What's New in NX 7 Introduction to What's New HD3D HD3D overview HD3D Tool Manager HD3D view styles HD3D

tags See-Thru display HD3D preferences HD3D Visual Reporting Check-Mate HD3D Check-Mate tool overview Set up Check-Mate tests Execute HD3D Check-Mate tests Display Check-Mate results Filter Check-Mate results Check-Mate customization HD3D Check-Mate workflow Gateway Curve Continuity Curve Analysis Curve Analysis Display options Combs Options, Peaks Options, and Inflections Options Design Modeling Synchronous Modeling with synchronous technology Resize Chamfer Label Chamfer Optimize Face Replace Blend Create Feature enhancement Move Face enhancement Pattern Face enhancement Make Fixed Dimension to Virtual Edge enhancement Dimension enhancement Show Related Face Region Boundary Faces enhancement Face Finder enhancement Cross Section Edit enhancement Snap to an object without associativity Automatically make datums and sketches internal Modeling Preferences Shape Studio

Specify editor to edit a spline Deviation Gauge Section Analysis and Grid Analysis X-Form Match Edge Non-Proportional Zoom Edge Symmetry Drafting Chinese (GB) and Russian (ESKD) default standards settings Weld symbol redesign and single flange JIS support NX Sheet Metal Resize Bend Radius enhancement Rebend enhancement Manufacturing Planar Milling Overlap Distance Reference Tool Use 2D IPW Output Contact/Tracking Data ISV Automatic Part, Blank, and Check geometry in ISV Preview Motion Synchronization Post Builder Post Builder support for Siemens Sinumerik controllers Improved Post performance Parallel Generate Store postprocessor time in Teamcenter Face Milling-Negative Floor Stock Non Cutting Moves Enhancement Smooth Traverse Fill and Silhouette Fill display options Preview projects What are preview projects? Inspection Programming Wire/EDM No-core Follow Periphery Systems Design PCB Exchange PCB.xchange application name change Space Systems Thermal solution View or modify a specific NX object PCB Exchange for Zuken PCB.xchange + Zuken application name change Digital Simulation Advanced Simulation

Solver version support Gasket analysis support General capabilities Command Finder for CAE Display controls Displaying 2D element thickness values Persistently displaying 2D element thickness Boundary conditions Improvements to constraint resolution Enforced Displacement Constraints now available in axisymmetric structural solutions Nastran Bolt pre-loads now supported for Response Simulation analyses Abaqus Bolt pre-loads now supported for solid elements Initial clearance values for contact and bolt contact analyses New thermal conductance boundary condition ANSYS Solver parameter to group face pressure loads New options to control the deletion of loads at the end of a step Cumulative loading options now preserved on import Support for importing loads and constraints from binary files Groups Node and element sets replaced by groups Grouping enhancements Fields General field enhancements Ability to display spatial fields Ability to map a field to an isoparametric plane or line Geometry idealization and abstraction Midsurface improvements Split Body creates mesh mating conditions Split Edge improvements Materials Support for external material libraries Enhancements for isotropic and fluid materials Material damping support Nastran New hyperelastic material models Abaqus New hyperelastic material models ANSYS New hyperelastic material models Meshing

Newly supported element types Improved tetrahedral meshing algorithm Quadrilateral only meshing Creating a surface coat of 2D elements Modifying the order of elements in a mesh Varying the thickness of 2D elements New method for orienting 2D element normals Initial pyramid element support for NX Nastran New option for retaining free meshes in mapped mesh failures Improved selection of nodes and elements within a solid mesh Split Shell now splits a single triangle into four Material orientation New material orientation definition methods View options for material orientation on solid elements Assembly FEM Map to individual components in a subassembly Usability improvements to Assembly Label Manager Assembly FEM model checks improved Move Component command replaces Reposition Component Nastran environment Updates to Strategy Parameters and Contact Parameters modeling objects New hyperelastic material models Changes to the handling of MATS1 data Bolt pre-loads now supported for Response Simulation analyses New weld-like glue algorithm PBUSH structural damping enhancements PSHELL structural damping enhancements End releases for beam and bar elements Optional torsional mass moments of inertia for CROD and CBAR elements Specifying additional keywords and system cells Results support enhancements Support for nonlinear stress results output Shell thickness output for advanced nonlinear analyses Support for gasket results output Import and export enhancements Nastran import and export support enhancements Nastran parameter support updates Nastran system cell support enhancements Extended mesh validity checking available during import Enhanced import support for connection elements Import changes for SPOINT entries Import support for HAT1 beam cross sections Additional import support for Response Simulation Abaqus environment

