Siemens NX Tutorials | Solid Edge | Teamcenter

How to Create Revisions in Teamcenter

How to Create Revisions Using Teamcenter in NX and Solid Edge If you've opted out to create revisions using Teamcenter, then you're more than likely aware of the amount of work required to keep them all up to date. Some of these tasks include: Where was the part used in an assembly or assemblies? What [...]

February 25, 2021

Using WAVE Geometry Linker

Using WAVE Geometry Linker WAVE Geometry linker allows the designer to reference existing part geometry when designing a new part in existing assemblies. This example will insert a small spacer into the existing level assembly. First, select New Component, in the base group of the assemblies table and create a new part within the existing assembly. […]

February 12, 2021

How to Insert a DWG into Solid Edge

How to Insert a DWG into Solid Edge Need to insert your DWG into Solid Edge? Importing your DWG file into Solid Edge is an easy process to do. In today's CAD tutorial, I'll walk you through the process in Solid Edge. Setting Up a New File for your DWG File Open up Solid Edge [...]

February 11, 2021

New NX Sketch

New NX Sketch NX Sketch has a new solver to help you create sketches that are accurate and represent your design intent. Note: This NEW solver can be turned off or on by using File > Utilities > Feature Toggle > and scroll till you find “use the new solver and UI for sketch” > […]

January 22, 2021

Sheet Metal Tips

Tips For Sheet Metal Design in NX Maintaining manufacturability while designing within the sheet metal application brings a unique set of challenges. Here are 5 sheet metal tips to ensure complex designs are done quickly and correctly. Top 5 Tips for Sheet Metal Design in NX Adjust the global parameters before starting. Some of these […]

January 14, 2021

Export All Components of an Assembly

Export All Components of an Assembly Working in a support role often requires sharing part files and exporting all components of an assemblies with customers and vice versa. This seemingly simple task can present problems at times. End users of Siemens NX likely must share part files between departments, customers, vendors, etc, and can be […]

January 7, 2021

Flat Pattern Templates and Flat Solids in NX

Flat Pattern Templates and Flat Solids in NX Often in design, you need to take sheet metal parts and make flattened out views of them for templates. In this week's blog, I'll be looking at the process of going from part to flat pattern, then exporting it, and creating a flat solid from the pattern. [...]

November 12, 2020

Extracting Assemblies from Teamcenter in NX and Solid Edge

Extracting Assemblies from Teamcenter There are several ways of getting your data out of Teamcenter, especially if you're dealing with assemblies or going through a CAD program. There's manual extraction, but sometimes that takes too long. Here, I'll show two different programs that work with Solid Edge and NX to get assemblies out of a [...]

October 23, 2020

Adding Secondary Tabs and Three Bend Corners on Sheet Metal in NX

Intermediate Sheet Metal Features in NX In this blog, I wanted to focus on adding secondary tabs and three bend corners, topics covered in our NX Sheet Metal class. Although these features might not seem related, I think this is a very common progression. I will be working in NX 1899, although these features are [...]

October 15, 2020

Site Material Library in NX – Getting Started

How to use NX Site Material Library Setting up a site material library can be a great way to make precise adjustments and create materials in a custom material library. This example is in NX 12 but is very similar across newer versions. Some file setup is required outside of NX. Getting Started with Site [...]

October 8, 2020

Most Useful Synchronous Modeling Tools: Move, Delete, Resize Face

Most Useful Synchronous Modeling Tools: Move, Delete, Resize Face The Top 3 Tools Used in NX CAD Synchronous Modeling Synchronous modeling tools in NX CAD allow NX users to quickly edit the design geometry without having to edit any original features. This allows for precise, direct push-and-pull edits to the body. The synchronous modeling tool [...]

October 1, 2020

How to Display Right Angled Head in Tool Path Verify with NX CAM

Display Right Angled Head for Tool Path Verification I occasionally receive questions about the use of right-angled heads in NX CAM and tool path verification. If you use these types of heads often, you probably use NX CAM’s NC Simulation module to verify that your tool paths are collision- and gouge-free. But what if you [...]

September 24, 2020

How to make English and Metric Parts Lists for Drawing Templates in NX

How to make English and Metric parts lists for drawing templates in NX Ever needed to convert English to metric parts lists for your drawing templates in NX? Recently, I had a customer reach out about building a Metric and English parts list issue. The customer needed to easily add to the appropriate drawing format. […]

August 21, 2020