens PLM Software provides the NX suite of digital product development solutions.

Introducing NX
The NX suite of solutions enables you to transform your entire product development process as well as streamline the efficiency of the individual steps that comprise this process. NX provides best-in-class functionality for CAD, CAM, CAE and PDM for all of your product development initiatives. The NX suite delivers unparalleled breadth and depth of functionality, including: Synchronous Technology, which enables you to seamlessly use the most productive modeling approaches in the same environment including explicit solid and surface modeling, as well as parametric and history-free modeling. Knowledge-based automation, which enables you to leverage the product and process knowledge that your company has gained from its experiences, as well as from industry best practices. Process innovation, which enables you to streamline and integrate the everyday work of your planning, concept design, engineering, simulation and manufacturing teams. Lifecycle simulation, which enables you to streamline your simulation, validation and optimization processes and incorporate performance simulation into your product development process early and often. NX is backed by Siemens PLM Softwares leadership in delivering Global Innovation Networks, which enables your company to make unified, information-driven decisions at every stage in the product lifecycle. NX solutions target critical business initiatives New product development and introduction Improve innovation by facilitating real-time global collaboration among all lifecycle participants and processes Value chain synchronization Excel globally by optimizing the exchange of ideas and information between all value chain participants Enterprise data management Improve competitiveness by providing secure access to your enterprises product and process knowledge Commonization and re-use Re-use proven parts, equipment and processes to create cost efficiency and foster best practices Knowledge and intellectual property management Capture the knowledge and expertise of your lifecycle participants to continuously improve innovation Regulatory compliance Achieve regulatory compliance by integrating safety, environmental, and government requirements Production efficiency Integrate product and process design with manufacturing best practices to increase production quality and performance System engineering and mechatronics Integrate mechanical, electrical and electronic subsystems, relationships and components

NX business value
NX excels at delivering business value for companies that need an integrated environment for digital product development. Robust and powerful problem solving. NX is able to handle extremely complex product development problems through its comprehensive suite of CAD, CAM and CAE solutions. NXs interactive design capabilities enable you to model complex geometry and massive assemblies, improving performance and capacity. You can use NXs advanced simulation capabilities to handle the most demanding CAE challenges, providing a 30 percent reduction in physical prototyping. NX also enables you to improve your manufacturing process by taking advantage of todays most advanced tooling and machining technologies. Flexibility. NX provides unprecedented flexibility to employ technology of your own choosing as well as the best-in-class tools offered in the NX solution suite. NX Design Freedom enables designers to combine constraint-driven modeling techniques with direct modeling. Designers and CAE users can use NX synchronous modeling tools to modify design geometry created on other (non-NX) CAD systems or by other modeling techniques. Unified coordination. NX delivers a unified product development environment and unified processes that can be leveraged to accelerate your cycle times. The seamless integration of NX applications enables you to rapidly propagate information and process changes across a development lifecycle that runs from concept design to manufacturing. NX also leverages Siemens Teamcenter software to establish a single source of product and process knowledge for your product development environment. You can leverage this knowledge to coordinate your cross-discipline teams, standardize your processes and accelerate decision making. Productivity. NX improves the productivity of your concept design, engineering, simulation and manufacturing teams by facilitating multiple re-use initiatives. Engineering teams can leverage multi-CAD data in their design, analysis and manufacturing processes minimizing the need to re-master this data and improving your analysis and machining cycle times. Open environment. NXs open architecture enables you to protect your existing IT investments. With this unifying platform, you can readily incorporate solutions from other vendors in the digital product development process. At another level, NX provides you with the opportunity to deploy its capabilities on a variety of platforms, including Windows Vista, Windows XP, UNIX and Linux.

