NX9 only 64 bit?
NX9 only 64 bit?
(OP)
I am using NX8 at the moment. Found no bugs so far and runs smoothly. Constraint navigator is a real improvement. Good product.
Now, I am not sure were I read it (release notes ?), but in versions 9 and later, only 64 bit architecture is supported. This will have an effect on our hardware and software investments.
In order to plan ahead, does anybody know if there will be a 8.5 release or is the next one 9.0 and what will be the release date(s) approximately?
Thanks in advance
Now, I am not sure were I read it (release notes ?), but in versions 9 and later, only 64 bit architecture is supported. This will have an effect on our hardware and software investments.
In order to plan ahead, does anybody know if there will be a 8.5 release or is the next one 9.0 and what will be the release date(s) approximately?
Thanks in advance
Older budweiser





RE: NX9 only 64 bit?
Anthony Galante

Technical Resource Coordinator
NX4.0.4MP10, NX5.0.0->5.0.6, NX6.0.0->NX6.0.5, NX7.0.0->NX7.0.1 & NX7.5.0.32-> NX7.5.4.4, Beta NX8.0.0.25
RE: NX9 only 64 bit?
That's not quite accurate. What the NX 8 Release Notes actually says is...
"...NX 9 will be available as 64-bit only..."
With that in mind, please note that nowhere in the NX 8 Release Notes does it state that NX 9 is the NEXT major release of NX.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
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RE: NX9 only 64 bit?
it state that NX 9 is the NEXT major release of NX.
Hi John, that may be true but the attached image from the NX8 release notes implies that NX8 is the last release for 32bit. Does that mean a NX8.5 is now considered to be a point release?
Anthony Galante

Technical Resource Coordinator
NX4.0.4MP10, NX5.0.0->5.0.6, NX6.0.0->NX6.0.5, NX7.0.0->NX7.0.1 & NX7.5.0.32-> NX7.5.4.4, Beta NX8.0.0.25
RE: NX9 only 64 bit?
And as for what was in the NX 8 Release Notes, of the two statements, that NX 9 will support 64-bit only, and that NX 8 was the last release to support 32-bit Windows, it perhaps would have been better if we had STOPPED typing after the first one since it was all that we really needed to say.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
UG/NX Museum: http://www.plmworld.org/p/cm/ld/fid=209
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: NX9 only 64 bit?
Anthony Galante

Technical Resource Coordinator
NX4.0.4MP10, NX5.0.0->5.0.6, NX6.0.0->NX6.0.5, NX7.0.0->NX7.0.1 & NX7.5.0.32-> NX7.5.4.4, Beta NX8.0.0.25
RE: NX9 only 64 bit?
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Bill
RE: NX9 only 64 bit?
And for the record, NX 7.5 is NOT the first 'point release' that we've ever delivered although I have to admit that it had been awhile since the last one. And like with NX 7.5, these prior 'point releases' were never considered to be maintenance releases, but rather primarily as enhancement releases, requiring a full install, a new license sheet and no backward compatibility, with this last item being the real differentiator between a Maintenance Release and a major release, irrespective of the 'name' seen on the start-up flash screen.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
UG/NX Museum: http://www.plmworld.org/p/cm/ld/fid=209
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: NX9 only 64 bit?
NX8.5 (if released) is considered a point release of NX8 so therefore it will be available in 32bit.
Anthony Galante

Technical Resource Coordinator
NX4.0.4MP10, NX5.0.0->5.0.6, NX6.0.0->NX6.0.5, NX7.0.0->NX7.0.1 & NX7.5.0.32-> NX7.5.4.4, Beta NX8.0.0.25
RE: NX9 only 64 bit?
So while I can't 'officially' confirm your speculation about the name of the NEXT major release or where it 'numerically' fits relative to NX 8.0 and NX 9.0, I can say that the timeframe at which users will need to move to 64-bit only systems is perhaps a year further down the road then many of them had assumed.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
UG/NX Museum: http://www.plmworld.org/p/cm/ld/fid=209
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: NX9 only 64 bit?
Anyway, thank you all for the input. Looks like a have a year or more to convince the management to transfer to 64 bit.
Older budweiser
RE: NX9 only 64 bit?
First didgit after the integer being non-zero releases have been rare and ususally require a new license file. Going back, I can think of 8: UG2 had: 9.1, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 11.1, 14.1 and NX7.5. Some of the 10.x releases may not have required new license files but he functionality was changing with .x release.
Whatever Siemens calls the next release, be it 8.1 or 8.5, it will run on 32-bit Wintel computers. When NX9.0 is released it will only be on 64-bit computers. Since 8.0 is out and John said "a year further down the road" for NX9, I would quess that 8.0 will have many MRs (8.0.x) or there will be a point release (8.x). Softwrae development needs to get released code out to their customers so they can get feedback on their next project. This release need is offset by the customers reluctance to trust newly released code and their need to keep the engineering staff productive. Yearly release schedules of new code releases seems to be a good balance, yet still has some comapnies lagging behind in their upgrade process. When you add a PLM system on top of your CAD system, you have additional checks and compatibility issues to juggle.
While I can upgrade CAD in a few minutes since the code is serve based, it takes a weekend to migrate and upgrade a PLM system. Add into that your engineering work-in-process and release of product scheduling and it all becomes a nightmare for coordination.
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RE: NX9 only 64 bit?
But when will NX support multi-core processors indeed?
Calculating toolpaths etc..
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kukelyk
RE: NX9 only 64 bit?
UGII_SMP_ENABLE=1
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
UG/NX Museum: http://www.plmworld.org/p/cm/ld/fid=209
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: NX9 only 64 bit?
RE: NX9 only 64 bit?
Toolpath calculation being passes off to another CPU core is one of the areas that uses the multiple cores available. Just having multiple cores helps in that the OS, office, and other apps can be run on different cores than NX.
"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."
Ben Loosli