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Example of Mixing Synchronous and Ordered

I came across a cool technique this week while talking with Art Patrick about a part I was trying to make for a sample model. It has 3 mount points, and a bar frame connecting the mounts. In the end,…

ST8: Weldments

ST8 enables you to create weldment features in an In-Place part. To do this:

open assembly
create In-Place part (Sync or Ordered)
In the part environment, the weld features are under the Soli…

ST8: Sketching Enhancements

Sometimes it is the simplest things that will wind up saving you the most time because you spend more time doing them. If you can shave off just a couple of seconds from repetitive tasks, that one im…

ST8: Assembly Productivity Enhancements

For ST8, Solid Edge has added a few nice assembly productivity enhancements.

The first one sounds simple, but once you use it a few times, I think you’ll agree that it saves a lot of t…

Kevin Riggs, Congrats on 30 Years Served

Please join me in congratulating Kevin Riggs on his 30 year service award TODAY!!
After completing his BS in Technical Writing and Editing from Carnegie-Mellon University, Kevin joined Intergraph o…

ST8: Compare Drawings

Another exciting new function in Solid Edge’s ST8 release is Compare Drawings. You can find Compare Drawings in the Solid Edge Application Menu.

The Compare Drawings function is fairly sim…

Greenpower Puts Students in the Driver Seat with Solid Edge

Whitesburg Middle School was one of the first U.S. schools to incorporate Greenpower into their STEM focused curriculum. Greenpower is the international student project that challenges students to de…

ST8: Annotation and Dimension Handles and Alignment

ST8 draft environment has a trove of new handles and alignment aids to help you make your annotations and dimension on your drawings look the way you want them to look.

There are three…

Solid Edge Tips and Tricks #10

1) How do I insert grounded parts at the origin of an assembly file? The first part inserted into a new assembly is by default grounded and placed at the origin. To place other grounded parts into a…