Out of the Box Tools for Solid Edge

 
If you don’t know already, Solid Edge ships with over 2 dozen programs and utilities which can be readily used in various scenarios in daily work. Moreover, the full source code is made av…

Tips and Tricks from Forum Users #24

 
No new videos in this installment, here’s an assortment of short tips and tricks based on the discussions in the Solid Edge forum. 
Due credit is given to respective contribut…

Reverse Engineering Tutorial in Solid Edge Part 2 – Deep Dive

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Step 6 – Extracting Treatment Feature Data

The intention of the reverse engineering process is to extract a high-level overall form of the object and it…

Reverse Engineering Tutorial Part 1 – Get Your Feet Wet

A few weeks back an article on reverse engineering appeared in the community blog and got a great response, followed by another inquiry on the forum about a beginner tutorial on this topic.
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Tips and Tricks from Forum Users #23

Here’s a new year collection of the most interesting tips and tricks based on the discussions in the Solid Edge forum.  Due credit is given to respective contributors.

The Never Do List of Solid Edge Modeling and Drafting Practices

 
There is no dearth of best practices out there when using Solid Edge. Some of these are implemented as part of the company standards, while others come through self-discipline.
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Adding Metadata to Solid Edge Objects Using the API

 
Textual information in the form of metadata can be added in Solid Edge in various ways:

File Properties – can be added and accessed both manually and programmatically.
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Tips and Tricks from Forum Users #22

Here’s a collection of the most interesting tips and tricks based on the discussions in the Solid Edge forum.  Due credit is given to respective contributors.

And a qui…

Steering Wheel – The Gateway to Synchronous Modeling

 
The previous article discussed ‘advanced’ techniques on Steering Wheel but also listed the following basic techniques:

Move the steering wheel where you want it by the o…