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COMPARISON UG4 vs UG7.5 1
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JohnRBaker
Mechanical
There are dozens of changes (actually a lot more...), but to list a few of the biggies...
Starting with NX 5.0 we changed the style and behavior of most of the dialogs in NX. The good news is that they are now much more consistent when you go from one function to another or use common sub-functions.
Also starting in NX 5.0 we replaced the old Hole feature command with a totally new one covering virtually all of the ER's which people had submitted over the years.
Also with NX 5.0 we introduced Assembly Constraints as an eventual replacement for Mating Conditions (starting with NX 7.5, Mating Conditions can no be used but legacy files containing Mating Conditions will continue to be supported and they will update as expected as parts change).
Also Edit -> Transform has been obsoleted and replaced with a new Move Object command.
There have been many enhancements to Sketching.
And last but not least, an entire new concept of Synchronous Modeling has been introduced which replaced the old 'Direct Modeling' routines.
All in all, there's a lot that you will need to catch-up in, but if you try and get ahold of the various 'What's New' documents from NX 5.0 thru NX 7.5 that will surely help.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
Starting with NX 5.0 we changed the style and behavior of most of the dialogs in NX. The good news is that they are now much more consistent when you go from one function to another or use common sub-functions.
Also starting in NX 5.0 we replaced the old Hole feature command with a totally new one covering virtually all of the ER's which people had submitted over the years.
Also with NX 5.0 we introduced Assembly Constraints as an eventual replacement for Mating Conditions (starting with NX 7.5, Mating Conditions can no be used but legacy files containing Mating Conditions will continue to be supported and they will update as expected as parts change).
Also Edit -> Transform has been obsoleted and replaced with a new Move Object command.
There have been many enhancements to Sketching.
And last but not least, an entire new concept of Synchronous Modeling has been introduced which replaced the old 'Direct Modeling' routines.
All in all, there's a lot that you will need to catch-up in, but if you try and get ahold of the various 'What's New' documents from NX 5.0 thru NX 7.5 that will surely help.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
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tryitagain
Mechanical
Hi 501....,
first of all, at that is a very important one, you will get a whole lot slower. I'm working with UG since 10.4 and started using NX5 one and a half year ago after working with NX3 for two years.
I talked to several guys here in the States and in Germany who are using NX6 and they told me that meanwhile you spend more time defining some parameter, which is slowing down the whole process anyways, then thinking about your work. It seems to me, that in the higher versions ,after NX3, you do not have the freedom anymore to decide which parameter you want to keep and which not. Of course, there are buttons where you switch off associativity, but you have to do that every time. This slows down a lot.
Obviously UG is getting worse every new release. It started with the redesigned user interface which may be easy for a UG freshman, but ....
To make a long story short: good luck with NX7.5.
Regards,
first of all, at that is a very important one, you will get a whole lot slower. I'm working with UG since 10.4 and started using NX5 one and a half year ago after working with NX3 for two years.
I talked to several guys here in the States and in Germany who are using NX6 and they told me that meanwhile you spend more time defining some parameter, which is slowing down the whole process anyways, then thinking about your work. It seems to me, that in the higher versions ,after NX3, you do not have the freedom anymore to decide which parameter you want to keep and which not. Of course, there are buttons where you switch off associativity, but you have to do that every time. This slows down a lot.
Obviously UG is getting worse every new release. It started with the redesigned user interface which may be easy for a UG freshman, but ....
To make a long story short: good luck with NX7.5.
Regards,
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It's surprising to hear users say things are getting worse with every release, and that the big difference is the slow response after NX4...
While I have noticed that some of the menus are noticeably slower to respond in NX7.5 (ie: Style in Drafting, etc), there are a huge number of functional improvements in Modeling, Sheetmetal, Simulation, and Drafting.
I think the UI direction Siemens has taken with NX is fantastic (especially in comparison to the trend of Microsoft "fluent" ribbon interface). Having used NX4 thru NX7.5, I have no doubt at all that the functional improvements far outweigh any issues with sluggish menus (Siemens really should keep a focus on solving this though).
Just sayin'...
While I have noticed that some of the menus are noticeably slower to respond in NX7.5 (ie: Style in Drafting, etc), there are a huge number of functional improvements in Modeling, Sheetmetal, Simulation, and Drafting.
I think the UI direction Siemens has taken with NX is fantastic (especially in comparison to the trend of Microsoft "fluent" ribbon interface). Having used NX4 thru NX7.5, I have no doubt at all that the functional improvements far outweigh any issues with sluggish menus (Siemens really should keep a focus on solving this though).
Just sayin'...
JohnRBaker
Mechanical
Generally the 'sluggish menu' issue is most pronounced the first time a dialog is opened in a new session. Once the dialog has been 'cached' it should open faster the next time you access it in the session.
However, that being said, I agree with you 100% that we need to make this more efficient and it's one of my 'pet peeves' which I pass on to the developers, that they need to remember that these sorts of things are noticed by our users and that we need to avoid becoming complacent or thinking that these little things do not matter because they do.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
However, that being said, I agree with you 100% that we need to make this more efficient and it's one of my 'pet peeves' which I pass on to the developers, that they need to remember that these sorts of things are noticed by our users and that we need to avoid becoming complacent or thinking that these little things do not matter because they do.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
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