List of NX Versions (With Documentation Links)

NX Splash Screen

NX 2406 Series

• NX 2406 Documentation
• NX 2406 What’s New
• NX 2406 Release Notes

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NX 2312 Series

• NX 2312 Documentation
• NX 2312 What’s New
• NX 2312 Release Notes

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NX 2306 Series

• NX 2306 Documentation
• NX 2306 What’s New
• NX 2306 Release Notes

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NX 2212Series

• NX 2212 Documentation
• NX 2212 What’s New
• NX 2212 Release Notes

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NX 2206 Series

• NX 2206 Documentation
• NX 2206 What’s New
• NX 2206 Release Notes

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NX 2007 Series (Dec 2021)

• NX 2008 MU
• NX 2011 MU
• NX 2015 MU
• NX 2019 MU
• NX 2023 MU

NX 2007 Documentation

NX 2007 What’s New

NX 2007 Release Notes
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NX 1980 Series (June 2021)

• NX 1984 MU
• NX 1988 MU
• NX 1992 MU
• NX 1996 MU
• NX 2000 MU

NX 1980 Documentation

NX 1980 What’s New

NX 1980 Release Notes
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NX 1953 Series (Dec 2020)

• NX 1957 MU
• NX 1961 MU
• NX 1965 MU
• NX 1969 MU
• NX 1973 MU

NX 1953 Documentation

NX 1953 What’s New

NX 1953 Release Notes
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NX 1926 Series (June 2020)

• NX 1930 MU
• NX 1934 MU
• NX 1938 MU
• NX 1942 MU
• NX 1946 MU

NX 1926 Documentation

NX 1926 What’s New

NX 1926 Release Notes

NX 1926 Release Notes (PDF)
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NX 1899 Series (Dec 2019)

• NX 1903 MU
• NX 1904 MU
• NX 1907 MU
• NX 1911 MU
• NX 1915 MU
• NX 1919 MU

NX 1899 Documentation

NX 1899 What’s New

NX 1899 Release Notes

NX 1899 Release Notes (PDF)
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NX 1872 Series (July 2019)

• NX 1876 MU
• NX 1880 MU
• NX 1884 MU
• NX 1888 MU
• NX 1892 MU

NX 1872 Documentation

NX 1872 What’s New

NX 1872 Release Notes

NX 1872 Release Notes (PDF)
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NX 1847 Series (Jan 2019)

• NX 1851 MU
• NX 1855 MU
• NX 1859 MU
• NX 1863 MU
• NX 1867 MU

NX 1847 Documentation

NX 1847 What’s New

NX 1847 Release Notes

NX 1847 Release Notes (PDF)
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NX 12 (2017)

• NX 12.0.1
• NX 12.0.2

NX 12 Documentation

NX 12.0.1 Documentation

NX 12.0.2 Documentation

NX 12 Release Notes

NX 12 Release Notes (PDF)

NX 12 Splash Screen

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NX 11 (2016)

• NX 11.0.1
• NX 11.0.2

NX 11 Documentation

NX 11.0.1 Documentation

NX 11.0.2 Documentation

NX 11 Release Notes

NX 11 Release Notes (PDF)

NX 11 Splash Screen

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NX 10 (2014)

• NX 10.0.1
• NX 10.0.2
• NX 10.0.3

NX 10 Splash Screen

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NX 9 (2013)

• NX 9.0.1
• NX 9.0.2
• NX 9.0.3

NX 9 Splash Screen

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NX 8.5 (2012)

• NX 8.5.1
• NX 8.5.2
• NX 8.5.3

NX 8.5 Splash Screen

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NX 8 (2011)

• NX 8.0.1
• NX 8.0.2
• NX 8.0.3

NX 8 Splash Screen

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NX 7.5 (2010)

• NX 7.5.1
• NX 7.5.2
• NX 7.5.3
• NX 7.5.4
• NX 7.5.5

NX 7.5 Splash Screen

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NX 7 (2009)

• NX 7.0.1

NX 7 Splash Screen

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NX 6 (2008)

