NX CAD/CAM Student Edition

NX CAD/CAM Student Edition

Learn CAD/CAM software with NX Student Edition

  • Comprehensive 3D design tools, including solid, surface, wire-frame and synchronous modeling

  • Full suite of computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) programming tools to program 2- to 5-axis and multifunction computer numerical control (CNC) machine tools

  • Sophisticated freeform shape modeling, surface continuity, analysis and visualization tools

  • Supports output to 3D printing formats

  • Model-driven process using integrated software for design, NC programming and additive manufacturing

Comprehensive 3D design tools

Perform solid, surface, wire-frame and synchronous modeling.

Full suite of CAM programming tools

Program 2- to 5-axis and multifunction CNC (computer numerical control) machine tools.

Unified workflow

Model-driven process using integrated software for design, NC programming and additive manufacturing.

Trial Details

Download features

  • Easy account setup

  • Quick download

  • Updated download available twice a year following cadence of NX commercial release

Download requirements

  • You must be age 15 or older to download

  • Only Windows (64-bit) is supported

  • Sign up with a valid email address, LinkedIn profile or Google account

  • Select your country/region

Download restrictions

  • Watermarks are added to printed and plotted data to prevent the NX Student Edition from being used for commercial work

  • Part files created in NX Student Edition cannot be retrieved in a commercial version of NX but can be retrieved in the full academic packages available to educational establishments

  • CAM data is not available for post-processing, and the displayed output of tool path information has limited precision