The next stop on our tour of the sheet metal functions in Solid Edge is the Hem tool.
Hem is just meant to fold over the edges of parts usually for safety, aesthetic, or strength issues. …
There were some comments at the end of the last article, and I started to answer them in the comments, but the response quickly became too big to handle as just a comment, so I’m making a mini-articl…
Last time we had just made a flange on a simple part. This time, let’s take a look at some of the flange options.
Partial Flange One of the options is Partial Flange.The Partial F…
This article will start a series on Solid Edge sheet metal. My goal is to go through the functions to give new users a taste for how it works, but also try to find tools that really go beyond where w…
When I asked for suggestions for blog topics, one that came back was for an article on the Inspect Tools. It has taken a while, but I’m finally getting around to fulfilling that request.
It …
One of the sets of tools I haven’t covered yet, and indeed I don’t understand very well yet is the set of Orient tools. I was a master of view orientation in a previous life, and the knowledge I had …
This week I came across a couple of drawing automation bits that are really nice, and I just want to call attention to them for those who maybe never knew about them, or maybe those who have forgotte…
For this blog article, I admit, I’ve borrowed an idea from Dan Staples. About 6 months ago, a user was asking a question on the forum about how to make a mirrored part and a mirrored draft from the o…
Solid Edge installs with a lot of blocks that you can use for annotations and schematics, but the need may come up where you need something that isn’t supplied. You have to make your own. It is…
