Introduction to Unigraphics Unigraphics NX is a software tool that supports the management of a products lifecycle.

By product lifecycle we mean the design, manufacture, and maintenance of a product. The three technologies that this software tool provides to support these stages are Computer- ided !esign "C !#, Computer- ided $anufacturing "C $#, and Computerided %ngineering analysis "C %#, respectively. Unigraphics is developed &y Unigraphics 'olutions (nc. "U)'#, a company that speciali*es in the development of +! software that supports the product lifecycle management ",-$# . Computer-Aided Design C ! allows the user to ma.e a design of a product. (t is commonly used &y engineers to design automotive components and &y architects to s.etch roads and house comple/es. Computer-Aided Manufacturing C $ allows the design of a product to &e translated into code that a machine can e/ecute in order to manufacture the real piece. Computer-Aided Engineering analysis C % supports the analysis and evaluation of a designed system. to evaluate a systems performance. common practice is