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Global Solid Edge University Events Announced

Global Solid Edge University Events Announced

The website announcing the new regional events for Global Solid Edge University is now available. We currently have 21 events listed, 18 of whic...

What’s New in Solid Edge ST10: Locally Installed Help

What’s New in Solid Edge ST10: Locally Installed Help

What’s New in ST10:Locally Installed Help I use the Solid Edge Help files a great deal. I spend time researching what the documentation says functions are supposed to do, and then I work in ...

What’s New in ST10: Data Management

What’s New in ST10: Data Management

The Solid Edge built-in data management tools added in ST9 are already being enhanced! Here are some of the non-Teamcenter changes for ST10. 1) There is now an option to turn Solid Ed...

What’s New in ST10: 3D Sketch and PathXpres

What’s New in ST10: 3D Sketch and PathXpres

The 3D Sketch environment was added several releases ago, and in ST10 it is being enhanced to help you work in some of the environments that require 3D wireframe type data. Specifically, PathXpres is...

What’s New in ST10: Clone Components

What’s New in ST10: Clone Components

Each of the past couple of releases of Solid Edge has seen some enhancement in the patterning, copying, and/or placement of additional occurrences in assemblies, such as Replace Part, Duplicate Compo...

What’s New in ST10: Multilingual Setup

What’s New in ST10: Multilingual Setup

For many of you, the language Solid Edge displays in the interface is an issue. Whether you have a multilingual office, share computers, or sometimes have guests or contractors who function ...

What’s New in ST10: Wrapped Cut

What’s New in ST10: Wrapped Cut

This is another topic request from the forum. It wasn’t requested directly, but there was a discussion about this functionality, and I just wanted to clear up what the actual enhancement...

What’s New in ST10: Single Body Assembly

What’s New in ST10: Single Body Assembly

This is a user’s choice topic. Some users on the forum wanted to hear more about this function, so I agreed to write about it. Actually, someone asked for the “Shrink Wrap” functionality, but Solid E...

What’s New in ST10: Additive Manufacturing

What’s New in ST10: Additive Manufacturing

Solid Edge ST10 has added several new things that affect additive manufacturing. 3D Print Page The main menu now has an entry for 3D Print. This page helps you get ready to 3D print on y...

What’s New in ST10: Generative Design

What’s New in ST10: Generative Design

Imagine inputting the requirements for connections to other parts, loads, materials, and whatnot into your computer, and having it spit out the part already designed and load optimized for y...

What’s New in ST10: Draw, Part 2

What’s New in ST10: Draw, Part 2

There’s some follow-up that needs to be added to what I had to say about the new Draw functionality. I mentioned that it requires an upgrade to at least Windows 10 version 1607. In the course of doin...

What’s New in ST10: Draw

What’s New in ST10: Draw

I’ve been a proponent of touch interfaces for a while. The technology keeps evolving to take advantage of the developments in less abstract interaction. There will be a time when we look at ...

What’s New in ST10: Reverse Engineering

What’s New in ST10: Reverse Engineering

One of the components of Convergent Modeling is Reverse Engineering. It encompasses a new tab in the Solid Edge interface that also includes the Select and Plane tools as well as Curves and ...

What’s New in ST10: Overview

What’s New in ST10: Overview

Every now and then a release comes along and we point to it for years afterward and say “this all started there”. The original ST was one of those releases, and it is the reference point we ...

Indy Brings Excitement to Greenpower

Indy Brings Excitement to Greenpower

In partnership with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS), along with support from Siemens and SCCA, the GreenpowerUSA Foundation announces that middle and high school students will be racin...

ASME E-fests

ASME E-fests

Remember WAY back when you were a student? Classwork was something you had to do, but it was the projects outside of class that really held your interest. Lots of things change, but I'm gues...

Free eBook Synchronous for the History-Based User

Free eBook Synchronous for the History-Based User

I'm glad to finally announce the availability of a free 150 page eBook in pdf format intended to help history-based CAD users understand Synchronous Technology. To download it, go here. Th...

Solid Edge Webinar Series

Solid Edge Webinar Series

If you've got some people in your company that need an overview of Solid Edge or some specific functionality, you might consider sending them to the Engineering.com webinar series. They have a series...

Plan it or Wing it?

Plan it or Wing it?

January 30, 2017

When you start a new model (this can mean either a complex single part or an assembly), do you plan out your approach to the model, or do you just start working? And if you plan it, is it a formal pl...

PLM plus …

PLM plus …

January 10, 2017

My last article talked about whether CAD is growing more specialized or more generalized. My opinion is that it is moving in both directions at the same time. It is becoming more specialized in that ...

Is CAD Moving Toward Specialization or Generalization?

Is CAD Moving Toward Specialization or Generalization?

January 9, 2017

A lot of CAD users get really passionate about our work because CAD itself enables us to bring our imaginations to life. See it in your head, make it in CAD, then everybody can see it on the...

Greenpower is About Engineering

Greenpower is About Engineering

November 14, 2016

My Greenpower weekend was a lot of fun, and I learned a lot about Greenpower and stuff kids are learning. One of the things I learned was that it wasn't always the car that looks the best that wins (...

Greenpower is About Racing

Greenpower is About Racing

November 11, 2016

Some people may hear the word "greenpower" and start expecting another heartfelt academic harrangue. Not that there's anything wrong with a good ol' heartfelt harrangue about educating our kids...

Solid Edge University 2016 Presentations

Solid Edge University 2016 Presentations

November 7, 2016

By now most of you know that the presentations for SEU16 are available. They are available in two formats. First, PDF versions of the presentations the presenters handed in before the convention. You...

SEU16: Day 3

SEU16: Day 3

October 28, 2016

SEU has a lot of exciting moments, but none quite as anticipated as the awards and Sneak Peek of the Wrap Up Session. We announced the winners of the rendering contest last...

SEU16: Day 2

SEU16: Day 2

October 27, 2016

SEU day 2 was full of news.John Miller reminded us of why we do what we do. We make better software so you can get your job done faster. Simple enough. Early on, Dan and his demo te...

SEU16: Day 1

SEU16: Day 1

October 26, 2016

My take on SEU16 is going to be a little bit skewed. I wish I were sitting in technical sessions on programming or data management or analysis/simulation, but instead I was manning the booth chatting...

Solid Edge University 2016 Begins!

Solid Edge University 2016 Begins!

October 25, 2016

Solid Edge University 2016 is starting! You know it's SEU when Jana Puetz is behind the desk. And yes, we are right across the street from Indianapolis Victory Stadium! Bet you wish you were here now...

