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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Solid Edge holiday savings: How to find the best CAD deals on Black Friday and Cyber Monday

November 15, 2024

Looking for professional product development software at a cost that fits your budget? Learn how you can get the best of both worlds with a new Solid Edge® 3D CAD subscription this year on Cyber Monday and Black Friday.

By anthonybele
3 MIN READ
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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

Latest posts

Mating Parts in the Engine

September 24, 2013

When we left our engineer friend last week, he was starting to work on the engine of his pressure washer, but it was such a mess in his old CAD software that he just decided to open it up in Solid Ed…

By MLombard
3 MIN READ

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

Just how did NURBS come to be? – by Dr. Ken Versprille

September 16, 2013

[editor]: Sometimes its easy to forget that the fathers of modern CAD walk among us. We use the tools daily, and often fail to give credit to the handful of people who made all of this possible. I wa…

By MLombard
6 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