Solid Edge

Solid Edge is a portfolio suite of software tools that advance all aspects of the product development process – mechanical and electrical design, simulation, manufacturing, technical documentation, data management, and cloud collaboration. Developed by Siemens, Solid Edge provides an innovative and comprehensive approach to product development.

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Introducing Solid Edge 2025 

October 23, 2024

Solid Edge 2025: Innovate without limits     Now available, Solid Edge 2025 brings exciting updates, including Solid Edge X, Solid Edge…

By Kyzmen Wood
5 MIN READ

Overcoming modern design and manufacturing challenges with solution integration

May 31, 2024

In today’s rapidly evolving industrial landscape, the pressures on design and manufacturing teams have never been greater. Companies are tasked…

By Kyzmen Wood
5 MIN READ
G2 Awards- Solid Edge

Solid Edge earns the #1 spot on G2’s 2024 Best Software Awards for CAD/PLM Products

February 13, 2024

The best award, for the best product Our Solid Edge Community has accomplished a new feat! We’re so excited to…

By Kyzmen Wood
2 MIN READ

Latest posts

Why Don’t You Use Synchronous?

Why Don’t You Use Synchronous?

December 16, 2013

Usually I write articles trying to answer a question, or trying to advocate for a certain point of view. But this time is different. The main thrust of this entree is to ask you, meaning Solid Edge u…

By MLombard
2 MIN READ

Imported Parts and Drawings

December 13, 2013

There are a lot of things I could call this article, but at its root it has to do with imported parts and drawings. The main feature I’m going to use is called Create 3D, which is perhaps a name that…

By MLombard
6 MIN READ

Variables

December 11, 2013

Variables in Solid Edge are intuitively easy to use. As a former SolidWorks guy, Solid Edge Variables simplify things immensely (link values, equations, global variables, variables, etc in SW) and at…

By MLombard
3 MIN READ
Time to Start Thinking About SEU14

Time to Start Thinking About SEU14

December 9, 2013

Solid Edge University is coming up quickly, and it’s a couple of weeks earlier than last year. It will probably also be bigger than last year. Being in Atlanta should make it easier for people to get…

By MLombard
2 MIN READ

Annual Solid Edge User Survey

December 6, 2013

Want to have input into the future of Solid Edge? Dan Staples and the development team want to hear from you. They’ve put together the annual Solid Edge User Survey which will be used to develop enha…

By MLombard
2 MIN READ
Applying a Maintenance Pack

Applying a Maintenance Pack

December 4, 2013

I haven’t written at all about Solid Edge support. Just today I had the opportunity to call the GTAC (Global Technical Access Center) people about a support issue. I was having some difficulty applyi…

By MLombard
3 MIN READ
Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving

November 27, 2013

Sentimentality doesn’t often fly on a professional and technical blog, but in the end, behind the other concerns, Thanksgiving is one holiday that everybody has a stake in. I want to take this opport…

By MLombard
< 1 MIN READ

Secondary Sheet Metal Features: Dimple, Drawn Cutout and Bead

November 25, 2013

The last sheet metal features we talked about were the Gusset and Louver. These are features that don’t require sketches. The ones we’re going to talk about today are the Dimple and the Drawn Cutout,…

By MLombard
4 MIN READ

Secondary Sheet Metal Features: Louvers and Gussets

November 22, 2013

Solid Edge has a wealth of built-in secondary sheet metal features that are sure to make your life easier if you use them. There’s a lot to show here, so let’s just get started. All of these tools ar…

By MLombard
5 MIN READ