Surface/Texture Modeling Within NX?

15 Apr, 2021 05:23 PM

Hello, I am working as a design engineer with my company and am pretty new with creating 3D models and drawings on NX. As I progress, my skills my modeling has significantly improved and now I am thinking about a less engineering use for NX and rendering some of my models with more surface detail i.e. dirt, grime, and texture. Is there a way to do this within NX or would I have to port to another software? If you could help me out by linking a tutorial or instructions I'd appreciate it! (NX v12).

Marcio Kis Curzio

Apr 15, 2021

I recommend Keyshot for rendering. It is user friendly and has a lot of options for beginners. You can also try to convert to Maya, but I think it is a little more complex.

Stephen Nicholas

Apr 15, 2021

I've heard great things about Maya! So there is no way to do that in native NX?

Mario Lebens

Apr 16, 2021

I also would recommend Keyshot. And if you have the option for a keyshot plugin in NX itself.

Then you have the option for realtime changes direct in yr keyshot model.

I used PTC creo and that worked perfect.

cmalco

Apr 16, 2021

NX is extremely limited in this type of artistic rendering. Keyshot is great if you can afford it, and a bit more straight forward than using something like Blender... but Blender is plenty capable with the right plug-ins.

Siemens NX (Unigraphics) Users

Created by Mustafa Aşan on 27 April, 2018

278

6353

Surface/Texture Modeling Within NX?