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October 12, 2009
By DE Editors
Siemens PLM Software has announced the latest release of NX software, the company’s flagship digital product development solution. With NX 7.0, Siemens PLM Software introduces HD3D, an open visual environment to help global product development teams unlock the value of PLM information and enhance their ability to make efficient and effective product decisions.
In addition, NX 7.0 includes enhancements to synchronous technology—the computer-aided design, manufacturing, and engineering analysis (CAD/CAM/CAE) productivity software introduced by Siemens PLM Software last year—that will accelerate a variety of product development tasks and expand the ability of NX to effectively work with data from third-party CAD applications.
The introduction of HD3D in NX 7.0 is part of Siemens PLM Software’s approach to establishing a new paradigm in visual analytics. HD3D is a visually rich environment for working with PLM data. This environment will be common across NX and Teamcenter software, Siemens PLM Software’s digital lifecycle management portfolio, and its open architecture will also allow for integration with a variety of third-party applications.
HD3D provides a way to collect, collate, and present product information. The implementation of HD3D in NX 7.0 will enable users to visually interrogate and evaluate a product design based on any type of data tracked in Teamcenter or NX, such as release status, weight thresholds, material type, delivery status, etc.
In addition to this visual analytics capability based on PLM data, HD3D will be implemented within NX 7.0 Check-Mate, a standards-based checking application that ensures compliance with design criteria, consistency in CAD model file structure, and adherence to a variety of corporate and industry standards. HD3D will enhance validation tools within Check-Mate with a new visual user interface for analyzing and reporting issues.
The synchronous technology enhancements in NX 7.0 impact all aspects of CAD/CAM/CAE. In addition to its affect on productivity for product designers, the new functionality benefits other members of the development team working with CAD data, including analysts and manufacturing engineers. Synchronous technology opens up a range of new opportunities for CAE and CAM users to leverage CAD geometry from any source, according to the company.
For more information, visit Siemens PLM Software.
Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.
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