Novedge Pulse™ of Jon Sutcliffe

It seems that changes are afoot at Siemens PLM and there is a new drive to improve the way they listen to and interact with their customers. They have recognised that whilst Solid Edge, and the other products in the Velocity portfolio, have a lot of potential there  [more...]

There are many great enhancments in Solid Edge ST2, not least the new Synchronous sheet metal capabilities and the new Simulation module. However in this first post for ST2 I wanted to focus on one of the the most important elements that you first encounter as a user  [more...]

Just recently I have been lucky enough to be exposed to some fantastic new product design technology. Of course we are at the dawn of a brand new and exciting CAD age with the birth of Synchronous Technology. However we have also been involved with a great new graphical  [more...]

We have been seeing some really positive information creep out with regards to Solid Edge ST3 which is due to ship later this year (probably October). What appears to be happening that is that Siemens really seem to have been listening to their customers recently.  [more...]

We are nearing that time of year again when the latest and greatest, next version of Solid Edge will be unveiled to the public. This gives us chance to start learning about the great new enhancements that will help us design faster and smarter than ever before. Even  [more...]

Things have been a little quiet on SynchronousTechnology.net for the last couple of months, but let me assure you we have been working away very hard behind the scenes on an exciting new project which will be announced very soon. In addition to this we have been readying  [more...]

What’s better a Generation Two iPod or a Generation Seven iPod? Now I’m fortunate to have both of these devices. When I got my first Generation 2 iPod I thought it was fantastic, but recently after buying the latest Generation Seven version I realised  [more...]

Throughout the many years I have been involved with Solid Edge, one of the things I enjoy most is interacting with customers and listening to what they are trying to achieve in their design process and what they need out of their software. One hurdle often encountered  [more...]

The Siemens PLM Connection annual user’s conference is currently underway in Dallas, Texas. The Solid Edge kick off presentation at this event provided some great information regarding what we are likely to see in the next major release – Solid Edge ST3. The  [more...]

Our last few posts discussed the availability of some free Solid Edge training material. This time we have information about an invaluable FREE Solid Edge utility. There can be occasions when drawing sheets or background graphics in existing draft files need to be  [more...]

Following on from my last post which focused on Live Rules, I would like to show you how easy it is to apply PMI (Product Manufacturing Information) dimensions directly to a 3D model. We have been able to generate PMI information in Solid Edge for some time now but  [more...]

If you’re like me you probably use the Google search engine on a daily basis to find information. We all probably use Google far more heavily than we realise. It’s become second nature….want to find something… we’ll Google it. Usually  [more...]

At 2:00 PM GMT on Thursday 19th November, Solid Mastermind. was launched to the global Solid Edge community. So what is Solid Mastermind all about? Solid Mastermind is THE community for Solid Edge professionals. Think of it as The International Association, Alliance,  [more...]

In our last post we pointed you towards some free Solid Edge video training material. This covered some of the basics for using the Synchronous Technology modelling workflows. Well, we have another video available for you. This one is from a Solid Edge ST Fundamentals  [more...]

We have seen many great examples of Solid Edge with Synchronous Technology in action over the past few months. Most of these examples focus on either geometry that is purely synchronous or has been imported from another 3D Design solution such as SolidWorks or Inventor. Some  [more...]

We have seen various posts and examples that demonstrate the benefits that Solid Edge with Synchronous Technology has when it comes to initial geometry creation or making fast flexible design changes. Some of these include:- Unified 2D & 3D Steering Wheel Live  [more...]

Like me you may have been following all the attention Synchronous Technology has received since its launch in May 2008. Comments and opinions have been made in various marketing medias by those that “get it” and those that don’t. Some of those that don’t have inferred  [more...]

We have seen quite a few examples of how we can use the tools in Solid Edge with Synchronous Technology in order to generate and manipulate designs which have been constructed natively in Solid Edge. So, the question is - How can we deal with imported models that were  [more...]

We have already seen a few examples of how Solid Edge with Synchronous Technology allows you to make fast and predictable changes to a design regardless of how the model was built. My last post focused on using the Steering Wheel to make these changes. For this post  [more...]