×
INTELLIGENT WORK FORUMS
FOR ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS

Log In

Come Join Us!

Are you an
Engineering professional?
Join Eng-Tips Forums!
  • Talk With Other Members
  • Be Notified Of Responses
    To Your Posts
  • Keyword Search
  • One-Click Access To Your
    Favorite Forums
  • Automated Signatures
    On Your Posts
  • Best Of All, It's Free!
  • Students Click Here

*Eng-Tips's functionality depends on members receiving e-mail. By joining you are opting in to receive e-mail.

Posting Guidelines

Promoting, selling, recruiting, coursework and thesis posting is forbidden.

Students Click Here

Jobs

V18 to NX3 summary

V18 to NX3 summary

V18 to NX3 summary

(OP)
UG people

can someone point me towards a v18 to NX3 summary of the greatest reasons to go to NX3, we will be making the jump in any event I just need to share the good reasons with my fellow Designers and Manufacturing Team

thanks in advance

Gary

Moog controls Limited

RE: V18 to NX3 summary

The best way is to get on the UGS site and download the What's New guides for NX1, NX2 and NX3.

"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."
"Fixed in the next release" should replace "Product First" as the PTC slogan.

Ben Loosli
CAD/CAM System Analyst
Ingersoll-Rand

RE: V18 to NX3 summary

Gary,
Tell Stan H that Eric Hayden says HI!

RE: V18 to NX3 summary

NX3 offers tons of new design functions over 18 and some interface tweaks that simplify things a bit.  As far as CAM goes (I'll assume that's what you're referring to as your manufacturing team) NX3 is leaps and bounds ahead of v18.  A lot of CAM stuff was really tedious in 18 and prior...they've adressed nearly all of it in the newer releases.  Just tell them they'll be able to easily create programs that only remove stock that previous cutters left...that in itself will give their nuts a warm and fuzzy feeling.  The 18 way of doing it was a pain in the ass.  If I remember right I had to redo all of my custom NC postprocessors when switching to NX1 though.  UG may be able to help you there if you're using common machines.

Red Flag This Post

Please let us know here why this post is inappropriate. Reasons such as off-topic, duplicates, flames, illegal, vulgar, or students posting their homework.

Red Flag Submitted

Thank you for helping keep Eng-Tips Forums free from inappropriate posts.
The Eng-Tips staff will check this out and take appropriate action.

Reply To This Thread

Posting in the Eng-Tips forums is a member-only feature.

Click Here to join Eng-Tips and talk with other members!


Resources