Siemens NX for SolidWorks Users - Part 1 - Getting Started

[@CADPLMGuy]

For an explanation why I was making content on NX, please read the following: www.mcaeconsulting.com/single-post/why-am-i-posting-nx-videos-on-a-creo-parametric-channel This video is not meant to be the be-all and end-all of how to do stuff. It was a private video that I made for my previous company as we were switching CAD packages. I made it public after a third of us were laid off.

[@nicholasvoss2566]

Thank you for this!

[@sourabhg5418]

Greate session for learning nx Actually better than how i learned in my course in the institute Thank you again dave

[@MicSofty]

When you were explaining about the NX single .PRT files compared to SolidWorks, you should have mentioned that in NX, the default is to contain the part and its drawing all within the one .PRT file, and you toggle from drawing to model within the same window simply by keyboard CTRL+M, and toggle from model to drawing using CTRL+SHIFT+D. Which is actually a nicer way to do it, because [A] you never have that typical SolidWorks problem that someone sends you the .SLDDRW file but forgot to also send the .SLDPRT file so the drawing has no views, [B] way less clutter in the OS-level file folders, and [C] fewer windows to keep track of. I admit at first it's a bit confusing if you're coming from SolidWorks, which I actually use more than NX, but once you understand the keyboard shortcuts to toggle between model & dwg, and you get used to way fewer files and windows being involved, you begin to appreciate the simplicity of the NX file structure logic. Same for the assembly, the assembly model and the assembly drawing in NX defaults to being in the one .PRT file, just use CTRL+M and CTRL+SHIFT+D to toggle back and forth between models & dwgs. It is possible in NX to create a separate .PRT file for the model and a different .PRT file for the drawing, but that takes more effort and gets you right back to the problems that one has in SolidWorks having to keep track of two separate files at all times. It would have been better if NX files had two file types, .PRT and .ASM, but outside of that, I found after a very short time using NX that I prefer the one-file-contains-model-and-drawing logic and simplicity.

[@CADPLMGuy]

On my Community page, I posted an explanation why I created this video. I worked at a company that used SolidWorks and had decided to switch to NX. As we were all learning the software, I created some videos to help us learn. They were initially private. When a third of the company was fired, me included, I made the videos public. These are not meant to explain everything about NX. The pinned comment on this video leads to more explanation. However, it sounds like you have a pretty in-depth understanding of NX. I encourage you to create some videos to enlighten the community.

[@MicSofty]

​@@CADPLMGuy, thank you for the explanation, also for the videos. I don't know how to make YT videos, and I now make my living as an independent contractor using both Creo and SolidWorks, not NX. I just felt that it was important to point out the logic of NX's keeping both model and part in a single file. Thank you for your videos.