NX for Design
NX Mach 1 Design
The NX Mach bundles are comprehensive, cost-effective computer-aided design (CAD) software packages tailored to different levels of design complexity and specific product development use cases.
NX Mach 1 is a powerful entry-level solution bundle that allows you to create and edit designs of typical 3D parts and assemblies. It features solid modeling and drafting, basic freeform modeling and sheet metal design.
This is the floating license version of the Mach 1 bundle. You can install a floating license on a license server for use by any user on any computer on the same network.
The capabilities of this bundle include:
- Parametric, feature-based 2D and 3D wireframe construction including dimensional, constraint-based sketching
- Parametric, feature-based solid/surface modeling
- Top-down and bottom-up assembly modeling and design in assembly context
- Freeform construction of lofted, swept or curve network-based shapes
- Support for automation programs and custom functions developed from a variety of languages
- Numerous data exchange tools for working with and sharing Multi-CAD data with NX (IGES, DXF/DWG, STEP 203/214)
- Rapid Prototyping
- Tools for designing parts manufactured with Straight Brake Sheet Metal forming
- NX Drafting for efficient creation of engineering drawings compliant with major national and international drafting standards
- Everything needed to integrate with Teamcenter, Siemens Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software.
NX Mach 2 Product Design
The NX Mach bundles are comprehensive, cost-effective computer-aided design (CAD) software packages tailored to different levels of design complexity and specific product development use cases.
NX Mach 2 builds on the entry-level capabilities of the NX Mach 1 bundle with additional features to boost design efficiency and quality.
Re-useable, configurable templates for common features can drastically reduce design time and reduce duplication of effort. Automated real-time validation, photorealistic rendering and 3D annotation all allow for improvements throughout the product development process.
In particular, this bundle enables a higher level of electro-mechanical design integration with tools for flexible printed circuit board design.
Features from Mach 1 level include:
- Parametric, feature-based 2D and 3D wireframe construction including dimensional, constraint-based sketching
- Parametric, feature-based solid/surface modeling
- Top-down and bottom-up assembly modeling and design in assembly context
- Freeform construction of lofted, swept or curve network-based shapes
- Support for automation programs and custom functions developed from a variety of languages
- Numerous data exchange tools for working with and sharing Multi-CAD data with NX (IGES, DXF/DWG, STEP 203/214)
- Rapid Prototyping
- Tools for designing parts manufactured with Straight Brake Sheet Metal forming
- NX Drafting for efficient creation of engineering drawing compliant with major national and international drafting standards
- Everything needed to integrate with Teamcenter, Siemens' Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software.
NX Mach 2 includes:
- Configurable, automated design validation
- User-definable, reusable feature templates
- 2D drawing based and 3D model based product and manufacturing information (PMI) documentation
- Advanced design visualization using dynamic preview and real-time ray-traced rendering of materials, lighting and scenes
- Specific tools for designing flexible printed circuit boards (PCBs)
- Baseline design of routed systems and straight break sheet metal"
NX Mach 3 Product Design
The NX Mach bundles are comprehensive, cost-effective computer-aided design (CAD) software packages tailored to different levels of design complexity and specific product development use cases.
Mach 3 Product Design builds on the versatile CAD features of the Mach 1 and 2 Bundles with additional high-end tools capable of all but the most demanding design challenges. In the Mach Series, Mach 3 Product Design is second only to Mach 3 Industrial Design.
Features such as advanced assembly modeling and advanced freeform surface construction give designers and engineers a powerful toolset for concept design, industrial design and high-end styling.
Mach 1 and 2 capabilities in the bundle include:
- Parametric, feature-based 2D and 3D wireframe construction including dimensional, constraint-based sketching
- Parametric, feature-based solid/surface modeling
- Synchronous modeling for making fast changes to parametric or imported data
- Freeform construction of lofted, swept or curve network-based shapes
- Support for explicit, history-free modeling
- User-definable, reusable feature templates
- Top-down and bottom-up assembly modeling and design in assembly context
- 2D drawing based and 3D model based product and manufacturing information (PMI) documentation
- Design time validation checking
- Support for automation programs developed from a variety of languages
- Specific tools for designing flexible printed circuit boards (PCBs)
- Baseline design of routed systems and straight break sheet metal
- Advanced design visualization using dynamic preview and real-time ray-traced rendering of materials, lighting and scenes
- Numerous data exchange tools for working with and sharing Multi-CAD data with NX (IGES, DXF/DWG, STEP 203/214)
- Everything needed to integrate with Teamcenter, Siemens' Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software.
