EDS recently announced that Unigraphics NX, the next generation of mechanical computer-aided design software (MCAD) for product development, successfully completed comprehensive customer testing and is ready for shipping in August.

Unigraphics NX represents the next step in merging the best capabilities of both the Unigraphics and I-deas CAD/CAM/CAE solutions developed by EDS PLM Solutions. Customers cited several areas of productivity benefits within the merged and new capabilities in Unigraphics NX, including:

* User Interaction Model delivers streamlined process for major productivity gains: Unigraphics NX contains a new user-interaction model specifically designed to support highly productive process-oriented workflows. For example, customers testing Unigraphics NX praised faster model creation tools such as the ability to add standard parts and features to a model through a simple drag and drop method.

* Increased productivity through knowledge enabled applications: The fully embedded knowledge core in Unigraphics NX turns models into a central repository for all production definition information including critically important engineering specifications. Teamcenter Engineering software is tightly integrated with Unigraphics NX to store and retrieve information for managing knowledge in a controlled environment.

* Innovative Open Architecture for PLM: Unigraphics NX delivers a product lifecycle management (PLM)-enabled architecture based on the latest PLM Open industry standards.

For more information contact Esteq Design, 012 991 5570.