Stuff to do at SEU: Birds of a Feather

Stuff to do at SEU: Birds of a Feather

October 14, 2016

At some of the meals this year at SEU, we are going to have special themes for various tables. We call this "Birds of a Feather". And yes, the notion is that they will "flock together". So if you wan...

Game Changing Product Development

Game Changing Product Development

October 3, 2016

Join our game changing product development webinar series. You will come away with ideas to enhance all aspects of your product development including topics such as design for manufacturing and...

Stuff to do at SEU: Roundtables

Stuff to do at SEU: Roundtables

October 3, 2016

Sometimes the tables actually are round. Sometimes more of a U arrangement to accommodate more people. Either way, one of the best investments you can make for your company's ownership of Solid Edge ...

Stuff to do at SEU: Academic Track

Stuff to do at SEU: Academic Track

September 14, 2016

The Academic Track at SEU is a half-day of sessions specifically directed to teachers and educators. This takes place Wednesday, October 26 from 1-5 pm at Solid Edge University being held at the JW M...

Stuff to do at SEU: Kevin Riggs with Help and Training

Stuff to do at SEU: Kevin Riggs with Help and Training

September 12, 2016

New users and recent converts need to be at SEU more than anyone else. Even if you are interested in evaluating Solid Edge as an alternative to whatever you're using now, it's a great investment, and...

Stuff to do at SEU: ParTAYYY!

Stuff to do at SEU: ParTAYYY!

September 1, 2016

Alright, so if you tell your boss you're going to a party in Indy, he's not likely to give you the money to go. So don't tell him that. But at SEU there are two parties that you don't want to miss. ...

Stuff to do at SEU: Follow the Tracks

Stuff to do at SEU: Follow the Tracks

August 25, 2016

A lot of you have asked for this, and it really makes sense, so this year, the SEU breakout sessions have been organized in tracks. You can check out the agenda here. If you go to the drop-down list ...

Stuff to do at SEU: Synchronous eBook and User Groups

Stuff to do at SEU: Synchronous eBook and User Groups

August 22, 2016

I suppose I can't do a whole series of what to do at SEU without mentioning my own stuff. I've got two sessions at SEU this year. Wednesday 3 pm I will talk about the new eBook writ...

Stuff to do at SEU: Art Patrick on Assemblies

Stuff to do at SEU: Art Patrick on Assemblies

August 18, 2016

We're doing something a little bit new at Solid Edge University this year. Some of the most popular technical sessions will be held on the main stage. For example, Art Patrick's session Wha...

Stuff to do at SEU: Hands On Confidence Using Design Intent

Stuff to do at SEU: Hands On Confidence Using Design Intent

August 15, 2016

Hands on sessions fill up early, so you really have to make a plan and stick to it if you want to get the most out of these sessions. You can hardly go wrong with most of them, since they are led...

Stuff to do at SEU: Simplifying Design with Multi-body Parts

Stuff to do at SEU: Simplifying Design with Multi-body Parts

August 11, 2016

One of the break out sessions this year will be Ricardo Espinosa's "Simplifying the Design Process with Multi-Body Parts". This is held on Wednesday at 2 pm. Multi-body parts is an ...

Stuff to do at SEU: Built-In Data Management

Stuff to do at SEU: Built-In Data Management

The first thing I want to hightlight at SEU as a don't-miss event is the Workshop on Built-in Data Management for ST9. For those small shops out there that aren't using any of the available document ...

New eBook Explains Synchronous

New eBook Explains Synchronous

Some people wonder what I do with my time. I’m obviously not blogging 40 hours a week. I do get involved in some projects that aren’t always 100% related to community. I’m in a bit of...

Interview: Dan Swartz of Ventrac talks Synchronous and SEU

Interview: Dan Swartz of Ventrac talks Synchronous and SEU

Dan, How did you get involved in Solid Edge in the first place? I’ve got a bit of a different background from a lot of Solid Edge users. I never went to engineering school or anything like...

Detroit Area Solid Edge User Group September 20th in Livonia

Detroit Area Solid Edge User Group September 20th in Livonia

We've been talking about this for a while now, and we finally have a date. We were lucky enough to find users to volunteer to run the Cincinnati and Cleveland groups before we even st...

ST9 Released

ST9 Released

I got a notice from my boss, Laura Watson today that Solid Edge ST9 is officially being released. It will be available for download by customers early next week. Additional languages will be posted a...

Interview: GTAC Employee Wayne Mahan

Interview: GTAC Employee Wayne Mahan

Let me just start with this, because this has been bugging me. I’ve seen your last name in print a lot, but I don’t know how to say it. How do you pronounce your last name? It’s MAY-han. M...

How to be a Rock Star at SEU16

How to be a Rock Star at SEU16

Engineers are shy people. I get that. I'm a shy person, aside from the fact that my day job entails being a public voice for a product, I take a back seat when I can, I avoid crowds, I don't really s...

SEU16: Built-In Data Management and Certification Prep

SEU16: Built-In Data Management and Certification Prep

As a part of my series on What's New in ST9, one of the topics I covered was the Built-in Data Management capabilities. Just in case you've already forgotten, yes, this is a big deal for small groups...

Solid Edge User Group in Pune, India

Solid Edge User Group in Pune, India

Thanks to the Solid Edge community's own highly energetic Tushar Suradkar, Pune will have its very own Solid Edge User Group meeting this Saturday, July 2. User groups are important no mat...

ST9 Boolean Subtract in Assemblies

ST9 Boolean Subtract in Assemblies

ST9 has some cool new functionality when it comes to working between parts in the assembly. Sometimes making matching holes for screws or other items can be tedious, but these new tools make it much ...

ST9 Settings and Preferences Wizard

ST9 Settings and Preferences Wizard

In an earlier blog post on the Cloud enhancements in ST9, we have already talked about your settings being saved in the cloud so that where ever you log in from with your webkey account, you will alw...

Report From Cleveland User Group

Report From Cleveland User Group

The inaugural Cleveland Solid Edge user group meeting happened yesterday.There was a good turn out of active users interested in learning more about the product. Some of the users were from as far aw...

Greenpower Goes To Indy

Greenpower Goes To Indy

On Indy500 Community Day before the 101 st running of the Indianapolis 500 race, 33 high school GreenpowerUSA students will get the opportunity to assemble a kit Formula 24 electric race car with on...

Solid Edge ST9 Part Modeling

Solid Edge ST9 Part Modeling

This is the part of What’s New that I really get most excited about. There is a lot of new stuff to talk about with ST9. Let’s just jump in. Display Ordered Model In Sync (hybrid display) ...