The NX Mach 3 Product Design bundle also offers a variety of additional core and advanced design capabilities, including:
- Advanced assembly modeling
- Goal-based design optimization
- Advanced freeform surface construction, including high-quality, class-A surfacing
- Complete reverse engineering tools to create shapes from point and scan stereolithography (STL) data
- Comprehensive geometric and aesthetic shape analysis tools including advanced molded part validation and visual reporting of results"
NX Mach 3 Mold Design
The NX Mach bundles are comprehensive, cost-effective computer-aided design (CAD) software packages tailored to different levels of design complexity and specific product development use cases.
NX Mach 3 Mold Design supplements many of the versatile CAD features of the Mach 1 and Mach 2 bundles with additional functionality to reduce the time and cost of designing complex molds for plastic part manufacturing.
The package supports team-oriented design by enabling multiple designers to work on the same mold at the same time, with a single source of accurate data. Industry and process knowledge is embedded throughout with automated step-by-step guidance.
Workflow automation is available across the entire mold development process, including part design, tool design and motion validation. Users also accelerate development time with configurable libraries of reusable standard parts, bases, materials, tools and templates.
Mach 1 and 2 levels capabilities in the bundle include:
- Parametric, feature-based 2D and 3D wireframe construction including dimensional, constraint-based sketching
- Parametric, feature-based solid/surface modeling
- Synchronous modeling for making fast changes to parametric or imported data
- Freeform construction of lofted, swept or curve network-based shapes
- Support for explicit, history-free modeling
- User-definable, reusable feature templates
- Top-down and bottom-up assembly modeling and design in assembly context
- 2D drawing based and 3D model based product and manufacturing information (PMI) documentation
- Design time validation checking
- Support for automation programs and custom functions developed from a variety of languages
- Numerous data exchange tools for working with and sharing Multi-CAD data with NX (IGES, DXF/DWG, STEP 203/214)
- Everything needed to integrate with Teamcenter, Siemens' Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software.
NX Mach 3 Mold Design also includes:
- Advanced freeform surface construction including high quality, class-a surfacing
- NX Mold Wizard advanced mold design, validation, and analysis with streamlined and automated workflows
- Specialized molded part validation, including wall thickness checking
- Tools for designing parts manufactured with Straight Brake Sheet Metal forming
- NX Drafting for efficient creation of engineering drawings compliant with major national and international drafting standards
- STL export for rapid prototyping with additive manufacturing"
NX Mach 3 Industrial Design
The NX Mach 3 Industrial Design bundle provides customers a full suite of tools to design parts of the highest shape and functional complexity.
All NX Mach 3 level bundles provide customers with advanced product design capabilities including:
- Numerous data exchange tools for working with and sharing Multi-CAD data with NX
- Parametric, feature based 2D and 3D wireframe construction including dimensional, constraint based sketching
- Parametric, feature based solid / surface modeling for constructing intelligent, robust and adaptable designs
- Synchronous modeling for making fast changes to parametric or imported data
- Freeform construction oflofted, swept or curve network based shapes
- Support for explicit, history free modeling as needed
- User definable, reusable feature templates
- Top down and bottom up assembly modeling and design in assembly context
- 2D drawing based and 3D model based (PMI) product documentation
- Design time validation checking
- Execute automation programs developed from a variety of languages
TheNX Mach 3 Industrial Design bundles is the most popular and capable bundle. It offers a variety of additional capabilities including:
- Advanced assembly modeling including the ability to construct and manage advanced WAVE control structures for breaking up and sharing out portions of the design
- Baseline design of routed systems and straight break sheet metal
- Goal based design optimization
- Advanced freeform surface construction including high quality, class-a surfacing
- The NX Realize Shape subdivision modeling for new levels of advanced shape creation, integration and speed creating concept and final design shapes
- Complete reverse engineering tools to create shapes from point and scan (STL) data
- Comprehensive geometric and aesthetic shape analysis tools including advanced molded part validation use of HD3D visual reporting of results
- Advanced design visualization using dynamic preview andreal-time ray traced rendering of materials, lighting and scenes
The NX Mach 3 Industrial Design bundle provides our most advancedshape creation, analysis, and high end rendering capability, including NX Realize Shape, as well as the ability to evolve and refine the design to the highest level of quality and completion."
