Course Description

NX
CAD TRANSITION NX 4 - NX 5
course code TR10016T45
duration 3 days
tuition $1380 (US)

Class is taught in the Teamcenter integration environment.

The NX 4 to NX 5 CAD Transition class is for experienced NX 4 users transition into the new functionality of NX 5.The new gateway, drafting, modeling, shape studio, free form, assemblies and sheet metal functionality introduced in NX 5 make up the focus of this course. The course allows for actual hands-on activity time for a real learning experience

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

This course is intended for all NX users including:

  • Designers, engineers
  • CAD/CAM managers
  • Or anyone that is experienced in NX 4 and wants to learn the new functionality in NX 5
USER LEVEL

Intermediate

PREREQUISITES

In order to provide a high quality education experience to our customers; all students must meet these prerequisites before taking the class.

  • Must be an experienced NX 4 user

CAD Transition is also available as a series of LIVE! Online distance learning classes

PRIMARY COURSE TOPICS
    Architecture/Usability/Visualization
    • Standard camera support
    • GoFast: dialog bar, docking and look
    • Balloon tooltip mechanism
    • Command finder
    • GoFast: selection manager
    • Constructor blocks: point, vector, axis, plane, csys, transform
    • PDF output
    • NX adapter support for blanking and layering
    • Attribute consolidation
    • Journaling for plotting
    • Selection usability
    • Pole snapping enhancements
    • Crayon selection
    • Dynamic sectioning enhancements
    • Nissan: rotation enhancements
    • Novice shadows and environments
    Assemblies
    • Component based product design
    • Path planning in assembly sequencing
    • Assembly constraints
    • Clearance subassemblies
    • Clearance enhancements 3
    • Product interfaces
    • WAVE info enhancements
    • Re-parent pilo wave enhancements
    • Add component usability
    • Display management usability
    • File new using templates
    • Close part enhancement
    • OpenAs enhancements
    • Tracelines usability
    Design
    • Error reporting and diagnostics
    • Part navigator dependency enhancements
    • Multibody trimmed sheet
    • Geometry instance
    • Sketch - reassociate dimensions
    • Sketch - combine selection modes
    • Sketch - make corner
    • Sketch - associative 2D offset
    • Rewrite extract and GoFast on WAVE
    • NX5 blend enhancements
    • Extrude with multiple draft angles
    • Variational sweep Ph2a
    • Boolean and multibody Phase 1
    • Customer defaults for curve associativity
    • Defaults for selection intent methods
    • Performance Improvements
    • 3D-Arc (blend fillet)
    • Sketch - datum management
    • Selection intent enhancements
    • Sketch - associative trim, expression tool
    • Selection intent in thicken sheet
    • Offset emboss
    • GoFast: blend, revolve, and shell features
    • GoFast: shape modeling blocks
    • GoFast: curve text features, curves
    • GoFast: associative modeling blocks
    • GoFast: datums, divide face, draft/body taper
    • GoFast: emboss feature
    • GoFast: gateway edit , object display, part selection, parts, file properties
    • GoFast: mirror
    • GoFast: offset curve
    • GoFast: offset in face and join curves
    • GoFast: offset surface & thicken feature
    • GoFast: offset/scale features
    • GoFast: sketcher - lightweight , constraints, curves, insert/reattach
    • GoFast: edit curve
    • GoFast: sweep, trim and tube features
    • GoFast: modeling misc
    • GoFast: booleans - sew, unite, subtract, intersect
    • GoFast: sheet booleans - patch
    • GoFast: gateway load options
    • GoFast: law block
    • GoFast: through curve mesh & rebuild & continuity blocks
    • GoFast: through curves & flow direction block
    • GoFast: point alignment block
    Drafting
    • Automatic anchor points for views
    • Automatic manual to associated dimensions
    • Enhance NX/Open support for custom symbols
    • View Label/scale position
    • Shaded views in drafting
    • Single pick crosshatch creation
    • Folded and unfolded section views
    • GoFast Dimensions, views, annotations, product definitions
    • 3D section views
    • Tools rationalization
    • Auto dimension inferencing
    • Usability - standards
    • Drawing creation process
    • Create annotation associated to views
    • Datum and datum targets in drafting
    • Dimension and tolerance value display
    • New arrowhead types
    • PMI - inherit on drawings
    • Search PMI related to geometry
    • PMI - multiple display instances
    • PMI - checked
    • Stacked PMI
    • Dragging PMI in global selection
    • Datum suction on faces
PROVIDED COURSE MATERIALS
  • Student Guide
  • Workbook
REQUIRED LICENSES

N/A