Solid Edge Generative Design – watch the new webinar replay!

A replay of a new webinar on generative design is now available on Engineering.com (registration is required). The webinar starts with some interesting survey data and insights from industr…

Teach an Old (CAM) Dog New (CAD) Tricks

I know CAM. In fact, it’s fair to say that when someone within the Solid Edge organization has a CAM question, they probably end up talking to me. But for CAD?Let’s just say I’m not first on a…

The Myriad of Solid Edge File Properties APIs

Accessing Solid Edge document properties to either read or modify is the most common activity performed on Solid Edge documents apart from when manipulating the content of the document itself.
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How to Use the SEDraftX Control in a WPF Application

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Designers who use custom programs for automating their routine design tasks that also need to interact with Solid Edge are constantly exploring newer platforms like the .Net b…

Solid Edge 2D Drafting – now views 3D files!

I hate to start a blog post with “one of the little known features in Solid Edge ST10 is…” but one capability we added and need to shout to the rooftops about is the new capability to view 3D files i…

New Greenpower F24 Spilt Chassis Kit

The new Greenpower F24 kit has arrived! For those of you not familiar with Greenpower, it’s a program dedicated to promoting engineering and technology to students from ages 9 to 25. As part…

MBD Tools in Solid Edge

Are you part of an organization which does not believe in saving time, money and energy in particular or resources in general? sounds freakish, right? You can easily tell if this is happening around …

Engineering Edge: great resource for thermal and fluid flow analysis

If you have any heat dissipation issues to solve in your designs, or you need to understand better how fluids flow inside or around your designs you may be interested in Engineering Edge, a publicati…

3D Rendering Tutorial: How to Create Internal Lighting (Solid Edge and KeyShot)

When creating a 3D rendering in Solid Edge, how do you create internal lighting? I was recently asked by a colleague how to go about adding an interior emitting light INSIDE of a model in KeySh…