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…
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 …
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
