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Back in the late 90’s Rick Mason was the guru when it came to Solid Edge and I was recently asked for Rick’s guidelines for robust modelling practice and thought it still useful and relevant to those users using feature based modelling (included below). This does also highlight to me the advances that Siemens have
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I recently read an article by a CAD vendor highlighting the main reasons it is hard to switch from one CAD system to another and how they can overcome these. The number one issue they gave was Legacy Data: “As of now, there is still no automatic way to translate files from one major CAD
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One of the questions many design/engineering organisations face is whether to invest in CAD-embedded FEA or go for standalone general purpose FEA like Femap with NX Nastran. Each has its merits, and in this post we outline why either or both would be the right choice. 1,523 total views, no views today
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Each month we endeavour to add some Solid Edge Tips to our site to keep you up-to-date with new features and items you may have missed. Here are our Tips for January: Peer Edge Locate Whilst in Assembly we can create new features like holes in one part using the geometry identified in other parts.
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Auckland, 18th Jan 2013. Based on technology shown to increase productivity by a factor of ten or more when working with imported CAD files, 3DSync is now available to use free until the 15th May 2013. One of the significant benefits associated with Siemens’ proprietary synchronous technology software capability is now being made available to
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This video shows that using mixed mode modelling (ST and Ordered) can improve the ability of being able to modify faces. Having rounds of varying sizes on a face can make it hard for ST to manage geometry, but placing these rounds into ordered can leave faces free of “clutter” leaving ST free to do
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This video takes you through how to create a hopper (that can be flattened) in Solid Edge sheet metal using synchronous technology. 587 total views, no views today
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Synchronous Technology can give big benefits in modelling sheet metal to allow you to quickly design from the ground up and none more so that when some of your flanges are at an angle. I was asked recently how to have two flanges that were not at the traditional perpendicular (90°) measure the same from
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In this example, we will create a semi-circular groove on the circumference of a 50mm diameter shaft by revolving a circle as a cutout. 596 total views, 1 views today
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Synchronous Technology (ST) has been around for four versions now and people are still a little unsure of how and when to use it. With Solid Edge ST1 and ST2, users were forced into using either totally Synchronous or Ordered (Traditional) modes and, I believe, that this limited the use of synchronous technology to items
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Introduction to Solid Edge and Synchronous Technology – Dan Staples provides overview of Synchronous Technology, use in Solid Edge, NX, point of view about cloud, portable devices, competitors, interview by Ralph Grabowski, CADdigest.com, Jan 30, 2012 455 total views, 1 views today
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The position of a face can be simply set by offset the steering wheel location before the move operation is started. For example, we wish to position the horizontal face to 10mm below the bottom of the angled face. To do this, click once on the horizontal face to show the linear steering wheel (shown
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