MCP Server for MIDAS NX

Ask your AI about your MIDAS NX model.

Name: midas-nx-mcp
Author: Dennis5882

A local MCP server that lets AI apps such as Claude Desktop read the model open in Gen NX / Civil NX, show analysis results, and apply only the changes you confirm.

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Built by a MIDAS IT team member · alpha · not an official product

Want your AI to set it up? Paste this address into the chat: https://dennis5882.github.io/midas-nx-mcp/en/llms.txt It sums up the install steps, the tools and the rules to follow, written for AI agents.

tools

read-only tools

tools that change, after you confirm

products: Gen NX · Civil NX

Features

What it does

Keep the model open and ask; the AI picks the right tool and reads straight from NX.

Read the model

Ask "Summarise the Gen model" for counts of nodes, elements, materials, sections and load cases, and the unit system. Table schemas and records too.

model_summary · read_table

Analysis results

"Show the DL reactions", "Beam forces for DL": result tables on request, and checks based on them.

result_table

Screen capture

"Show me the model" returns a picture of the NX window.

capture_view

Confirmed changes

Add nodes, edit or delete records, run the analysis, save a copy. Every change is previewed first and applied only after you agree.

write_records · run_analysis

How it works

AI app (Claude Desktop, ...)→ midas-nx-mcp (your PC)→ Gen NX / Civil NX (same PC)

Everything runs on your PC. The AI app starts and stops the server; you never run it yourself.

Requirements

What you need

OS	Windows
NX	Gen NX or Civil NX running on the same PC, with its Open API connected (`Apps > API Settings`)
MAPI key	One per product, shown under `Apps > API Settings` in each program. Use your own PC's key.
AI app	Claude Desktop, latest version (recommended). Claude Code, Codex and other MCP clients work too.

Do not swap the Gen and Civil keys. The other product's key still reports "connected", but every real call fails. Do not share your key with anyone.

Install

Install: Claude Desktop

No Python or uv to install.

Download
Get midas-nx-mcp-<version>.mcpb from the latest release.
Open it
Double-click the file, or drag it onto Settings > Extensions in Claude Desktop.
Enter your keys
Enter the Gen and Civil keys; leave the one you do not use empty. The output folder (default C:\temp, which must exist) and the analysis timeout are set here too. Change them later under Settings > Extensions.
Check the connection
Open a model in NX and ask Claude "Check the Gen connection". If it reports connected and the program name, you are done.

Other apps / by hand

These need uv. Install it once from PowerShell:

powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c "irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | iex"

Open claude_desktop_config.json with Settings > Developer > Edit Config, add the server under mcpServers, then quit Claude Desktop completely (tray icon too) and start it again.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "midas-nx": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["midas-nx-mcp@latest"],
      "env": {
        "MIDAS_MAPI_KEY_GEN": "your Gen NX key",
        "MIDAS_MAPI_KEY_CIVIL": "your Civil NX key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Add this to ~/.codex/config.toml, or add a STDIO server in the settings screen.

[mcp_servers.midas-nx]
command = "uvx"
args = ["midas-nx-mcp@latest"]
env = { MIDAS_MAPI_KEY_GEN = "your Gen NX key", MIDAS_MAPI_KEY_CIVIL = "your Civil NX key" }

Usage

What to ask

Say "Gen" or "Civil" in your request, so the AI uses the right key.

To	Ask
Get an overview	"Summarise the Civil model"
Find a table / its fields	"Which load tables does Gen have?", "What fields does the SECT table have?"
Read records	"Show the coordinates of nodes 1 to 10", "List the sections in use"
Design settings	"Which design code is set?"
Current selection	"What is selected in NX right now?"
Analysis results	"Show the DL reactions", "Show DL and LL displacements"
Check	"Do the reactions add up to the self-weight?"
See it	"Show me the model"

At most 200 rows come back at once. For more, ask for a range: "the next 200", "only 1001 to 1100".

Safety

Preview → confirm → apply

Anything that changes the model or its file (analysis, save a copy, create / update / delete records) takes two steps. The AI shows what will change first and applies it only after you say "go ahead". If the model changed in between, it is refused; afterwards the table is read back and reported.

Any change discards the analysis results. Run the analysis again before reading results.
NX saves over the open file before it analyses. To keep the original, ask for "save a copy" first.
A document that was never saved cannot be analysed. Save a copy first to give it a file.
Copies go to C:\temp under a generated name, and NX then works on the copy.
New / open / import document and emptying a table are never offered: they are too risky.

Add a node at (4, 3, 0) in Gen

Preview · NODE 13 will be created. Analysis results will be discarded. Go ahead?

Go ahead

Applied · NODE 13 added (read back to confirm)

Try it on a copy of an important model first. This alpha has been verified on small test models, not yet on large production models.

Tools

The AI picks them; no need to remember the names. Every tool takes product (gen or civil).

Tool	Kind	What it does
`check_connection`	read	Connected or not, program name
`list_tables`	read	The `/db` and `/DESIGN` tables (searchable)
`describe_table`	read	NX's own field schema for a table
`read_table`	read	Records, by id if given, up to 200 rows
`model_summary`	read	Counts of the main tables, unit system
`read_model_info`	read	Project status, section properties, story check parameters (Gen), current selection
`list_result_tables`	read	Result table types
`result_table`	read	One result table (load cases, components, keys)
`capture_view`	read	The NX window as a PNG
`run_analysis`	change	Runs the analysis (NX saves the open file first)
`save_copy`	change	Saves a copy to `C:\temp` under a generated name
`write_records`	change	Creates or updates up to 50 records
`delete_records`	change	Deletes up to 50 records by id

Troubleshooting

Symptom	Check
Every call suddenly times out	Look for a dialog in NX and answer it in the NX window. Do not ask the AI to retry.
"... is not set"	That product's key is entered (`Settings > Extensions`)
Connected, but reads fail	The Gen and Civil keys are not swapped, and NX's API is connected
"NX is not running"	Start NX and connect under `Apps > API Settings`
"no analysis result"	No analysis yet, or a later change discarded the results
Capture or save fails	The output folder (`C:\temp`) exists
New version not picked up	.mcpb: install the new file. By hand: `uv cache clean`, then restart the app

Try it now

Double-click one file, enter your key, and you are set.

Download for Claude Desktop Summary for AI (llms.txt)