By comparison Hypermill is incredibly shallow. In this way, Hypermill and NX couldn't be further apart. But it's dumb, history-less and essentially not suitable for doing CAD work. It's fine if you're importing a model, maybe doing some basic fixture work. Specifically, the CAD in Hypermill (HyperCADs) is shit. The same is also true of Hypermill, so figuring out where they fit is pretty crucial. It's a great package, and when leveraged in the right environment, I think it's tough to beat. none of this is to say that NX is inferior, or anything along those lines. The thing with g-code simulation is, the simulation is only as good as the effort someone puts in to make sure the behavior is correct, there's nothing necessarily superior about it.īut. In the basic 5-axis realm, that wasn't too bad, and g-code simulation has always closely-but not always perfectly- matched. I can't say the same about NX- Posts for some of our machines were easy to come by, and others required some development. While the simulation isn't truly g-code simulation, we've not had a single instance where simulation didn't match executed code. Post processors and simulation from Openmind have been bulletproof, and were available for all of our machines on day one. I am curious about the NC code based simulation they are both supposed to have, and what getting postprocessors is like, since I'm not sure what our next machine will be.Both are great options. I would like to hear from people who are using either NX or Hypermill. I'm using a Haas VF2-TR,and we are looking for a new, much larger 5 axis machining center. We are using OneCNC Xr5 right now, and it doesn't really do what we need. The kind of work we are doing is making 737 flight control parts that are no longer available from Boeing, so we usually don't make more than one part, maybe two or three. I have pretty much narrowed it down to NX, and Hypermill. The company I work for has agreed to buy new software.

Hypermill 2015