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Majenta Drives Dax Cobra Development with Solid Edge

The story of the UK Solid Edge reseller Majenta PLM and the DAX Cobra 427 covers a lot of ground in the mechanical design technology realm. The story is interesting because it uses technology in a wa…

SEU15 Announces Keynote Speaker

One of the worst insults you can offer someone who does public speaking is that they are “robotic”. But in this case, I think the keynote speaker for Solid Edge University 2015 might consider that a …

Innovations in agricultural machinery design

Often it is simple innovations that have the biggest impact over the long term. In 1926 Harry Ferguson invented the “3 point linkage” for attaching implements to tractors. Today around 85% of tr…

Fun Stuff at Solid Edge University

If you’re still riding the fence about signing up for Solid Edge University 2015 in Cincinnati, OH, October 26-28, here are a few things that are going to happen there that you might enjoy:

Step Draft

Every now and then, I pick a topic that needs a little research and blog about it. Yes, maybe it’s a little obscure, but maybe it’s something you didn’t know about before and now you do. This topic c…

Right-click -> New Solid Edge Files in Windows Explorer

Obviously such functionality may not be as useful if you are an organization that has many different templates depending on differing part types, but if you have a template that you predominantly use…

Rendering Contest Winners

Well, I’ve personally had a lot of fun with this model, and it looks like some others have as well. Thanks to everyone who submitted, including the Siemens people and partners who weren’t allowed to …

API Bugs

Finding causes of bugs can be a daunting task. Spy for Solid Edge is a wonderful tool but it had an annoying issue in that it caused Solid Edge to display a ” Read-Only Status Indicator” on docume…

SEU15 Early Bird 1 Deadline Today

I want to see all of you in Cincinnati this year, and you’ll have extra beer money if you save on the registration. Today is the last day for the Early Bird 1 savings. You want to be at SEU, and this…