What is the benefit of getting an NX CAD certification?

With the NX Design Associate or NX Design Professional certification, you can show employers that you are knowledgeable and proficient in NX CAD. You can put the certification on your resume and highlight the digital badge on your LinkedIn profile.

How do I prepare for the NX CAD certifications?

Preparing for the NX Design Associate and NX Design Professional exams is easy with Siemens Xcelerator Academy . Through following the NX Design Learning Paths , you will learn basic design, product design fundamentals, molded & cast part design, loading and working with assemblies and design in context of an assembly. If you advance to the NX Design Professional course list, you will learn creating curves as construction geometry, NX surfacing, modeling processes, documenting with drafting, model based definition using PMI and HD3D tools and validation.

How do I register for Siemens Xcelerator Academy?

You can register for an account on the Siemens Xcelerator Academy Academic Offerings webpage . Through using the SheerID academic verification program, you can access the Siemens Xcelerator Academy courses online for free. You will need to renew your membership annually through reverification. Students in China must be part of the Academic Partner Program to access Siemens Xcelerator Academy for free.

How do I take the NX CAD certification exams?

If you are a student through an institution that is an Academic Partner, you can register for the NX Design Associate exam through the Siemens Xcelerator Academy Academic Certification Program . Please reach out to your Siemens account contact or school for information on vouchers or discounts. If you are a student at an institution that is not part of the Academic Partner ecosystem, you can register for the NX Design Associate or NX Design Professional exams on the Siemens Xcelerator Academy Standalone Exams page .

NX software & academic certification

NX CAD resources for students

Siemens Digital Industries Software provides students with resources to help you learn NX CAD, get certified and prepare for a career in engineering. Jumpstart your career with these resources today.

Free NX CAD: NX Student Edition

NX Student Edition is a comprehensive software download for NX CAD and CAM. It is only available for Windows (64-bit). The current version available to download is for the December 2024 release of NX.

NX Student Edition includes:

Comprehensive 3D design tools including wire-frame, surface, solid, and synchronous modeling
Full suite of CAM programming tools to allow creation of NC data for 2- to 5-axis and wire-edm machine tools
Sophisticated freeform shape modeling, surface continuity, analysis, and visualization tools
Output to 3D printing format supported

It's easy to start your engineering journey. Simply visit the NX Student Edition page, sign up for an account, confirm your email and enjoy your free student download!

How to get certified in NX CAD

The NX Design Associate (recommended for students) and NX Design Professional certifications are awarded to students who pass the respective exams. They are virtually proctored exams.

Students who have access to NX through their academic institution will need to reach out to their school or their Siemens account contact for information on vouchers or discounts for the certification exams.

Students who do not have access to NX through their academic institution can use the NX Student Edition for the certification exams and Siemens Xcelerator Academy courses.

NX Design Associate

This certification exam validates knowledge of determining modeling strategies; creating & editing solid models, assembly models and structures; parametric vs. non-parametric modeling techniques and associative links between parts using NX CAD.

NX Design Professional

This certification will validate abilities and competencies on surface modelling processes and curve geometry; PMI structures and 3D model usage for downstream application; HD3D tools and validation features and documenting with drafting using NX CAD.

Siemens Xcelerator Academy

It is highly recommended that you follow the Siemens Xcelerator Academy on-demand courses to prior to taking the exams. As a student, you can receive free access to Siemens Xcelerator Academy through verifying your academic status with the SheerID verification process.

Frequently asked questions - NX CAD certifications

Learn NX CAD on Coursera

Two new courses are now available for free on Coursera for learning engineering with NX. Note that the paid certificates offered by Coursera for completing and passing the courses are separate from the Siemens Xcelerator Academy NX Design Associate and NX Design Professional certifications.

Intro to Siemens' NX: Engineering Essentials and Part Design is a 15-hour course that teaches the basics of NX CAD/CAM/CAE tools. Prior experience is not required.

Siemens' NX Mastery: Advanced Design & Applications is a 14-hour advanced design and 3D modeling course that builds upon the prerequisite introductory course.

NX for educators & academic institutions

Are you looking for information on behalf of an academic institution? Explore our free academic resources.

Get empowered to teach your students how to create the innovations of the future. The Siemens Academic Partner Program enables free access to student engineering software, training, and curriculum.

Free engineering curriculum material downloads are also available on our website.

Student competition teams can also leverage the Academic Partner Program for free software access for your teams.

For information about getting NX CAD/CAM/CAE software for your school, learn more from the NX Academic edition fact sheet.

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