Advantage Best-in-class unified environment for design, simulation, tooling and machining activities

Benefit Eliminates data translation costs for cross-discipline activities Reduces maintenance, support and training costs Minimizes time and cost impact of product changes that affect multiple disciplines Leverages knowledge captured from experienced engineers, as well as industry best practices 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 simulation environment

Eliminates costly physical prototyping by simulating and validating products and processes across 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 performance information earlier in the development cycle

Industrial design and styling

Distinctive design and styling gives manufacturers a significant competitive advantage. But form, fit and function are equally important since they determine whether customers have a positive product experience. NX addresses this complexity with an industrial design and styling toolset that designers can use to rapidly define the design concept and then seamlessly transition these ideas through a complete concept-to-market process. Concept design and styling. NX enables industrial designers to conceptualize their designs and perform surface and continuity analysis, advanced rendering and concept evaluation in a single environment that extends their traditional toolset. NX gives designers the freedom to develop their concepts using the most appropriate modeling approach, including standard parametric and freeform techniques. NX provides all of the tools that designers need to explore shape and style. Designers can use NXs curve-based design capabilities to create style and shapes via splines and sketches. With NXs high-end surfacing tools, designers can create different surface types and combine curve-based surfacing, pole editing and sweeping into a single workflow that lets them choose the best modeling tool for the task at hand. NX also enables designers to evaluate and manipulate shapes in real-time. Sophisticated NX modeling and visualization tools let designers quickly refine the design concept by applying color, materials, textures and lighting. NX real-time rendering enables designers to generate advanced photo-realistic images for rapid design review while NX virtual prototyping can be used for rapid concept evaluation and iterative design validation. Reverse engineering. NXs highly flexible approach to reverse engineering speeds development of the initial design concept. NX tools can generate a CAD model from scanned physical objects by mapping surfaces and curves to the polygon mesh. Designers can use NXs analysis and rendering tools to rapidly evaluate the imported scan data. Full design completion. NX has all of the tools and integration required to facilitate full design completion. NX enables you to take the concept model directly into product engineering, including into detailed design, simulation, tooling and machining.

Advantage Create distinctive designs where style, aesthetic appearance, or quality of form is a key market differentiator Consider styling, functionality, manufacturability and affordability throughout an iterative design process Rapidly evaluate design concepts through photorealistic images and virtual prototypes Eliminate disconnect between your design/styling teams and the rest of your product development organization Design what you want and how you want it without the constraints of standalone design tools

PROVEN VALUE Design intent isnt compromised because our customers can manufacture directly from our NX files.This is a big selling point for PiliPili. Adriaan Debruyne Creative Director PiliPili Productdesign Kortrijk, Belgium

Package design
In an increasingly competitive marketplace, companies continually look for ways to create innovative packaging while minimizing cycle time from product/package design to manufacturing. NXs package design solution enables you to deliver distinctive package designs that are visually compelling, as well as functionally superior in terms of their manufacturability, affordability and maintainability. Package design and styling. NXs complete toolset includes powerful design creation, shape editing and production surfacing capabilities. NX provides all the tools needed to fully explore shape and style. NXs curve-based design capabilities let designers create styles and shapes via splines and sketches. You can use NXs sophisticated modeling and visualization tools to quickly refine the design concept by applying color, materials, textures and lighting. NX provides the freedom and control that designers require to evaluate and manipulate shapes in real time. Designers can create and modify package shapes with NXs combination of curve-, surface- and solid-based design techniques. NXs fast modeling techniques yield high-quality surfaces that are totally re-usable throughout the product development process. Advanced real-time rendering can be leveraged to produce photo-realistic images that accelerate the packaging review cycle. Reverse engineering. NXs flexible reverse engineering capabilities greatly reduce the time required to initially develop the package design concept. With NX tools, designers can scan in physical objects, such as clay or foam models, and generate a CAD model by mapping surfaces and curves to the polygon mesh. NX also provides tools to analyze the scanned model for stress/crush, mold-fill, manufacturability and virtual consumer testing. Green compliance. NX validation checking enables you to initiate an automatic process to ensure that your product and package designs comply with environmental, industry and customer-specified standards. You can use these capabilities to continuously monitor your designs as they evolve across the entire product lifecycle.

