Solid Works 2006 Vs SE18

Solid Edge V18 and SolidWorks 2006
Kyle Aruda: kyle.aruda@ugs.com
UGS Confidential
© UGS Corp. 2005. All rights reserved.
Agenda – Competitive Information
SW2006
 Review what makes Solid Edge (blue) a leader over
SolidWorks (Red), see what is new, and how it really looks.
 Support for massive assemblies
 Systems Design
 Analysis
 Process-specific applications
 Rapid Blue
 Direct editing
 Production driven 2D drafting
 Selling key differentiators and a high level consultative
approach is the key to beating the competition
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Support for Massive Assemblies
 Complete Digital Mockup

 Systems Design
 Top Down and Bottom Up
 Automated Part Placement
 Design in Context
 Easy Navigation and Manipulation
 Smart Selection Tools
 Fast, Easy and effective Visualization
 Hybrid 2D/3D Design
 Massive Assembly Size
 Structure-Only Navigation
 Simplified Assemblies
 Lightweight Parts
 Fast, Productive Drawing View Layout
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Support for Massive Assemblies
 Large Assembly Design

 Look at what is new and why Solid Edge is still the leader
 The numbers don’t lie, neither do the customers
 Systems Design
 Smart Components vs. System Libraries
 Performance Tools: Simplify Assemblies
 FEA
 How FEMAP and Cosmos compare
 Process Specific Features and Applications
 Process Specific Toolsets
 Rapid Blue – surfacing
 Direct Edit
 Machine Design
 Drafting
 What the numbers are saying
 Scalable Design Management
 Still a bolt-on application? 4
Large Assembly Design – SW2006
 Display States - Allows the users to store

and recall the visual settings of the
parts/sub-assembly. Settings are
Hide/Show, All Display modes, Color,
Texture, and Transparency
 Linked Viewports – Can have up to four
views all linked
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Large Assembly Design – SE V18
 Display States – Solid Edge give the user the ability to control how the
parts are displayed. Plus with Assembly configurations give the SE
user the ability to load/unload parts/subs in and out of memory, this
gives the user flexibility and performance when working with Large
Assemblies.
 SolidWorks does not have the ability to load/unload parts with the
use of configuration/display status
 Linked Viewports – This was nice back in the day when rotation was
hard and we did not have tools to help see all around the part. Solid
Edge has always give the same results.
 Solid Edge is the leader when it comes to Large Assembly
management. With the myriad of selection and display tools, Solid
Edge gives the user the productivity tools he needs to get the job done.
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Large Assembly Design – SE V18
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Systems Design

 Systems Design
 FEA
 Direct Edit
 Machine Design
 Drafting
Systems Design
Capturing and Maintaining Design Intent
Part and Sub Assembly fit and Correct motion and physical
function automatically captured contact captured and
and reused automatically maintained
Subassemblies
Correct fastener
dynamically
stack selected
configured to suit
from standard
the task at hand
database
Define, store and reuse

cohesive sets of parts, Sensors monitor critical
features and constraints distances and variables
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Systems Design
 Smart Components
 Add a Smart Component and Get: Saves
within the part file. Only way to know if
the part has the Smart Components the
user must place the part file first.
 Mating Parts
 Mounting Features (only ones supported)
 Extruded or revolved bosses
 Extruded or revolved cuts
 Simple holes
 Hole Wizard holes
 Auto-sizing Diameters – Hard to handle
the part number when the system keeps
changing the size of part that is totally
different.
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Systems Design – Solid Edge V18
 This is functionality that has been in Solid Edge for
Three Years
 Solid Edge is the innovator of combining
parts/subassemblies along with all mating and
mounting features into one complete solution
for ease of creation and reuse.
 Solid Edge is the innovator with Capture Fit
which enables the user to capture how a
part/subassembly is correctly placed into the
assembly, while they are placing it into the
assembly, rather than guessing what mate
relationships are need for that part.
 Solid Edge can save the System Library in a
shared location on a network for all users.
This help the user understand where ALL
System Libraries are.
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Systems Design
 Simplify Assembly
 Assembly Simplification – Only looks at the small
features in a part file and does not look at any
Assembly features. Also when they simplify an
assembly the user has to ignore feature that affect
an assembly mate. If they don’t then the
relationships will fail!! This is NOT the case with
Solid Edge.
 Only works on these part features
 Chamfers
 Extrudes, Boss, Boss-thin, cut-thin. (Base extrudes
and extrudes that are not Blind or Mid-Plane are not
found)
 Fillets; Simple, multi-radius, face (without the holdline
parameter), variable radius. (Full round fillets are not
found)
 Holes; Simple and Hole Wizard.
 FeatureWorks
 Miter Flange Support
 Additional Hole Wizard
Recognition – SolidWorks can not recognize holes
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Systems Design – Simplify Assembly
 Solid Edge’s Simplify Assembly is not

