NX DESIGN OFFICIAL CERTIFICATION EXAM
STUDY GUIDE COVERING ALL TOPICS AND
UNITS 2026.
◍ Part Navigator. Ans: A feature in the NX user interface that helps
manage parts.
◍ Home panel. Ans: A component of the NX user interface that
provides access to various commands.
◍ Extruding. Ans: The process that brings a sketch shape out to make
it 3D.
◍ Offset - Datum CSYS. Ans: Requires a Selected CSYS to establish
associativity to an existing Datum Coordinate System.
◍ Unite. Ans: An operation used to create a single solid body out of
two or more existing solid bodies.
◍ Stop at Intersection. Ans: An option used to extrude a sketch curve
until it crosses another curve or edge.
◍ Until Extended. Ans: An extrude limit that requires you to select a
face.
, ◍ Boolean operations. Ans: Operations that include Unite, Subtract,
and Intersect.
◍ Sketch on a non-planar face. Ans: Requires a specific type of
feature to define a new sketch.
◍ Investigate design intent. Ans: The process of analyzing a sketch
to understand its purpose and function.
◍ Rotating a section string. Ans: A command that creates a feature
by rotating around an axis through a specified angle.
◍ Datum plane at an angle. Ans: Requires selection of a specific
feature to create.
◍ History. Ans: Shows what actions you've done and in what order.
◍ Dependencies. Ans: Show what actions are related to each other.
◍ Details. Ans: Show the specific details of an action, such as its
dimension, expression, and value.
◍ Preview. Ans: Shows what your action will look like before
implementation.
, ◍ Edge blend feature advantage. Ans: Can be edited, suppressed, or
deleted without affecting the sketch.
◍ External threads. Ans: Not a type of hole you can create.
◍ Edge Blend features. Ans: Cannot be created from sketch curves.
◍ Two Angle chamfer. Ans: A type of chamfer that cannot be
created.
◍ Hole feature advantage. Ans: Can be easily edited to change the
form.
◍ Threaded hole in a lug. Ans: Includes a single feature: the hole,
threads, and the entry and exit chamfers.
◍ Separate Thread command. Ans: Used to create external threads.
◍ Chamfer feature advantage. Ans: Your model history will have
fewer features when created in a sketch.
◍ Work Part. Ans: The part that is currently being edited in the
assembly context.
STUDY GUIDE COVERING ALL TOPICS AND
UNITS 2026.
◍ Part Navigator. Ans: A feature in the NX user interface that helps
manage parts.
◍ Home panel. Ans: A component of the NX user interface that
provides access to various commands.
◍ Extruding. Ans: The process that brings a sketch shape out to make
it 3D.
◍ Offset - Datum CSYS. Ans: Requires a Selected CSYS to establish
associativity to an existing Datum Coordinate System.
◍ Unite. Ans: An operation used to create a single solid body out of
two or more existing solid bodies.
◍ Stop at Intersection. Ans: An option used to extrude a sketch curve
until it crosses another curve or edge.
◍ Until Extended. Ans: An extrude limit that requires you to select a
face.
, ◍ Boolean operations. Ans: Operations that include Unite, Subtract,
and Intersect.
◍ Sketch on a non-planar face. Ans: Requires a specific type of
feature to define a new sketch.
◍ Investigate design intent. Ans: The process of analyzing a sketch
to understand its purpose and function.
◍ Rotating a section string. Ans: A command that creates a feature
by rotating around an axis through a specified angle.
◍ Datum plane at an angle. Ans: Requires selection of a specific
feature to create.
◍ History. Ans: Shows what actions you've done and in what order.
◍ Dependencies. Ans: Show what actions are related to each other.
◍ Details. Ans: Show the specific details of an action, such as its
dimension, expression, and value.
◍ Preview. Ans: Shows what your action will look like before
implementation.
, ◍ Edge blend feature advantage. Ans: Can be edited, suppressed, or
deleted without affecting the sketch.
◍ External threads. Ans: Not a type of hole you can create.
◍ Edge Blend features. Ans: Cannot be created from sketch curves.
◍ Two Angle chamfer. Ans: A type of chamfer that cannot be
created.
◍ Hole feature advantage. Ans: Can be easily edited to change the
form.
◍ Threaded hole in a lug. Ans: Includes a single feature: the hole,
threads, and the entry and exit chamfers.
◍ Separate Thread command. Ans: Used to create external threads.
◍ Chamfer feature advantage. Ans: Your model history will have
fewer features when created in a sketch.
◍ Work Part. Ans: The part that is currently being edited in the
assembly context.