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 todays environmental/green concerns Maximize package design re-use by developing concept models with high quality surfaces that can be leveraged throughout a complete product lifecycle

PROVEN VALUE Packaging is a very large component of our product. Its certainly the first thing that a consumer sees so its a big driver of choice. Getting that right is very important. NX is underpinning our common way of working in the packaging function. Huw Evans R&D Director of Information Unilever Home and Personal Care Division London, England

Mechanical design
Todays design processes need to deliver increasingly more complex products that require the participation of multiple teams, disciplines and suppliers using independent CAD systems and different modeling techniques. NXs leading edge CAD modeling tools represent a radical departure from conventional CAD systems in terms of the power, versatility, flexibility and productivity they deliver to your product development environment. Comprehensive high-performance modeling. NX enables you to freely use any modeling technique that fits your design challenge. NXs comprehensive 3D design capabilities include wireframe, surface, solid and direct modeling solutions. Powered by Siemens groundbreaking Synchronous Technology, NX lets you unite feature-based parametric and history-free modeling in the same design environment. Designers can use NX to modify design geometry initially created on other CAD systems or by other modeling techniques without re-creating data. NX process-specific modeling provides logically constructed workflows for performing design tasks, delivering built-in domain expertise for industry-specific or complex processes. Knowledge-enabled design. NX leverages the product and process knowledge that your company has gained from its experiences, as well as from industry best practices. Designers can capture knowledge in the form of high-level product structure, templates, frequently used design features, engineering rules, formulae and validation checks. Knowledge-enabled design helps you reduce design costs, compress the design cycle and improve design quality. Active mockup and assembly design. NX Active Mockup enables designers to easily navigate large assemblies and establish a context for detailed sub-assembly and component work. Design teams use NXs interactive design capability to collaboratively view, modify and evaluate complete digital mockups. Designers can perform interactive clearance and interference checking to detect and eliminate fit problems. NX path planning and motion envelopes optimize products for assembly, disassembly, maintenance and service.

Advantage Accelerate the design process and improve design throughput by eliminating non-valued added tasks Improve design team productivity and performance, especially when handling large complex models Fully integrate all of your design teams across the entire development cycle by retaining design intent even when different disciplines 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 product platforms and building established best practices in your development processes

PROVEN VALUE The validated benefits for our daily work have been more than a pleasant surprise. In the first year alone, the latest release of NX not only brought a very quick ROI but cost savings that totaled over 100,000 Euros. Patric Dinkel Head of CAD/PDM Application Support Wittenstein AG Igersheim, Germany

Electromechanical design
Companies that develop electromechanical products face critical problems as they try to coordinate a product development process that requires different disciplines to design and integrate multiple mechanical, electrical, electronic and control system components. Supply chain globalization and a growing demand for more product variants compound the design challenge. NX provides an integrated environment for all participants in your electromechanical design process. Single system solution. NX integrates mechanical, electronic and electrical design, as well as analysis and manufacturing, supporting every stage of the electromechanical lifecycle. NX facilitates two-way data exchange between your MCAD and ECAD domains and provides specialized functionality to help coordinate and accelerate multi-discipline electromechanical design, including sheet metal, industrial and flexible printed circuit board design. NX automation and validation tools capture product and process knowledge that you can re-use to reduce development time. Teamcenter-driven process management capabilities accelerate your product lifecycle and manage product variants. Systems-level engineering. NXs systems design approach leverages intelligent product control structures that retain key design characteristics. NX automatically propagates design change to subassemblies and components. Both capabilities streamline the process 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 your MCAD and ECAD systems for complete physical design, facilitating clearance checking, packaging and simulation with associative data transfer and management for PCBs. Routed systems and wire harness design integration. NX enables designers to create and validate routed systems for mechanical and electrical designs. Designers can quickly apply logical design changes to the routed system by using associative links between the P&ID layout and the 3D model. NXs processspecific tools for electrical routing and wire harness design reduce errors and rework by integrating control system design into your unified product development environment.