Cleveland User Group Meeting June 8th

Cleveland User Group Meeting June 8th

I like to appeal to procrastinators, because, well, that describes most of us, I think. I know you've been holding off to register for the Cleveland Solid Edge User Group. But you can't hold off any ...

Solid Edge ST9 Design Manager and Pack and Go

Solid Edge ST9 Design Manager and Pack and Go

The new Design Manager is the reincarnation of the old Revision Manager. It has been revamped with new icons, new functionality, and an update into a new century with a new lease on life. You can fin...

Solid Edge ST9 Built-in Data Management

Solid Edge ST9 Built-in Data Management

ST9 has Built-In Data Management. A new tab has been added to the ribbon just for the built-in data management tools. This doesn’t have a name other than Built-In Data Management. It’s just part of t...

Solid Edge ST9 Interface Enhancements

Solid Edge ST9 Interface Enhancements

ST9 has some new interface look and functionality. The part I like best is the tabbed design. In this screen grab you can see three tabs for open documents right below the ribbon. You...

Solid Edge ST9 and the Cloud

Solid Edge ST9 and the Cloud

If you’ve followed my writing for any length of time, you might know that I’m a mild cloud skeptic. I believe the cloud is good for some things, and less good for other things. For example, I obvious...

Solid Edge ST9 Launches into Expanding Your Horizons

Solid Edge ST9 Launches into Expanding Your Horizons

It may be difficult to properly characterize Solid Edge ST9. Marketing has given us the theme "Expand Your Horizons", and to be sure, the new tools you will find will definitely give you abilities yo...

Countdown to Launch: ST9

Countdown to Launch: ST9

By now you've probably heard some of What's New in ST9. A few of the features were announced back in October at Solid Edge University 2015. But (unless you're a beta tester) whatever you have heard d...

Review of the Microsoft Surface Book: Part 1 – General Impressions

Review of the Microsoft Surface Book: Part 1 – General Impressions

I recently was loaned a Microsoft Surface Book to write about. I can’t keep it, so immediately I’m seriously envious of whoever does get to keep it. It’s slim, light, futuristic, connected, loaded, p...

Cleveland Getting an EdgeGroup on June 8

Cleveland Getting an EdgeGroup on June 8

For those of you who are noticing a trend, yes, there is a concerted effort to build user groups in large concentrations of Solid Edge users. The next event will be in Cleveland on June 8 in the Siem...

Cincinnati EdgeGroup Meeting: April 13 – Register!

Cincinnati EdgeGroup Meeting: April 13 – Register!

If you're the sort to do things last minute, well, now's your time to shine. The first inaugural Cincinnati EdgeGroup meeting is happening this coming Wednesday at the Milford, OH Siemens PLM facilit...

Why You Need to Be at Solid Edge University 2016

Why You Need to Be at Solid Edge University 2016

It's that time of year again! Solid Edge University registration is now open. Some facts: October 25-27 (Tu-Th) 2016 Marriott, Indianapolis, IN Early bird pricing now in effect - S...

FIRST Robotics competition in Rocket City

FIRST Robotics competition in Rocket City

For all you Solid Edge users in Huntsville, we invite you to stop by our booth at the FIRST Robotics competition in “Rocket City” March 24-26, at the Von Braun Center. Check o...

Simplifying Parts and Assemblies

Simplifying Parts and Assemblies

Creating Simplified parts and assemblies is one of the steps in making large assemblies that are easy to work with. The processes for simplified parts and simplified assemblies are different, s...

A CAD Admin Perspective on ST9 Beta Training

A CAD Admin Perspective on ST9 Beta Training

ST9 is moving toward release, but as it isn't released yet, I can't really talk about specifics. For that reason, I'm not writing about the new software itself, but rather about how and why CAD Admin...

Solid Edge user group coming to Cincinnati

Solid Edge user group coming to Cincinnati

The internet (all hail the internet), as great as it is, cannot replicate every corner of human interaction. And the fact is that even this on-line community for Solid Edge does not touch every need ...

Solid Edge User Group at Huntsville

Solid Edge User Group at Huntsville

February 25, 2016

I don't get to the Huntsville office too frequently, but I've been lucky that several times when I have been here, they were having a local Solid Edge user group meeting. Aside from Solid Edge Un...

Large Assemblies Part 2: Other Considerations

Large Assemblies Part 2: Other Considerations

February 12, 2016

Another common source of performance problems comes from networks. The speed of your network is a separate issue that I won't address here. That's more of an IT infrastructure issue. But there are th...

Large Assembly Techniques for Performance

Large Assembly Techniques for Performance

February 2, 2016

"Large assemblies" is a term that means different things to different people. If the number or complexity of parts in your assembly poses a performance problem to your computer/hardware/network, then...

Assembly PathFinder Part 2: Tools and Techniques

Assembly PathFinder Part 2: Tools and Techniques

January 25, 2016

In the previous article, we dealt mostly with settings and symbols that you use with the PathFinder. Here we will look at the available tools and techniques that you can use to manage and edit th...

Assembly PathFinder Part1: Settings and Symbols

Assembly PathFinder Part1: Settings and Symbols

January 21, 2016

You can't get the most out of Solid Edge without knowing the assembly PathFinder pretty thoroughly. A lot of the tools will be obvious, things like mousing over items and they highlight in the graphi...

PathFinder: Info and Control Center for your Parts

PathFinder: Info and Control Center for your Parts

January 15, 2016

Early on, when I first started using Solid Edge, the PathFinder became a thing of instant interest. There are all sorts of things that show up there. You can find dimensions, sketches, bodies, materi...

Where is the “never add any relation without my permission” button?

Where is the “never add any relation without my permission” button?

January 5, 2016

This question recently showed up in the forums, and without hijacking the thread, I thought the best way to respond to it was here. I'm guessing that it was intended as rhetorical snark, but in this ...

Understand the Solution Manager

Understand the Solution Manager

December 11, 2015

The Solution Manager helps you sort out which relationships are causing a particular edit to not work as expected. It also helps you visualize different solutions to the problem by analyzing the erro...

Solid Edge and Windows 10

Solid Edge and Windows 10

December 7, 2015

Microsoft has been very aggressive about the Windows 10 upgrade. If you are on a managed corporate install, you might not see it, but on my personal computer, I get several reminders a week that it's...

Solid Edge Tips and Tricks #14

Solid Edge Tips and Tricks #14

December 3, 2015

1) Why does the Quick View Cube not display when Application Display is set to Basic? If the Application Display option is set to “Graphics Card Driven – Basic” within the Solid Edge Options> Vi...

