Siemens PLM Solutions has, since 2001, been implementing a plan to move I-deas customers forward to NX while also taking care of the immediate needs of I-deas customers.

This plan focuses on the Siemens PLM Software strat objective for our I-deas customers to migrate from I-deas to NX successfully, while preserving your investment and intellectual capital contained in your I-deas data and maintaining continuity in current workflows. This strat plan encompasses both I-deas and I-deas Team Data Manager (TDM) and the move from I-deas with TDM to NX with Teamcenter Eeering.
The Siemens PLM Software program encompassing both this strat objective and the tactical objective for I-deas customers is called "Evolution of Excellence." This program combines the excellence from both the traditional I-deas product line and the Uaphics product line to create a product with superior productivity called NX.

The objective of the Evolution of Excellence program is to move all existing I-deas customers and Uaphics customers to NX successfully. Once in place, customers will enjoy increased productivity through the capabilities of market-leading system level eeering, unified solution, managed development environment, simulation, and knowledge enabled applications.

NX Series is the best choice for I-deas users and user teams who want to leverage their existing data sets and workflows via the new managed development environment for I-deas and NX. This evolution of excellence allows users to experience the best of both worlds by combining the greatest strengths of both I-deas and Uaphics.