an automated simplify part function.
This is a truely Simplifying
Assemblies.
 Solid Edge’s Simplify Assembly make
the assembly simple without
compromising the integrity of the
established relationships. SE
maintains relationships when
switching between Simplify and
Designed.
 Solid Edge’s Simplify Assembly allows
the user to pick which part are to be
included AND if they want to use
Simplified or Designed parts.
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Analysis

 Systems Design
 FEA
 What’s new in CosmosXpress
 Why FEMAP Express gives more bang for the buck
 Process Specific Features and Applications Process Specific Toolsets
 Direct Edit
 Machine Design
 Drafting
Analysis - Femap Express
 Built directly into Solid Edge

 Pre-configured, process guidance
 In-context analysis of part & sheet metal models
 Stress and Modal
 Natural frequencies are key
 Nastran Solver
 Industry-proven results
 Utilizes SE simplified parts
 Less complex mesh for
faster performance
 Uses mid-surface and plate
elements for sheet metal
 Speed and accuracy
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FEA – CosmosXpress
 Transparent Meshing
 Assemblies with Clearances –
Same as Insert into a Part and
performing the mesh.
 Adaptive Meshing
 Multi-bodies Support
 Choose Body to Perform
Stress Analysis - In order for
this to work, you must first run
a simulation on the part in the
assembly before you can run
CosmosXpress with multi-
bodies. Also the interface
does not let you define a part
material if one is not already
defined for the part.
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FEA – FEMAP Express
 Solid Edge allows Dynamic Sectioning of

the part while still looking at the results.
This gives a better view inside the part
and a transparency.
 Solid Edge performs a correct mesh on
thin parts (ie. Sheetmetal part) via the
mid-surface of a sheet metal part.
 SolidWorks can get the mid-surface
of a Sheetmetal part, but
CosmosXpress can not perform the
analysis on that mid-surface.
 Solid Edge while still in an assembly,
can assign a material to a part while in
the FEMAP Express Wizard.
CosmosXpress, while in an assembly,
the user MUST already have the
material assigned to the part.
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FEA – FEMAP Express
 Solid Edge can perform a Modal

