A New Perspective on Recognizing Holes and Hole Patterns in Solid Edge

 
Serendipity is the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way. This happens with CAD features too. Dan Staples famously said that synchronous editing of part…

Tips and Tricks from Forum Users #20

Here’s a collection of the most interesting tips and tricks derived from the discussions on the Solid Edge forum.
Due credit is given to respective contributors.

And a quick l…

Solid Edge Drawing Sheets API – Part 2

 
The previous part dived directly into the basics of classification of drawing sheets and how to access them separately.

This second and concluding part answers some commonly as…

Steering Wheel Advanced Techniques

 
It is common knowledge that the Steering Wheel is the Synchronous Technology enabler and a versatile tool for performing direct edits on both synchronous and imported models.

Design Reuse Tools and Techniques in Solid Edge

Design reuse involves finding a design that is already complete, tested and implemented and reusing it AS IS or as a starting point of a new product design. This can be a huge time-saver, allowing yo…

Techniques to Use Solid Edge Features to the Fullest

 
Prolog

Last month Solid Edge University was organised as part of the bigger Siemens PLM Connection event in Phoenix, Arizona and the temperature outdoors soared past 100 F. People…

Tips and Tricks from Forum Users #19

Here’s a collection of the most interesting tips and tricks derived from the discussions on the Solid Edge forum.
Due credit is given to respective contributors.

And a quick l…

All about Sheets using the Solid Edge API – Part 1

 
When you access 2D objects from a Solid Edge Drawing, they are lying on a drawing sheet which belongs to one of these categories:

Working Sheets.
Background Sheets….

Solid Edge History – V6 to V10

…continued from previous part V1 to V5

Version 6

Released in December 1998 and using Parasolid 10.0, this version added ability to create add-ins which were external program t…