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Siemens PLM Whats New in NX 10 PDF
Siemens PLM Whats New in NX 10 PDF
Whats new in NX 10
Easier and more powerful than ever
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NX
Whats new in NX 10
Part modeling
Model diagnosis can be a time-consuming
NX 10 features commands specific to aerospace task when modifying parametric models.
design. The face snapshot command in NX 10 is a
powerful tool that saves time by showing
Synchronous technology you the previous state of any face. This
Introduced in NX 9, synchronous tech- makes it much easier to see any problem
nology 2D gives you the same freedom and areas and fix them.
speed that the groundbreaking synchro-
Patterning has been enhanced to give you
nous technology gives you for 3D
greater control and improve performance
geometry. It even works the same way as
and efficiency. Creating high-quality blends
synchronous technology 3D, with simple,
with more consistent results is easier in NX
intuitive push-and-pull commands when
10, thanks to tools such as edge blend and
using the NX sketch environment. In NX
face blend. These new blend options let
10, synchronous technology 2D is even
you control every aspect of your blends
more powerful, with T-junction support,
geometry and create blends with G2 conti-
point on curve constraints, offset
nuity for finish-quality surfaces used in
constraints and more. In addition, its now
styling and industrial design.
easier to select the curves you want to
modify in 2D sketch. Synchronous tech- Creating high-quality surfaces in complex
nology 2D in NX 10 gives you more ways to regions is easier than ever. Fill surface
modify and use 2D data from any source enables you to create a surface by picking
than ever before. Overall, synchronous
NX
curves around its boundary with full control drawing or in manufacturing processes like
over continuity. Curves can now be any other PMI object. With NX 10, you can
wrapped or unwrapped across multiple take advantage of existing information
faces. Not only does this increase versa- much more quickly than before.
tility, its especially helpful for using
Siemens PLM Software recognizes the cost
manufacturing reference geometry.
and effort associated with producing draw-
Trimming and extending sheets and curves
ings, which is why with each release of NX
has been enhanced to provide more effec-
we focus on delivering tools that support
tive results with fewer commands,
rapid drawing creation with reduced cost
increasing efficiency. With new capabilities
and increased productivity. Many customer-
in the blend corner and fill surface
driven enhancements to dimension
commands, its easier than ever to create
creation and editing have been incorpo-
high-quality surfaces that can be manufac-
rated into NX 10, as well as a number of
tured even in complex areas of your model,
annotation enhancements that provide
which was difficult to do in the past.
improved compliance with drafting stan-
dards. These changes all contribute to
simplified workflows and better
productivity.
Documentation
NX Product and Manufacturing Information
(PMI) and NX Drafting have many
customer-driven enhancements in NX 10. NX PMI enables you to create dimensions more
Many of these improvements focus on efficiently.
giving you greater control over the display
Active Workspace
and placement of your annotation, both on
Active Workspace is a powerful tool for
drawings and the model itself. For instance,
finding information about your products
NX 10 provides a number of drawing
quickly and easily. It is embedded directly
format tools to assist in the creation and
in NX, and can also be accessed in any web
maintenance of drawing templates. These
browser on any device, including mobile
tools include a title block command as well
devices. Active Workspace enables you to
as intelligent sheet zones. These
quickly access Teamcenter software data
commands have been enhanced in NX 10
from within NX or anywhere else. The tool
to provide improved workflows.
reduces the amount of time you spend
You can open a JT file and automatically searching for information with its powerful
create real PMI information from it in NX interactive search and filtering capabilities,
10. This includes dimensions, geometric which can access external systems, elimi-
dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) nating the need to search in multiple
objects, weld symbols, centerlines and places. Because Active Workspace is
much more. Since these are real PMI context-aware, it only shows the informa-
objects, they can be used downstream in a tion that is relevant to the task being
NX
performed, which saves you time. By high- enables you to leverage the new NX
lighting issues in visual reports, it helps you Nastran SOL 401 multi-step nonlinear
see the big picture so you can make solver and a thermal solution from the NX
smarter decisions more quickly. Thermal solver.
Using NX CAE 10, you can more easily
tackle complex simulations, such as blade
clearance analysis within aircraft engine
systems, or structural analysis of automo-
tive powertrain components within high
temperature environments. Other applica-
tions for electronic components and
metalworking processes are also well suited
for the multiphysics environment.
Structural analysis
Extended composites simulation capabil-
ities NX CAE 10 extends its modeling and
simulation capabilities for parts made with
laminate composite materials. NX Laminate
Composites has enhanced data exchange
capabilities with Fibersim software so it
can be used to import zones onto polygon
faces or 2D elements. Additional new
enhancements include an interface to
CATIA Composite Product Design (CPD),
support for the new NX expressions capa-
bilities and the ability to edit multiple
laminate physical properties in a single
operation. NX Laminate Composites also
supports the new NX CAE environment for
the LMS Samtech Samcef Solver Suite
software, which is being introduced in NX
10, and enables you to create cohesive
layers between extruded plies to model An integrated vibro-acoustic workflow increases
delamination. productivity for automotive NVH analysis.