Analysis. CosmosXpress can not
perform this analysis.
 Solid Edge can perform an analysis
on either a designed or simplified
part.
 Solid Edge while in the context of an
assembly, can apply loads and
constraints to a wide variety of
geometry from any part in the
assembly
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Femap Integration
 Advanced analysis for  Femap is used by
engineers and analysts leading companies
 Static such as Boeing,
Northrup Grumman,
 Modal
Honda, NEC, and
 Buckling Raytheon.
 Heat transfer
 Non-linear
 Femap connectivity for Solid Edge
 Launch Femap directly from Solid Edge
 Directly transfer parts and assemblies
 Fully associative via PLMXML Pipeline
 Single vendor support
 Eliminates errors and recreation from data translation
For more information on Femap, visit
www.ugs.com/products/nx/simulation/advanced/Femap/. 19
Process Specific Features and
Applications
 Systems Design
 FEA
 Direct Edit
 Machine Design
 Drafting
 Still a bolt-on application?
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Applications
 Items to remember:
 Applied Ergonomics
 Process Oriented Workflows
 SmartStep
 Process driven features
 Situational Inference
 Situational Inference
 QuickPick
 Decision management
 Apprentice Mode
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Applications
 Items to remember:
 Rapid Blue
 Get the shape YOU want, not the one the CAD system
wants to give you.
 Direct control of the shape by curves in BOTH directions
 Includes:
 BlueSurf
 BlueDots
 Shape Preserving Curves
 Convert to Curve
 Dynamic Editing
 Complemented by:
 Fast and reliable edge filleting and face blending
 Supports G2 continuity
 Surface Analysis
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Process Specific - Wiring
 SolidWorks Routing
 Additions to Route
Creation, Editing & Restructuring
 Add Concentric Items to Routes
(Insulation, Covers, Etc.)
 Electrical Connection Preview
 New Electrical Route Sub-types
 Fixed-length Flexible Segments
(Tubing & Electrical Routes)
 SolidWorks is relying on Excel to get
information into their system. Why
have another program running in the
background?
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Process Specific - Wiring
 Items to remember
 Tightly intergraded with eCAD systems,
don’t have to deal with Excel files. We can
write the .cmp and .con file out of Solid Edge
and back to the eCAD System. Also
functions with or without eCAD connection
 Import and export net list files from
Cim-team, ECT Promis-e, VeSys
Electrical, Zuken
 Cut length information is also included in the
ECAD file when saved out of Solid Edge
 UI is a wizard based which gives the user
the constant feedback they need in order to
the job done write and fast.
 Efficient path generation for wires,
cables, and bundles
 Dynamic Edit updates paths in real-time
 Continuous feedback for design
violations
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Part - Consumer Product Design
 Sketch Offset – Solid Edge has

been providing this benefit for a
number of years.
 Parabola
 Ellipse
 Sketch Picture – Solid Edge
introduced this back in V14
 Transparency Controls
 Splines – Still limits the user on
the control of a Spline.
 Handles
 Control Polygon
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Part – Rapid Blue
 UGS owns and develops the 2D/3D constraint

solver D-Cubed, which SolidWorks and Solid
Edge uses. SolidWorks gives credit in the
About SolidWorks
 Rapid Blue technology has given Solid Edge
users the ability to speed up every day design
tasks for shape creation. Users can bring in
any image from an ID and control how that
image looks and has since SEV12.
 Solid Edge users have tools like Shape
preserving curves which allow correct behavior
during indirect edits. Significantly fewer edits to
achieve a similar, but subtly different shape,
and Dynamic Edit dramatically shortens the
iteration cycle with immediate feedback.
 Solid Edge is the leader when it comes to
creating simple but complex curves.
SolidWorks can not create a single surface
from just one profile and one guide curve.
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Consumer Product Design - 3D
Sketches
 New Entities – Still the same

amount as steps as placing the
same elements on a 2D sketch or
profile
 Rectangles
 Circles
 Arcs
 Planes in Sketch – With Solid
Edge’s 3D sketcher this is more
user friendly and better graphical
feedback
 Add Relations to Geometry on
the Fly.
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Rapid Blue - 3D Sketches
 Solid Edge has provided the

capability to drawing in 3D
for many years.
 It is easy to draw in 3D while
drawing directly on a plane.
A user can even switch
between an axis or a plane
with just one keystroke.
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Consumer Product Design
 Interactive Lofts – Rapid Blue is
a more intuitive command and
provides more instant feedback.
SolidWorks can not create a
loft with one profile and one
guild curve
 Vent – Solid Edge V15.
 Snap Hook
 Snap Groove
 Mounting Boss – Solid Edge
V15. Not easy to change the
location dimensions. Must be in
a 3D sketch.
 3D Curve Driven Patterns –
Solid Edge V15. When using
Faces to Pattern, the pattern
must remain within the same
face or boundary. It cannot
cross boundaries. 29
Rapid Blue and Process Specific
 Solid Edge is the leader in

providing process centric
workflow solutions – not a
toolbox.
 Feature Level Workflow –
SmartStep
 Super Features – Advanced
features that address a specific
application. Mounting Boss,
Lip/Groove, Vent, Rib Network.
 Holistic Workflows –
Collections of functionality
intended to address a specific
design workflow
 Process Specific Applications
- Dedicated modeling
environments for solving a
particular process problem.
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Solid Edge Direct Editing
 Solid Edge offers a wide variety of full-featured Direct Editing
commands
 Solid Works offers few commands and limited functionality
Direct Edit Capabilities Solid Edge SolidWorks

