Why you should consider using Simulation

Why you should consider using Simulation

Virtual testing
If you are involved in the manufacture and testing of prototypes, then you know just how costly and time consuming this method of design verification can be. Finite element analysis…

Data Migration Tools

The next series of blog articles that I’m putting together is again based on a request, and again, something that sounds simple on paper turns into a bigger project when you see it in the light of da…

New Whitepaper: Solid Edge customers give their views on SharePoint based design management

A new whitepaper from independent research firm Tech-Clarity shows how Solid Edge users are using SharePoint based design management software to get control of their CAD files and related documents. …

Colors in Solid Edge

A couple of weeks ago I asked for some suggestions for blog article topics on the forum. One of the topics suggested was “adding/creating visual styles/textures”. That’s a bit of a softball topic aft…

Geometric DFX now supporting Solid Edge

I had an interesting demo from the Geometric DFX folks.  I did a post on the Siemens PLM corporate blog  that gives a high level view but thought I’d share some of the details here.

Just how did NURBS come to be? – by Dr. Ken Versprille

[editor]: Sometimes its easy to forget that the fathers of modern CAD walk among us. We use the tools daily, and often fail to give credit to the handful of people who made all of this possible. I wa…

Why Would You Use Virtual Components? Part 2

I’ve re-written this article 3 or 4 times as my understanding of Virtual Components (VC) has evolved. If you really want to understand this functionality, I recommend you do the tutorial starting on …

CAMWorks for Solid Edge: Solid Edge for Manufacturing, Old Insulator Stack – by Dave Ault [video]

CAMWorks for Solid Edge: Solid Edge for Manufacturing, Old Insulator Stack – by Dave Ault [video]

[Editor: This blog post was written by Dave Ault of SolidEdging, and reprinted here by permission.]

Here is an obsolete Westinghouse part that still is in service with electric utilit…

Virtual Components Part 1

I’ve been writing primarily about Solid Edge part functionality as I’ve been learning my way through the software. I haven’t covered all the functions in parts, and I’ll want to come back to write ab…