I’ve heard a few people ask this question with more than a little irony in their tone. Solid Edge is certainly an underrated CAD package. Not so much because of…
Category: Synchronous Technology
I’ve got this hunch which I can’t totally substantiate that using Sync Tech along with Ordered features is really the way to go in a lot of cases. One solid…
I keep talking about Ilya’s demo. So here it is. He shows that Synchronous Technology has far more flexibility than history. But you have to remember that on top of…
I started out this blog post trying to recreate the magic Ilya Nazarenko showed as he demo’ed the basics of Synchronous Technology. The main thing I proved by that was…
One of the best new geometry creation tools in ST5 in my opinion is Slots. They’ve added great functionality in both synch and ordered environments. Draw the centerline of the…
Rick Mason is a Solid Edge user who has reportedly been around since V1. That would be the 1996 time frame. That’s even slightly before I started using SolidWorks. Rick…
I’m mainly a plastics design guy, but few of us get to totally specialize in just one thing. Especially when the economy is tough, if you’re a freelancer or contractor/consultant,…
It sounds like some of you are still confused. Some people are asking me to compare SolidWorks Move Face to the Solid Edge Synchronous Technology method for making edits. I…
This discussion is really for current users of history-based systems. People who already use direct edit software will probably think it a little pedantic. I just want to establish that…