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NX CAD awards and testimonials

Award-winning NX CAD solutions help engineers increase efficiency and productivity, lower costs and bring new products to market faster.

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Siemens' NX CAD awards

Siemens Digital Industries Software proudly shares our list of peer-voted awards and recognition for our computer-aided design software, NX CAD.

G2 awards NX CAD “Best CAD software”

G2 awards NX CAD as the best CAD software under mechanical design CAD awards, along with many other G2 leadership badges. For multiple quarters in a row, NX CAD has received #1 G2 awards in the categories of CAD, MCAD and 3D Printing for global overall, small business, mid-market and enterprise audiences.

In just Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 alone, NX CAD received 51 awards and 52 awards, respectively, across CAD, MCAD and 3D Printing.

G2 awards are peer-based awards decided by software users. G2 user reviews also rank NX with the highest user satisfaction rating.

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NX CAD wins three peer awards from TrustRadius

Three badges from TrustRadius 2023 awards for

For the 2023 awards, NX won three awards from TrustRadius:

  • Best Feature Set
  • Best Relationship [in Computer-Aided Design (CAD)]
  • Best Value for Price

2023 Sustainable Product of the Year

NX Sustainability Impact Analysis wins a 2023 Sustainable Product of the Year award in the 2023 Sustainability Awards from the Business Intelligence Group!

Siemens Digital Industries Software encourages sustainable product design, with NX software enabling you to design the most comprehensive digital twin. NX Sustainability Impact Analysis puts environmental impact assessment at the heart of the product design process by integrating sustainability data early in the end-to-end process.

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Siemens' NX CAD wins SaaS award

Siemens' NX was declared the winner of the Best SaaS Product for Engineering Management, PLM or CAD for 2022, in the international SaaS Awards program. 

Said Lead Judge Annabelle Whittall about Siemens' NX, “Siemens stood out at SaaS Awards 2022, because Siemens NX system offers seamless interoperability between on-premise desktop CAD software and cloud-native CAD software, resulting in less friction in the engineering workspace. A well-deserved win for Siemens.”

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NX CAD - AI innovator finalist in The AIconics Awards

The adaptive UI technology in NX (NX Command Prediction add-on) is a machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence-enabled user interface (UI) that can predict and serve commands to the user based on learned command usage patterns. It provides design environment personalization by considering the differences in knowledge, style and preferences.

“We are honored to have been selected as an innovator in the artificial intelligence space. Knowing that our focus is on industry software and not necessarily AI, this assures us that we are excelling in being the leaders within our market space.” - Paul Brown, Senior Marketing Director, NX Product Engineering

Unlimited Tomorrow

"The NX driven socket development process really caused a ripple effect throughout the company. We’re expanding the ways the software can further automate and enhance our operation."

Easton LaChappelle

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Scuderia AlphaTauri

"If you use the same suite that calculates everything from the CAD part to the production line, then you end up with a quality part that will deliver performance on the track.”

Raffaele Boschetti

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Bye Aerospace

"The reason we use NX instead of another CAD system is because it has a more seamless transition from design to analysis, which gives us more time to do more iterations on our design."

Parijaat Malik

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Siemens' NX and FORAN win Naval Sector award

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Jury of the Awards of the Association of Naval and Oceanic Engineers and Architects of Spain awards Siemens Digital Industries "Best Company for its activities related to the Naval Sector in 2021."

This award recognizes the growth and drive of NX software and FORAN to make a difference to the naval sector worldwide. The efforts of our Siemens program CESENA (Center of Excellence for the Naval Sector located in Galicia) have been directly highlighted by the committee for outstanding commitment to innovation and digital transformation in the marine industry.  

NX awarded Silver Edison Award Winner for MSE

Industrializing Additive Manufacturing with HP and Siemens used NX and CFD-driven optimization to design a revolutionary cooling duct 75% faster than the traditional process. With the new strategic alliance, this will enable manufacturers to bring 3D printed parts to market faster, more cost-effectively, more sustainably and at higher volumes than ever before. This resulted in a Silver Award in the Materials Science & Engineering category of the Edison Awards.

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How customers are benefitting NX CAD:

NX capabilities

"Siemens NX provides a fully integrated suite encompassing CAD, CAE and CAM capabilities within a single platform. This integration allows seamless transition between design, analysis and manufacturing processes..."

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"NX has it all in one single environment"

"Powerful tools for all kind of CAD job needs, taking the advantage of a single environment with parametric and synchronous tools to help create and change faster designs than in any other software."

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"Excellent product for 3D printing prototype design"

"[NX] has an excellent interface for creating models and offers a variety of functions to easily integrate with our work needs. I also liked their CAD capabilities and that we saved time."

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Customer feedback and support

"Siemens puts lots of effort into the R&D of [NX] and constantly keeps on updating the software based on customer feedback and IRs and ERs which can be raised by the service partner in order to get quick support from Siemens..."

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"Seamless go-to CAD package"

"I used NX CAD extensively for brake assembly redesign and simulation. I was able to design every component with ease and got so used to the entire UI. It was so smooth & easy to adapt. Ability to perform simulations was a plus."

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"Better than other 2D, 3D design tools"

"The best part of NX CAD is that you don’t need 2 different tools to create 2D and 3D drawings."

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Working with large assemblies in NX

"Long time NX user. I have always worked with large assemblies and with NX, I have never had to worry if it can handle them."

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Explore award-winning NX CAD products

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NX X Essentials

Browser-based essential NX CAD, CAM and CAE tools. Create and edit NX data in a lightweight experience, with zero translation, from anywhere. Leverage design data for cross-departmental needs, such as creating drawings.
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NX X Design Standard

NX X Design Standard is a powerful CAD solution that allows you to create and edit designs of typical 3D parts and assemblies. It features solid modeling and drafting, basic freeform modeling, sheet metal design and more.
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NX X Design Advanced

NX X Design Advanced builds on NX X Design Standard to reduce design time and boost design efficiency and quality through user-defined templates, automated real-time validation, photorealistic rendering, 3D annotation and more.
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NX X Design Premium

Includes all CAD features of NX X Design Standard and Advanced, with additional advanced tools for complex design challenges enabling electro-mechanical design integration with tools for flexible PCB design.