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Reuse, Reprocess, Recycle - Giving Your Old Data Purpose   Data reuse realizes the enormous value of your intellectual property—but if it's lost in your company records, it's worthless. In this 24-minute webinar replay, Swoosh Application Engineer and Data Management Guru Sam Estrada demonstrates how to quickly and efficiently locate the file you're looking for [...]

November 15, 2019

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Webkey Account Changes You may have received an email from Siemens about your Webkey account and some changes that have been made to how customers access their accounts. One of the main changes is around the use of your email address vs. the use of a username to access your account. Also, you may have […]

November 8, 2019

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Progressive Die Wizard in NX   In this webinar replay, Application Engineer David Chiu covers the Progressive Die Wizard within NX, which guides you through the die-making process from design to production. By using intelligent automation and reuse libraries you can reduce your design time by up to 50 percent! Topics covered: Progressive Die Design [...]

October 30, 2019

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Manufacturing: Easy 3-step process to bring your tools and holders up to a new NX version Your tooling library may be working fine, but … if your customized tools are not appearing, you will need to bring your tool and holder .dat files forward to the new NX version.   Step 1: Located and rename […]

October 25, 2019

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6 Steps to Design Simulation for the Non Expert using FloEFD   Just because you're not an expert doesn't mean you can't test your own design with FloEFD. Making changes late in the process causes expensive rework. Testing your design early lets you evaluate variants, dismiss less desirable options, and create an optimized end product. [...]

October 2, 2019

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Set Gouge Checking & Interference Checking "On" by Default They're two very helpful tools and maybe you want them to be set to "On" by default. This is not a customer default or a preference setting. You will need to go into each of the templates you use and edit each of the operations in [...]

September 6, 2019

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NX Launcher Installation   Have you seen these changes in the Start Menu? Beginning with the June 2019 functional release (1872), the Start Menu for NX will use the same folder name for every functional release. This includes the January 2019 release (1847). The new Start Menu starting with the June 2019 release will have [...]

August 1, 2019

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Things to know before updating to NX 1872. NX Channel Release Roadmap If you're enrolled in the NX Continuous Release, you probably noticed the first major update is ready to download and install. For background knowledge, Siemens has implemented a continuous release methodology that started January 2019. NX 12 is the last version and revision [...]

July 23, 2019

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Part Manufacturing in the 21st Century Typical Complex Parts Machining Complex part components can be characterized as high accuracy parts with free form shapes manufactured from different high tech materials. Typical Geometry: Complex round shapes with pockets Free form complex shapes Challenging geometry– thin walls, hard to reach places Typical Machining Concerns: Multiple setups Multi-axis [...]

July 22, 2019

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Installing NX Machine Simulation This step-by-step guide will show you how to install a new Machine Simulator. Note: These instructions work for all NX Releases. A typical machine kit will be in a folder.  You will use the folder itself as well as its contents. Sub-Folders: Cse_driver This is where the Machine Configurator is located [...]

July 12, 2019

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Upgrade an Existing NX License Server In order to upgrade the NX license server, you must have the following: NX 1872 installation media for the proper operating system, OR The Siemens PLM License Server installation program. For NX 1872, the license server installer is 1.2_win64_setup.exe. NX 1872 license file with the correct server information (hostname [...]

July 11, 2019

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Solid Edge & Windows 10 Updates - 2019 If you are not aware already, Windows 10 is a constantly evolving product. It originated as yearly major updates to its products. Now it consists of update packages that are sent out every six months(ish). Knowing that users are running Windows 10 is not enough. Users need [...]

July 8, 2019

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Using ERA In KeyShot In this video, I will cover a few aspects of the Explode-Render-Animate (ERA) environment in KeyShot. I've had multiple people ask me questions pertaining to ERA recently. That's the environment in Solid Edge where you can make things move around. Of course, we can fly motors and things at the assembly [...]

June 25, 2019

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