Abaqus keyword support enhancements New hyperelastic material models Including data from an external file in Abaqus input files Solver parameter to export group data Bolt pre-loads now supported for solid elements Initial clearance values for contact and bolt contact analyses New thermal conductance boundary condition Initial support for Abaqus output database files Ability to animate across load cases New option to control the import of ELSETs ANSYS environment ANSYS command support enhancements New hyperelastic material models Solver parameter to group face pressure loads New options to control the deletion of loads at the end of a step Cumulative loading options now preserved on import Support for importing loads and constraints from binary files LS-DYNA environment LS-DYNA keyword support Support for laminates Export support for groups Thermal and Flow, Electronic Systems Cooling, and Space Systems Thermal General capabilities 3D transitional elements Material orientation vector and element thickness for individual elements Report thermal results on both sides of 2D Shell elements Group import Thermal Coupling simulation objects name change Dialog box text changes Orthotropic thermal conductivity in cylindrical or spherical coordinates UNV import of axisymmetric thermal models Thermal capabilities Articulation modeling enhancement Hemicube method enhancements Element subdivision in Hemicube view factor calculation Enhancements to Thermal Coupling Convection simulation object Enhancement to Radiative Element Subdivision simulation object Coupling Resolution option Only Connect Overlapping Elements option Duct modeling capabilities Duct Opening enhancement New results on duct elements Flow capabilities Export flow model and boundary conditions to CGNS

Relaxation factor for turbulence equations Spectral attenuation report Periodic fluid domain mesh Bivariate fluid properties Convection Properties option Redlich-Kwong Real Gas Equation of State Mapping capabilities Automatic detection of mapping source analysis type Automatic creation of mapping solutions Mapping's element support Axisymmetric to 3D temperature mapping Laminate Composites Smart selection in draping Update icon in Simulation Navigator Draping solver feedback List draping results Envelope results for each element FE Model Correlation Import and export Import changes for related elements that share a physical property table Option to import nodal temperatures as a node ID table Ability to export a subset of your model NX Open Enhanced NX Open support in CAE NX Open support for reading and displaying solver results NX Open support for manual creation of all 3D solid element types Post Processing Unaveraged results across feature angle boundaries Expanded results support in Post-Processing Context highlighting in Post-Processing Navigator Restarting streamlines at the interface of a disjoint mesh New results display options Nastran Support for displaying Nastran strain curvature results Abaqus Ability to animate across load cases Teamcenter Integration Part attributes supported for FEM and Simulation files Teamcenter file browser used when importing simulation results files Assign a Teamcenter project to a CAE item Motion Simulation RecurDyn Solid 3D Contact Joint Wizard support for assembly constraints Driver for Point on Curve constraint

Quasi Static Articulation option for Adams/Solver NX Analysis Space Finder Product Template Studio Product Template Studio enhancements Knowledge Fusion Visual Rules enhancements Flexible Printed Circuit Design Rebend enhancement Enhancements in NX 6.0.x Maintenance Releases Gateway Issue Navigator Exact lightweight geometry and refile_part utility changes Specify geometry layer in JT files Move Object enhancements Modeling Resize Datum Plane Convert to Linked Body Retaining imprinted edges in a Split Body Synchronous Technology face overflow options Synchronize Views in Replace Feature Assemblies Motion envelopes Variable positioning and Fix constraints Drafting Single Sided arrowhead terminators ESKD (Russian) standard thread display Restrict crosshatch angle ESKD (Russian) weld symbols GB (China) weld symbols Detail View color, font, and width Narrow Arc Length and Angular Dimensions Section Line Style Enhancements PMI PMI objects in JT files Manufacturing Face Milling negative floor stock Turning cutter compensation Divide by Holder NX Sheet Metal Tool ID attributes display in the Flat Pattern view Flat Pattern Display preferences for tool ID attributes Customer defaults for tool ID attributes Mold and Die Tools Progressive Die Wizard

Progressive Die Wizard uses assembly constraints Weld Assistant Delete in Connected Face Finder Delete in Weld Advisor New Auto Point options Reverse Z Direction in Weld Point Control Direction in Weld Point Ship Design Manufacturing features Reference Line Marking Line Plate Preparation XML Output Material Allowance Vent Hole Marking Sketch Knuckled Profile Inverse Bending Profile List Weld Preparation Steel features Profile / Plate Endcut Update Steel Library Teamcenter Integration for NX Password option for utilities when running Teamcenter 8 Adding item types to File New templates Create an alternate representation in model template Storing template PAX files in Teamcenter SSL supported in four-tier Teamcenter environment Performance improvement for four-tier deployment Systems Design PCB Exchange New drilled holes design features support Merge restricted areas with cutouts into one loop Display the board coordinate system Override board thickness Specify drilled hole associated part Default directory for ECAD files Directory for new created components PCA import rules PCB Exchange Settings dialog box enhancements Import ECAD model in a part file ECAD/NX model comparison enhancement Filtering enhancements

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