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SEU14 Begins

SEU14 has officially begun with the Monday night reception. Lots of familiar faces here, and lots of new ones too. I had the chance to talk with a lot of Siemens employees that I don’t get to see eve…

SEU14 – Bring Your Gizmos

Electronics are welcome at Solid Edge University, in fact, you may have a hard time getting by without them. The hardest part may be consolidating. Phone? Tablet? Laptop? Depends on what you want to …

Solid Edge Synergy – Distance Sensors

Synergy is the interaction of multiple elements to produce an effect greater than the sum of their individual effects. The term comes from the Greek word synergos, meaning ‘working together’. This…

Solid Edge Easter Egg and Stuff Under the Hood

This year Sunday, 20-April was Easter Sunday and I was relaxing after helping out my 11-year old with school assignment which involved creating a decorative chart on the topic of ‘Easter Sunday’ depi…

Getting Ready for Solid Edge University

Getting Ready for Solid Edge University

Solid Edge University is just over a week away, and there’s still time if you want to sign up. But for those of you who are sure you’re going, you need to go through the agenda and decide which sessi…

Changes Around the Community

Changes Around the Community

You might notice that some changes have already taken place, and in the future, there will be more.

Q&A areas will be merged into the Forums. We are still going to provide an area to…

Nested Dimple – A Workaround

This article discusses a Solid Edge workflow to create stepped deep drawn sheetmetal parts that are typically created with a double-acting press.

Normally the Dimple command is used for th…

Downunder Blunder Contest

We’ve been doing our best to invite people to Solid Edge University, so now that you’re coming, we’d like to help you have some fun and maybe gain some notoriety while youre there.

Rick Ma…

Mill-Turn Capability in CAMWorks for Solid Edge

CAMWorks for Solid Edge not only supports traditional turning, but it also supports mill-turn machines (aka multi-function machines).  A typical mill-turn machine can perform traditional turning…