Building the Podracer Model

Building the Podracer Model

November 18, 2015

I sometimes get questions about methods I’ve used to make certain models. My recent podracer for the rendering contest was one of those models. I need to start by saying that this m...

SEU15 Videos Now Online

SEU15 Videos Now Online

November 11, 2015

At Solid Edge University 2015 several of the sessions were recorded on video. The SEU15 YouTube channel has 29 of these videos, which translates into many hours of watching time. Most of these videos...

Solid Edge University 2015 Presentations Now Available for Download

Solid Edge University 2015 Presentations Now Available for Download

November 5, 2015

For those of you who couldn't make it, or even if you were there and you just weren't able to catch all the sessions you wanted to see, a PDF of each breakout session is now available in the Solid Ed...

SEU15 Wrap Up

October 29, 2015

Wow, what a day. I started out at 8 AM by giving a presentation to an engaged audience on Synchronous Technology. There were several Sync sessions in the same room, including one from Crai...

SEU15 Tuesday, SecondHalf

SEU15 Tuesday, SecondHalf

October 28, 2015

Dave Chadwick did an excellent job writing about the events of the first half of the day, coming from the main stage, so I'll proceed with the rest of the day. The morning sessions were very good, an...

Solid Edge University 2015 Reception

Solid Edge University 2015 Reception

October 27, 2015

I met my old friend Billy Oliver before 8 AM this morning, and I could tell it was going to be a full day. Not long after, I ran into Tushar Suradkar, Ken Grundey, and Sean Cresswell with his lovely ...

SEU15 Begins!

SEU15 Begins!

October 26, 2015

Solid Edge University 2015 is getting started. I've met several community members already. People have been checking in for the Developer Day and the Design Management sessions that get started befor...

What if You Can’t Make It to SEU?

What if You Can’t Make It to SEU?

October 23, 2015

If you can't make it to Solid Edge University 2015, there are still some ways you can participate and almost get the feeling like you are there. The most immediate way is to follow Twitter #SEU15, an...

Getting Ready for SEU15

Getting Ready for SEU15

October 21, 2015

Solid Edge 2015 is almost here! If you haven't been before, here are a few pointers for getting the most of your time. It will go by too fast, and I always wind up wishing I were better organized. ...

Wanna Be First to See Something New?

Wanna Be First to See Something New?

October 16, 2015

At my Solid Edge University breakout session at 8:00 AM on Wednesday morning, in room 236, you can be among the first Solid Edge customers to get a preview of a project I've been working on for a cou...

Catching up with Dick Gebhard and Resillient Modeling Strategy

Catching up with Dick Gebhard and Resillient Modeling Strategy

October 7, 2015

Do you remember some past articles on Resilient Modeling Strategy? Well, our friend Dick Gebhard is back, with Version 2 of his cross-platform method for modeling that makes changes easy to manage. I...

Winner for 4copter Rendering Contest Announced

Winner for 4copter Rendering Contest Announced

September 30, 2015

Alex Bergeron, the creator of this month's rendering contest winner, has promised to share some of his techniques for creating the lights and rotor blur in his entry. So you may want to check the com...

Last Day to Submit 4Copter Rendering Contest Entries

Last Day to Submit 4Copter Rendering Contest Entries

September 24, 2015

You can still get in on this month's action for the 4Copter rendering contest. Prizes are your choice of branded swag from the Solid Edge grab bag. It's fun. It's easy. It's nonfattening. ...

What Will You Miss if you Miss Solid Edge University 2015?

What Will You Miss if you Miss Solid Edge University 2015?

September 22, 2015

Meet other Solid Edge users, including prominent and international users like Sean Cresswell and Tushar Suradkar Meet Solid Edge employees and execs, like Dan Staples, Laura Watson, Doug Stainb...

Solid Edge Tips and Tricks #13

Solid Edge Tips and Tricks #13

September 9, 2015

Why are my dimensions placing as driven on my Synchronous sketches? In the Relate section of the Home tab, make sure the “Maintain Relationships” button is Selected. Why am I getting Error...

Majenta Drives Dax Cobra Development with Solid Edge

Majenta Drives Dax Cobra Development with Solid Edge

September 8, 2015

The story of the UK Solid Edge reseller Majenta PLM and the DAX Cobra 427 covers a lot of ground in the mechanical design technology realm. The story is interesting because it uses technology in a wa...

SEU15 Announces Keynote Speaker

SEU15 Announces Keynote Speaker

September 4, 2015

One of the worst insults you can offer someone who does public speaking is that they are "robotic". But in this case, I think the keynote speaker for Solid Edge University 2015 might consider that a ...

Fun Stuff at Solid Edge University

Fun Stuff at Solid Edge University

August 20, 2015

If you're still riding the fence about signing up for Solid Edge University 2015 in Cincinnati, OH, October 26-28, here are a few things that are going to happen there that you might enjoy: ...

Step Draft

Step Draft

August 18, 2015

Every now and then, I pick a topic that needs a little research and blog about it. Yes, maybe it's a little obscure, but maybe it's something you didn't know about before and now you do. This topic c...

Rendering Contest Winners

Rendering Contest Winners

August 10, 2015

Well, I've personally had a lot of fun with this model, and it looks like some others have as well. Thanks to everyone who submitted, including the Siemens people and partners who weren't allowed to ...

SEU15 Early Bird 1 Deadline Today

SEU15 Early Bird 1 Deadline Today

I want to see all of you in Cincinnati this year, and you'll have extra beer money if you save on the registration. Today is the last day for the Early Bird 1 savings. You want to be at SEU, and this...

Settings: File Locations

Settings: File Locations

It seems that a lot of CAD Admin type information can be hard to come by, but also very valuable for people who come through here. I'm using my own learning experience with various aspects of this so...

YouTube and Community are Right in the Software

YouTube and Community are Right in the Software

To get the Solid Edge Community Blog feed right in your Solid Edge window, go to the View tab, then on the far left, click the Panes dropdown list. This brings up a pane you can either dock inside th...

Interview: Richard Funnell, Keyshot Global Training Specialist

Interview: Richard Funnell, Keyshot Global Training Specialist

Are you planning on being at SEU this year? Yes, I’ve been in touch with Chris Dow setting up our sessions for this year. Luxion usually attends Solid Edge University, and this year we’ll ...

Solid Edge Tips and Tricks #12

Solid Edge Tips and Tricks #12

Where can I find the toggle for sketch relationship colors in synchronous mode? You can find this under "Inspect/Evaluate Group/Relationship Colors". How can I dimension using metric units...

