NX drafting software delivers a comprehensive set of automated CAD tools for production and management of engineering and technical drawings. Seamless integration with other NX solutions enables engineers to create and maintain standards-compliant engineering drawings. An intuitive, workflow-oriented interface allows the user to efficiently create high-quality, fully compliant detail and assembly drawings.

NX drafting provides exceptional speed and accuracy for detailing a solid model, and ensures consistency with the related detail and assembly drawings. Associative dimensions ensure that design engineering changes can be processed in the drafting environment or directly from the model. Drawing views are automatically updated and rendered to reflect changes. This enables engineering disciplines to release error-free detail and assembly drawings into production environments.

NX DraftingPlus is a value-added module that provides advanced 2D design and drawing capabilities which are seamlessly integrated into NX. With NX DraftingPlus, there is no need for a separate 2D solution, NX can do it all. To learn more about NX DraftingPlus, see the link on the right side of the page.

Drawing View Creation

• A View Creation Wizard saves time by simplifying drawing view creation and minimizes required input by only displaying options that are relevant for a given model or assembly
• Provides automatic and associative multi-view projection, alignment and scaling of orthographic, auxiliary, detail and sectional views based on either first or third-angle projection methods
• Allows you to create isometric views from 2D view geometry 
• Allows the user to create associative section lines with related sectional views per industry drafting standards. Supported sectional view conventions include full, offset, half, aligned, revolved, removed and auxiliary.
• Automatically generates sectional view crosshatching based on either standard material designations or user-defined patterns
• Recognizes, displays and renders threaded features on the drawing views per ANSI and ISO standards
• Supports conventional representations for assembly drawing view applications, such as non-sectioned item display in related sectional views
• Robust broken view functionality allows view breaks to be propagated to projected and section views
• Drawing borders and sheet zones automate view labeling and reduce the possibility of error

Drawing Annotation

• A comprehensive suite of associative annotation tools to fully document your drawing
• The ability to inherit fully associative Product and Manufacturing Information (PMI) from 3D models and assemblies helps to automate the drawing creation process.
• Support for drag and drop symbols, notes and images
• Provides fully associative notes, labels, dimensions and GD&T through the reference of design expressions and attributes
• Strong Crosshatch and Area Fill capability, including the ability to create a boundary using Stop At Intersection, gap detection, and preview
• Automatically generates associative parts lists for assembly drawing applications

Ease of Use

• Streamlined user interaction enables rapid drawing creation and maintenance with reduced cost and increased productivity
• User-definable menu and toolbar customization makes the drafting experience obvious to the novice and streamlined for the expert
• Personalized drawing templates ensures compliancy with company and industry standards
• Minimized mouse movement, eye movements, clicks maximizes productivity
• Dynamic interaction with on-screen handles simplify workflows and allow you to work more “on the drawing” and less on the menus and dialogs