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Advantage Streamline the development of electromechanical systems by uniting all domains, disciplines and processes into a single design environment Reduce error and rework by integrating your ECAD and MCAD domains and using PCB designs in your product assemblies Incorporate a full set of electromechanical simulation capabilities to evaluate all major design failure modes Improve ease of use and productivity with process-specific sheet metal design, industrial design and routing and wire harness design applications Boost engineering productivity by working with large assembly models and virtual prototypes that can be evaluated in detail

PROVEN VALUE One particular change, which took days in another CAD system, took us 30 minutes in NX thanks to its system-based modeling capability. Gus Desbarats Chairman Alloy Total Product Design

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Mechanical simulation
Todays companies want to accelerate innovation by using simulation to evaluate different design alternatives, conduct experiments and gain new insights into product performance. However, some companies are unable to realize the full potential of their simulation investments because simulation continues to be disconnected from mainstream product development. NXs comprehensive set of digital simulation tools enables you to integrate performance simulation earlier into your development process so you can investigate more design options and make better product decisions. Design and design engineering. NX delivers easy to use geometry based simulation solutions that facilitate rapid design feedback NXs Synchronous Technology enables CAE users to quickly 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 for guided simulation and process automation Powered by NX Nastran Advanced engineering. NX enables CAE teams to perform highend analyses involving coupled physics. NX geometry editing and finite element modeling are the fastest, most productive model preparation 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, convection and radiation heat transfer analysis, fully coupled thermo-fluid and thermo-elastic simulation, multi-body dynamics with controls, response simulation and model correlation NX-native CAE environments. NX provides a unifying platform for incorporating in-house CAE software and popular CAE solutions into an NX-native environment, including Ansys, Abaqus, Nastran and LS-Dyna. Simulation process management. NX offers out-of-the-box integration with Teamcenter for increased collaboration and greater visibility of simulation results throughout the organization.

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Advantage Speed up development by improving communications between designers and analysts and enabling cross-discipline teams to share models/data Reduce development cost through using virtual prototypes, as well as an open environment that works with most CAD and CAE applications Produce better products by using simulation to evaluate more design alternatives, understand design tradeoffs and meet performance, quality and cost targets Reduce warranty exposure by finding and resolving product issues earlier Deliver products faster by using a simulation process augmented with best practices, requirements management and change management

PROVEN VALUE The data integration of the digital simulation tools enabled this design effort to be completed under a very tight schedule.The analysis processes provided an unprecedented fidelity to the results, allowing the design to pass the critical design review with flying colors. Sean McAllister Principal Mechanical Engineer BAE Systems & IEWS BAE Systems

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Electromechanical simulation
Manufacturers increasingly need to blend mechanical, electrical, electronics and controls systems and components into their products. This requirement adds a new level of complexity to product development since multiple disciplines with unique skill sets and distinctive work processes have to collaborate. NXs electromechanical simulation solution supports a concurrent process where designers and analysts can seamlessly work together while developing and testing a products design. NX provides your simulation user community with best-in-class modeling tools and market-leading solvers for each step in the simulation process. All NX mechanical simulation solutions are relevant for electromechanical simulation as well. However, NX offers much more. In fact, NX has solutions that address all major causes of electromechanical product failure, including heat, vibration and impact, dust and moisture. Faster modeling. NX users benefit from bi-directional data exchange with EDA design systems that prevents manual errors and miscommunication. Another time-consuming task for analysts is fluid domain creation. With NX Design Freedom tools, fluid domain creation is much faster. Equally important, since the NX fluid domain is fully associative with NX CAD data, the fluid domain is automatically updated after every design change. Systems engineering. The ability to understand and predict how different systems will interact when brought together is crucial for electromechanical product development. NX Motion users can use co-simulation to understand and tune how an electronic controller will interact with their mechanical system prior to building the actual hardware. NX Electronics Systems Cooling offers a multi-physics environment to simulate thermo-fluid behavior in densely packed electronic systems. NX Space Systems Thermal is specifically designed to handle orbital thermal analysis problems. Collaboration and data management. Tight integration between NX and Teamcenter ensures that simulation engineers always have access to product requirements and the latest design data. These users are notified of any change that may require analyses to be re-computed. Additionally, by storing the results in Teamcenter, the entire development team can leverage simulation results to make better informed decisions.