Render a T-Bucket, Win Ticket to SEU15

Render a T-Bucket, Win Ticket to SEU15

For those who don't know, a T-bucket is an antique hot rod derived somehow from a Model T. I wanted to make a more exciting model this time, and everybody loves hot rods. This one has some exposed me...

Prepare for the Next Rendering Contest

Prepare for the Next Rendering Contest

I'm a little late with this, but we're going to get started with the July rendering contest in a couple of days. The model...is better than the last one for rendering. The top prize... wel...

Synchronous and Associativity

Synchronous and Associativity

After two years, I'm still just a student of Solid Edge. I'm very often amazed at the power that's in there. Of course there's no way to learn something like just diving in and doing it, which is exa...

ST8: Bluesurf

ST8: Bluesurf

I've been working on little projects lately, and this week I was doing something with some Bluesurfs in it. This reminded me that ST8 has given Bluesurf a new function. The Deselect All button enable...

Stuff to do at SEU: Art Patrick on Assemblies

Stuff to do at SEU: Art Patrick on Assemblies

Anyone who knows Art Patrick knows that he knows his stuff, and often demonstrates that in an over-the-top sort of way. You have to keep inventing new superlatives for what he's able to do with some ...

Solid Edge Tips and Tricks #11

Solid Edge Tips and Tricks #11

How do I hide dimensions in draft environment? To hide dimensions in draft follow these steps: - First create new layer - Select all the dimensions you wish to hide. - Once selected go to the ...

Example of Mixing Synchronous and Ordered

Example of Mixing Synchronous and Ordered

I came across a cool technique this week while talking with Art Patrick about a part I was trying to make for a sample model. It has 3 mount points, and a bar frame connecting the mounts. In the end,...

ST8: Weldments

ST8: Weldments

ST8 enables you to create weldment features in an In-Place part. To do this: open assembly create In-Place part (Sync or Ordered) In the part environment, the weld features are under the Soli...

ST8: Sketching Enhancements

ST8: Sketching Enhancements

Sometimes it is the simplest things that will wind up saving you the most time because you spend more time doing them. If you can shave off just a couple of seconds from repetitive tasks, that one im...

ST8: Assembly Productivity Enhancements

ST8: Assembly Productivity Enhancements

For ST8, Solid Edge has added a few nice assembly productivity enhancements. The first one sounds simple, but once you use it a few times, I think you'll agree that it saves a lot of t...

Kevin Riggs, Congrats on 30 Years Served

Kevin Riggs, Congrats on 30 Years Served

Please join me in congratulating Kevin Riggs on his 30 year service award TODAY!! After completing his BS in Technical Writing and Editing from Carnegie-Mellon University, Kevin joined Intergraph o...

ST8: Compare Drawings

ST8: Compare Drawings

Another exciting new function in Solid Edge's ST8 release is Compare Drawings. You can find Compare Drawings in the Solid Edge Application Menu. The Compare Drawings function is fairly sim...

Greenpower Puts Students in the Driver Seat with Solid Edge

Greenpower Puts Students in the Driver Seat with Solid Edge

Whitesburg Middle School was one of the first U.S. schools to incorporate Greenpower into their STEM focused curriculum. Greenpower is the international student project that challenges students to de...

ST8: Annotation and Dimension Handles and Alignment

ST8: Annotation and Dimension Handles and Alignment

ST8 draft environment has a trove of new handles and alignment aids to help you make your annotations and dimension on your drawings look the way you want them to look. There are three...

Solid Edge Tips and Tricks #10

Solid Edge Tips and Tricks #10

1) How do I insert grounded parts at the origin of an assembly file? The first part inserted into a new assembly is by default grounded and placed at the origin. To place other grounded parts into a...

SEU15 Call for Presenters: Tell Your Story

SEU15 Call for Presenters: Tell Your Story

Solid Edge University 2015 is only a few months away, October 26-28. One of the things that makes SEU so valuable is that people come together from all over to tell their stories. The one story...

ST8: Helical Curve

ST8: Helical Curve

One of the things I like best about Solid Edge development is that when a new release hits, they have their ear to the ground to pick up the reaction from users. I think that's one of the things that...

Community Keyshot Rendering Contest Winner

Community Keyshot Rendering Contest Winner

The first rendering contest has a winner! In fact, it has two. There was a tie for the total number of votes, so although @Fiorini got the credit for the win on the Winners page, both he and @RubenOr...

SEU15 Developer Day Agenda Now Available

SEU15 Developer Day Agenda Now Available

We want to make sure that you know about Solid Edge University Developer Day, which is being held Monday, October 26 (right before SEU). You can see the SEU agenda here. Go directly to the Developer ...

ST8: Design Intent and Live Rules

ST8: Design Intent and Live Rules

"Design Intent" is a new feature in Synchronous Technology for ST8. Sometimes it gets a little confusing when a function name and a general concept have the same name, so let's get this one straight ...

ST8: “Like Me” Synchronous Pattern Recognition

ST8: “Like Me” Synchronous Pattern Recognition

With every release, Solid Edge increases the power of Synchronous Technology. Part of that power is how Sync deals with imported data. The ability to extract intelligence or design intent from "dumb"...

Vote for Your Favorite Rendering

Vote for Your Favorite Rendering

Our first rendering contest is coming to a close. All we need you to do is tell us which image you prefer. Because some people submitted multiple images, vote for the author of the image you like bes...

ST8: Pattern By Table

ST8: Pattern By Table

It's my favorite time of year again, new release time! For about 10 months out of the year I wait for that second when I can start telling people about the new features in the software. It's so much ...

Solid Edge Tips and Tricks #9

Solid Edge Tips and Tricks #9

How can I turn the centerlines off in a view? There is no single button to turn off all center lines at one time. However you can create a query to find and select all centerlines, then uncheck the S...

Detail Makes Your Keyshot Rendering More Believable

Detail Makes Your Keyshot Rendering More Believable

I just want to add some variety and show some other techniques. Here I used one of the HDRI environments as the background image. Getting the lighting to match the background can be difficult, but us...

Understanding Keyshot Backgrounds

Understanding Keyshot Backgrounds

As engineers and designers, it is sometimes tempting for us to discount the value of a pretty picture. You spend all of your time establishing the geometry and attributes of the product that few unde...

Solid Edge Rendering Contest Starts NOW!

Solid Edge Rendering Contest Starts NOW!

This has been in the works for a while, and I'm excited that it's finally here. A monthly Solid Edge/Keyshot Rendering Contest! Download the model, set up your scene and render settings, then submit ...

