Setting up NX X users in the Siemens Xcelerator Admin Console
Once you have accepted the license agreement, you will receive an email to set up users in the Siemens Xcelerator Admin Console. Here, you can view license details (products, site IDs, start dates, expiration dates, amount of licenses, amount of NX X storage and amount of NX X users) of each NX X product as well as view and manage assigned users. You can manage users for Teamcenter Share here as well.
To assign a user to a product, simply enter their email and their region. Note that with NX X, you can provide access to NX X outside of your business-headquartered country, as all NX X seats are global licenses.
Named users can be changed by the administrator as needed.
Downloading and installing NX X
Once assigned, each user will receive an email for getting started with NX X. Create or log in to your Siemens account to download Siemens Software Center (SSC). With SSC, you can download, install, activate and update your software.
Once you have installed SSC, you will see your NX X product and can click "Install". The installation will take around 30 minutes.
Once you have installed NX X, click "Open" in SSC to launch NX X and immediately start designing. You will launch NX X from SSC each time you need it.
Setting up NX X preferences
In NX X, you can set your own customer default settings. You can also synchronize settings and preferences, which allows you to have access to your personal configurations and common settings, preferences and customizations from any machine. Thus, you can easily switch machines without passing files around or duplicating configurations.
Using NX X add-on modules and NX X Value Based Licensing
Your team's NX X Value Based Licensing tokens are automatically connected to each instance of NX X. Simply start using a token-enabled capability in NX X to check-out the module. Once you stop using it or close NX X, the tokens will go back into your team's token pool.
Using NX X with Teamcenter
To use built-in data management powered by Teamcenter X Essentials within NX X: After you have installed NX X, download "Teamcenter Integration for NX X" from SSC. Once installed, click the "NX X (Managed)" icon from your desktop.
To integrate Teamcenter X Standard, Advanced or Premium with NX X: After you have installed NX X, use the provided package from your Teamcenter purchase to install the Teamcenter prerequisites. The desktop icon and script will be automatically created. Once installed, click the "NX X (Managed)" icon from your desktop.
To integrate Teamcenter on-premises with NX X: After you have installed NX X, install the prerequisite Teamcenter components from your Teamcenter installation kit. Write a script then create a desktop icon as a shortcut for opening NX X (Managed) with on-premises Teamcenter.
You can always view Teamcenter information in NX X from the Resource Bar. Note that you are not required to use built-in data management or Teamcenter, but built-in data management is included in NX X Design Standard, Advanced and Premium core seats.
Updating NX X
NX X is a local install, but entitlement, configuration, data management and updates are in the cloud. This ensures that you will have access to the newest version of NX as soon as it is available, including monthly point releases and major 6-month releases. New add-on modules are available in each 6-month release. Simply click "Update" in SSC.
Learning NX X
When you open NX X, you will see Discovery Center. Here, you can use the "New to NX?" section for introductory learning. You can also explore the "Discover NX" and "What's New" tabs to learn details about features and functionality in NX.
For more extensive, comprehensive learning, you can use Siemens Xcelerator Academy. There are two NX CAD courses available, NX for Design and NX X.
Need more help with NX X?
We offer optional services including mentoring and support on technical topics, optimization of your configuration, data migration for legacy existing data, Siemens Xcelerator Academy learning memberships and more.
You can also visit the NX CAD community or browse Siemens Support Center.