• NX 6.0.1
• NX 6.0.2
• NX 6.0.3
• NX 6.0.4
• NX 6.0.5

NX 6 Splash Screen

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NX 5 (2007)

• NX 5.0.1
• NX 5.0.2
• NX 5.0.3
• NX 5.0.4
• NX 5.0.5
• NX 5.0.6

NX 5 Splash Screen

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NX 4 (2005)

• NX 4.0.1
• NX 4.0.2
• NX 4.0.3
• NX 4.0.4

NX 4 Splash Screen

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NX 3 (2004)

• NX 3.0.1
• NX 3.02
• NX 3.0.3
• NX 3.0.4
• NX 3.0.5

NX 3 Splash Screen

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NX 2 (2003) 

• NX 2.0.1
• NX 2.0.2
• NX 2.0.3
• NX 2.0.4
• NX 2.0.5
• NX 2.0.6

NX 2 Splash Screen

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NX 1 (2002)

• NX 1.0.1
• NX 1.0.2
• NX 1.0.3
• NX 1.0.4

NX 1 Splash Screen

Links: NX Documentation

How to Find Parasolid Version of NX?

 1. What Geometric Modeling Kernel does “NX” use?

NX uses the “Parasolid” kernel owned by Siemens PLM Software.

2. How to find the Parasolid version of NX?

a. From System Information

File > Help > About NX

Click on the button ‘System Information’

NX Parasolid System Information

b. From File Export Parasolid dialog

Open a part.
Go to File > Export > Parasolid

In the dialog ‘Export Parasolid’ click on the version drop-down arrow, it will list ‘Parasolid version – NX version’ from the current version to a previous version of NX/UgNX/Ug.

NX Export Parasolid

c. From System Log File

File > Help > Log File

In the log file search for ‘Parasolid Version’. The result will highlight one of the lines having Parasolid details.

How to Turn Off Product Excellence Program?

 1. What is NX ‘Product Excellence Program’?

This Program was introduced in NX 11.0.1. Basically, this program collects data that how NX is being used right from installation to what commands, features and how they will be used. The user will have a choice whether to participate in or not. It is enabled by default. When NX is (NX 11.0.1 and higher version) installed first time on any machine, then a message dialog is displayed at the NX startup to the user about this program and participation. Thereafter message will not be displayed on same machine again.

NX Product Excellence Program

2. How to turn off (disable) the NX product excellence program?

The ‘Product Excellence Program’ setting is controlled through the customer default settings.

Go to File > Utilities > Customer Defaults > Gateway > General > Miscellaneous tab > Product Excellence Program

There are two options:

1. Participate – Enabling this option will collect and send data to SPLM.

2. Display Initial Startup Message – Enabling this option will display an information message at the first NX session. Later independent of this setting, there will be no information message displayed.

NX Customer-Default Setting - Product Excellence Program

Links: NX Documentation | NX CAD Tips & Tutorials

How to Turn On, Off Enforced Piece Part?

1. What is the ‘Enforced Piece Part’?

In NX, the enforced piece part is a condition. If applied, then another part can not be added or created under it to form an assembly.

Part files like piece parts, assemblies/sub-assemblies, or drawing parts have a common “.prt” extension. So sometimes it becomes necessary to distinguish between a piece part and other part files. Users can add another part as a component to a piece part (e.g.: standard parts like screws, nuts, etc.) so that the resulting part becomes an assembly. This can be avoided by using the functionality ‘Enforced Piece Part’. 

NX Enforced Piece Part Utility

2. How to turn on/off the ‘Enforced Piece Part’?

Dialog ‘Piece Part Enforcement’ will open which has the option to toggle on/off so that the current active part can be set as ‘Enforce as Piece Part’. Toggle on the option ‘Enforce as Piece Part’. If you want to remove the enforced condition from part then start the command and just toggle off the option ‘Enforce as Piece Part’. This will remove the enforced condition and other components can be added/created within that part.

Piece Part Enforcement Dialog

After applying the condition using the utility, if the user tries to add a component to it or tries to create a new component in the current active enforced piece part then an information dialog is presented with the message that components cannot be added to it.

