# NX CAD **URL:** \ **Category:** UpFeed\ **Created:** [October 22, 2013, 3:03pm UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/nx-cad/5779 "2013-10-22T15:03:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![j\_proulx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8c91f0/32.png) [@j\_proulx](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/u/j_proulx)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 3:03pm UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/nx-cad/5779/1 "2013-10-22T15:03:30Z")
Would like Robot Studio to support Siemens NX Cad. ABB to provide a CAD converter. Would like Robot Studio to be able to export complete cells to NX Cad. There is a requirement by General Motors and Chrysler to use Siemens Team Center PLM. Team Center uses NX Cad. It would greatly increase the efficiency of ABB robot integration into plant layouts by supporting this. Could future realases of Robot Studio have NX Cad compatibility? ---
**Author:** ![soup](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/tech-community.robotics.abb.com/soup/32/1592_2.png) [@soup](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/u/soup)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 1:12pm UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/nx-cad/5779/2 "2013-10-25T13:12:08Z")
I’d like RobotStudio to be able to export complete cells to _any_ CAD software as a STP file. ---
**Author:** ![Henrik\_Berlin](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/tech-community.robotics.abb.com/henrik_berlin/32/1011_2.png) [@Henrik\_Berlin](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/u/Henrik_Berlin)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2013, 9:14am UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/nx-cad/5779/3 "2013-11-17T09:14:12Z")
Hi, On RobotApps ([https://robotapps.robotstudio.com/Details.aspx?fileId=430](https://robotapps.robotstudio.com/Details.aspx?fileId=430)) there is an add-in that lets you export all CAD (=B-reps) based station content as SAT. You will get placeholders for the other parts that only has facets. You can use the standalone CAD converter to convert it to STEP. As for NX it is already on the wish-list. Kind regards, Henrik ---
**Author:** ![soup](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/tech-community.robotics.abb.com/soup/32/1592_2.png) [@soup](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/u/soup)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 8:43pm UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/nx-cad/5779/4 "2013-11-18T20:43:23Z")
That worked! Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![soup](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/tech-community.robotics.abb.com/soup/32/1592_2.png) [@soup](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/u/soup)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 3:57pm UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/nx-cad/5779/5 "2013-12-04T15:57:05Z")
Everything but the robot is exported – I get the tool and an orange rough outline of robot base… Tried on 5.15 - 32 and 64. Am I doing something wrong? ---
**Author:** ![Niklas\_Skoglund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@Niklas\_Skoglund](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/u/Niklas_Skoglund)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 4:08pm UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/nx-cad/5779/6 "2013-12-04T16:08:17Z")
Is that because the robot does not contains geometry, just graphics? If you select Export Geometry… on a robot link object, the only format options you get is .dae, .gfx, and .obj, which all are gfx only file formats. ---
**Author:** ![Niklas\_Skoglund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@Niklas\_Skoglund](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/u/Niklas_Skoglund)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 4:11pm UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/nx-cad/5779/7 "2013-12-04T16:11:08Z")
On the station node you can use Export Geometry… to export a .dae of the entire station. But I guess you want geometry and not graphics only. It can be a bit misleading that the only option available is .dae, which is a non geometry file format, when the command is called “Export Geometry”.