The company purchases the Automated Drafting and Machining (ADAM) software code from MCS in 1973. releases UNIAPT, one of the world's first end-user CAM products.
NX is a direct competitor to CATIA, Creo, and Autodesk Inventor.
In 2000, Unigraphics purchased SDRC I-DEAS and began an effort to integrate aspects of both software packages into a single product which became Unigraphics NX or NX. NX, formerly known as 'unigraphics', is an advanced high-end CAD/ CAM/ CAE, which has been owned since 2007 by Siemens Digital Industries Software. Mac OS up to NX12, Unix-like (圆4, partially), Windows (圆4)