{"id":5942,"date":"2013-12-16T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-16T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Solid-Edge-Blog\/Why-Don-t-You-Use-Synchronous\/ba-p\/20271"},"modified":"2026-03-26T07:16:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:16:20","slug":"why-dont-you-use-synchronous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/why-dont-you-use-synchronous\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Don&#8217;t You Use Synchronous?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P>Usually I write articles trying to answer a question, or trying to advocate for a certain point of view. But this time is different. The main thrust of this entree is to ask you, meaning Solid Edge users, a question. I&#8217;m a curious fellow, generally with more questions than answers, so asking questions is actually easier than trying to answer them.<\/P><\/p>\n<p><P>Sometimes I hear about people who have been using Solid Edge for a while, since way before Synchronous Technology. Some of these people have clung to history-based methods as their primary tool, and have not adopted Synchronous techniques. I admit that I myself was not crazy about the first two versions of SE wST, before they allowed you to combine techniques into a single part model. But even as a guy who had definitely bought into the history-based way of doing things, I was able to see the benefits of mixing methods &#8211; not replacing one method with another, but using the two methods in combination to really get the most power possible.<\/P><\/p>\n<p><P>Here&#8217;s my question. For those of you who have been Solid Edge customers through the change from straight history to mixed mode Synchronous Technology, why have you not changed? I don&#8217;t know how many or what percentage folks I&#8217;m talking to here, but I&#8217;m just curious if you think the new stuff is just too hard to learn, if you think there is some threat to your old data, if you just haven&#8217;t taken the time to learn the new methods, or what.<\/P><\/p>\n<p><P>I didn&#8217;t live through the switch. I was watching from outside as Solid Edge implemented the changes. It&#8217;s my personal opinion that Solid Edge handled the transitions very well. Your pre-ST data is compatible with ST1 &amp; ST2 as well as the post-mixed-mode data from ST3+. Straight through there were no compatibility issues that I&#8217;m aware of.<\/P><\/p>\n<p><P>We all know Bob Mileti&#8217;s inspiring conversion story, of going from a big foe of ST to a big supporter of ST. For those of you who have not yet moved forward, I&#8217;m interested in knowing &#8220;why?&#8221;<\/P><\/p>\n<p><P>Take as much space in the comments to respond as you like. I&#8217;m just interested in why, I don&#8217;t really have any great personal need to change your mind, and I certainly don&#8217;t want to make this into a religious argument, I&#8217;m just curious about why.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Usually I write articles trying to answer a question, or trying to advocate for a certain point of view. But this time is different. 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