Solid Edge Review
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What is Solid Edge?
Solid Edge is a software solutions for product development — 3D design, simulation, manufacturing, data management, and cloud collaboration. Solid Edge aims to combine the speed and simplicity of direct modeling with the flexibility and control of parametric design.
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Design and Drafting XaaS
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What is Solid Edge?
Solid Edge is a portfolio of software tools that advance all aspects of the product development process – mechanical and electrical design, simulation, manufacturing, technical documentation, data management, and cloud-based collaboration.
Developed on Siemens' technologies, Solid Edge provides a comprehensive approach to product development for the mainstream market.
Developed on Siemens' technologies, Solid Edge provides a comprehensive approach to product development for the mainstream market.
Solid Edge Features
- Supported: Drawing Tools
- Supported: 3D Modeling Tools
- Supported: Editing Tools
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Solid Edge 2023: Value Based Licensing
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Solid Edge Technical Details
| Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application | No |
Frequently Asked Questions
Solid Edge is a software solutions for product development — 3D design, simulation, manufacturing, data management, and cloud collaboration. Solid Edge aims to combine the speed and simplicity of direct modeling with the flexibility and control of parametric design.
The most common users of Solid Edge are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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June 16, 2022
Very good design and drafting application.
In our organization total 2 departments are using solid edge, Process and Design. We are using solid edge for general-purpose CAD and for drawing and designing. The main purpose of using Solid edge is to design gauges and tools. We are managing more than 400 types of fixtures. Sometimes we have to make changes in design and need to analyze it through drawings. We also need to update drawings based on customer requirements. Sometimes we are using for creating gauges and fixtures of new product development. We have to perform Design for Manufacturing of new models and need to take look at the assembly of the machine to see if there are any diddictulty in operations. Sometimes design need to produce special models of products in that case we have to help them designing die and manufacturing tools for supplier.
- It has very good user interface in classic or ordered environment.
- In 2D or drafting, you can give any Geometric tolerancing and symbols to any dimension. There is a wide range of options available.
- You can convert any files in step file (.stp) and can open it in other designing applications easily.
- After converting 3D drawings in 2D you can make changes in 2D drawing by converting it in the draft. You can also add details like cross-sections and detailed view.
- You can directly make threads without creating holes.
- You can not create holes in cylindrical or curved surfaces directly. First, you will have to create a plane, and then only you can create holes or threads.
- In synchronous mode, if you have created a drawing and then extruded it, later if you will edit the drawing there won't be any changes in subsequent parts.
- There are some errors switching between the synchronous and ordered mode.
- Their pattern command is a little complicated you need to see the tutorial for curved pattern.
- Threads
- Pattern
- Smart dimensions
- Extrude
- Holes
- Round & Chamfer
- mass properties
- We have purchased a server version of solid edge so for one license 6 people can operate it at a time which is economically all viable.
- We have integrated it with PLM Teamcenter so we can share drawings and other files across other factories.
- Solid edge is less famous than Solid Works so sometimes you have to convert it into step files.
- It is very productive and easy to lean application for everyone.
First, we were using AutoCAD in our industry then we switched it to Solid edge. AutoCAD isn't well suited for 3D drawing and it takes very much time to make 3D in AutoCAD. In Solid Edge, you can create 3D drawings and convert them into 2D instantly without much effort. You can also make any changes in parts directly which is not that much easy in AutoCAD. AutoCAD in well suite for plant layout and 2D drawings. You can not create features like holes and threads in AutoCAD which w used most. There are not many annotations available for easy use in AutoCAD.
October 06, 2021
Solid Edge for top level engineers
Solid Edge is used as the CAD software for all of the company's designs for different types of furniture. It's being used at all factory and engineering locations where both advanced designs and reverse engineering take place. It has many options to facilitate the user with a wide variety of tools to make the job a lot easier. Files are not huge so it makes it easier to run on both medium to high-end computers, therefore, companies do not have to spend thousands of dollars in equipment to be able to run this program.
