Siemens Digital Industries Software today announced the latest updates to its Siemens NX software from the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio bringing new and enhanced capabilities to Siemens’ flagship product engineering software that aim to help designers and manufacturers across all industries deliver better, optimized products to market faster.

Introducing NX X

NX™ X software is the same NX that industry leaders and pioneers have relied on for many years, now offered on the cloud and enhanced with built-in data management based on the Teamcenter® portfolio for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). Storing information on Siemens’ secure cloud software-as-a-service infrastructure allows customers to unlock a new level of NX that provides greater flexibility, scalability, and collaboration.

Real-World Applications

David Doral, CEO of startup Dovetail Electric Aviation shares his experience with NX X saying, “As a startup pushing the boundaries of innovation, we require capabilities to explore all options to ensure product performance. After evaluating various market offerings, we implemented NX X, which delivers next-generation product engineering capabilities backed by value-based licensing. This transition allows us to replace Dassault’s solutions with the more scalable and flexible Siemens Xcelerator. Consequently, we are excited about our future together with Siemens, leveraging this new platform designed for tomorrow.

Key Features of NX X

NX X is a cloud-based product engineering tool that supports both desktop installation and browser streaming via Amazon Web Services (AWS). It enhances PLM capabilities through Teamcenter® X software, facilitating seamless collaboration and reducing IT administration time. Key features include:

• Flexible and Scalable Licensing: A cost-effective approach for customers to access NX add-on modules and advanced capabilities.
• Customization Options: Over 110 products and capability extensions allow organizations to choose add-ons that best fit their workflows, ensuring flexibility based on project demands.

Integration with Zel X

NX X works in conjunction with Siemens’ newly announced Zel X™ software. Zel X, which is constructed on the same architecture as NX, serves as a next-generation browser-based engineering application. Additionally, it integrates seamlessly with other Siemens Xcelerator solutions, thereby streamlining manufacturing and optimizing shop-floor operations.

Immersing Engineers and Designers in the Future of Design

The NX™ Immersive Explorer software introduces a gaming-level experience to design review, virtual commissioning, and stakeholder sign-off, delivering stunning realism on both desktop and virtual reality platforms. Set to launch in December 2024, NX Immersive Explorer supports all major HMD hardware options, allowing users to gain valuable insights earlier in the design process through immersive and interactive photorealism. This capability significantly reduces costs associated with physical prototypes. Furthermore, users can focus on specific assembly parts, examine individual components, and add mark-ups and notes to document design review outcomes, enabling a fresh perspective on the design process.

Bring New AI Capabilities to NX

AI is everywhere, including in NX, helping to improve and accelerate processes with NX’s artificial intelligence-enabled design tools. New AI-enabled tools including topology optimization, Performance Predictor, and gyroid modeling join existing tools such as command prediction and selection prediction to boost efficiency.

Performance Predictor is an AI-enabled design simulation tool that focuses on validating material choices and mechanical performance of individual parts – enabling designers to validate test and reiterate design iterations in real-time – speeding up the innovation process and helping to eliminate costly errors.

When combined with the AI-enabled topology optimization new gyroid lattice and infill design capabilities and the Design Space Explorer capability introduced in 2023, this enables designers to create optimal parts that not only perform as needed but also allow them to conduct lightweight studies and take advantage of additive manufacturing where appropriate.

Maximizing Speed and Control for part Manufacturing

This update also brings greater levels of user control and workflow productivity to NX CAM and NX Additive Manufacturing (AM) which empowers users to go from part designs to high-quality components faster and with greater confidence. Enhanced 3D Adaptive Roughing, a high-speed machining strategy, now helps programmers to automatically specify start locations, resulting in more efficient machining and longer tool life. Similarly, the hole-making operation has been improved to provide finer control over tool moves that ensure safe machining and enhanced surface quality. Additionally, Cloud Connect Tool Manager has been upgraded to streamline CNC programming. This feature for tool data management with direct access to tool vendor catalogs now enables the association of machining settings with cutting tools, resulting in faster programming.

Workflows for preparing additive manufacturing build jobs for metal and polymer parts have been streamlined with new capabilities and enhancements. New facet selection methods simplify the creation of support structures for parts modeled with facet geometry. Additionally, new capabilities for subnesting, sinterbox creation, slice area distribution calculation and 3D packing optimization greatly simplify and accelerate the workflow for preparing of polymer builds jobs. Furthermore, new Siemens build processors simplify the generation and output of print job files from NX to SLM Solutions and Trumpf metal 3D printers. Lastly, new multi-axis additive build rules enable the creation and reuse of custom process parameters, often considered to be the “secret sauce” for achieving consistent high-quality builds.

Enhancements for the Electrical & Semiconductor Industry

The new Managed Environment for Electronics Design is a continuous digital thread that connects data from various software from the Siemens Xcelerator platform – including NX, Capital™ software for electrical and electronics (E/E) systems development, Xpedition™ software for PCB design and Teamcenter for PLM – allowing enhanced integration between the four, enabling seamless data flow and collaboration between electronic and mechanical design teams. This unified data management platform for electrical/electronic and mechanical domains simplifies ECAD and MCAD processes.

Building Information Modeling (BIM) Capabilities within NX

NX for BIM offers a comprehensive set of Building Information Modeling (BIM) tools, offering a single, multi-disciplinary platform for the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) workflows. This is especially beneficial in a field typically relying on multiple separate software products to handle different aspects of the architecture and construction design process. The new NX for BIM functionality includes an IFC data translator, a stair tool and the ability to import from a 3D BIM library, enhancing interoperability and workflow efficiency. The new NX for Concrete Design add-on module is crucial for modular construction, providing greater fidelity to the digital twin of concrete structures.

To learn more about the most recent additions and enhancements that Siemens is bringing to NX software, watch the YouTube launch video or visit https://plm.sw.siemens.com/en-US/nx/cad-online/latest-nx-cad-version/Siemens Digital Industries Software helps organizations of all sizes digitally transform using software, hardware, and services from the Siemens Xcelerator business platform. Siemens’ software and the comprehensive digital twin enable companies to optimize their design, engineering, and manufacturing processes to turn today’s ideas into the sustainable products of the future. From chips to entire systems, from product to process, across all industries. Siemens Digital Industries Software – Accelerating transformation.