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We have exclusively partnered with Sony to introduce a new solution to the market called Immersive Engineering. We’re combining the power of NX with Sony’s new XR Head-Mounted Display (HMD); the SRH-S1 to deliver the most precise and natural way to visualize, interact and collaborate in 3D. This dynamic software and hardware integration enables users to experience immersive engineering within a fully integrated user-centric virtual space.

The latest release of NX sees the introduction of Immersive Designer; the most natural way to experience a digital twin. Move beyond today’s limitations to create game changing products whilst you stand in the same space as your digital product.

We’ve focused on ensuring comfort and industry leading performance when ideating using the head-mounted display. The HMD comes with 4K OLED displays for each eye, ensuring the highest visual quality. On top of this, we’ve spent a significant amount of time optimizing the weight balance of the headset so that comfort is not a limiting factor when in Immersive Designer. Additionally, the HMD comes with a flip-up visor for easier multi-tasking and a borderless experience.

You’ll be able to experience NX in high-fidelity 3D that supports traditional mouse and keyboard inputs. Or, take advantage of the ergonomically optimized controllers to make precise changes to your model within a virtual space.

Take a look at the full Immersive Designer webpage here:

In case you missed it, we also released Immersive Explorer back in the December 2023 release. Immersive Explorer enables you to review CAD data in an immersive and interactive VR or desktop experience.

Let’s take a closer look at how Microsoft Azure is taking our AI offering to the next level. NX is now part of the Siemens Industrial Copilot ecosystem, bringing it in line with our three pillars for AI functionality across the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio:

Analyze
There’s a need to analyze particular elements in NX; perhaps you want to be shown the optimal approach to workflow. Maybe you need guidance on the best way to navigate the UX? Or you need pointers on how best to interpret data?

Optimize
Optimization is required throughout every corner of an organization. AI in NX will be able to suggest the best functionality to use in order to optimize products and balance any trade-offs.

Generate
For NX, having AI capabilities to generate the ideal model is key. AI can assist if you need to create a specific model, perform multi-domain tasks, and create engineering content.

For products involving fluid flow and heat transfer, getting timely simulation results feedback is advantageous whether you are verifying performance or evaluating design improvements. We have introduced NX CFD Designer as a new, accessible simulation tool for designers to perform common CFD analysis tasks themselves to empower decision making.

Being NX native means you can now access fundamental fluid flow and thermal simulation capabilities without leaving NX. You can view results on parts geometry and assemblies directly whilst exploring performance of different design changes.

NX CFD Designer features guided simulation set up, automatic meshing, a unique solver technology, and easy results viewing – so you can focus on leveraging simulation driven insights to streamline development.   

Introducing NX Inspector

We believe that a short and strong feedback loop is key to capturing field experience and embedding it into continuously improving products. So, we’ve created a new application called NX Inspector.

NX Inspector makes it possible to provide first-class representation of characteristics in NX and trace them across the entire lifecycle of a product. Working with NX Inspector ensures you’ll adhere to industry and customer standards, define custom characteristic properties and see updates of characteristics in real-time.

NX Design for Manufacturing

We’d also like to introduce NX Design for Manufacturing (DFM); a new application intended to identify costly and problematic manufacturing on your design model. We’ve built multiple checkers that are specific for different manufacturing methods, whilst also giving you the opportunity to customize your checker parameters.

With NX DFM , you can reduce overall production costs for new products, educate your team on costly design features to avoid, and adhere to industry and company design standards.