Siemens PLM Software, a division of Siemens AG, Europe’s largest engineering conglomerate, has announced that NX 6 (Unigraphics) is nearly ready for release on the Mac OS X operating system.
Now Testing NX 6 for Mac
According to the PLM World e-Newsletter, Siemens is please to announce that customer tests are about to begin for NX 6 on Mac OS X. For the first time, Mac users will be able to take advantage of the world’s most advanced, full-featured PLM (product-life-cycle management) and MCAD product. The newsletter reports: “The Mac has long set the standard for design and innovation in the personal computer market, making it the perfect fit for NX and Teamcenter.”
NX 6 for Mac will be fully demonstrated at PLM World conference in June of this year, and is scheduled to be released soon after that.
Synchronous Technology
NX will run on Mac OS, Unix-like systems and any Windows version from XP onwards. What really matters to NX is not your OS, but the hardware you give it to work with. Unlike AutoCAD which will run on very modest machines and is for the most part single threaded, NX is a well-threaded application. But that being said, until NX 6, if you wish to run NX on your MacBook Pro, you'll have to run in under Windows and not OS X. However, starting with NX 6 you will have the option to run either a Windows or Mac OS X version of NX on your Intel-based Apple hardware. Product 'Evangelist' NX Design Siemens PLM Software Inc.
NX 6 for Mac will include all the same technology as NX 6 on Linux and Windows, including Siemens PLM Software’s leading-edge Synchronous Technology, which combines the best in “history-based” and “explicit modeling” (history-free) to allow even inexperienced users to modify 3D models directly without needing to know how the models were created.
NX 6 also features a state-of-the-art user interface which is completely customizable. A knowledge-based design tool, NX 6 allows users to capture, manage, and share and apply company knowledge throughout the enterprise organization.
NX 6 on Mac – Requirements
NX 6 for Mac will run only on current 64-bit Intel-based Mac systems running Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5.5 or later) and it supports all graphic subsets. It will include CAD, CAM, Assemblies and Drafting. Siemens PLM has many customers already signed up to test NX 6 for Mac OS X. Interested NX customers can contact Tom Spangler at [email protected]
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To read our previous NX 6 release for Windows and Linux go here.
Industrial giant Siemens has announced this week the latest release of Siemens’ NX, now at version 9. The product formerly named Unigraphics and used in industrial and aerospace industries to design, engineer and manufacture industrial equipment has for many years been arguably one of the top leaders in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software.
Siemens NX 9 – Available for OS X
Siemens was the first and still only true industrial-class PLM software platform with robust OS X support. NX 9 is available and ready to run on OS X in all 64-bit versions, in addition to 64-bit Windows and 64-bit Linux environments.
01 – Siemens NX 9 was released this week with major new updates and features.
NX 9 offers breakthrough new product enhancements that the company says offer up to five times (5x) productivity enhancements across multiple industries. A big new change is that NX 9 introduces Siemens’ well-regarded “synchronous technology” to the 2D data–not just 3D data. Another change in the addition of 4th generation (4GD) technology to enhance design for massive assemblies.
02 – Siemens NX 9 also runs on OS X on any 64-bit OS X installation on compatible Apple Mac hardware.
“NX 9 represents a very significant step forward for Siemens, our customers, and for product development in general,” said Jim Rusk, senior vice president, product engineering software, Siemens PLM Software. “With significant new breakthroughs such as synchronous technology for 2D, 4GD and NX Realize Shape, we are offering our customers unprecedented design flexibility while significantly increasing their product development productivity. And by leveraging our successful Active Workspace solution, we are enhancing the high definition user experience that helps our customers make smarter decisions that result in better products.”
The Battle Between 3D and 2D: Resolved
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While 3D modeling is the preferred method of product design throughout the world, 2D drawings and 2D product data – in a wide variety of digital formats – are still used in virtually every industry in some aspects of product development. Unfortunately, due to incompatible data structures and inconsistent CAD technology, working with these 2D files is typically tedious and time consuming.
Synchronous technology for 2D eliminates these problems by adding intelligence to 2D data without the need for translation, enabling users to edit multi-CAD 2D files up to five times faster. The company says this is particularly valuable to industries like automotive, aerospace, machinery and others with large amounts of legacy 2D product data–essentially any industry which got started with 2D CAD a long time ago.
“Siemens’ synchronous technology for 2D is a Next Generation 2D tool that addresses many of the downfalls of drafting and sketching,” said Chad Jackson, principal analyst for Lifecycle Insights, a leading PLM research and advisory firm. “It ‘understands’ the geometric relationships inherent in 2D drawings and applies user-controlled assumptions at the point of change to enable intelligent modifications. It also applies these assumptions locally instead of globally to ensure fast performance.”
Further Info
NX 9 is a dense upgrade from the previous version and there are many features and enhancements beyond those mentioned here. Siemens NX 9 is immediately available.
We encourage readers to learn more about NX 9 and the new Teamcenter software as well by visiting this detailed product description.
Siemens PLM software is used by over 71,000 customers worldwide with seven million licensed seats distributed among those customers. To get all the details visit here.