Solid Edge Community Celebrates 19 Years of Solid Edge

Solid Edge Community Celebrates 19 Years of Solid Edge

Solid Edge celebrated the 19th anniversary of its first release yesterday. Here is the initial splash screen from the first version It just happened that there were several of us at...

Solid Edge Tips and Tricks #8

Solid Edge Tips and Tricks #8

How can I unalign coordinate dimensions? You will have to hold the alt key down when placing the dimension, this will start a new group. Why does the resulting fillet of the 2D sketch comm...

Synchronous AND Parametric

Synchronous AND Parametric

There is this misconception going around that synchronous models are somehow not parametric. You can have one or the other, but not both. I suppose that's because a lot of people equate history-based...

Nice Synchronous Technology Video

Nice Synchronous Technology Video

If you haven't seen this yet, there's a nice synchronous video making the rounds put together by Oliver Duncan. It hits many of the lightlights of the arguments for Synchronous Technology. If you're ...

Solid Edge Tips and Tricks #7

Solid Edge Tips and Tricks #7

Is there a way to find out what all of the two-letter codes are for callouts? Yes. Go to the Callout command and select the Property Text button from the Callout Properties dialog. No...

Interview with Mike Evans, CEO of Greenpower USA

Interview with Mike Evans, CEO of Greenpower USA

Mike Evans is a Huntsville, Alabama educator who has been teaching for 25 years and using Solid Edge in his Design Drafting classes for about 15 of those years. He became involved with Siemens PLM di...

Color in Drawings

Color in Drawings

2D drawings have been dead for 30 years, if you believed CAD salesmen in the 1980s. Most of us knew that was wrong back then. Even today, there are only a few areas where drawings are truly extinct. ...

Registration for Solid Edge University 2015 is now LIVE!

Registration for Solid Edge University 2015 is now LIVE!

Everybody should be aware by now that Solid Edge University dates for 2015 have been moved to October to better line up with the reality of how users install the new version of the software after rel...

Solid Edge Tips and Tricks #6

Solid Edge Tips and Tricks #6

Why am I getting an error pasting clipboard geometry to its original location? In earlier versions of Solid Edge like V20 when you copied geometry to clipboard and paste it back, the copied geome...

Solid Edge Tips and Tricks #5

Solid Edge Tips and Tricks #5

How can I place a Detail View on a different sheet from the parent view? You will initially need to place it on the parent view’s sheet. Then right click on the detail view and select Properties...

The Use of Colors in Solid Modeling

The Use of Colors in Solid Modeling

The use of color in CAD has evolved over the years. Early versions of CAD, of course were whatever color the CRT created, usually white or green. In more sophisticated 2D, we had colors for different...

Spotlight on Laura Watson

Spotlight on Laura Watson

Recently Eric Spiegel, the President and CEO of Siemens USA wrote a brief article about Laura Watson. Laura is the head of Solid Edge Technical Operations (and my boss) in Huntsville, and had ju...

Interview with Michael Brown, Director of Academic Relations

Interview with Michael Brown, Director of Academic Relations

The charismatic Michael Brown is based in the UK, and is the Global Director of Academic Relations for Solid Edge and related products. Here in the Community we have an area for Academic, and we are ...

Solid Edge Tips and Tricks #4

Solid Edge Tips and Tricks #4

February 25, 2015

Why is my fully-defined sketch not changing colors? The first item to check is to ensure that the option is enabled; in an Ordered sketch, go to Inspect -> Evaluate, Select the Relationship ...

Solid Edge Tips and Tricks #3

Solid Edge Tips and Tricks #3

February 18, 2015

How do I get an underline on a Drawing View Caption? Go to the View Properties dialog and the Caption tab. In the Format box, check the Separator option. Why can't I zoom in &...

Solid Edge Tips and Tricks #2

Solid Edge Tips and Tricks #2

February 11, 2015

Thanks to Fred White and the GTAC folks for this info. Part of the beauty of these tips is that they are easy to add to. So use the comments to add your observations/ideas/questions to expand on the ...

Interview with Tushar Suradkar, CAD Rennaissance Man

Interview with Tushar Suradkar, CAD Rennaissance Man

February 9, 2015

I've never actually met Tushar face to face, only through the Solid Edge Community site and email. I could tell right away that he had an unusual combination of skills that I value highly. First he's...

Solid Edge Tips and Tricks #1

Solid Edge Tips and Tricks #1

February 3, 2015

How do I make Solid Edge use all the processors/cores on my PC? Solid Edge is a single threaded application, and as such will only use a single CPU core. There are exceptions to this i...

Interview with Sean Webb, GreenpowerUSA Team Mechanic

Interview with Sean Webb, GreenpowerUSA Team Mechanic

January 30, 2015

Sean Webb is an intern at Solid Edge who reports to Laura Watson. His job is to help build the GreenpowerUSA initiative. Greenpower is a program for school-age kids to participate in the design, buil...

Interview with Jeff Walker, Director of Solid Edge Products

Interview with Jeff Walker, Director of Solid Edge Products

January 28, 2015

J eff Walker is the Director of Solid Edge Products. He's heavily involved in the development prcoess, and one of the guys who really knows the software inside out because he's been involved in sp...

Dan Staples Interview on Connect Press Gives Predictions for 2015

Dan Staples Interview on Connect Press Gives Predictions for 2015

January 27, 2015

Interested in what's in store for the CAD industry in 2015? Dan Staples talked to Connect Press recently and gave some predictions for what he thinks is going to happen. This link is worth a rea...

Solid Edge Screen Capture

Solid Edge Screen Capture

January 26, 2015

Solid Edge screen capture functionality can add a lot to your explanations when you have questions, answers, are trying to create training materials, marketing materials, demonstrate an idea, or any ...

Interview with Dick Gebhard, father of Resilient Modeling Strategy

Interview with Dick Gebhard, father of Resilient Modeling Strategy

January 22, 2015

I first met Dick Gebhard at a Solid Edge University event. I knew right away that he would be a one-of-a-kind sort of acquaintance. It turned out that the presentation he was giving (on his new Resil...

Solid Edge Viewer part of Windows 10 Announcement

Solid Edge Viewer part of Windows 10 Announcement

January 21, 2015

Windows 10 may not be on your top 10 list of things to get excited about today. I mean, we had to wrench Windows XP from your clenched fists just months ago, right? Windows 7 still feels new to many ...

Interview with John Miller, Senior VP of Mainstream Engineering

Interview with John Miller, Senior VP of Mainstream Engineering

January 20, 2015

John Miller is the new head of the Mainstream Engineering team, joining us as Karsten Newbury’s replacement. He has been in place for some time, but I’m just now catching up to him to get a glimpse i...