In addition, enhancements in this release New LMS Samcef Solver Suite environ-
for the NX Response Simulation module ment NX CAE 10 introduces a new
allow you to recover ply stresses for lami- environment for LMS Samcef Solver Suite,
Simulation of laminate composite nate composites for random vibration which offers a nonlinear finite element
material showing delamination. analyses. solver for structural analysis covering a
wide range of applications in the aero-
space, defense and automotive industries.
NX
With LMS Samcef Solver Suite, you can run Adaptive time stepping scheme The new
linear and nonlinear static analyses, as well adaptive time stepping scheme introduced
as modal and buckling analyses. The solver in NX CAE 10 handles sharp changes in
includes unique capabilities for the predic- temperature at boundary conditions. When
tion of complex, nonlinear phenomena like there are no abrupt changes in boundary
progressive damage in the unidirectional conditions, the new adaptive time scheme
and woven fabric plies of a laminated accelerates the speed of the simulation
composite structure, as well as delamina- without losing accuracy.
tion with coupling to the damage inside
Flow analysis
the plies.
Boundary layer meshing in the FEM In NX
CAE 10, it is possible to create a boundary
layer mesh in the finite element model
(FEM) file with the NX Advanced Fluid
Modeling module. Creating the boundary
layer in the FEM file gives you greater
control over boundary layer mesh because
you can visualize it and use all the mesh
controls and quality checks you normally
would with any FE mesh. This also makes
the boundary layer mesh available for other
The new LMS Samcef Solver Suite environment can
applications in addition to computational
be used to simulate complex, nonlinear
phenomena in composites in addition to linear
fluid dynamics (CFD), such as for acoustics
static, modal and buckling behaviors. applications. You can take advantage of the
NX CAE geometry and mesh preprocessing
Thermal analysis speed for use with external CFD solvers by Create and control the boundary
Solver-evaluated expressions NX Thermal exporting the boundary layer mesh to a layer mesh directly in the FEM for
and NX Advanced Thermal modules can be CFD general notation system (CGNS) file. CFD and acoustics applications.
used to leverage the new expression capa-
Mesh wrapping capability Analysts often
bilities introduced in this release to model
need to start their simulations from legacy
interdependencies between boundary
finite element mesh data, meaning no
conditions. This allows you to define
surface geometry is available. This poses a
boundary conditions with symbolic expres-
difficult challenge for CFD analysts who
sions containing quantities that can only be
need to create the fluid domain mesh for
evaluated at solve time and updated as
the cavity inside the part. NX CAE 10 intro-
needed during the solution sequence.
duces a new mesh wrapping capability that
Printed circuit board components for solves this problem by allowing you to
spacecraft The NX 10 release of the NX generate fluid bodies from models for
Space System Thermal module includes the which you have mesh data but no
functionality to create printed circuit geometry.
boards (PCBs) and PCB component simula-
tion objects. These new features let you
easily define the thermal resistor models
for PCBs and electronic components
commonly used in spacecraft, which
operate under severe thermal conditions
over the course of a mission.
Cut region control for rest milling NX 10 reversing the cutting direction, thus
provides enhanced rest machining capabili- further maximizing performance of the
ties that offer better tool life and higher machine tool.
quality surface finish. The interactive cut
region control functions have been
extended to cover Flowcut, the valley rest-
milling operation, and specify a range of
cut patterns for steep, shallow and flat
areas. To ensure that the best cutting
method is used for each area, you can
Cut region control enables precise control
of rest milling tool paths. preview, change and reorder the regions
before generating tool paths. With the new
cut region control for Flowcut, you can
quickly and reliably program even the most
complex mold and dies. The optimized Minimize tool travel and improve machining accu-
machining of the corners and valleys can racy with optimized drilling patterns.
extend tool life and improve surface finish.
Group features With NX 10, you can mini-
Prismatic part machining
mize the number of operations needed to
Chamfer milling of holes The new cham-
machine parts with many holes. Using
fering operation applies the powerful
feature-based machining, holes are identi-
hole-milling approach to a common feature
fied, filtered and grouped automatically.
with a minimum programming input. NX
Holes sharing similar attributes are
10 enables you to automatically calculate
programmed together so that they share
the correct tool offset for chamfering holes
tools. On the shop floor, the optimized
and generating a circular milling tool path
machining process can reduce tool
using the familiar hole-making method-
changes, shorten travel distance and
ology. You can reduce programming and
Shown is the automated chamfer milling increase drilling accuracy.
of holes with different orientations and machining time by chamfering multiple
sizes. holes with one operation, even when the
holes have different orientations. And you
can use a single tool to machine chamfers
of different sizes that save you even more
programming time. The in-process visual-
ization displays uncut material after each
operation.
