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

Interview with Dan Vinson, Product Planning for Parts

August 28, 2014

Dan Vinson is the guy at Solid Edge responsible for planning the new developments in Parts. He does a bit of surfacing, and is in charge of most of the advanced modeling areas I’m interested in, such…

By MLombard
4 MIN READ

Hardware Review: Microsoft Surface Pro 3

August 27, 2014

At Solid Edge University 2014 in Atlanta the Microsoft Surface 3 was used for an entire room of Hands-on sessions. It wasn’t a fluke, it was real users running real CAD on tablet-sized hardware. You …

By MLombard
9 MIN READ

Interview with Chris Dayton, planner for Synchronous Technology

August 21, 2014

Chris Dayton is the Solid Edge planning guy in charge of Synchronous Technology as implemented in Solid Edge. Chris is a second generation CAD guy. His father also worked at Intergraph in the old day…

By MLombard
5 MIN READ

Interview with Art Patrick, Solid Edge Assemblies Master

August 18, 2014

With ST7 just releasing for public consumption, I thought it would be appropriate to interview some of the people that make this software happen. Even though a lot of the enhancements are inspired by…

By MLombard
7 MIN READ

Automation in the Draft Environment: Layer Handling

August 17, 2014

For those who have done some LISP programming for old generation CAD programs, coding was fun. LISP punched lots of power in few keywords or lines. Moreover the commands could be issued to the CAD pr…

By Tushar Suradkar
4 MIN READ

The Secret Language of Surface Design

August 15, 2014

Dan Staples asked me to call some attention to a surfacing presentation that was made at Solid Edge University 2013 by a French company called SEB. SEB designs and manufactures a lot of small applian…

By MLombard
3 MIN READ

Become the Face of Solid Edge

August 13, 2014

Would you like to see your company’s name in lights? Would you want to see your work showcased by Siemens publicly? Would you like a free license of Solid Edge software for your business?

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By MLombard
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SEACAD.ini – Under the Hood

August 12, 2014

This might be old hat to many of you, but for those this is new, here’s a quick run through the various ‘undocumented’ settings in the SEACAD.ini file.

About the SEACAD.ini File

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By Tushar Suradkar
3 MIN READ

Solid Edge ST7 Released

August 8, 2014

This is fresh off the presses, or at least fresh from my inbox. Laura Watson has said that ST7 will be ready for customer download by early next week, and that English DVDs (107.00.00.104) should beg…

By MLombard
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