Holes, fillets, ribs, patterns and cut-outs consume a large share of your design bandwidth. CitiusKBE designs custom Siemens NX plug-ins that generate these features in seconds, with your standards enforced and manufacturing rules respected, delivered as a toolkit your team owns.
Feature automation is a CAD customization strategy where repetitive features, the holes, fillets, ribs, patterns and cut-outs your engineers build every day, are generated through custom plug-ins instead of manual modeling. CitiusKBE builds Siemens NX toolkits that wrap your standards, your fastener libraries and your manufacturing constraints around every feature. The result: your team works faster, your models stay compliant, and your engineering leadership gains capacity without increasing headcount.
Every engagement is tailored to your part families. These are the most common feature categories we deliver as custom Siemens NX plug-ins for OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers worldwide.
Simple holes, counterbores, countersinks, tapped holes and bolt patterns generated from fastener standards, plate thickness and assembly context, with standards compliance built in.
Edge blends applied based on feature type, wall thickness and manufacturing constraints. Radius rules respect casting, forging or machining requirements automatically.
Structural ribs and corner gussets placed based on load paths, span and plate thickness. Spacing follows your structural design standards, not individual designer preference.
Rectangular, polar, curve-driven and geometry-referenced feature patterns built from edge counts, spacing rules and coverage requirements.
Rectangular pockets, slotted holes, keyways and custom cut-outs positioned by geometric references or datum-driven rules, with zero manual placement.
Raised features, threaded bosses and mounting pads with auto-calculated draft, wall thickness and reinforcement rules for plastic, cast or machined components.
A typical feature that took 15 to 20 manual operations now completes in a single click. The plug-in handles selection, validation, standards compliance, and documentation updates in the background.
Three steps. One click. Full compliance. This is the operational shift your design leadership gets from a CitiusKBE feature automation plug-in.
A CitiusKBE feature automation toolkit delivers a distinct outcome to every stakeholder in the design-to-manufacturing chain.
Reclaim engineering capacity, accelerate project delivery and reduce reliance on senior designer availability.
Consistent output quality across teams, measurable productivity gains and predictable delivery timelines.
Escape repetitive modeling. Focus engineering expertise on design problems that actually need creative thinking.
Receive standards-compliant, production-ready models that reduce rework loops and accelerate release cycles.
A four-stage consulting engagement that takes your team from manual feature modeling to a production-ready custom Siemens NX plug-in, tailored to your products and owned by your organization.
We study which features your engineers rebuild most often and quantify the time recovery potential of automating them.
Each feature category is mapped with inputs, standards, validation criteria and integration points across your environment.
Our engineers develop and test the custom NX toolbar, dialogs and Teamcenter integration inside a controlled sandbox before rollout.
Training, documentation and a governance framework so your CAD administrators can extend the toolkit with new features over time.
Indicative time spent creating a representative feature set on a typical mid-complexity part, before and after a CitiusKBE feature automation engagement. Actual savings scale with part volume and feature complexity.
Once features are encoded into a custom Siemens NX plug-in, what took 15 to 30 minutes per feature group now takes seconds. Across a full part, the savings compound dramatically.
Typical outcome: 85 percent reduction in total feature modeling time, quarter over quarter.
Feature automation delivers the highest ROI in industries with heavy repetitive feature creation, strict compliance standards and large design volumes across global OEM and Tier 1 supplier networks.
| Industry | Priority Features | Standards Referenced | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aerospace | Fastener holes, lightening patterns, fillets | AS, ISO, company | High |
| Automotive / BIW | Weld studs, locator holes, rib patterns | OEM-specific, ISO | High |
| Heavy Engineering | Pressure boss features, tube holes, gussets | ASME, ISO | High |
| Industrial Machinery | Mounting bolt patterns, cable cut-outs, ribs | DIN, ISO | Medium |
| Plant & Piping | Flange bolt patterns, nozzle cut-outs | ASME B16.5, API | High |
| Tool & Die | Ejector pin holes, cavity pockets, reliefs | Internal standards | Medium |
| Sheet Metal & Enclosures | Louver patterns, cable pass-throughs, bends | IEC, UL, internal | High |
Feature automation multiplies its value when combined with parametric modeling, variant generation and standards enforcement. Explore the adjacent capabilities in the CitiusKBE customization platform.
The questions design leaders, CAD administrators and mechanical engineering heads raise most often when scoping a feature automation engagement with CitiusKBE.
Feature automation is a CAD customization approach where repetitive features like holes, fillets, ribs, patterns and cut-outs are generated through custom plug-ins rather than manual modeling. The plug-in applies your standards, positions and dimensions automatically based on input conditions.
CitiusKBE automates hole patterns, counterbores, fillets, chamfers, ribs, gussets, pockets, slots, boss features, weld seams, fastener cut-outs and any customer-specific parametric feature defined by your design standards.
CitiusKBE delivers feature automation as a custom-built Siemens NX plug-in engineered for your specific feature library, standards and part families. Each engagement starts with consulting and ships as a deployable toolkit you own.
Automated features embed your standards, tolerances and material rules at creation time. Hole sizes match fastener standards, fillet radii respect manufacturing constraints, and rib spacing follows design guidelines, eliminating after-the-fact correction cycles.
A typical first-phase engagement covering five to eight feature categories runs 8 to 14 weeks from discovery to rollout. Subsequent phases extend coverage to additional part families or feature types.
Yes. CitiusKBE feature plug-ins connect to your existing fastener libraries, Teamcenter classification and company standards databases so every feature call uses the correct part number and specification.
Your CAD administrators do. CitiusKBE provides training, documentation and a maintainable structure. We also offer optional support retainers for long-term evolution as your standards change.