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

Sheet Metal Tour: Hems

November 20, 2013

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.
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By MLombard
3 MIN READ

More Corner Detail

November 18, 2013

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…

By MLombard
2 MIN READ

Sheet Metal Reliefs and Corners

November 15, 2013

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…

By MLombard
5 MIN READ

Sheet metal intro

November 13, 2013

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…

By MLombard
6 MIN READ

Inspect Tools: Smart Measure

November 11, 2013

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 …

By MLombard
5 MIN READ

View Orientation Tools

November 8, 2013

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 …

By MLombard
5 MIN READ

Two Nice Bits of Drawing Automation

November 6, 2013

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…

By MLombard
5 MIN READ

A new beginning

November 5, 2013

For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Jason Newell. I am an Applications Architect for The Charles Machine Works, Inc. in Perry, OK where I have worked for 16 years in the IT department. Dur…

By jnewell
3 MIN READ

Opposite-Handed Parts and Drawings

November 4, 2013

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…

By MLombard
6 MIN READ