Line Designer
Design complete production layouts on a
single platform
NX 10 introduces Line Designer, an
advanced solution to design and visualize
layouts of product lines. The integrated
Siemens PLM Software platform enables
you to easily associate the designed layout
to manufacturing planning.
Scanning inspection paths can be automatically This close integration with planning allows
created by using the embedded PMI data. you to efficiently manage the entire manu-
facturing process. You can easily optimize
Saved analysis results
the process by specifying each production
NX CMM can be used to analyze measured
step down to managing a single manufac-
results by bringing them back into the
turing resource, such as a robot or a Design and visualize layouts of
graphics system to compare against the
fixture. production lines with Line Designer.
as-modeled geometry. In NX CMM 10,
these measured results can be stored in the You can perform accurate impact analysis
NX part file for further analysis. NX and drive efficient change management by
measurement tools can be used to display using the parametric resources that are
deviations and create annotations for associated with the manufacturing plan.
reports. Subsequent measurements can be
Having a complete solution for line-level
compared against previous measurements
design that is integrated with manufac-
as manufacturing processes are refined and
turing planning is essential to define
quality is improved over time.
optimized production processes.
NX
Lay out the production concept in NX The fully classified equipment library is
Line Designer is a complete production managed by using Teamcenter, a complete
layout solution for manufacturing system for data and process management.
engineers. The solution connectivity allows manufac-
turing engineers to connect to the library.
The parametric engine in NX enables you to
By connecting to the Teamcenter library
efficiently work manufacturing compo-
environment, you can utilize the powerful
nents and to easily accommodate any
search, view and retrieval capabilities
changes. When adjusting the size of indi-
across a fully classified library directly
vidual components or modifying the layout,
from NX.
the entire production line automatically
updates. To efficiently handle a large amount of
complex data, NX provides advanced tech-
nology such as fourth-generation design
(4GD) and JT. The component-based 4GD
approach enables concurrent design in
multiple configurations, and is scalable to
layouts with a large number of compo-
nents. JT is a lightweight data technology Share the same library equipment
that provides high-performance visualiza- with the Siemens PLM Software
tion and collaboration capabilities. suite of applications.
2D representation: quickly
position the components
Product Process Line Process Virtual
and generate drawings.
design planning design simulation comissioning
Simplified representation:
design the 3D layout with a Pictured is the factory layout design and manufac-
minimum number of turing planning workflow.
components.
The layout designed with Line Designer can
be used to validate the manufacturing
process using Tecnomatix software for
digital manufacturing. Using the Process
Detailed representation:
simulate and detect Simulate application, you can validate a
interferences by using all wide range of robotic applications allowing
the equipments details. you to simulate complete production
systems, including cell validation and robot
placement optimization. By simulating
production processes, you can define the
optimum manufacturing process.
NX
With Tecnomatix virtual commissioning Visual reports can be managed and distrib-
solutions, you can correct your program- uted to benefit the entire enterprise.
mable logic controller (PLC) codes in a
virtual environment before using them on
real equipment. By simulating and vali-
dating your automation equipment
virtually, you can ensure proper operation
and significantly reduce system startup
time.
Tooling
Tooling design in NX 10 contains a large
number of incremental changes designed
Validate the designed production lines with Process
Simulate.
to make it easier to simulate your manufac-
turing processes.
Using the Siemens PLM Software unified The create box command is used to create
platform provides efficient change manage- a block or cylinder around a group of
ment and direct access to a shared library objects that you select. In NX 10, this
of manufacturing assets. Re-usable best command creates associative features for
practices can be synchronized across the easy tracking and modification. You have
solution. You can further expand the solu- full control over the creation method,
tion to efficiently work with suppliers and shape and references of the box. These
system integrators. enhancements automate a significant
Visual reporting and documentation portion of the mold design process and
You can use Line Designer to directly access simplify workflows.
a layouts PLM information in Teamcenter. Its quicker and easier to find the standard
Line Designer can display relevant informa- parts you need in NX 10 because you can
tion about each component, including define a search-and-save-it in the Re-use
type, design changes, suppliers, investment Library. You can even place the search
cost and build dates. directly on the NX ribbon bar for quick
With high-definition 3D (HD3D) NX Visual access.
Reporting, you can browse product lifecycle It is simpler to create parting surfaces with
management (PLM) data and view details the new guided extension option. This lets
in an interactive navigator. Visual reports you create an associative parting surface
can be configured to display color-coded based on a set of connected curves or
information on manufacturing equipment edges. With guided extension, you can
models based on its values and properties. create parting surfaces in areas where
So you can quickly and intuitively visualize other methods cannot.
components in make-or-buy categories,
identify long-lead items or identify all
suppliers of a full line of equipment.
NX
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