Need NX3 on Laptop with intent to go to NX6 soon
Need NX3 on Laptop with intent to go to NX6 soon
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Hi all. Newbie here. I am purchasing NX this coming week due to a sudden business opportunity. Have been using for 6 years now. The work I have lined up has to be done on NX3, but I want to install NX6 as well. Doing so on a laptop would be ideal as I will be working at home as well as on site. Can someone let me know if this will work ok and what system specs I need. Also, will NX6 and NX3 work on Windows7 or will I be better off on XP? Sorry for the long question, but I can't seem to find this info anywhere.
Thanks.
Adam
Thanks.
Adam





RE: Need NX3 on Laptop with intent to go to NX6 soon
UG V16.0
UG V17.0
UG V18.0
NX 1.0
NX 2.0
NX 3.0
NX 4.0
NX 5.0
NX 6.0
NX 7.0
NX 7.5
The only special consideration that will need to take into account in order to run both older (pre-NX 4.0) and newer (NX 5.0 and later) versions simultaneously is that you will need to have two license servers installed and running, one using an older NX 4.0 or older license sheet and one using an NX 6.0 or newer license sheet. Now there's no problem setting this as they use different 'ports', but you will have to have your system configured this way to run both NX 3.0 and NX 6.0.
As for System 7, NX 6.0 has been certified to run on System 7, and while NX 3.0 has not been certified (and won't be officially), it will probably run OK (after all UG V16.0 was never certified for XP and it runs fine on my Windows XP configured laptop).
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RE: Need NX3 on Laptop with intent to go to NX6 soon
Thanks so much for your reply.
Adam
RE: Need NX3 on Laptop with intent to go to NX6 soon
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: Need NX3 on Laptop with intent to go to NX6 soon
Dell M6400 T9900 Intel Core2 Duo 3GHZ
Windows XP 32 Bit
4G Ram
Nvidia Quadro FX 3700M
Now. I am not that computer savvy. Will 32 Bit work just fine for NX3 and 6 and 7 for that matter?
On this system, I can only go up to 4 Gigs of RAM, unless I want to go with the 64 bit. That is my main concern. How much better off would I be on a 64. Also, the 64 bit specs for Dell's graphics cards don't seem to match the system requirements on Siemans configurator.
Thanks again.
RE: Need NX3 on Laptop with intent to go to NX6 soon
Pulling my hair out. Siemans says I need a m6300 for 64 bit but that is not offered anymore on Dell's website.
RE: Need NX3 on Laptop with intent to go to NX6 soon
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RE: Need NX3 on Laptop with intent to go to NX6 soon
Also. Can I run NX3 (which is 32 bit right?) on a 64 bit OS. XP or 7? It seems like I am better off using XP no matter if 32 or 64.
The bottom line is that I need to start off on NX3 because right now, it is a customer requirement. They are going to NX6 soon however so obviously, I need to be able to make the jump whenever they are ready. I would probably load both anyhow.
I appreciate all the help you guys are giving me. I have yet to speak with anyone from Siemans. I have a guy at Dell actually trying to get some info out of them.
I would love to order the above system, but on 64 Bit XP or windows7. I really don't care which one. I just need it to work for NX3 and 6. I understand that it (NX3) is no longer certified for anything 64 bit, but will it work?
Sorry for dragging this out...I just want to make sure I order the best system for my needs.
Again, thanks for all your help.
Adam
RE: Need NX3 on Laptop with intent to go to NX6 soon
I have to believe that this computer would work in 64 bit with the same graphics card. nVidia Quadro FX 3700M
RE: Need NX3 on Laptop with intent to go to NX6 soon
My configuration:
New workstation Lenovo S20, Quadro FX1800
OS Win 7 (64bit)
UGS NX3
First NX3 installation worked. (modelling , drafting, ass....). There were some problems with customer defaults settings - different colours, different path to proper file etc. and I couldn't plot.
NX3 was installed on directory: c:/program files (x86)/ UGS/ and I noticed that problems appeared due to different path as default. Normally path is c:/program files / UGS
So I uninstalled NX3 and installed it again.
Result: Nx3 doesn't work.
There is a message:
THE GRAPHICS WINDOW HAS DETECTED AN ERROR AND IS NOT ABLE TO INITIALIZE
and next message
GENERAL FAULT EXCEPTION
Does somebody know what has happened between first and second installation?
Thanks in advance
Luka
RE: Need NX3 on Laptop with intent to go to NX6 soon
When you upgrade beyond NX4, you can get 64-bit NX by contacting your CSR and requesting 64-bit distribution.
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RE: Need NX3 on Laptop with intent to go to NX6 soon
Best Regards
Hudson
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RE: Need NX3 on Laptop with intent to go to NX6 soon
The Graphics Window has detected an error and is not able to initialize.
and It still doesn't work. The best thing is that 32-bit NX3 worked on 64-bit Win7 after first installation yesterday.
Luka
RE: Need NX3 on Laptop with intent to go to NX6 soon
RE: Need NX3 on Laptop with intent to go to NX6 soon
Best Regards
Hudson
www.jamb.com.au
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