{"id":3287,"date":"2020-06-24T12:26:48","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T16:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-design\/?p=3287"},"modified":"2026-03-26T04:28:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T08:28:50","slug":"latest-nx-update-breaking-down-the-barriers-to-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-design\/latest-nx-update-breaking-down-the-barriers-to-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest NX Update: Breaking down the barriers to innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Every six months or so <\/a>you can experience new enhancements, quality features, and improved workflows to your NX software. This time around is no different. We have so many new and exciting features to share with you. This release of NX is no doubt highlighted from our new NX Sketch, which allows you to capture new ideas like never before. Read on to find out what’s new to the latest NX software. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Most Productive Modeling Environment <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This release continues to deliver numerous new and improved core modeling capabilities, improving your daily productivity and workflow efficiency. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

NX Sketch <\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Sketch the Old Way <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Current CAD systems with their sketchers don’t allow for an iterative design process. They don’t allow you to quickly change your design as ideas evolve. This is where NX comes into play. NX delivers the biggest leap forward in CAD sketching since it was first introduced to the market<\/strong>.<\/a> With NX Sketch, you gain an industry first Artificial Intelligence powered CAD technology at your helm. The sketcher will do the geometric constraining for you when you need it. Sketch applies geometric relationships for you based on surrounding geometry, and it will work seamlessly with any data regardless of the source. Give our demo a watch below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Simplified workflows and assembly creation<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Find new Assemblies functions that include a simplified workflow and assembly creation, for faster design creation. Experience new usability enhancements to common assembly operations to ease assembly creation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022Assembly Preference dialog updated to the new format
\u2022Add Component selection and drag-drop component support multiple graphics windows
\u2022New \u201cFind Closest\u201d orientation option for Touch Align constraint<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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New Assembly functions for a simplified workflow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Digital Mockup <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

New Digital Mockup (DMU) capabilities greatly expand the DMU workflows supported by NX. An efficient design process must support what-if scenarios and provide a method for documenting various design states. The DMU application makes this possible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022Dedicated DMU Preferences and Customer Defaults
\u2022New Measure and Section snapshot properties
\u2022NX Viewer supports DMU & Markup capabilities<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch below for a demo on the new DMU capabilities: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Structure Designer <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Speed up your design process and reduce time to market with enhancements around structural frames, rich industry standards library, and reusable frames with Structure Designer. This also enables better integration with downstream applications. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Structure Designer is for mechanical designer or engineers, welded structures, and structures that are based on standard stocks. What can Structure Designer do for you? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022Easy to use structural frame modeling capability
\u2022Rapid frame drawing assistant that creates 2D skeletons with minimal clicks
\u20223D members placement are automatically oriented based on user defined rules
\u2022Corner treatments are rules-driven and automatically added
\u2022Create accurate designs with specialty features such as structural corner stiffeners, end caps, and mounting feet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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