{"id":784,"date":"2014-08-12T04:00:01","date_gmt":"2014-08-12T11:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Siemens-PLM-Corporate-Blog\/NX-CAD-and-CAE-Community-Wrap-Up\/ba-p\/335260"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:34:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T15:34:31","slug":"nx-cad-and-cae-community-wrap-up-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/nx-cad-and-cae-community-wrap-up-5\/","title":{"rendered":"NX CAD and CAE Community Wrap Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Exciting new posts are continually added to the\u00a0NX CAD and CAE\u00a0communities. Here are the highlights you may have missed from the past two weeks in the\u00a0NX Design\u00a0and Simulation\u00a0forums. This week\u2019s wrap up from\u00a0Siemens PLM\u00a0contains a new NX Quick Tips video, a future\u00a0Mars rover mission, case studies, and more!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Design<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"CAD NX Quick Tips Video - NEW\" href=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/NX-Design-Blog\/NX-Quick-Tips-Expressions-and-Attribute-Templates\/ba-p\/264509%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">NX Quick Tips: Expressions and Attribute Templates<\/a><br \/>\nLearn how to use expressions with attribute templates, a more advanced topic from the latest <a title=\"CAD NX Quick Tips Archive\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL1m1vu8_quoDWpA9-_MFw1xpCQMjwICp5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">NX Quick Tips<\/a> video!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"NASA Announces Mars 2020 Rover as Curiosity Celebrates Second Anniversary\" href=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/NX-Design-Blog\/Mars-2020-Rover-Builds-Off-of-Curiosity-Extends-Research\/ba-p\/264705\u00a0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Mars 2020 Rover Builds Off of Curiosity, Extends Research<\/a><br \/>\nAs the\u00a0<a title=\"Mars Rover Curiosity lands\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Curiosity_(rover)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Curiosity rover<\/a>\u00a0celebrated the second anniversary of its Mars landing,\u00a0NASA announced their plans for the new\u00a0<a title=\"Mars 2020 Rover\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mars_2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Mars 2020 rover<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"3D Printing for Rapid Prototyping\" href=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/NX-Design-Blog\/Rapid-Prototyping-Using-3D-Printing-On-the-Rise\/ba-p\/263913\u00a0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Rapid Prototyping Using 3D Printing On the Rise<br \/>\n<\/a>More companies are turning to<a title=\"3D Printing\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/3D_printing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> 3D printing<\/a>for prototypes early in the concept design stage as a cost-effective way to identify issues <a title=\"Virutal Prototyping\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Virtual_prototyping\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">virtual prototypes<\/a>\u00a0might miss with handheld products that require tactile feedback.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"CAD NX Leads to Improvements for FUNCOSA\" href=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/NX-Design-Blog\/NX-Case-Study-FUNCOSA\/ba-p\/38073%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">NX Case Study: FUNCOSA<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;I have never found a project that could not be addressed using <a title=\"NX Product Line\" href=\"http:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en_us\/products\/nx\/index.shtml%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">NX<\/a>,&#8221; says Victor Fern\u00e1ndez, director of process engineering at <a title=\"FUNCOSA\" href=\"http:\/\/www.funcosa.com.mx\/%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">FUNCOSA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Simulation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"NX CAE &amp; Test Symposium Aboard Queen Mary\" href=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/NX-Simulation-Blog\/History-Rich-Luxury-Liner-Sets-Scene-of-the-2014-NX-CAE-amp-Test\/ba-p\/264465%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">History-Rich Luxury Liner Sets Scene of the 2014 NX CAE &amp; Test Symposium<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Queen Mary\" href=\"http:\/\/www.queenmary.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">The Queen Mary<\/a> first sailed nearly eight decades ago, but today she remains a symbol of grandeur and opulence. Attendees of the <a title=\"NX CAE &amp; Test Symposium 2014\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en_us\/about_us\/events_webinars\/cae-test-symposium\/?stc=usiia421361\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">2014 NX CAE &amp; Test Symposium<\/a> will have the opportunity to see the Queen Mary during a tour that&#8217;s part of the two-daylong symposium on October 22-23.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"CAE NX Saves Graham Packaging Time\" href=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/NX-Simulation-Blog\/NX-Case-Study-Graham-Packaging-Company\/ba-p\/263353%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">NX Case Study: Graham Packaging Company<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Graham Packaging Company\" href=\"http:\/\/www.grahampackaging.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Graham Packaging Company<\/a> saved six weeks of testing with just one week of simulation using <a title=\"CAE NX\" href=\"http:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en_us\/products\/nx\/for-simulation\/cae\/index.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">NX CAE<\/a>. This was just one of many bottom line-boosting benefits realized with the addition of NX software.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Multiphysics Analysis Necessary for CAE\" href=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/NX-Simulation-Blog\/Simulate-the-Real-World-Using-Multiphysics\/ba-p\/263535%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Simulate the Real World Using Multiphysics<\/a><br \/>\nProduct behavior in the real world is influenced simultaneously by multiple domains of physics, making <a title=\"Multiphysics Analysis\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Multiphysics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">multiphysics analysis<\/a> a growing necessity for <a title=\"CAE\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Computer-aided_engineering\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">computer-aided engineering<\/a> (CAE).<\/p>\n<p>The <a title=\"CAD NX Design Community\" href=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/NX-Design-Forum\/ct-p\/NXforDesign\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">NX Design<\/a>\u00a0and <a title=\"CAE NX Simulation Community\" href=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/NX-Simulation-Forum\/ct-p\/NXforSimulation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Simulation<\/a>\u00a0 communities offer great resources like how-to videos and articles, as well as troubleshooting tips direct from users like you. Register today\u2014it\u2019s free to join and there is no subscription fee!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exciting new posts are continually added to the&nbsp;NX CAD and CAE&nbsp;communities. 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