NX Mach 3 Progressive Die Design
The NX Mach bundles are comprehensive, cost-effective computer-aided design (CAD) software packages tailored to different levels of design complexity and specific product development use cases.
NX Mach 3 Progressive Die Design contains many of the versatile CAD features of the Mach 1 and Mach 2 bundles, along with dedicated functionality to accelerate design for progressive dies for any kind of sheet metal parts. It also includes specific support for designing automotive dies.
The bundle embeds industry and process knowledge to save time at different stages of the design, with industry best practices incorporated throughout to guide designers of all skill levels. Users benefit from process automation, concurrent design, and automatic validation to design better and faster.
Mach 1 and 2 capabilities in the bundle include:
- Parametric, feature-based 2D and 3D wireframe construction including dimensional, constraint-based sketching
- Parametric, feature-based solid/surface modeling
- Synchronous modeling for making fast changes to parametric or imported data
- Freeform construction of lofted, swept or curve network-based shapes
- Support for explicit, history-free modeling
- User-definable, reusable feature templates
- Top-down and bottom-up assembly modeling and design in assembly context
- 2D drawing based and 3D model based product and manufacturing information (PMI) documentation
- Design time validation checking
- Support for automation programs developed from a variety of languages
- Advanced design visualization using dynamic preview and real-time ray traced rendering of materials, lighting and scenes
- Numerous data exchange tools for working with and sharing Multi-CAD data with NX (IGES, DXF/DWG, STEP 203/214)
- Everything needed to integrate with Teamcenter, Siemens' Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software.
NX Mach 3 Progressive Die Design adds:
- Advanced assembly modeling
- Advanced freeform surface construction
- NX Advanced Sheet Metal for designing parts and producing accurate patterns for a range of sheet metal manufacturing processes, including straight brake sheet metal forming
- Customizable, logic-based design automation
- Flexible drafting and layout tools
- STL export for rapid prototyping with additive manufacturing
NX MACH 3 Additive Design with Convergent
The NX Mach bundles are comprehensive, cost-effective computer-aided design (CAD) software packages tailored to different levels of design complexity and specific product development use cases.
NX Mach 3 Additive Design with Convergent offers powerful functionality for designing products to be produced with additive manufacturing methods such as 3D printing. The bundle features multiple advanced Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM) tools to create the complex geometry achievable with additive manufacturing.
The bundle also includes many of the versatile CAD features of the Mach 1 and Mach 2 bundles, such as:
- Parametric, feature-based 2D and 3D wireframe construction including dimensional, constraint-based sketching
- Parametric, feature-based solid/surface modeling
- Synchronous modeling for making fast changes to parametric or imported data
- Freeform construction of lofted, swept or curve network-based shapes
- Support for explicit, history-free modeling
- User-definable, reusable feature templates
- Top-down and bottom-up assembly modeling and design in assembly context
- 2D drawing based and 3D model based product and manufacturing information (PMI) documentation
- Design time validation checking
- Support for automation programs developed from a variety of languages
- Numerous data exchange tools for working with and sharing Multi-CAD data with NX (IGES, DXF/DWG, STEP 203/214)
- Everything needed to integrate with Teamcenter, Siemens' Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software.
NX Mach 3 Additive Design with Convergent also offers:
- Advanced Convergent Modeling for working seamlessly with facet and classic surface and solid data
- Specific Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM) features and checking tools for creating and validating designs for 3D printing
- Advanced assembly modeling
- Goal-based design optimization
- Advanced freeform surface construction including high quality, class-a surfacing
- NX Realize Shape subdivision modeling for new levels of advanced shape creation, integration and speed when creating concept and final design shapes
- Complete reverse engineering tools to create shapes from point and scan (STL) data
- Comprehensive geometric and aesthetic shape analysis tools including advanced molded part validation and visual reporting of results