- Easy rendering
- Fast plane selection
- Multi-peripheral compatibility
- Easy to use tools
- Onsite and webinar training available
- The ability to share files to previous version users
- Importing more extension types
- More training facilities worldwide
- Easy to use
- Rendering
- Both 3D and 2D design capabilities
- Able to connect to external CAD/CAM software
- Updated every year
- Well priced yearly maintenance plans
- High standard support level
What makes Solid Edge better than any other of the previously mentioned software is the Synchronous technology feature. This is the ability to integrate 2D and 3D sketching. Without planning ahead you can start modeling from a simple sketch. This makes this software a better choice because it means you can directly edit the geometries from your 3D models.
May 16, 2021
Solid Edge, pioneers of designing world.
Solid Edge is an engineering software [that] provides a great plate form of 3-D designing. In our organization, new products are developed through CAD CAM analysis and this plays a vital role to produce the prototypes for analysis, coding conversation with the CNC and running MATLAB. This software is easy to use and provide[s] a great online support for any issues if generate[d] within the system.
- It is a powerful tool for 3-D model base design
- Customized step by step files of design
- Easy sketch pad
- Manu[al] tabs are should be like CATIA software
- 3-D designing
- Simulation
- 2-D sketch
- It saves times which definitely [has an] impact on ROI.
- Rapid production of prototypes.
Solid Edge is an old technology of design. It is a pioneer of designing features.
July 09, 2019
Solid Edge 2D is a great tool to keep in the toolbox
I am using Solid Edge to open and work with AutoCAD (.dwg) files from clients, which I review and modify as needed. I use the 2D version of SolidEdge along with other CAD software to accomplish this work.
- Solid Edge handles DWG files well. It doesn't seem to have as much trouble as some other CAD programs opening and translating DWG files.
- Solid Edge runs smoothly, and I suspect this has to do with the quality of the software rather than the hardware I am using. Some other CAD programs have trouble with larger files.
- The intelligent cursor feature is powerful and intuitive. The software 'guesses' if, for example, you are trying to draw a horizontal line rather than a line at some angle. Its intelligent snaps are similarly powerful and useful.
- Being used to 2-key and 3-key commands from the keyboard, it would be nice if this was more robust in Solid Edge. The capability of programming keystroke commands exists in Solid Edge, but it would be more user friendly in that regard.
- Editing hatches can be a challenge.
- I'm not a fan of the ribbon bar, but that seems to be a feature across software platforms in Windows.
- Since the version I'm using (2D version) is free, the return on investment is through the roof!
- It has given me another powerful tool for handling DWG files from clients.
- Its quickness and robustness make it a time-saver, since there is less time waiting for the files to open, regenerate, etc.
- DraftSight and TurboCAD
I would say it is on par with DraftSight, and better and worse than TurboCAD in performance.
February 22, 2019
Electro-mechanical designers choose Solid Edge
Solid Edge is being used by our mechanical engineering group. It's simple to learn. We've had SOLIDWORKS designers pick it up in a few hours. The synchronous technology makes this product a very efficient tool for designers. The integrated FEA saves us time. We also have a distributed team and the built-in data manager works great via Google Drive. The team loves the zero latency since the files are on their individual PCs rather than a server or strictly online.
- Synchronous technology with design intent is a powerful design aid. We've found it so much faster to design this way.
- Built-in data manager gives us the ability to have all our Solid Edge files on our PC and have it synced to all others on our team. Files lock as they should and the speed couldn't be better.
- Support is great. The community group has the most answers to the "how do I" questions.
- At some point, I'd like to see an online version of Solid Edge so we don't have to have workstations to run the program.
- It would be nice to have a simple way to make a monolithic (one part) part from an assembly while being able to hide interior features without having to manually alter the part file.
- Threads on screws are an image rather than modeled. This is nice as it saves on file size in an assembly, but some times I need to see the threads. It would be nice to have a way to model the threads easily if needed.
- Synchronous has increased design speed by a factor of 3X. This is huge for anyone.
- The built-in data manager is free with Solid Edge. It works for us as we have under 20 users. If you have many users you may want to upgrade to Teamcenter.
I've used both SOLIDWORKS and Solid Edge. I prefer Solid Edge over SOLIDWORKS due to the ease of use. They are pretty similar, but the performance is the same as long as you have a good workstation. The price is less since Siemens owns the Parasolid kernel. It may just be a preference, but Solid Edge works great for me.