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

ST7: Built for Speed

June 5, 2014

At Dan Staples’ What’s New in ST7 presentation at Solid Edge University this year, he included simple comparisons of how much time the new version helps you shave off of certain tasks or functions. I…

By MLombard
3 MIN READ

Videos from SEU

June 3, 2014

Solid Edge had folks doing interviews in the hallways amid all the buzz and activity of the actual event. They captured the thoughts and reactions of the people making the news and those who help us …

By MLombard
< 1 MIN READ

Machining Multiple Parts on 4-axis Tombstone with CAMWorks for Solid Edge

June 3, 2014

In my last post, I mentioned that job shops like to be efficient.  Efficiency in production operations means more profits for the shop.  One way to increase efficiency is to reduce the numb…

By wrightj
< 1 MIN READ

Custom Shape Springs in Solid Edge Part 2

June 1, 2014

…continued from Part 1

Hourglass and Barrel Springs

Start with a new part  by clicking the Solid Edge Application Button > New > Part. On the Ribbo…

By Tushar Suradkar
6 MIN READ

Creating Custom Shape Springs in Solid Edge

June 1, 2014

The various types of springs used in the industry are:

• Cylindrical: All coils have the same diameter with a constant pitch. • Conical, Telescopic or Tapered: Coil diameter d…

By Tushar Suradkar
6 MIN READ

Two Sheet Metal Wonders

May 30, 2014

Solid Edge ST7 has added a couple of real breakthrough features in sheet metal. The first one is called Blank Body. The name might need some explanation. This function takes a stamped part and flatte…

By MLombard
3 MIN READ

Machining Multiple Setups with CAMWorks for Solid Edge

May 29, 2014

Job shops like it when they get to produce more than one of the same item.  It lets them amortize their setup costs over several parts, rather than just one.  They REALLY like it when they …

By wrightj
2 MIN READ

ST7: Hole Options Dialog

May 28, 2014

The Hole tool is another of the most popular enhancements in the ST7 release. The new Hole Options dialog is more visual, offers more settings, and offers options for the function of the hole (screw …

By MLombard
3 MIN READ

Using Lookup Tables in Solid Edge

May 24, 2014

Before the advent of computers, lookup tables of values were used by people to speed up hand calculations of complex functions such as in trigonometry and logarithms. In ancient India (499 CE), Aryab…

By Tushar Suradkar
4 MIN READ