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CAMWorks on the job training: – by Michael Buchli

September 24, 2013

[editor]: This article was guest written by Michael Buchli, author of The CAMWorks Guide. Michael has worked for CAD resellers, but is now working in industry. Thanks to Michael for submitting this a…

By MLombard
6 MIN READ
Why you should consider using Simulation

Why you should consider using Simulation

September 23, 2013

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…

By AlRobertson
2 MIN READ

Data Migration Tools

September 19, 2013

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…

By MLombard
4 MIN READ

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

September 19, 2013

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. …

By DavidChadwick
< 1 MIN READ

Colors in Solid Edge

September 18, 2013

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…

By MLombard
8 MIN READ

Geometric DFX now supporting Solid Edge

September 16, 2013

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.
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By burhop
2 MIN READ

Why Would You Use Virtual Components? Part 2

September 12, 2013

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 …

By MLombard
7 MIN READ

Virtual Components Part 1

September 9, 2013

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…

By MLombard
4 MIN READ

Working with Units and Standards in Solid Edge

September 3, 2013

For those of you outside of the US, Monday was Labor Day, which kind of demarks the end of summer. So my usual Monday-Wednesday-Friday schedule has been disrupted a little. I’ll be back on track next…

By MLombard
5 MIN READ