{"id":17789,"date":"2024-11-07T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/?p=17789"},"modified":"2026-03-26T07:41:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:41:02","slug":"solid-edge-2025-model-based","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/solid-edge-2025-model-based\/","title":{"rendered":"New in Solid Edge 2025: Model-based definition (MBD)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Take a deep dive into everything new in Solid Edge 2025 with a series of blog posts focused on the exciting new features and enhancements in this year&#8217;s release. In this blog, learn more about the expanded Model-Based Definition (MBD) enhancements in Solid Edge 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What&#039;s new in Solid Edge 2025 | Mechanical Design\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IG5d9I56BOw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Speed and simplify MBD creation<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>MBD enhancements give you the tools to quickly detail 3D models more easily and accurately. New hybrid annotations allow you to insert a combination of dimensions and feature control frames in your designs and provide a single efficient, all-in-one workflow for your MBD information. The hybrid annotation group can be accessed through both the \u201cSmart Dimension\u201d and \u201cDistance between\u201d commands, and the feature control frame saved settings can be accessed using drop down list. The dimensions and feature control frames can be independently edited after creation, and the leader line attachment can be switched between them to best fit your design.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enhancements to feature control frames allow you to create additional text information around your feature control frames, such as superscripts, subscripts and suffixes. This additional information can be saved in feature control frames saved settings with multiline support and full preview available, ensuring easy reuse of your preferred settings in the future.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Updated surface texture symbols are ISO 21920 \u2013 1 (2021) compliant. The surface texture symbols are easily accessible from the drop down, allowing you to design with the most up-to-date standards. Aligned Movable Datum target is supported as per ISO 5459. These datum targets can also be added in drawings and includes downstream support in NX, STEP, JT, dxf, dwg and 3D PDF. The enhanced standards support ensures you are providing standard compliant MBD information for your downstream manufacturing processes.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/10\/Automatic-Dimensions-1024x576.png\" alt=\"automatic dimensions - Solid Edge\n\" class=\"wp-image-17791\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/10\/Automatic-Dimensions-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/10\/Automatic-Dimensions-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/10\/Automatic-Dimensions-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/10\/Automatic-Dimensions-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/10\/Automatic-Dimensions-395x222.png 395w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/10\/Automatic-Dimensions-900x506.png 900w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/10\/Automatic-Dimensions.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The improved Auto Dimension commands ensure clean, easy-to-read model dimensions. Location dimensions can be added to virtual intersections of adjacent faces for outer fillets and the center points of inner fillets. The adjacent faces of selected dimensions are also highlighted when using this command. The part can be dimensioned with regards to reference planes, whether it be base reference planes or a manually created reference plane. These mutually perpendicular reference planes can be selected individually or in combination with model faces for automatic dimensioning.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">J<strong>oin the conversation<\/strong>\u202f\u202f&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>All of these new features and enhancements in Solid Edge 2025, along with many more, were announced during our live premiere on October 23, 2024.\u202f\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about what\u2019s new in the Solid Edge 2025 release, <a href=\"https:\/\/solidedge.siemens.com\/en\/solid-edge-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here.\u202f<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are\u202fa lot of\u202fways to\u202fhear\u202fwhat others are saying about the upcoming release\u202fand\u202fto\u202fconnect with\u202fother\u202fSolid Edge enthusiasts\u202fonline.\u202f\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are a few ways to join the conversation right now:\u202f\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Keep up with #SolidEdge2025\u202fon\u202f<a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/solidedge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a>,\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/SiemensSoftware\/playlists?view=50&amp;sort=dd&amp;shelf_id=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube<\/a>,\u202f<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/siemenssoftware\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twitter<\/a>,\u202fand\u202f<a href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/company\/siemenssoftware\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>.\u202f\u202f&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Join our\u202fvibrant online\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/community.sw.siemens.com\/s\/topic\/0TO4O000000MihiWAC\/solid-edge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Solid Edge Community<\/a>\u202fto connect and interact with other Solid Edge users.\u202f\u202f&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take a deep dive into everything new in Solid Edge 2025 with a series of blog posts focused on the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78793,"featured_media":17794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spanish_translation":"","french_translation":"","german_translation":"","italian_translation":"","polish_translation":"","japanese_translation":"","chinese_translation":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[182,1,183,96,102],"tags":[568],"industry":[],"product":[],"coauthors":[3086],"class_list":["post-17789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-learning-resources","category-news","category-product-updates","category-tips-tricks","category-whats-new","tag-solid-edge"],"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/10\/SE25-HybridAnnotations.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/78793"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17789"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17795,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17789\/revisions\/17795"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17789"},{"taxonomy":"industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/industry?post=17789"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=17789"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=17789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}