Solid Edge is a complete hybrid 2D/3D CAD system that uses synchronous technology for

accelerated design, faster revisions and better imported re-use to help companies design
better.
The Benefits of Solid Edge
Faster Design
Solid Edge leverages synchronous technology, enabling your company to deliver
breakthrough designs. Designers can accelerate model creation without engaging in design
preplanning. They also are able to perform faster ECO edits by eliminating model regeneration,
while increasing the re-use of imported 2D or 3D data. This unique technology helps you get
products to market faster, service customer needs better and reduce engineering design costs
2D to 3D with ease
Solid Edge has proven successful in helping companies reduce engineering costs through
better re-use of 2D and 3D data. Imported assembly layouts can drive 3D product design where
interference checking can solve fit and position problems before manufacturing. Synchronous
technology can edit imported 3D models, reducing the need for redesign.
Digital Prototyping
With Solid Edge you can build entire 3D digital prototypes and optimize your designs
before production. You can design assemblies with machined, cast or stylized components and
leverage process-specific applications to simplify frame, piping, tube, wiring, weldment, and
mold tooling design.
You can use digital prototyping to show how your products will operate and appear in
real life through exploded views, photo realistic renderings and animations. With more
accurate digital prototypes, you can achieve higher levels of product quality in less time.
Ease of Adoption
he Solid Edge user interface removes the need for unnecessary decisions. Logical
inference engines recommend next steps and intuitively consider affected geometry.
The SmartStep ribbon bar guides you through the feature creation process, presenting
design decisions in a logical sequence, letting you easily review and change decisions to
optimize your designs. Through this unparalleled ease of use and adoption, you spend less time
fighting the CAD system and more time focusing on your designs
Expanded Collaboration
Solid Edge offers a full suite of tools that let designers author, edit, distribute, and
explore design alternatives. Engineering teams can package design and supporting data into a
compact collaboration file, facilitating fast design iteration.
 Using XpresReview, a free, downloadable viewer, files can easily be shared with internal
teams, vendors, and customers. This process can be tightly managed and controlled through
Insight, Insight XT or Teamcenter.
Solid Edge Key Capabilities
Sheet Metal Design
Solid Edge provides a complete sheet metal design system from modeling, flattening and
manufacturing documentation. Create straight brake, rolled or transition type components
complete with flanges, holes, relief, and corner options. You can validate designs for
manufacturing, document the bend sequence and send flat patter DXF files directly to
production.

Massive Assembly Optimization

Efficient display management tools, such as configurations and design zones, help you focus on
relevant parts and tasks; this is ideal for concurrent design. Modeling performance receives a
significant boost from an inactive lightweight mode that frees memory of unused data. Support
for 64-bit computers lets you open and work with your largest designs faster and more
efficiently. Manage designs from 1 to 100,000 parts with Solid Edge.
Hybrid Design Environment
Solid Edge combines the best of both history-based and history-free modeling worlds. Solid
Edge with synchronous technology combines the speed of explicit modeling with the precise
control of parameterized design to provide the fastest most flexible design experience possible.
Designers can choose the most appropriate technology yet leverage either technology
depending on need.

World Class Drafting

Drawings are the key deliverable for many companies, and Solid Edge focuses on helping you
decrease costs by reducing drawing production time. Dimension retrieval and automatic parts
lists with balloons speed detailing time. Drawings are always kept up to date by alerting users of
any change in the referenced 3D model. Unmatched parts list configurability enables accurate
communication throughout the design process.

Scalable Simulation
Digitally validate part and assembly designs with Solid Edge Simulation; a built-in finite element
analysis (FEA) tool. Based on proven Femap finite element modeling and NX Nastran solver
technology, Solid Edge Simulation significantly reduces the need for physical prototypes,
lowering your material and testing costs. Create finite element models for solids and sheet
metal structures automatically. Interpret and understand the resulting model behavior quickly
with the comprehensive graphical post-processing tools in Solid Edge Simulation.
Pipe Routing
Solid Edge XpresRoute eases the design of mechanical routed systems. Designers can specify
attributes such as size, extents and end treatments via simple dialog boxes. For piping systems,
3D pipes, fittings and components are automatically positioned and correctly oriented upon
population. All components are fully associative and update with the parts to which they are
connected. When the assembly model is modified, pipes and tubes automatically adapt to
design changes.