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…

Tips and Tricks from Forum Users #21

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

And a qu…

Migrating from the SolidWorks API – Part 1, Application and Document Handling

 
The makers of Solid Edge have left no stone unturned to make your transition from SolidWorks to Solid Edge effortless and streamlined. Not only that Synchronous Technology readily recognize…

A New Perspective on Recognizing Holes and Hole Patterns in Solid Edge

 
Serendipity is the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way. This happens with CAD features too. Dan Staples famously said that synchronous editing of part…