Windows 7 and NX6 / NX7

[ingallspw]

Ok I've always been a bite the bullet kind of guy (except I am still on XP LOL!) so...

Is NX compatible with Windows 7 and if so does that include 32 and 64 bit?

And while we are on the subject, we still use I-deas as well. Any word on that as far as windows 7 goes?

Keegan

 

[JohnRBaker]

I can ask, but I wouldn't hold my breath...

John R. Baker, P.E.
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Product Design Solutions
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[JohnRBaker]

As I suspected, the answer is NO, there will be no attempt to test and/or certify NX to operate using the 'XP/32 virtual' option in Windows 7, if for no other reason than that it does not support accelerated graphics and therefore does not provide an acceptable environment for running NX. In the end, the issue is NOT whether it will run or not, but rather will it be usable, and the consensus is that it would fall short in meeting several of our minimum criteria and therefore does not merit any further consideration.

Our position is that since we fully expect that NX will be certified to run straight-up on Windows 7, that there is nothing to be gained by even considering running it under this 'emulation' mode.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA

http://www.siemens.com/plm

http://www.plmworld.org/museum/

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

 

[hudson888]

Thanks John,

That is at least what I wanted to know. At a guess until clarification of driver support is fully available I'd have to say that the older the version the less certain that I feel about the availability of device drivers that fully support CAD graphics in particular.

Due to previous cautionary experience I'm more or less happier to wait a while. We had the devil of a time trying to find graphics drivers that supported NX-3 through NX-5 under Xp/64 for some time previously. Some users may recall or remain mindful of why I'm not as fully enthusiastic as others.

Best Regards

Hudson

www.jamb.com.au

Nil Desperandum illegitimi non carborundum

 

[JohnRBaker]

Well at least the 32-bit world is a little more forgiving as I've got every version of UG/NX since UG V16.0 installed and running on my Dell M65 laptop - Windows XP-32.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA

http://www.siemens.com/plm

http://www.plmworld.org/museum/

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

 

[Operative]

Using NX6.0.3 on Win 7 Professional 64 and so far its been flawless. Forget Vista, Win 7 is what Vista should have been. It works, its lightweight, its responsive.

 

[hudson888]

Opertative

Purchased or beta?

Best Regards

Hudson

www.jamb.com.au

Nil Desperandum illegitimi non carborundum

 

[Operative]

Hi Hudson
Purchased, at home I use one of the RC candidates (betas) and it too has been flawless. Driver supprt has been reallly good, unlike the Vista fiasco.