The popular surge of parametric history-based starting in the 1990s lulled a lot of engineers into a sense that a pinnacle had been achieved the end of the line in…
Category: Synchronous Technology
3D CAD models can have several purposes, and each purpose requires a different approach to how you create the model. “Design Intent” is a concept that I believe is largely…
How do you edit a sketch? It’s easy, right? Make sure it’s locked down somewhere, has the relations and dimensions it needs to change the way you want it to,…
I think all of the demos you’ve seen of Synchronous start in the middle. They assume you know a lot of stuff already. But I know you have a lot…
I’m writing this because I think the CAD community at large, including users, media, and vendors, have sold Synchronous Technology short. I’m just taking this on as a personal project,…
I keep mourning the passing of CAD as a topic interesting enough on its own to keep producing interesting articles. It used to be that you didn’t have to look…
I promised to show the STEP AP242 enhancement but forgot to do it in my faves post, so here it is in video form. The basic idea is that you…
There’s a lot of cool stuff in Solid Edge 2022. I have a decided preference for 3D modeling type enhancements, and tend to de-emphasize simulation and some other peripheral functions.…
I had a chance to talk to Dan Staples about the new release of Solid Edge 2022. Matt: As a Solidworks user I can’t help but notice that some of…
I’ve spend the better part of my career to this point trying to figure out how to do stuff with a tool that wasn’t meant to do that stuff. Most…