Nexus for Developers is a specialized development environment that anybody can use to create native SaaS applications and linked solutions for engineering and manufacturing that make use of the Nexus digital reality platform and its ecosystem, according to Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division.
Manufacturers may connect Hexagon and third-party engineering, production, and quality assurance products and solutions using the Nexus open digital reality platform. It makes it possible for engineering and manufacturing to collaborate in real time and provide feedback in a way that has never been done before in the sector. Building digital realities where insights are accessible to people in real-time, in context, and in one location so they can make better decisions will be made possible with the help of Nexus for Developers’ tools.
Through Software Development Kits (SDKs), Nexus for Developers offers a platform structure that makes it simple to link products and solutions to the Hexagon portfolio. Once connected, an application can communicate with any other one connected to Nexus and exchange or receive pertinent production data using standard data models. This ease of use enables users to quickly improve common workflows and eliminate manual import and export between SaaS or desktop applications. When appropriate, this simplicity also enables new, innovative digital reality solutions that connect and synchronize disparate tools for real-time collaboration.
The new toolset is designed to accelerate development by democratizing access to robust platform applications with libraries to help connect these applications to back-end services and quickly build user interfaces, simplifying problem-solving for an engineering team, and enabling expert developers to quickly deploy new, distinctive services via Nexus. This will consist of a library that provides reusable user interface (UI) components to speed up UI development, allowing developers to quickly create high-quality, feature-rich user experiences, and SDKs that enable developers to enhance their own cloud or desktop applications with the SaaS experiences made possible by Nexus.
Nexus for Developers helps technology and software providers
In order to create an environment where third-party tools may easily be coupled with Hexagon products to produce robust manufacturing solutions for clients, Hexagon wants to make it simple for technology vendors to connect their applications to the Nexus platform. As the first firm to connect its cloud platform to Nexus, Altium is able to combine printed circuit board (PCB) design tools with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software from Hexagon’s heat simulation capabilities. Utilizing Altium 365, electronic professionals creating the board can take advantage of Altium’s world-class PCB design capabilities. Customers of Altium will immediately see increased efficiency as a result.
“We were able to build this proof of concept in just a couple of weeks,” said Leigh Gawne, CTO of Altium. Customers of Altium 365 are able to accelerate product development and cut waste by combining data from Hexagon’s complementary engineering and manufacturing applications. This clearly illustrates the value of the Nexus open platform and its capacity to connect various products and platforms to deliver innovative, connected smart digital realities.
Nexus for Developers helps engineering teams
Scripts, engineering, or operational technology running from locally stored files that can be distributed ad hoc throughout teams, enterprise platforms that only IT can change, systems that don’t talk to each other, systems that don’t talk to each other, a mix of office tools like Excel. These issues are also addressed with simple-to-use solutions by Nexus for Developers.
The design and optimization of electro-mechanical systems is a specialty of Hexagon’s Applied Solutions engineering team, which calls for periodic calculations and reports. These calculations can be distributed across a variety of tools, apps, and computer languages, and they reflect the team’s knowledge and original ideas. By enabling the Applied Solutions team to combine these numerous calculations into a single cloud-native application with a contemporary UI that is accessible by all teams, wherever they are in the world, Nexus for Developers helps the team increase productivity.
Applied Solutions team head of engineering Chris Halse at Hexagon says, “Our first application built with Nexus for Developers is a revelation for the team, replacing a number of scripts and spreadsheet files with a robust modern web interface where any of our global team can perform routine calculations. Every day, we utilize CAE programs like Romax, MSC Nastran, Adams, and Cradle CFD; it makes sense to use Nexus to integrate these programs and provide considerable efficiencies. I believe it won’t be long before we can publish apps made on Nexus to manage the majority of our calculations and make them accessible to all of our teams via their Nexus logins.
“Nexus is assisting manufacturers in developing a new kind of workflow, one that brings real-time collaboration to the fore, eliminates silos, and promotes innovation at speed,” said Arno Zinke, Senior Vice President, Software Engineering at Hexagon. With Nexus for Developers, we hope to boost productivity by enabling teams to create these interconnected solutions without the need for in-depth programming expertise or concern for the underlying platform. Both Hexagon and apps from third parties can be integrated, giving customers the freedom to construct new applications and solutions on their own with little assistance from the Nexus platform team.
The complete launch of Nexus for Developers is slated for late 2023, although early access is currently accessible. Customers that are interested in joining Nexus for Developers are urged to sign up so they can take advantage of the platform and resources offered and collaborate with Hexagon to enhance the platform’s, technology partners, linked systems, and data capabilities.
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