Direct Move Yes Limited
Direct Rotate Yes Limited
Direct Offset Yes Limited
Resize Hole Yes No
Resize Rounds Yes No
Delete Face Yes Yes
Delete Region Yes No
Resize Bend Angle (Sheet Metal) Yes No
Resize Bend Radius (Sheet Metal) Yes No
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SolidWorks Direct Move
 Only move by simple key-in value

 SolidWorks has no key-point input
 No Round Recognition – Must manually select
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 No Dynamic Preview
 No Special Sheet Metal Considerations
 No Body Move
 No Dimension
Moving Cylinder without the round fails!
Undesirable Result
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Solid Edge Direct Move
 Solid Edge Direct Move provides a

wide variety of move options
 Along 2 Point Vector
 Along an Edge
 Along Face Normal
 In Plane
 All move options support associative
key-points as input
 Associative to current Part
 Associative to Assembly Peer Part Geometry
 Adjacent Rounds Automatically
Detected and Included in Move
 Rounds Correctly Applied After Move
 Supports Dynamic Drag Preview The round is selected automatically
and updates correctly.
 Dimension for easy editing
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Solid Edge Direct Move
 Assembly Context moves are simple and associative

Example: Moving a hole using the In-Plane option
When the bottom
The holes are SolidWorks could hole moves, the top
misaligned not move this hole hole will follow
directly - there is
no edge to define
the vector
Solid Works
CANNOT maintain
associativity
between the holes.
Select From
and To points
The Holes are
Aligned
Select Hole
to Move
Select Plane
to move
along
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Process Specific - Sheet Metal
 Gauge Tables – Same as Solid

Edge’s Material Table, but Solid
Edge has a better interface for the
user.
 Corner Additions – Solid Edge has
excelled in this area for years and
still has more options.
 Edge Flange Improvements –
Features Solid Edge has had for
years.
 Area Fill
 Vent – Same command that is in
SolidWorks’ part command
 Entity Colors and Notes on
Drawings
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Process Specific - Sheet Metal
 Solid Edge has been the leader in Sheet

Metal since 1997 and version 3.5.
 Intelligent Sheet Metal features enable a
user to face the unique challenges of
working with sheet metal parts.
 Lofted Flange
 Contour Flange
 Normal Cutout
 Dimple, Louver, Drawn Cutout, etc.
 Sheet Metal Sensors
 Solid Edge Sheet Metal allows for many
different Corner Treatments. And with
automatic mitering around corners, a user
will save time in his design and get the job
done right.
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Machine Design
 Blocks – Resides in their own unique

file. They can be used in Part,
Assembly and Draft as well as the
DWG Editor
 Sketch Patterns
 Variable Pitch Helix – Solid Edge has
had this since version 3!
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Machine Design
 Solid Edges Unique Hybrid 2D/3D design

approach is unmatched. A user is able to
 Evolve from 2D to 3D at their own
pace
 Define a Virtual Product Structure
(Virtual BOM) with all metadata
attached
 Create the layout in 2D, assign 2D
elements to each component in the
Virtual BOM
 Add Assembly relationships from 3D
parts to 2D elements
 Publish the 2D elements to each
part/subassembly file with one click.
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Drafting

 Systems Design
 FEA
 Part/Sheet Metal
 Direct Edit
 Machine Design
 Drafting
 PDM
 Still a Bolt-on application? 39
Drawing Production
 Complete set of 2D Drawing

