running NX 8 on new Macbook Pro
running NX 8 on new Macbook Pro
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thread561-236024: NX run natively on Mac OS?
Hi
Ive just ordered the new macbook pro and have decided to convert from a PC to a mac. The main reason is I'm always on the road and I'm sick of carrying my huge Dell Precision M6500 workstation around with its power adapter that is nearly as big and heavy as the laptop itself.
When I see the size and spec of the new macbook I am really hoping NX8 will run smoothly on it?
I work as a designer and design engineer in the consumer electronics industry and open large assembly files with many components.
I am hoping someone can give me some advice on what operating system to run NX8 on? Mac side or windows side?
Is NX 8 even available on a mac yet?
Is it a good decision trying to run NX8 on windows on a macbook pro?
I have four weeks till its delivered and I hope I have made a good decision.....
Anyone with experience running nx on a mac it would be great if you could share with me your experience.
Cheers
Drew
Hi
Ive just ordered the new macbook pro and have decided to convert from a PC to a mac. The main reason is I'm always on the road and I'm sick of carrying my huge Dell Precision M6500 workstation around with its power adapter that is nearly as big and heavy as the laptop itself.
When I see the size and spec of the new macbook I am really hoping NX8 will run smoothly on it?
I work as a designer and design engineer in the consumer electronics industry and open large assembly files with many components.
I am hoping someone can give me some advice on what operating system to run NX8 on? Mac side or windows side?
Is NX 8 even available on a mac yet?
Is it a good decision trying to run NX8 on windows on a macbook pro?
I have four weeks till its delivered and I hope I have made a good decision.....
Anyone with experience running nx on a mac it would be great if you could share with me your experience.
Cheers
Drew





RE: running NX 8 on new Macbook Pro
I spend nearly all my time in either modelling/shapestudio/assemblies or manufacturing so can't comment on simulation or team centre, plus I've only been using NX for a year but I have to say that I'm more than happy - both with the software and the laptop.
RE: running NX 8 on new Macbook Pro
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RE: running NX 8 on new Macbook Pro
If NX 8 is on the Mac side will it run as fast as the windows side or faster? Are all the features the same and all the icons look the same?
I have a locked node license so I guess I need to choose? Do you know if there is a trial version for the Mac side or maybe this is something I need to ask my software distributer for?
Thanks again for your help!!!
RE: running NX 8 on new Macbook Pro
I run the same config as NeilMGW only without the SSD now for two year and MBP is stunning. I was hoping to run NX under OSX also, but Siemens told me after ordering hardware that only the basic version is available under OSX.
I need to do my rendering in highres and use the NX render module. Therefore I'm stuck with W764pro running under bootcamp. but still hoping for the day to come to turn the only windows app I run NX finnaly into OSX. But have my doubts, if that day will come
Cheers
Juul
RE: running NX 8 on new Macbook Pro
You are restricted not because of NX directly, but by the 3rd party vendors that NX interfaces with for the rendering and such. Siemens needs to put pressure on their software suppliers to provide native OSX code.
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RE: running NX 8 on new Macbook Pro
RE: running NX 8 on new Macbook Pro
- older style UI running inside of an X window (using X11 app)
- X/Motif fonts/dialogs/controls/buttons are really primitive looking when compared to the modern anti-aliased versions on the latest Mac/Windows.
- no unified toolbar (yet)
- Since Lion came out, it's become unusable. Lots of graphics problems and crashes. The latest version is more stable, but there's still a significant OpenGL problem in the interaction between X, Motif and/or OS X 10.7. I haven't tried installing it yet on my Macbook Pro Retina with 10.8, so perhaps it will magically start working.
From what I've heard, most of these problems should be fixed with 8.5. I'm assuming that the Linux folks are also stuck in X Windows as well, although they've probably got better support for that. For now, I just keep running the PC version inside of Parallels which works very well. While I haven't timed it directly, if "feels" like I'm getting 85%-95% the native performance of running it under Bootcamp and Windows 7 directly.
RE: running NX 8 on new Macbook Pro
I can only concur. I gave up using NX for Mac OS Lion for now. I wouldn't put your hopes too high for 8.5 + Lion
2x NX8.0.1.5 Mach Design
1x Solid Edge ST2
RE: running NX 8 on new Macbook Pro
Biggest disappointment is the same OpenGL (or Motif, or X11) graphics updating problem which causes this weird jitter and dramatically slower updates than the Windows version (on the same machine in emulation!!). I'm hoping I've just got some screwy system configuration, but this has been the same problem on 2 totally different configurations: 2010 MacBook Pro running 10.5-10.7, and 2012 MacBook Retina running 10.7-10.8. Both use NVIDIA graphics chips but very different versions.
If anyone has any experience running the Mac version of NX on 10.7 or 10.8 with any success, I'd love to hear it.
RE: running NX 8 on new Macbook Pro
2x NX8.0.2.2 Mach Design
NX Beta Tester
1x Solid Edge ST2
RE: running NX 8 on new Macbook Pro
Regards,
Tomas
RE: running NX 8 on new Macbook Pro
On my end 2009 Macbook Pro I installed in this sequence:
- Mac OS 10.8.2 Mountain Lion
- XQuartz 2.7.4
- OpenMotif 2.1.32
- NX8.5
NX still runs with severe graphical problems. Only the work area in NX gives trouble; the menus are not affected as it seems. It makes NX on the MBP it a NO-GO for me.
Anybody else having problems with NX on a Macbook Pro?
2x NX8.0.2.2 Mach Design
NX Beta Tester
1x Solid Edge ST2