Piece Part – Add Component

Piece Part – Create New Component

Links: NX Documentation | NX CAD Tips & Tutorials

How to Enable NX Cursor Crosshair?

In NX Cursor crosshair can be enabled and disabled using the option provided in the selection preferences.

1. Open any excising part or Create a new part (As Selection preferences will not be available in the ‘No Part’ state.)

2. Open ‘Selection Preferences’ by

File > Preferences > Selection or

Menu > Preferences > Selection or

Use keyboard shortcut 'Ctrl + Shift + T'

3. Under the ‘Cursor’ group, Enable the checkbox ‘Show Crosshairs’ and OK

NX Show Crosshairs

The size of the selection cursor radius can be changed using the ‘Selection Radius‘ option which has three values: Small, Medium, and Large.

By default, it is set to ‘Medium’.

Now cursor crosshair will be displayed in the NX graphics window. Switching from Modeling applications to other applications like Drafting, Sheet Metal, etc. will retain the crosshair display.

To Disable the crosshair display, Go to the selection preferences and uncheck the checkbox ‘Show Crosshairs’ > OK.

Note
There is no customer default setting available to control the display of cursor crosshairs.

Until NX 12, the ‘Show Crosshairs’ setting was stored in the registry at the below location
HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Software > Unigraphics Solutions > NX > Selection > Crosshairs

From NX 1847 onwards, this setting is stored at the below location
e.g. C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Siemens\NX1980\UserPreferences.txt

Links: NX Documentation | NX CAD Tips & Tutorials

Save Changes Reminder (Autosave)

In NX, there is no ‘Autosave’ option or functionality available. However, there is a customer default setting available as ‘Save Changes Reminder’ which displays a reminder dialog to the user at specified intervals of time.

This customer default setting was introduced in NX 4. To find this setting, Go to

File > Utilities > Customer Defaults > Gateway > General > Part tab > Interval for Save Changes Reminder

NX Customer Default Setting - Interval for Save Changes Reminder

You can set the interval between 0 to 120 minutes to display the reminder. By default it is set to 0 (zero) means that the reminder is disabled.

If you set the time to 5 minutes, then a reminder will be displayed in the new NX session after 5 minutes from the last save. To disable the reminder, set the interval time to 0 (zero) minutes again.

Save Changes Reminder Dialog

Links: NX Documentation | NX CAD Tips & Tutorials

How to Enable 'Stretch Curve’ Command in NX 1872?

 The ‘Stretch Curve’ command is useful for moving geometric objects while stretching or shrinking selected lines.

Command Finder - Stretch Curve
Linear Menu - Menu > Edit > Curve > Stretch

NX Stretch Curve

In NX 12, this command was marked as “to be retired”. It was removed from the linear menu.

Enabling ‘Stretch Curve’ Command

Continuing to the next NX version NX 1847 series, this command remained as “to be retired”.

Starting from the NX 1872 series, it was completely removed. But the same command can be enabled and used in the NX 1872 series versions using the environment variable “NX_SHOW_EDIT_CURVE_STRETCH”.

To enable the command, the user has to set the environment variable “NX_SHOW_EDIT_CURVE_STRETCH” to 1.

Upon setting the environment variable, In the new NX (1872) session, you can add this command to toolbars/ribbon using the “Customize” command.

Note

Command was restored in NX 1899 and it was marked as ‘Legacy’.

In the NX 1899 series, this command can be found using the Command finder or linear menu.

Links: NX Documentation | NX CAD Tips & Tutorials

How to Enable 'Specify Origin Curve' in Extrude command?

 1. What is Specify Origin Curve?

In NX 12 ‘Specify Origin Curve’ option was introduced in the section group of the extrude command. For extrude or revolve when an ‘Open’ section is selected then the origin curve will be either the first curve or the last curve. But in the case of the ‘Closed’ section, there is no way to tell the origin of the curve. This option is helpful to specify the origin curve in the selected section and the direction of the first curve of the section is shown by a direction vector.

