Seven Tips for Better 3D Rendering

A 3D rendered model is more than just a pretty picture – rendering images are a good way to communicate a new design – both internally and to the public. A photorealistic image can help you communica…

Right-Click Commands in Solid Edge Part 3 – Draft

Right-clicking on a drawing view shows the context menu with the option to update just the right-clicked view. This is smarter and faster compared to the Update Views command on the ribbon which up…

What’s New in Solid Edge 2020: Data Management

From built-in data management to Teamcenter integration, the scalable set of tools included in Solid Edge 2020 have put us in the position to meet the varying needs of diverse companies and manufactu…

What’s New in Solid Edge 2020: Additive Manufacturing

It’s finally here. Solid Edge 2020 offers advanced additive manufacturing processes and tools to ensure 3D printed parts are created right the first time. Features from print bed orientation to physi…

Right-Click Commands in Solid Edge Part 2 – Assembly

 
Most of the unique features available in the right-click menu in the Assembly environment are in the Pathfinder.

Create Drawing of a Sub-Assembly

The foremost is the ‘C…

2D Nesting – More Than You Ever Wanted to Know

The Solid Edge 2020 portfolio has expanded again with a new manufacturing product – Solid Edge 2D Nesting.  Before we get into the details of the product, I want to spend a moment explaining the…

Right-Click Commands in Solid Edge Part 1 – User Interface

 
A right-click in Solid Edge gives access to several commands and features not found elsewhere on the menu, ribbon or the toolbars.

Right off the bat, right-clicking anywhere in an…

Dealing with Mesh Bodies in Solid Edge

Dealing with Mesh Bodies in Solid Edge
Steven Sheldon 2019

With the proliferation of 3D scanned data, it is becoming more common to have to deal with importing such data into Solid Edge….

Conversions and Transformations using the Solid Edge API – Part 4

…continued from part 3

This series of articles discusses the following:

Document Unit Conversion – ParseUnit and Format Unit methods of the UnitsOfMeasure object.
V…