News

Filter by:

“New trends” event series underway for USA and Canada

March 6, 2015

We had presentations from 3 Solid Edge users who design industrial machinery, custom bicycles and architectural signage. And we had discussions with Microsoft on mobility for designers, and…

By DavidChadwick
< 1 MIN READ

Spotlight on Laura Watson

March 5, 2015

Recently Eric Spiegel, the President and CEO of Siemens USA wrote a brief article about Laura Watson. Laura is the head of Solid Edge Technical Operations (and my boss) in Huntsville, and had ju…

By MLombard
3 MIN READ

Interview with Michael Brown, Director of Academic Relations

March 3, 2015

The charismatic Michael Brown is based in the UK, and is the Global Director of Academic Relations for Solid Edge and related products. Here in the Community we have an area for Academic, and we are …

By MLombard
9 MIN READ

Solid Edge Tips and Tricks #4

February 25, 2015

Why is my fully-defined sketch not changing colors? The first item to check is to ensure that the option is enabled; in an Ordered sketch, go to Inspect -> Evaluate, Select the Relationship …

By MLombard
3 MIN READ

Interview with Matt Lombard – The Man Behind the Scenes

February 22, 2015

Matt Lombard needs no introduction. The world knows Matt as a CAD user, celebrated author, blogger, sought-after speaker and an insightful voice on CAD and related technologies. He is down to earth i…

By Tushar Suradkar
9 MIN READ

Searching for Text Content in Networked Unmanaged Solid Edge Draft Files

February 19, 2015

Before jumping into the instructions, I just want to quickly point out that in both this and the previous related blog post, installing the IFilter does not require Solid Edg…

By uk_dave
6 MIN READ

Solid Edge Tips and Tricks #3

February 18, 2015

How do I get an underline on a Drawing View Caption?
Go to the View Properties dialog and the Caption tab. In the Format box, check the Separator option.

Why can’t I zoom in &…

By MLombard
3 MIN READ

Searching for Solid Edge Files Based on Text Content in Unmanaged Draft Files

February 14, 2015

Unfortunately out-of-the-box unmanaged Solid Edge does not provide functionality to search for Solid Edge files based on text within the content of unmanaged draft files. Windows Search will only ind…

By uk_dave
5 MIN READ

Solid Edge Tips and Tricks #2

February 11, 2015

Thanks to Fred White and the GTAC folks for this info. Part of the beauty of these tips is that they are easy to add to. So use the comments to add your observations/ideas/questions to expand on the …

By MLombard
2 MIN READ