Solid Edge – Buy One Get One Free
If the cost of switching to a new CAD platform that seems to be headed in the right direction has got you down, maybe a little buy-one-get-one action will perk you up. Solid Edge recently gave folks 45 day trial licenses for free, and now that you’ve done your evaluation, you can get your permanent licenses for a reduced cost. Read more about it, and get the ball rolling at this link: http://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/en_us/products/velocity/solidedge/forms/solid-edge-bogo.cfm?stc=wwiia420000&stc=testing&elq=e90285df5d00438e903ac4f509098cdd
While I am not a customer of DS or SW what they do is still of interest. In general anything in the cad world is of interest to me even if it is not SE because CAD contributes in a major way towards earning a living for myself. What drew me to SE is what draws Matt’s interest to I am sure and that is a better way of doing 90% plus of the parts in the MCAD world. But my point here is why not talk about something that is interesting in the world of how we make living?
DS/SW is not giving him much of innovation or new ways of geometry creation to talk about are they and you can only talk about bad things for just so long before you look for other topics. I think he is like many others who are looking at other ways of doing things in light of how DS/SW is kicking their loyal users in the rear.
Put me in the line for getting an SE book if he ever does write one.
Well if Matt ever jumps ship to SE (which I doubt since his business is product design and SE is poor in this regard), I sure hope he’ll write books on Solid Edge. There’s a definite lack of good SE books.
I sure would like to know how to increase the font size on the ribbons, and menus. The software is almost tough to use having to squint so much.
@Johnny
Well to be honest, DS/SW are on a pretty bad road.
@asdf
SE isn’t so hot for industrial design users yet so its not direct competition on that front.
@johnny
I think that’s a rather mischievous interpretation. Matt is a stalwart user of SW and has been for years. He writes books about SW not SE, but he does often include CAD news items from the wider world in his blog. I dare say if Autodesk were doing a similar deal for Inventor he would note that as well. I think the reviews of SE direct editing that have appeared here from time to time have been fair and topical. In the absence of news from DS about SWv6 or indeed anything much engaging on the SW front these days I don’t mind hearing about other software developments. These things are interesting and people like to keep up with the goings on in the CAD industry. It pays to be informed about all the tools of the trade and not just the one you have.
Matt is free to write about what he pleases. Perhaps if people want to read more about SW then DS should be doing things their users are interested in. While SWv6 remains a bigger secret than Fukushima radiation exceeding Chernobyl and going recritical DS aren’t going to capture many headlines. Personally I don’t see how DS could do any worse on the PR and marketing front than they have of late.
IMO Matt does a great service for SW users with his blog and other community friendly activities.
Interesting how Matt has morphed into a salesman for SE, under the guise of saving the world from the evil SW/DS empire.
exactly the same as swx then – direct competition.
(i don’t know about swx and plastic parts, but i suspect it’s more or less average, since pro/e, catia, nx is the mainstream for that, with proe in the lead for medium sized companies)
@asdf
Solid Edge is strongest for machine design, sheet metal, drawings, machined parts. Stuff like that. The prismatic parts that most people make. SW also does stuff like that, but the underlying scheme behind SW is showing its age. SolidWorks brand of history based modeling is far behind SE’s implementation of Synch Tech, which is now in its 4th release, so it’s a tested method.
Plus, if you ever have to deal with imported geometry, SE again leaves SW in the dust. Absolutely no comparison on that front.
<<type of work suited to SE
what type of work is that? similar to SW?
Yeah maybe the offer should be to trade in your clunker SW seat for SE for half price provided you get maintenance. They would still be able to make a decent amount out of maintenance going forward. How many would they attract in a limited time offer? Not sure. I guess the difficulty is that many businesses are working in with others using SW. Probably they would need some time to organise for the whole chain to change. In that case perhaps SE should offer some sort of extra special deal for a year if you can get your whole chain to swap…just a thought.
Spaceclaim are doing this in the UK at the moment as well. To be honest all very underwhelming. IF the offer was HALF PRICE for ONE I would be interested (and half price for one at USA prices even more so!!). Still, if you are in the market to switch, or need more than one seat now an offer is an offer.
In the US only though.. however if you have the type of work suited to SE as it is ATM it seems like a really good opportunity….one too good to miss I would say. You know the more I reflect on the extermination of SW the more angry I become at the gall of DS. I hope everyone going to SWW takes the opportunity to warm Bernard Charles’s ears over. It would be great if the crowd were to boo and jeer him off the stage but I don’t suppose Americans are capable of that. Good on SE people for going after the business with some friendly promotions I say. 🙂