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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The Solid Edge Experience at Realize Live 2024

March 5, 2024

Discover how to get your digital transformation real, fast, for a better, smarter, more sustainable tomorrow at Realize Live 2024….

By Melanie Mercado
3 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
Solid Edge Inspector

How to get 30% off Solid Edge Inspector

February 1, 2024

Minimize human error in manufacturing and product inspection Effectively saving you time and money, Solid Edge Inspector automatically labels, identifies,…

By Kyzmen Wood
2 MIN READ

Latest posts

Productivity Summits 2013

September 6, 2013

Thanks to Dave Ault for reminding me of this.

The Productivity Summits are one day, free events, 8 am to 3:30 pm, held over the next few weeks at locations around the US and Canada….

By MLombard
2 MIN READ

Who moved my cheese? (Solid Edge ST6 help and training)

September 5, 2013

To summarize
Solid Edge ST6 user assistance combines help + training into one collection on the web. With web help and training, you get:

A new Solid Edge Help home page that prov…

By -slbarclay
4 MIN READ

ST6: How do You Use the New Interface Customizations?

September 5, 2013

Sixteen years ago when I changed from AutoCAD/Mechanical Desktop to SolidWorks, my main advice for other people making the same change was to simply forget everything they thought they knew about CAD…

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

ST6: Synchronous Delete

August 29, 2013

Let’s say that you imported a part from SolidWorks. Maybe that part looks like this to the right. The part has lots of rounds on it. If you are used to working with history-based modelers, getting a …

By MLombard
5 MIN READ

Solid Edge Now Available Through Monthly Subscription

August 27, 2013

If you are starting a new business, do you buy a building right away? No. You rent one. If you have a surge in business that will only last a few months, do you hire a new full-time employee? No. You…

By MLombard
2 MIN READ

Multi-Body Modeling Part 3: How to Make Multiple Bodies

August 26, 2013

Making multiple bodies in a single part is easy. Here are a few methods for doing it:

Disjoint Solids

When you create solid regions that don’t touch one another, these are calle…

By MLombard
5 MIN READ

Multi-Bodies, Part 2: Managing and Manipulating

August 22, 2013

In the last post we talked about what kinds of things multi-body modeling (MBM) might be good for, on the conceptual level. In this post I want to talk more about some MBM facts – capabilities and to…

By MLombard
6 MIN READ

Why Do We Need Multi-Body Modeling?

August 20, 2013

 
This is going to be a series of blog posts covering the topic of multi-body modeling (let’s call it MBM) in Solid Edge. It has taken me a while to get my head around this topic because it is…

By MLombard
4 MIN READ