Special event: New Trends in Product Development

Special event: New Trends in Product Development

January 19, 2015

Join experts from Siemens PLM Software and Microsoft®, at one of these productivity summits and learn how you can apply the latest trends in mobility, 3D printing and 3D Design to your product develo...

Interview with Jason Newell, Solid Edge Developer Community Leader

Interview with Jason Newell, Solid Edge Developer Community Leader

January 14, 2015

Jason Newell is an important part of the Solid Edge community that some of you may not know. He’s actually not even a Solid Edge user, having admitted to me that he’d struggle to even make a box. He’...

Keyboard shortcuts in the Solid Edge Interface

Keyboard shortcuts in the Solid Edge Interface

January 8, 2015

Keyboard shortcuts in the Solid Edge interface are a great way for experienced users to speed up getting through common tasks. When you’re able to use shortcuts, you can drastically simplify your on-...

Solid Edge Mobile Viewer for Windows 8.1

Solid Edge Mobile Viewer for Windows 8.1

January 6, 2015

Solid Edge Mobile Viewer for Android was the topic of one of the most popular articles ever on this blog. What I have to show today is the Solid Edge Mobile Viewer for Windows 8.1. You can get t...

Interview with Matt Johnson, All-around Solid Edge Powerhouse

Interview with Matt Johnson, All-around Solid Edge Powerhouse

December 31, 2014

Matt Johnson, or "Big Matt" as he is known, as you'll see from this interview, has a ton of passion for learning, helping people, and helping Solid Edge to improve their software where he can. Matt i...

Interview with Sean Cresswell, Forum User Extraordinaire

Interview with Sean Cresswell, Forum User Extraordinaire

December 29, 2014

Sean Cresswell is a guy anyone who frequents the SE Forum is familiar with as an enthusiastic and knowledgeable Solid Edge user who is generous with his time and knowledge. He's from New Zealand, so ...

Bluesurf and the NURBS Mesh

Bluesurf and the NURBS Mesh

December 19, 2014

Today I'm going to use the mesh from the part you can download from the previous post. That has a series of 6 sketches in it from which we can make Bluesurfs in various curve arrangements. ...

Special Traits of the Bluesurf

Special Traits of the Bluesurf

December 17, 2014

We’ve talked before about NURBS surfaces always wanting to be four-sided, much like a piece of fabric made from threads running perpendicular to one another. It can be stretched and pulled, but it al...

Give your Input on the Crazy Cart Challenge Finalists

Give your Input on the Crazy Cart Challenge Finalists

December 16, 2014

We've had a great number of entries, 39 in all, and now it's time for you to weigh in on the judge's selection of 12 finalists. The winners will be chosen from the best entries, and your comment...

Interpolation is the Name of the Game

Interpolation is the Name of the Game

December 10, 2014

My method of explaining the rather wide reaching topic of surfacing is to start from concepts, move on to how to use specific tools, and what the tools do, and then to talk about why or in what situa...

It’s all about Curvature, and Curvature is all about Splines/Curves

It’s all about Curvature, and Curvature is all about Splines/Curves

December 9, 2014

If you are an engineer reproducing Industrial Designer stuff, one of the first things you have to do is understand curvature. It’s a different language, and a different way of thinking about geometry...

Translating from Designer to Engineer

Translating from Designer to Engineer

December 8, 2014

In the same way that it’s unfair to say “engineers aren’t creative”, it’s probably also unfair to try to lump all Industrial Designers into the same mold. I’ve worked with ID folks who could not do 3...

Offset Face Relate Enhancements – by Steve Sheldon

Offset Face Relate Enhancements – by Steve Sheldon

December 4, 2014

In ST7 we have introduced numerous enhancements to the Offset Face Relate command. Offset to faces with parallel normals Prior to ST7, you could only establish an Offset Face...

Engineers and Creativity

Engineers and Creativity

December 2, 2014

I had the misfortune a few years back to hear a colleague proclaim at a dinner with about 15 design process professionals in attendance that engineers were not creative people. I can be hot tempered ...

Interview with Hungarian Reseller, Imre Szucs

Interview with Hungarian Reseller, Imre Szucs

November 25, 2014

Imre Szucs is known by many names around the Solid Edge universe, but everyone knows him as an inexhaustable fountain of ideas and knowledge. I've met him at a couple of Solid Edge Universities, and ...

Simulation, Analysis and Decisions

Simulation, Analysis and Decisions

November 24, 2014

While we’re on the topic of abstraction from my previous post, let’s carry it further to simulation. About 15 years ago or so if I’m remembering correctly, we had a movement called the “Up Front” mov...

We Owe It All to Cave Art

We Owe It All to Cave Art

November 20, 2014

Today I want to pay homage to two geniuses of the CAD world that no one has ever met before. In fact, we don’t even know who they are. I call them Um and Ug. Um and Ug were hunters who lived before t...

Solid Edge User Survey 2014

Solid Edge User Survey 2014

November 19, 2014

By most measures ST7 has been a great success. They've added great new functions, and most of all, it's all relevant to users. It's not just magic that enables Solid Edge to consistently pick winners...

Interview with Super User Ken Grundey

Interview with Super User Ken Grundey

November 14, 2014

Ken Grundey is one of those guys that I've known for a long time just over general web communication, even though for a long time we used different CAD products. Now that we're on the "same side", as...

Solid Edge Demonstrates AWS Proof of Concept

Solid Edge Demonstrates AWS Proof of Concept

November 13, 2014

Solid Edge made a guest appearance at the Amazon AWS re:Invent convention in Las Vegas earlier today. Amazon invited Solid Edge to demonstrate a proof of concept by demoing Solid Edge on their ...

New Solid Edge Videos Getting Some Attention

New Solid Edge Videos Getting Some Attention

November 12, 2014

In the last week or so, Solid Edge has put out a couple of videos that are getting some attention around the industry. Through the grapevine I heard that one reseller said this first video is the bes...

Still time to Enter Crazy Cart Design Challenge

Still time to Enter Crazy Cart Design Challenge

November 11, 2014

Solid Edge is leading a design challenge with Luxion (Keyshot). Just download the parasolid of the Crazy Cart, make some additions or changes to the product, make a cool rendering, and win cool stuff...

Solid Edge University 2015 Announcement

Solid Edge University 2015 Announcement

November 6, 2014

Solid Edge University dates have been set for October 26-28, and the location is set as Cincinnati, Ohio. If you have not been to one of these events in the past, make sure to plan to make...