This option is useful in the case of Replace Feature mapping operation and it helps to organize mapping visually which results in stable feature updates after feature remapping.

NX 12 Extrude Specify Origin Curve

2. How to Enable ‘Specify Origin Curve’?

In the NX 1969 MU (1953 Series), A new customer default was introduced as ‘Show Section Curve Flow Direction’. By default this customer default setting is disabled and it determines whether or not the curve flow direction and origin curve controls are available for section-based feature commands such as Extrude. (Flow direction and origin are always available for flow-sensitive features such as Swept.)

Go to File > Utilities > Customer Defaults > Modeling > General > General tab > Show Section Curve Flow Direction.

Enable it and Restart NX so that specify origin curve option will be available within the section group of the extrude command dialog.

NX Customer Default Setting – Show Section Curve Flow Direction

Links: NX Documentation | NX CAD Tips & Tutorials

How to Enable ‘Edit Text’ (to be retired) Command in NX 1872?

Command Finder – Edit Text (Drafting)

Linear Menu – Menu > Edit > Annotation > Edit

This command is used to edit text and settings for drafting annotations. It can be used to override the text of drafting dimensions and annotations. Until NX 12, this command was available. 

Starting from NX 1847 series, this command was hidden as it was marked “to be retired”. It was removed from the linear menu and not searchable using the command finder.

NX 1847 – Edit Annotation Menu

However, this command can be added to toolbars/ribbon using the “Customize” command.

1. While in the Drafting application, Open ‘Customize” by File > Customize or use the keyboard shortcut “Ctrl+1″

NX – File Customize (Ctrl+1)

2. Search for ‘Edit Text’ command

3. Use the mouse to drag and drop the command back into the menus or ribbon toolbar.

Enabling ‘Edit Text’ in NX1872

Starting from the NX 1872 series, this command was completely removed. But the same command can be enabled and used in the NX 1872 and higher series versions using the environment variable “UGII_PMI_EDIT_TEXT_COMMAND”.

To enable this command, the user has to set the environment variable “UGII_PMI_EDIT_TEXT_COMMAND” to 1.

Upon setting the environment variable, In the new NX (1872) session, the command will be available under the linear menu path “Menu > Edit > Annotation > Edit” only and not searchable by the command finder.

NX 1872 – Edit Text Command (to be retired)

Links: NX Documentation | NX CAD Tips & Tutorials

How to Renew Feature?

 There are two commands in NX as ‘Update Feature’ and ‘Renew Feature’. It is important to know the difference between these two commands and which one to use and when?

Difference between Renew Feature and Update Feature command

Update Feature just performs updates and recreates features using NX feature code of the version in which it was created.

Introduced in NX 11, the Renew Feature also performs updates, but it is not the same as the update feature, It recreates a feature using the feature code of the currently running version of NX.

Note
As of now (NX 1847 series), This command does not support features created in earlier versions of NX 8.

Renew Feature Command

Application – Modeling
Command Finder – Renew Feature
Menu Path – Menu > Edit > Feature > Renew Feature

All features can be edited and updated in the latest version of NX without renewing them. It is not compulsory to use the command as global use or when you move to new version of NX. It is supposed to be used part by part, feature by feature basis. Performing a renew feature can occasionally cause changes to geometry so it is best to perform the renew on specific features only when needed.

With several enhancements in NX, Some features have new options added that require a renew to access. Using the renew operation simplifies the process so the user no longer has to recreate, replace, and delete the original feature.

NX Renew Command Dialog

If the command does not show any feature(s) in its dialog, then there is the possibility that no single feature in the part file is not supported for renew or all the qualified features are renewed already.

Features list can be sorted by

1. Time Stamp – Features are displayed in the timestamp order of the part navigator along with the NX version (used to create a feature).

2. Feature Type – The same type of features is grouped together. When each feature group node is expanded, it will show the number of features with timestamp order of the part navigator along with the NX version (used to create a feature)

To renew feature(s), select the feature from the displayed list and click on the button OK or Apply.

Links: NX Documentation | NX CAD Tips & Tutorials