V18 to NX3 summary

[GPowers2]

UG people

can someone point me towards a v18 to NX3 summary of the greatest reasons to go to NX3, we will be making the jump in any event I just need to share the good reasons with my fellow Designers and Manufacturing Team

thanks in advance

Gary

Moog controls Limited

 

[looslib]

The best way is to get on the UGS site and download the What's New guides for NX1, NX2 and NX3.


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Ben Loosli
CAD/CAM System Analyst
Ingersoll-Rand

 

[ewh]

Gary,
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[HellBent]

NX3 offers tons of new design functions over 18 and some interface tweaks that simplify things a bit. As far as CAM goes (I'll assume that's what you're referring to as your manufacturing team) NX3 is leaps and bounds ahead of v18. A lot of CAM stuff was really tedious in 18 and prior...they've adressed nearly all of it in the newer releases. Just tell them they'll be able to easily create programs that only remove stock that previous cutters left...that in itself will give their nuts a warm and fuzzy feeling. The 18 way of doing it was a pain in the ass. If I remember right I had to redo all of my custom NC postprocessors when switching to NX1 though. UG may be able to help you there if you're using common machines.