NX Design Brochure - Siemens PLM Software - #14

Open by design

Design is seldom performed in isolation - typical design projects

The industry standard for viewing product data

NX includes a high-performance, compact, persistent storage representation for visualization of design data, the JT™ format established

by Siemens as the standard for the mechanical design industry.

A highly flexible, CAD-neutral format, JT data can be exported directly as a standard feature of most major CAD systems, allowing full representation of relevant model information. JT data can be very

lightweight, holding little more than facet data or it can be richer

and hold precise model geometry, product structures, attributes and product manufacturing information, including GD&T and annotations.

Ability to work with any data

require working with other CAD systems and with data in different formats. NX eliminates the time and effort that companies expend while trying to interpret foreign data, with openness that readily accommodates 2D or 3D product data, as either inputs to or

outputs of the design process.

Integration into any environment

At the fundamental level, NX provides data conversion software for neutral format CAD standards, including IGES, STEP, DXF, DWG and STL. But NX goes far beyond traditional data translation for CAD

system interoperation.

Via a unique technology, NX can work directly with data created in Siemens' NX I-deas® software product development tools. Any I-deas model can be opened in NX, which preserves all feature information, parametrics, assembly structure and drawings. NX also opens and saves Catia design data for both V4 andV5, enabling direct translation of assemblies and geometry, including

solids and surfaces.

For any other imported geometry, NX Direct Modeling enables designers to work with and change any data, independent of its source. Direct Modeling doesn't need "history" information to move, offset or replace faces. It also allows the designer to move or even remove holes, delete or resize fillets, rounds, bosses and other features. All new features added to the design with NX direct modeling model are parametric, so they can be changed quickly and easily.

NX visualization and analysis tools can be used to validate faceted

polygonal models. Designers can use the polygon representation to

inspect the design, analyze the integrity of the model or do clearance studies in the assembly context, just as with precision geometric

models. Faceted data can be used in all disciplines directly, without converting the data to precise geometry.

Third-party CAD data direct translators

Visualization data JT

Faceted/polygonal data

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