First Steps to Automation – Part 2

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As evident, oDoc stores the Draft Document whose type definition comes from the DraftDocument type library refe…

Take the First Steps to Automation

This is an epilogue to the article Select and you are all Set which also provides a free macro that overcomes a limitation in the selected object count displayed in the Solid Edge Draft environment. …

The Best Table in the House

Solid Edge Draft environment has a dedicated group on the Home tab of the ribbon bar to host the various Table objects that can be created.

• Parts List.
• Bend Table.
• Family of Part…

Custom Shape Springs in Solid Edge Part 2

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Hourglass and Barrel Springs

Start with a new part  by clicking the Solid Edge Application Button > New > Part. On the Ribbo…

Creating Custom Shape Springs in Solid Edge

The various types of springs used in the industry are:

• Cylindrical: All coils have the same diameter with a constant pitch. • Conical, Telescopic or Tapered: Coil diameter d…

Using Lookup Tables in Solid Edge

Before the advent of computers, lookup tables of values were used by people to speed up hand calculations of complex functions such as in trigonometry and logarithms. In ancient India (499 CE), Aryab…

Select and you are all Set

This article discusses:
• Object selection options in the Draft environment
• Several wish list items.
• A free macro for one of the wish list items.

The Select tool is the foremost …

ST7: 3D Sketch

My favorite session at Solid Edge University was given by Rahul Kulkarni on the topic of 3D sketches. I love it when the people who helped develop the tools are the ones to come and talk about them d…

Solid Edge Synergy – Distance Sensors

Synergy is the interaction of multiple elements to produce an effect greater than the sum of their individual effects. The term comes from the Greek word synergos, meaning ‘working together’. This…