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Advantage Accelerate development by enabling cross-discipline MCAD, ECAD and CAE teams to work together and share models/data Reduce development cost by minimizing rework, maximizing existing MCAD, ECAD and CAE investment, and leveraging a common data model that drives simulation across multiple disciplines Improve product quality with broader virtual testing of design variables Make better products by using simulation to evaluate design alternatives, understand design tradeoffs and meet performance, quality and cost targets Meet delivery schedules using a common data pipeline and a requirements-driven, managed simulation process

PROVEN VALUE With only 14 weeks to design and deliver a prototype laser hazard detection system, Trex Enterprises required an analysisdriven solution. The ability to work in a highly integrated environment, where design concepts could be quickly evaluated against all requirements, was critical to the success of this fast-paced program. George Houghton Senior Engineer Trex Enterprises

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Tooling and fixture design

In a highly complex marketplace characterized by global competition, tooling companies are pressured to reduce their cycles time, minimize tools cost and achieve first-time quality even as they strive to accommodate more complex parts. These demands are compounded by the need to participate in widely dispersed supply chains where the need to integrate multiple partners and different disciplines is crucial. NXs tool and fixture design solutions dramatically outperform conventional tooling design systems. Their automated capabilities enable you to seamlessly move from part design to finished tool design in far less time and with fewer errors than traditional CAD applications. NX addresses your entire tooling and fixture design 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 integration and electrode design capabilities that enable your tool designers to seamless work with manufacturing engineers and NC programmers Tier 3 solution, which extends your tier 2 solution with engineering process management capabilities that enable your tool designers to work in a comprehensive part manufacturing environment The following advanced NX design, simulation and manufacturing capabilities drive these solutions. Mold design, including NXs molded part validation, core/cavity optimization and mold base design capabilities Progressive die design, including NXs part preparation, process design and die structure design capabilities Stamping design, including NXs formability analysis, die planning, die face design, detailed die structure design and die validation capabilities Fixture design, including NXs fully associative component design, assembly positioning and mating, kinematic simulation, performance validation and component knowledge library capabilities CAM integration, including capabilities for integrating NX CAM into your tool design solution to automate your downstream manufacturing definition Electrode design, including best practices and automated processes you can use to model and design electrodes for any tool project that requires electrode discharge machining (EDM) Engineering process management, including Teamcenter capabilities you can use to bring all of your product, part, tool, design, manufacturing and CAD data into a single source of knowledge, as well as to establish concurrent design processes for a comprehensive part manufacturing environment

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Advantage Accelerate design-to-manufacture turnaround by reducing design lead time, minimizing manufacturing and machining time and cutting design time/effort Reduce tool design costs Improve manufacturing efficiency by achieving first-time quality on complex parts Improve teamwork across the entire part manufacturing process by early engineering and manufacturing validation and tightly integrating your supply chain Reduce machining time by implementing high-speed machining processes that decrease electrode manufacturing and total mode manufacturing time

PROVEN VALUE Most of our molds are very small and need very complex machining. NX proved to be the ideal solution. D. Miquel Fiestas Director Talleres Fiestas, S.L. Catalunya, Spain

