NX CAE
Use Simulation to Make Faster More Informed Decisions
Effective use of digital simulation can help project managers reduce many downstream costs and risks. Often referred to as computer-aided engineering, or CAE, simulation enables engineers to understand, predict, and improve product performance digitally.
More design concepts can be explored, which in turn reduces direct costs associated with expensive physical prototypes and enables faster, more informed decisions. The result is better performing products and higher margins.
NX Integrated CAE
The keys to maximizing the value of simulation applications are to use them both as early as possible and then throughout the development process. To this end, Siemens PLM Software offers a comprehensive suite of Digital Lifecycle Simulation solutions designed to meet the needs of multiple users within any engineering enterprise.
NX Lifecycle Simulation delivers:
- Reusable processes and knowledge-driven CAE as a unified part of the NX Digital Product Development environment
- Scalability and consistency based on high-performance CAE technology
- Industrial-strength productivity where CAE results are “current and in the design loop”
- Intelligent multi-CAD geometry idealization - capabilities for CAE which automatically update as the design changes
- Multi-discipline solutions through integrated multi-physics, multi-discipline FEA and CFD solvers, and design-integrated multi-body motion simulation
- Simulation process and data management across a global organization and virtual supply chain for managing CAE models, results, reports and CAE “best practice” processes
- Open support for industry standard CAD and CAE data exchange formats: Parasolid, IGES, STEP, STL, UNV, NBD, XML; standard 3rd party CAE software integrations including ANSYS, ABAQUS, LS-Dyna and MSC NASTRAN; and customizability for in-house solutions
- Global design collaboration using JT for lightweight visualization
Pre-Packaged NX CAE Solutions
NX Mach 2 Advanced FEM
NX Mach 2 Advanced FEM is an integrated advanced finite element modeling tool that enables the rapid pre and post processing of component and assembly models. It provides a broad set of tools to aid the user in the development of abstracted geometry for meshing, advanced load and boundary conditions definitions, material definitions, and support of advanced integrated solutions such as non-linear analysis, flow analysis and multi-physics solutions. Additional translators can be added to support Ansys, Nastran, and ABAQUS solvers.
NX Mach 2 Advanced FEM includes:
-Teamcenter – CAD Management
-Teamcenter - Visualization Base
- XpresReview
- Solid & Feature Modeling
- Assembly Modeling
- Design Logic
- Grip Runtime
- Knowledge Fusion Runtime
- Process Studio runtime license
- Translators (IGES, DXF/DWG, STEP 203/214, 2D Exchange)
- Rapid Prototyping
- Freeform modeling, basic
- Web Express
- Product Validation
- User Defined Features
- Freeform Modeling, advanced
- Dynamic & Photorealistic Rendering
- NX Advanced Finite Element Modeling
NX Mach 3 Advanced Simulation
NX Mach 3 Advanced Simulation is an integrated advanced finite element modeling tool that enables the rapid pre- and post- processing of component and assembly models. It provides a broad set of tools to aid the user in the development of abstracted geometry for meshing, advanced load and boundary conditions definitions, material definitions, and support of advanced integrated solutions such as non-linear analysis, flow analysis and multi-physics solutions. It is able to format and submit finite element model analysis problems directly to NX Nastran with the NX Nastran Interface included with this package. Additional translators can be added to support Ansys and ABAQUS 3rd party solvers.
NX Mach 3 Advanced Simulation includes NX Nastran Desktop Basic which is the base offering of NX Nastran and provides the underlying foundation product for simulation solution using NX Nastran. It is ideal for customers who need a flexible, powerful and cost effective solver solution. It supports a range of commonly used engineering simulations: Linear Static Structural Analysis, Nonlinear Analysis, Inertia Relief, Normal Modes for Vibration, Structural Buckling, Steady State and Transient Heat Transfer, composites, and spot weld analysis.
This bundled version of NX Nastran Desktop differs from the unbundled NX Nastran Desktop product (NXN110) in that the Nastran solver can only be used by one Pre/Post license.
NX Mach 3 Advanced Simulation includes:
-TC – CAD Management
-TC - Visualization Base
- XpresReview
- Solid & Feature Modeling
- Assembly Modeling
- Design Logic
- Grip Runtime
- Knowledge Fusion Runtime
- Process Studio runtime license
- Translators (IGES, DXF/DWG, STEP 203/214, 2D Exchange)
- Rapid Prototyping
- Freeform modeling, basic
- Web Express
- Product Validation
- User Defined Features
- Freeform Modeling, advanced
- Dynamic & Photorealistic Rendering
- NX Advanced Finite Element Modeling
- NX Nastran Basic Bundle
- NX Nastran Translator
- Stress and Vibration wizards
