NX 8.5 Preview

NX 8.5 Preview

Siemens PLM software has previewed NX 8.5 at many user meetings around the world. In the next few weeks, I will begin blogging about some of the new and enhanced features in this release. While it…

NX Hints and Tips – Rapid Sketches WITH Keyboard Shortcuts

NX Hints and Tips – Rapid Sketches WITH Keyboard Shortcuts

Last week, I highlighted a video showing how to rapidly create sketches.This time, we’ll use a number of NX shortcuts. As you can see, by adding the shortcuts you can be much m…

NX Hints and Tips – Rapid Sketches

NX Hints and Tips – Rapid Sketches

In this weeks video, we’ll show how to put together several techniques we’ve learned to create a simple gasket. We’ll create a sketch, constrain it, then revolve it. Next week, we’ll cre…

NX Hints and Tips – Introduction to the NX Interface

NX Hints and Tips – Introduction to the NX Interface

In this blog post, I’d like to introduce you to the standard NX interface. In standard display, the menus and toolbars are positioned at the top of the window and the Resource bar is to the left o…

NX Hints and Tips – Creating Helical Shapes

NX Hints and Tips – Creating Helical Shapes

It’s been a while since I posted an NX tutorial video. Let’s look at a more advanced topic, using the Helix and Bridge Curve commands In this example we will create the thread on an oil fil…

Siemens at EVS26 – Recap

Siemens at EVS26 – Recap

In my last post, I gave an overview of Siemens’ participation inEVS26. EVS26 was a conference and exhibit event for electric vehicles and the electric drive industry. The topics c…

Electric Vehicle Symposium 26 – Los Angeles – May 6-9, 2012

Electric Vehicle Symposium 26 – Los Angeles – May 6-9, 2012

Are you an Electric Vehicle enthusiast interested in seeing a wide range of solutions to enable the electrification of transportation? Join us for EVS26 at the Los Angeles Convention Center! Sieme…

NX Hints and Tips – view a model from inside the model

NX Hints and Tips – view a model from inside the model

We all know how to zoom, pan and rotate around models.But what if you want to view a model from inside the model? You can use this methodto show a correct perspective view f…

NX Hints and Tips – Full Screen Mode

NX Hints and Tips – Full Screen Mode

Sometimes your NX session gets cluttered with too many open windows and toolbars. Did you know that there is a way to enter full screen mode in NX? This week, let’s look at another …