Cincinnati Incorporated Machine 3D Prints a Car

Cincinnati Incorporated Machine 3D Prints a Car

November 4, 2014

Cincinnati Incorporated (CI) recently designed and built BAAM – Big Area Additive Manufacturing – Machine using Solid Edge software. You may have heard of BAAM in connection with the first ...

Huntsville Solid Edge User Group Meeting

Huntsville Solid Edge User Group Meeting

October 31, 2014

Solid Edge users in Huntsville Alabama are lucky people. Having the mother ship so nearby has some definite benefits. This past week I was in Huntsville for meetings, and just out of luck happened to...

What Goodies Are In the Community?

October 29, 2014

Yes, I recognize the irony that the people who need to read this article are never going to see it because they don’t come here. Those who do come here really don’t need to see it. You already know t...

Interview: Kevin Riggs of the Learning Media Development group

Interview: Kevin Riggs of the Learning Media Development group

October 22, 2014

Kevin Riggs is the leader of the group that creates documentation for the Solid Edge product. He oversees a group with a wide range of talents who create information for a wide range of products and ...

Get Ready – Monthly Solid Edge/Keyshot Rendering Contest Coming

Get Ready – Monthly Solid Edge/Keyshot Rendering Contest Coming

October 17, 2014

The Solid Edge User Community is sponsoring a monthly rendering contest starting in December 2014. This gives us time to get past the recently announced Crazy Cart contest which ends November 22. &...

Interview with Ricky Black, Planner for 2D and Drawings

Interview with Ricky Black, Planner for 2D and Drawings

October 14, 2014

Ricky Black is an intense perfectionist with a background in manufacturing. He was a UG1 user, if that gives you a little perspective, and recently had his 30th anniversary working for the company in...

“Get Crazy” – Crazy Cart Design/Rendering Challenge

“Get Crazy” – Crazy Cart Design/Rendering Challenge

October 13, 2014

Siemens PLM is at it again with Luxion and Grabcad giving you the opportunity to win stuff. This time you download the data, design some add-ons or attachments to the Crazy Cart in Solid E...

Interview with Doug Stainbrook, Field Support Trainer

Interview with Doug Stainbrook, Field Support Trainer

October 10, 2014

Doug Stainbrook was one of the first people I met on the inside of Solid Edge, six or seven years ago. He was the guy who had the job of demonstrating brand new technology (Synchronous Technology) to...

Two Ways You Can Support Solid Edge and Have Fun at the Same Time

Two Ways You Can Support Solid Edge and Have Fun at the Same Time

October 7, 2014

One of the really great things about the CAD industry is that when it is working right, the industry and its customers support one another. Inudstry makes software that users apply to their businesse...

Windows 10 Preview Now Available

Windows 10 Preview Now Available

October 6, 2014

Windows 10? What happened to Windows 9? Ralph Grabowski's WorldCAD Acess blog includes an anecdote in today's article on how Windows 10 became Windows 10 instead of Windows 9. If you've go...

Interview with Melissa Schultz: Converting a Company to Synchronous

Interview with Melissa Schultz: Converting a Company to Synchronous

September 18, 2014

Melissa Schultz is a CAD admin who has lead her 70 some Solid Edge users through a transition to Synchronous. She gave a standing room-only presentation at Solid Edge University 2014 that has continu...

SEU14: VIDEO: Fred Menage demonstrates Parametric Assemblies

SEU14: VIDEO: Fred Menage demonstrates Parametric Assemblies

September 11, 2014

Making parametric changes within a Solid Edge assembly is one of the questions Synchronous non-believers ask about frequently. In this video, Frederic Menage of DesignFusion in Montreal demonstrates ...

What Annoys History-based Users?

What Annoys History-based Users?

September 10, 2014

On a CAD blog I recently found an article bemoaning problems people have with their CAD systems. Somehow it devolved from a cynical yet rhetorical “survey” of sorts into a set of serious answers from...

Interview with Dan Staples

Interview with Dan Staples

September 9, 2014

Since your promotion to VP of Development for Mainstream Engineering a few months ago, how have your daily duties changed? I spend more time interacting with the sales and marketing functi...

Hiring Contractors

Hiring Contractors

September 8, 2014

Hiring an unknown contractor to do work for your engineering organization can be nervewracking. Picking the wrong person can waste precious time and resources. If you pay too little, you might get so...

Getting Started as an Independent Contractor

Getting Started as an Independent Contractor

September 4, 2014

In the engineering business, we sometimes have needs for which we need temporary solutions. An unexpected surge in orders requires more design help. That can include the quantity and type of the work...

Microsoft Surface Pro 3 In Action: Video

Microsoft Surface Pro 3 In Action: Video

August 31, 2014

I find the Microsoft Surface Pro 3 to be a fantastic machine for people on the go. You can get a real processor in it (up to i7) and use it for real CAD. A docking station gives you more real estate ...

Interview with Dan Vinson, Product Planning for Parts

Interview with Dan Vinson, Product Planning for Parts

August 28, 2014

Dan Vinson is the guy at Solid Edge responsible for planning the new developments in Parts. He does a bit of surfacing, and is in charge of most of the advanced modeling areas I'm interested in, such...

Hardware Review: Microsoft Surface Pro 3

Hardware Review: Microsoft Surface Pro 3

August 27, 2014

At Solid Edge University 2014 in Atlanta the Microsoft Surface 3 was used for an entire room of Hands-on sessions. It wasn’t a fluke, it was real users running real CAD on tablet-sized hardware. You ...

Interview with Chris Dayton, planner for Synchronous Technology

August 21, 2014

Chris Dayton is the Solid Edge planning guy in charge of Synchronous Technology as implemented in Solid Edge. Chris is a second generation CAD guy. His father also worked at Intergraph in the old day...

Interview with Art Patrick, Solid Edge Assemblies Master

Interview with Art Patrick, Solid Edge Assemblies Master

August 18, 2014

With ST7 just releasing for public consumption, I thought it would be appropriate to interview some of the people that make this software happen. Even though a lot of the enhancements are inspired by...

The Secret Language of Surface Design

The Secret Language of Surface Design

August 15, 2014

Dan Staples asked me to call some attention to a surfacing presentation that was made at Solid Edge University 2013 by a French company called SEB. SEB designs and manufactures a lot of small applian...

Using 3DSync for Geometry Simplification and Edits

Using 3DSync for Geometry Simplification and Edits

September 24, 2013

I usually write for CAD users, so writing for folks who lean more toward the analyst side and who consider CAD to be a secondary skill is a bit new but bear with me. I’m at least still writing about ...