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CAD for industry

ECAD and MCAD collaboration

Leverage industry-leading inter-domain collaboration to bring your most innovative products to life.

ECAD and MCAD collaboration with Siemens

Create, validate and test complex electro-mechanical designs with NX. By leveraging the collaborative environment in NX, you can enable real-time collaboration between electronic and mechanical engineers in cross-domain teams.

With our open approach, you can exchange data from NX CAD with any of the leading ECAD tools and vice versa, but choosing both NX and Xpedition software from Siemens enables even greater collaboration and exclusive access to unique functionalities.

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Benefits of multi-domain MCAD-ECAD design collaboration

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Collaborate with NX and Xpedition to enable a proposal/response loop to run as often as needed while exchanging only incremental/update information.

With NX and Xpedition, you can:

  • Visualize and immediately identify issues within a 3D environment
  • Propose incremental changes from either domain​
  • Review and validate proposals before implementing changes​
  • Accept or reject proposed changes​
  • Synchronize data between ECAD and MCAD​
  • Track the decision process with collaboration history

Diseño de componentes mecánicos y electrónicos

No es ningún secreto que, hoy en día, los productos son cada vez más complejos y que muchos, si no la mayoría, se basan en elementos electrónicos integrados. Un eficiente proceso de diseño colaborativo ECAD-MCAD te permite eliminar los costosos problemas electromecánicos durante el desarrollo de nuevos productos al proporcionar una visión integral.

Electronics modules in NX CAD

Explore the electronics-specific add-on modules available in NX CAD. For more information, check out the add-on modules fact sheet.

NX MCAD and ECAD collaboration features

A common ECAD and MCAD parts library

Access a common library containing single item representations of part footprint, symbol and attributes.

Multi-directional collaboration

Collaborate in a synchronous or asynchronous use model while working in your native software environment.

Integrated BOM

Generate a complete product level BOM containing all the electronic and mechanical part information.

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Optimize product designs with NX and Xpedition

Choose the right tools for your team. Having advanced MCAD and ECAD toolsets for your team is not enough, what matters most is how you use the tools and how they enable effective communication and foster strong collaboration between mechanical and electronic domains.

Integration between NX and Xpedition takes collaboration to the next level by breaking down the barriers between electronic and mechanical design domains, enabling seamless data exchange and real-time collaboration. This tight integration helps you optimize designs within tight form-factor constraints while meeting quality, reliability and performance requirements. The iterative communication process between the two tools enable you to reduce risks of costly design re-spins and accelerate time-to-market.

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Caso de éxito

ASML

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Case Study

NX certification improves design proficiency at ASML

Empresa:ASML

Industria:Electrónica, Dispositivos semiconductores

Ubicación:Veldhoven , Netherlands

Software de Siemens:NX, Simcenter 3D Solutions, Simcenter Femap, Teamcenter