Tools
 Highly Automated Drawing View
Creation
 Drawing View Wizard
 Automatic Drawing View
Creation
 Quicksheet Templates
 Eliminate repetitive tasks for
families or common drawings
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Drawing Production
 Outstanding View Creation

 Full Visibility control
 Ability to control hidden lines
 Shaded Drawing Views
 Reference Parts
 Query Select (Attribute Based
Search)
 Intelligent Revision
 Drawing View Tracker
 Dimension and Annotation
Tracker
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Large Assembly Drafting – SE V18
 In a recent look at Solid Edge V18 and Solid Works 2006, we tested drawing view
creation of an assembly with 10,895 Parts, 306 Unique Parts and 101,659 Bodies.
Solid Edge excelled in all cases!!
Draft View & Options Solid Edge SolidWorks 2006

Top View (no hidden lines(HL), All Time: 4 min 28 sec Time: 13 min 2sec
Design Bodies(DB))
File Size: 20 MB File Size: 24.9 MB
Memory Used: 1.6GB Memory Used: 1.8GB
Top View (HL, HL of Parts, All DB) Time: 8 min 25 sec Time: 44 min 4 sec
File Size: 26 MB File Size: 77 MB
Top View (Snapshot (Draft) Quality Time: 1 min 15 sec Time: 2 min 58 sec
(2), All DB)
File Size: 14 MB File Size: 40 MB
 To show the greatest benefit and plug in a hourly cost to the time savings with SE
Draft and show how much money we can save them.
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SW 2006
User Productivity- Drawings
 Spell Check – Limited…Only works with English
and will not check tables including BOM.
 Text in a Box – Solid Edge has had this since V1
 General Tables –
 3D Drawing Views – This tool is to aid in knowing
how far a user can cut into a component when
using the Broken out section view. It lets the user
rotate a drawing view out of its plane so that they
can select how far to cut. This is very cumbersome
and the Solid Edge step method is more intuitive.
Also the result of the broken view remains in the
view in which it was drawn.
 Dimension
 Foreshortened Radius – Solid Edge V17
 Section View
 Hide Behind Plane – Gives the user
dimensional value on how far to see past the
section.
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Solid Edge Benefits
 Solid Edge has a spell checker called

SpellCheckerforSolidEdgeDraft.dll
 E-Mail SE Field Support to get this tool.
 Similar to AutoCAD Model Space/Paper
Space Methodology.
 Create a 2D model in modelspace at full scale
 Create multiple drawing views of the 2D
model on drawing sheets
 Create Views to scale
 Reference geometry from 2D model
space
 Evolve to 3D gives the user a
workspace that will allow them to covert
to 3D at their pace
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Scalable Design Management

 Systems Design
 FEA
 Part/Sheetmetal
 Direct Edit
 Machine Design
 Drafting
 Still an Bolt-on application?
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Scalable Data Management
Summary
 Solid Edge Insight is a dedicated product design

management solution that provides a standardized, pre-
defined solution for well defined workgroups using Solid Edge
 Teamcenter Express provides collaboration across
multiple departments and over multiple sites, support for
multiple CAD systems and additional workflow capabilities to
manage product release and ECOs
 Teamcenter Engineering is a complete Product Lifecycle
Management solution for global technical users that provides
deeper, more flexible and configurable solutions addressing
the full PLM process in a global environment
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Solid Edge & Teamcenter
A Uniquely Productive Combination
Unique joint teaming sustains lead in CAD/PDM integration

