Solid Edge ST9 Part Modeling

This is the part of What’s New that I really get most excited about. There is a lot of new stuff to talk about with ST9. Let’s just jump in.

Display Ordered Model In Sync (hybrid display) …

Solid Edge ST9 Design Manager and Pack and Go

The new Design Manager is the reincarnation of the old Revision Manager. It has been revamped with new icons, new functionality, and an update into a new century with a new lease on life. You can fin…

Solid Edge ST9 Built-in Data Management

ST9 has Built-In Data Management. A new tab has been added to the ribbon just for the built-in data management tools. This doesn’t have a name other than Built-In Data Management. It’s just part of t…

Solid Edge ST9 Interface Enhancements

ST9 has some new interface look and functionality. The part I like best is the tabbed design.

In this screen grab you can see three tabs for open documents right below the ribbon. You…

Solid Edge ST9 and the Cloud

If you’ve followed my writing for any length of time, you might know that I’m a mild cloud skeptic. I believe the cloud is good for some things, and less good for other things. For example, I obvious…

Easy 3D printing from Solid Edge

In Solid Edge ST7 we added a new command “Print using Microsoft 3D Builder” – a direct way to output a Solid Edge part or assembly model to a 3D Printer – but this may have been overlooked by so…

ST8: Bluesurf

I’ve been working on little projects lately, and this week I was doing something with some Bluesurfs in it. This reminded me that ST8 has given Bluesurf a new function. The Deselect All button enable…

ST8: Weldments

ST8 enables you to create weldment features in an In-Place part. To do this:

open assembly
create In-Place part (Sync or Ordered)
In the part environment, the weld features are under the Soli…

ST8: Sketching Enhancements

Sometimes it is the simplest things that will wind up saving you the most time because you spend more time doing them. If you can shave off just a couple of seconds from repetitive tasks, that one im…