I’ll tell you who put the “dumb” in “dumb geometry”: It was someone who only used history-based CAD, that’s who. It must be frustrating to lose ALL of your power…
Category: On The Edge
I’m someone who has written a fair number of “Best Practice” lists. My CAD Administration book in particular was full of recommendations for everything from installing software to surfacing design.…
The re-use of data is one of those huge time savers that we talk about a lot. Doing things faster is great, of course, but the fastest way to do…
Those of you who have been working in design for more than a couple of years, and I’d assume that’s most of you, already know that design is not a…
I assume I’m talking to all the smart kids in class. Just because you’re engineers and designers, well, all that math and science weeded out the rest, right? And of…
A lot of people are finding themselves in the position of looking for a new CAD package these days. The market is stirring itself up, there are new offerings, and…
Several years back, the CAD market started to shift. It was clear that SolidWorks had pretty much run its course, and it was time for something new to take over…
The first time I saw a demo like this, I flipped. This kind of history-independent power should really be turning some heads. Just to sum it up for you, what…
The whole thrust of this post is that in Solid Edge Synchronous Assemblies, you can design parts in the context of the assembly without creating any of the debilitating effects…
My last post here talked about Top-Down Design – a big selling point for some CAD software – actually turning out to be a best-practice nightmare. And it is. Besides…