 The Solid Edge Embedded Client sets a new standard for
integration, transparency, and breadth
 Only UGS is able to offer:
 Completely transparent UI
 No bolt-on commands
 Unmatched CAD breadth
 Complete Solid Edge coverage
 Synchronized Release Uninterrupted Workflow
 Compatibility Increased Productivity
with latest Solid Edge releases
Fast Access to files
Data always synchronized
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PDM – SW2006
 PDMWorks – Still a bolt on and feels

that way to the user, but they are
working on it.
 Multi-Select for Operations – Solid
Edge Insight V11
 Add/Remove Attachments – Solid
Edge Insight V11
 Change Notification – Solid Edge
Insight V11
 Lifecycle – Solid Edge Insight V14
 Status is Revision Specific – Solid
Edge Insight V11
 Check-in Integration of COSMOS
Results – Solid Edge Insight can
vault any type of file. SEV11
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Solid Edge as PDM Client
 Solid Edge can talk

directly to Insight,
Teamcenter Express, or
Teamcenter Engineering
 Solid Edge
Embedded
Client
Teamcenter
Express
Insight
Teamcenter Engineering
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Insight
Robustness Regardless of Infrastructure
 Advanced Transaction Processing

 Trap and allow continuation from partial transactions
 Maintain cache Integrity
 Lifecycle Assistant Improvements
 No download to cache for processing
 New status tracks “in process” documents
 Supports advanced transaction processing and continuation
 Significant performance and reliability improvements
 Improved Link Management
 Improved performance
 Link fix-up no longer required for most situations
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Completely Transparent UI
 Virtually all PDM systems today are “bolt on”
 Separate set of “PDM-aware” commands due to “arms length”
relationship between CAD and PDM vendor
 Dual command set is confusing and counterproductive
In contrast, Solid Edge Embedded Client…
 No bolt-on commands or unique toolbar
 Teamcenter user identified through log-on credentials
 Solid Edge commands launch Teamcenter-specific functionality
 Teamcenter User flag
 Implicit operations improve productivity
 Automatic Check Out on Edit
 Automatic Check In on Close (unless requested)
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Summary of Solid Edge Top 10
1. UGS Velocity Series – Solid Edge, Teamcenter Express, and
Teamcenter
2. Scalable design management options -Seamless and transparent
connectivity between the applications.
3. Support of massive assemblies – Assemblies well in excess of 100,000
parts
4. System Design
5. Practical 2D to 3D evolution
6. Analysis – Femap Express and Femap
7. Process-specific applications
8. 2D drafting
9. Rapid Blue
10. Direct editing
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Solid Edge
Value Proposition
 Solid Edge eases the design of complex products and enables
customers to transform their process of innovation through
 Focus on 2D to 3D Transition
 Part Design
 Assembly Design
 Process & Industry Applications
 Production Drafting
 Stream XP Usability
 Interoperability
Solid Edge helps improve top line revenue growth
 Service
Solid Edge helps lower costs as a competitive weapon
“We are increasing our product line and designing more variations…developing new applications and pump
technology faster…while maintaining very high quality standards.
Faster Time to Market without sacrificing quality. That’s what Solid Edge delivered.” 53
www.ugs.com
www.solidedge.com
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 Complete Digital Mockup

 Large Assembly Design

 Display States - Allows the users to store

 Large Assembly Design

Define, store and reuse

 Solid Edge’s Simplify Assembly is not

 Large Assembly Design

 Built directly into Solid Edge

 Solid Edge allows Dynamic Sectioning of

 Solid Edge can perform a Modal

 Sketch Offset – Solid Edge has

 UGS owns and develops the 2D/3D constraint

 New Entities – Still the same

 Solid Edge has provided the

 Solid Edge is the leader in

Direct Edit Capabilities Solid Edge SolidWorks

 Only move by simple key-in value

Moving Cylinder without the round fails!

 Solid Edge Direct Move provides a

 Assembly Context moves are simple and associative

 Gauge Tables – Same as Solid

 Solid Edge has been the leader in Sheet

 Blocks – Resides in their own unique

 Solid Edges Unique Hybrid 2D/3D design

 Large Assembly Design

 Complete set of 2D Drawing

 Outstanding View Creation

Draft View & Options Solid Edge SolidWorks 2006

 Solid Edge has a spell checker called

 Large Assembly Design

 Solid Edge Insight is a dedicated product design

Unique joint teaming sustains lead in CAD/PDM integration

 PDMWorks – Still a bolt on and feels

 Solid Edge can talk

 Advanced Transaction Processing

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