{"id":2088,"date":"2011-02-14T13:06:10","date_gmt":"2011-02-14T21:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Siemens-PLM-Corporate-Blog\/NX-Mailbag-Role-Based-Packages\/ba-p\/334579"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:15:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T15:15:46","slug":"nx-mailbag-role-based-packages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/nx-mailbag-role-based-packages\/","title":{"rendered":"NX Mailbag:  Role Based Packages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P>Today, I am testing a new feature here on the Siemens PLM Blog; The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.siemens.com\/nx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">NX<\/A> Mailbag.&nbsp; I will publish commonly asked questions about NXand I will try to provide an answer.<BR \/><BR \/>I have a few questions already queued up.&nbsp; So,if you have additional questions, please send them to me.<BR \/><BR \/>Let&#8217;s go to today\u2019s question:<BR \/><\/P><H2><STRONG>Q: Is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.siemens.com\/nx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">NX<\/A> available as a packaged bundle or specialized based on my role?<\/STRONG><\/H2><BR \/>A: Yes, The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/dk_dk\/Images\/5242_tcm682-4292.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">NX Mach Series Design<\/A> bundles offer prepackaged, competitively priced solutions in four tiers. The solutions are tailored for various design industries, practices and processes.<BR \/><BR \/>NX has a role-based user interface which presents the commands you need to do your job, based on the use of roles to customize the user experience.&nbsp;The dialogs are organized into workflows (using blocks) and you get feedback about the process they\u2019re working on. These dialogs present the most commonly used options for a command, so you can build basic features very quickly. If you need to access to the more advanced options and parameters then you simply click the appropriate section of the dialog;&nbsp; it expands and you provide the inputs required. These new dialogs also feature a great amount offeedback about the specific task you\u2019re doing, using colors andother graphic hintsto show when all the required inputs are complete, or not.<BR \/><BR \/><A rel=\"attachment wp-att-4488 nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.industrysoftware.automation.siemens.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/14\/nx-mailbag-role-based-packages\/blockbased\/\"><IMG class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4488\" src=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/wordpress\/images\/2011\/02\/blockbased.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"503\" height=\"265\" \/><\/A><BR \/><BR \/>The NX Mach Series Design packages also allows upgrades, so that customers can move customers up one tier to the next.&nbsp; Each tier provides complete solution packages. Also available are other role based applications including: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en_sg\/products\/nx\/mechatronics_concept_designer\/index.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Mechatronics Concept Designer<\/A>, Mold Wizard, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en_us\/products\/nx\/machining\/tool_fixture\/progressive_design.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Progressive Die Wizard<\/A>, Automotive Applications, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en_us\/Images\/4086_tcm1023-4583.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">General Packaging<\/A>, Shipbuilding and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en_us\/Images\/7453_tcm1023-4364.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">NX advanced FEM<\/A>.<BR \/><BR \/>For more information see&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/dk_dk\/Images\/5242_tcm682-4292.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> The NX Mach Series Fact Sheet<\/A><BR \/><BR \/>Don&#8217;t forget to send me your questions!<BR \/><BR \/>Jerry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, I am testing a new feature here on the Siemens PLM Blog; The NX Mailbag.&nbsp; I will publish commonly asked questions about NXand I will try to provide an answer.    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