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Machining
To maximize the value of todays latest and most powerful machine tools, it is crucial that manufacturing companies leverage NC programming systems that realize the full capability of these investments. NX CAM provides a wide range of machine tool programming capabilities in a single integrated solution to enable you to take advantage of the latest machine tool technologies and manufacturing processes. Advanced capability. NXs high-speed machining strategies facilitate efficient hard milling while maintaining smooth motion and consistent chip loads. Synchronized point distribution produces tool paths that deliver a superior finish at the machine tool. The NX machining library provides proven out-of-the-box solutions for machining tool steels. NX supports the latest generation of multi-function machine tools, including multi-channel milling, drilling and turning capabilities for simultaneous 5-axis support. NX facilitates a wide range of flexible 5-axis machining with many tool axis control options. Programming automation. NXs automated feature-based machining strategies enable you to apply machining processes to hole and surface features in the parts model. You can use NX CAM wizards to capture and re-use proven machining processes that lead NC programmers through step-by-step machining sequences. You can leverage embedded product manufacturing information (PMI) in an NX 3D model to drive your machining process decisions. Production-ready output. G-code-driven machine tool simulation validates NX programs in the context of the machine tool. Complete toolkits with proven post processors, G-code simulation drivers, 3D machine tool models, setup examples and sample parts are available for select multi-function machines. You can use NX Postbuilders graphical user interface to create post processors with simple drag and drop techniques. Hundreds of posts are available in the NX online post processor library. Integrated part manufacturing. NX CAM is totally integrated with other NX solutions so that NC programmers can directly access comprehensive design, assembly and drafting tools in a single part manufacturing environment. With design through manufacturing associativity, design changes are automatically propagated to machining operations. Programmers and manufacturing engineers can work with part models, create and assemble fixtures, develop tool paths and even model entire machines for 3D machining simulation in this environment.

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Advantage Improve the productivity of your machine tools by taking advantage of the latest machine tool technologies and manufacturing processes Save up to 90 percent on programming time by automating routine tasks Achieve faster and repeatable NC programming by capturing and re-using proven machining processes Get it right the first time on the shop floor by simulating and validating NC programs in the context of the machine tool

PROVEN VALUE NX CAM covers our processes from beginning to end and never sets a limit on our creativity. Erik Klemm CAM Manager AWM Mold Tech AG Muri, Switzerland

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Engineering process management

Increasingly, product makers are dispersing engineering, design and manufacturing to whatever location operates most cost effectively. NXs approach to engineering process management provides a single, organized and secure source of product engineering and process knowledge that companies can use to drive global product development. Powered by Teamcenter, engineering process management allows globally dispersed groups that use different CAD, CAM and CAE technologies to work as a single entity and maximize the quality, productivity and timeliness of the products they deliver. Engineering data management. NX seamlessly manages MCAD, ECAD, CAM, CAE and other product data initially created by multiple disciplines. NX tightly integrates engineering, marketing, customer and government requirements into this knowledge base. Advanced search and retrieval tools enable NX users to quickly locate component and product information by attribute or shape. Classification management enables teams to classify, locate and easily re-use parts, products, processes and engineering knowledge captured during product development. Advanced security protects critical information by applying best practices, including ITAR compliant access rules. Engineering structure and configuration management. NX users can build and modify hierarchical structures to configure products for engineering and design. Design teams can leverage NXs context management capabilities to define, manage and share their working contexts. Product teams can associatively define and relate multiple BOM representations of the product structure for different lifecycle stages. You can leverage NX option and variant management capabilities to organize your products into modules and marketing options, thereby enabling your company to quickly respond to rising business opportunities. Engineering change and process management. You can leverage NX revision/version controls to manage iterative information changes. NXs preconfigured, best practice workflows enable design teams to view the impact of proposed product changes, as well as initiate, administer, review, approve and execute these changes. You can leverage NXs workflow and process management capabilities to automate additional workflow processes that route product information for review/approval. Open application and system integration. Siemens open PLM foundation enables your company to integrate missioncritical ERP, CRM and SCM investments into your NX environment as well as rapidly accommodate new suppliers, partners and customers.

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Advantage Significantly improve development time, quality and productivity by enabling different development teams to work together as an single entity regardless of location Implement your design-anywhere, build-anywhere initiatives through a single-source of product and process knowledge Improve enterprise productivity, reduce cost and accelerate your processes by consistently managing change across your entire product lifecycle Eliminate ambiguity and streamline your engineering and development processes by leveraging clear and concise visual information Maximize enterprise performance by bringing industry-leading, best-in-class development applications together in a single product development environment

PROVEN VALUE People can search and find what they need quickly. Everything theyve ever done is inside the managed repository. Tool designers can re-use tools and check out tools and see what was done in the past.Theyre not forced to find prints that may not have been filed correctly. Gary Munch Design engineer and CAD administrator Wiremold

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About Siemens PLM Software

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