Tips & Tricks

Solid Edge Tips and Tricks #8

How can I unalign coordinate dimensions? You will have to hold the alt key down when placing the dimension, this will start a new group.

Why does the resulting fillet of the 2D sketch comm…

Synchronous AND Parametric

There is this misconception going around that synchronous models are somehow not parametric. You can have one or the other, but not both. I suppose that’s because a lot of people equate history-based…

Nice Synchronous Technology Video

If you haven’t seen this yet, there’s a nice synchronous video making the rounds put together by Oliver Duncan. It hits many of the lightlights of the arguments for Synchronous Technology. If you’re …

Solid Edge Tips and Tricks #7

Is there a way to find out what all of the two-letter codes are for callouts?

Yes. Go to the Callout command and select the Property Text button from the Callout Properties dialog. No…

Color in Drawings

2D drawings have been dead for 30 years, if you believed CAD salesmen in the 1980s. Most of us knew that was wrong back then. Even today, there are only a few areas where drawings are truly extinct. …

Solid Edge Tips and Tricks #6

Why am I getting an error pasting clipboard geometry to its original location? In earlier versions of Solid Edge like V20 when you copied geometry to clipboard and paste it back, the copied geome…

Solid Edge Tips and Tricks #5

How can I place a Detail View on a different sheet from the parent view?

You will initially need to place it on the parent view’s sheet. Then right click on the detail view and select Properties…

The Use of Colors in Solid Modeling

The use of color in CAD has evolved over the years. Early versions of CAD, of course were whatever color the CRT created, usually white or green. In more sophisticated 2D, we had colors for different…

Solid Edge Tips and Tricks #4

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 …